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Dawes Act
Dawes Act (General Allotment Act, 1887), US law by Sen. Henry Dawes allotting reservation lands in severalty to individual Native Americans, selling "surplus" to settlers; 25-year trust; ~90 million acres lost by 1934.
Dawes Commission
The Dawes Commission was a federal commission established by Congress in 1893 to allot the communal lands of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory to individual members.
Dawes Plan
Dawes Plan (1924): U.S.-chaired restructuring of German WWI reparations after the Ruhr occupation and hyperinflation, with an 800-million-gold-mark loan, rising annuities, and Ruhr evacuation; replaced by the Young Plan in 1930.
Dawes Rolls
Dawes Rolls, or Final Rolls of the Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes, list people approved 1898–1914 by the Dawes Commission for Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole membership and land allotment; they still govern tribal enrollment.
Dawid Malan
Dawid Johannes Malan (born 1987, Roehampton) is an English left-handed cricketer, former world No. 1 T20I batter (915 rating points), England centurion in all three formats, 2022 T20 World Cup winner, retired internationally in 2024.
Dawit I
Dawit I, whose name is Ge'ez for David, was emperor of Ethiopia from 1382 to 1413, a Solomonic-dynasty ruler who fought Adal and sent an embassy to Europe.
Dawit Mellesse
Dawit Mellesse (ዳዊት መለሰ), also spelled Dawit Melesse, is an Ethiopian Amharic pop singer based in Addis Ababa whose career began with the 1991 album Alchalkum and continued with Mistir in 2025.
Dawn
Dawn is the first appearance of light in the eastern sky before sunrise, occurring in three stages, astronomical, nautical, and civil, as the Sun climbs toward the horizon.
Dawn (drag queen)
Dawn is the stage name of drag performers, chiefly a Brooklyn queen with a computer science degree who reached the top six of RuPaul's Drag Race season 16 (2024) without a challenge win, and a separate Brighton performer, Dawn the Drag Queen.
Dawn (newspaper)
Dawn is Pakistan's oldest English-language newspaper, founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Delhi as a weekly on 26 October 1941, a daily from October 1942, moved to Karachi in 1947, and published today by the Dawn Group.
Dawn (spacecraft)
Dawn was a NASA Discovery Program spacecraft that used ion propulsion to orbit Vesta and Ceres between 2011 and 2018, the first to orbit a dwarf planet.
Dawn (던) (rapper)
Dawn (던, born Kim Hyo-jong, 1994) is a South Korean rapper and singer, formerly E'Dawn of PENTAGON and Triple H, solo since 2019 with MONEY, DAWNDIDIDAWN, and the EP Narcissus; agencies P NATION and AT AREA.
Dawn Addis
Dawn Addis is an American Democratic politician who represents California's 30th Assembly district on the Central Coast, elected in 2022 after a career as a special education teacher.
Dawn Brancheau
Dawn Brancheau, SeaWorld Orlando killer whale trainer, killed February 24, 2010 by the orca Tilikum after a Dine with Shamu show; her death drove the OSHA case ending trainer waterwork and the documentary Blackfish.
Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler, British Labour MP for Brent East since 2024, formerly Brent South and Brent Central; first elected African-Caribbean woman UK government minister and first Black woman on the Panel of Chairs.
Dawn Capital
Dawn Capital is a London-headquartered European venture capital firm investing in B2B software and fintech companies, known for the iZettle, Tink, and Mimecast exits and over $2bn raised.
Dawn Cornelison
Dawn Cornelison is a cell biologist and professor at the University of Missouri, recognized for her work on skeletal muscle stem cells and the extracellular matrix.
Dawn E. Kelley
Dawn E. Kelley was a molecular biologist at the Institute for Cancer Research and Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, known for her 1974 discovery of methylated messenger RNA.
Dawn Fantasia
Dawn Fantasia is an American Republican politician and educator serving in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 24th district since 2024, after serving on the Sussex County Board of Commissioners.
Dawn FM
Dawn FM is The Weeknd's fifth studio album, released 7 January 2022 on XO/Republic. A purgatory radio-station concept album with Jim Carrey as DJ, it scored 88 on Metacritic.
Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser AC MBE (born 1937, Balmain) is an Australian swimmer who won 100m freestyle gold at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics, took eight Olympic medals, set 39 world records, and was the first woman under one minute for 100m freestyle.
Dawn French
Dawn French (Dawn Roma French), British comedian and actress born 1957 in Holyhead, Wales; half of French and Saunders with Jennifer Saunders, star of The Vicar of Dibley, BAFTA Fellow 2009, author and solo touring performer.
Dawn Gile
Dawn Gile is an American attorney and Democratic politician who has represented District 33 in the Maryland State Senate since January 2023, serving on the Finance Committee.
Dawn Greenhalgh
Dawn Greenhalgh (born 1934, Shanghai, China) is a Canadian actress, a member of the Stratford Festival's original acting company with roles in Antony and Cleopatra, Love's Labour's Lost, and Pericles, and screen credits from Slings & Arrows to Stealing the Sky (2025).
Dawn Harper
Dawn Harper, later Dawn Harper-Nelson, American sprint hurdler born 1984; 2008 Olympic 100m hurdles champion (12.54) and 2012 silver medalist (12.37), with world bronze 2011 and silver 2017, four Diamond League titles, retired 2018.
Dawn Harvest Solar
Dawn Harvest Solar, formally the Dawn Harvest Solar Energy Center, is a 150 MW solar and battery facility in Rock County, Wisconsin, being acquired by We Energies and other utilities.
Dawn J. Wright
Dawn J. Wright is an American geographer and marine geologist who has served as Chief Scientist of the mapping company Esri since 2011, applying GIS to the ocean and seafloor.
Dawn Jackson Blatner
Dawn Jackson "DJ" Blatner is a Chicago-based registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN, CSSD), creator of the flexitarian diet, author of The Flexitarian Diet and The Superfood Swap, winner of ABC's My Diet Is Better Than Yours, and former Chicago Cubs head dietitian.
Dawn L. Hershman
Dawn L. Hershman, also published as Dawn Hershman, is an American medical oncologist at Columbia University who studies breast cancer treatment and why patients stop taking cancer therapies.
Dawn Lyn
Dawn Lyn, born Dawn Lyn Nervik, is an American former child actress. She is best known for playing Dodie Harper Douglas on My Three Sons from 1969 to 1972.