List of Famous people named Danny

Daniel O’Connor, better known as Danny Boy, is an American rapper and a member of the hip hop group, House of Pain. Danny Boy moved to California in the 1980s where he masterminded House of Pain.

Daniel “Danny” Alan David Jones is an English musician who is one of the lead vocalists and the lead guitarist for pop-rock band McFly. Jones's fellow band members are Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter, and Harry Judd (drums). Jones is married to former Miss England, Georgia Horsley.

Dante Daniel Bonaduce is an American actor, comedian, radio personality, television personality, and professional wrestler. Bonaduce is the son of veteran TV writer and producer Joseph Bonaduce. Bonaduce became famous as a child actor of the 1970s on the TV sitcom The Partridge Family. He co-starred as Danny Partridge, the wisecracking, redheaded middle son of the singing family band, and he played the fictional pop group's bass guitar player.

Daniel Peter Simpson is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back.

Danny Edward Lloyd is an American former teacher and child actor best known for his role as Danny Torrance in the horror film The Shining (1980), an adaptation of Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name.

Daniel Mark Porush is an American businessman and former stock broker who ran a "pump and dump" stock fraud scheme in the 1990s. In 1999, he was convicted of securities fraud and money laundering at the Stratton Oakmont brokerage, for which he served 39 months in prison. The character of Donnie Azoff, portrayed by Jonah Hill in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street, was loosely based on Porush, although Porush described the portrayal as inaccurate. After prison, Porush became involved with a Florida-based medical supply company, Med-Care, which was the subject of federal investigations.

Danny Desmond Makkelie is a Dutch professional football referee. Besides refereeing he works as a police inspector in Rotterdam and as a referee development coordinator for the Royal Dutch Football Association. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2011 and since then he took charge of the final of the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship as a UEFA Elite referee. On 18 August 2020, UEFA named 37-years old Makkelie as the referee for the 2020 UEFA Europa League Final between Sevilla and Inter Milan. Previous he was an additional assistant referee in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final. He also refereed the semi-final, between Brasil's Palmeiras and UANL from Mexico, in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.

Daniel Thomas Green is a former Australian professional boxer who works as a health and fitness trainer. He held the WBA light-heavyweight title from 2007 to 2008, the IBO cruiserweight title twice between 2009 and 2013, and the WBC interim super-middleweight title from 2003 to 2005.

Danny Cipriani is an English rugby union player who most recently played for Premiership team Gloucester. He plays fly-half and fullback. He has played for the Melbourne Rebels, Sale Sharks, Wasps, and the England national team. Since starting in the Wasps academy in 2003, Cipriani has been capped for England 16 times.

Daniel Sallis Huston is an American actor, writer, and director. Huston got his start directing Mr. North, starring Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, and Huston's half-sister, Anjelica Huston. Later, Huston gave his breakthrough acting performance in the independent film Ivans Xtc and was nominated for Best Male Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2003.