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Dawn M. Meekhof
Dawn M. Meekhof is a physicist who, as a NIST Boulder postdoctoral fellow, first-authored the 1996 paper creating Fock and squeezed states of a trapped ion's motion, cited in the 2012 Nobel Prize background.
Dawn Marie Psaltis
Dawn Marie Psaltis (born 1970, Rahway, New Jersey), ring name Dawn Marie, American retired wrestler and valet of ECW (1998–2001) and WWE (2002–2005); later a New Jersey nurse and Wrestlers Rescue founder.
Dawn O'Porter
Dawn O'Porter (born Dawn Porter, 1979) is a Scottish author and broadcaster, wife of Chris O'Dowd, known for TV documentaries Super Slim Me and Extreme Wife and novels The Cows and Cat Lady; distinct from American filmmaker Dawn Porter.
Dawn of Nemunas
Dawn of Nemunas (Nemuno aušra, PPNA) is a Lithuanian populist party founded in 2023 by Remigijus Žemaitaitis; it won 20 Seimas seats in 2024, joined the LSDP-led coalition, and was removed from it in 2026.
Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)
Dawn of the Dead (1978), George A. Romero's zombie sequel to Night of the Living Dead, set in Monroeville Mall, an Italian co-production with Dario Argento's Zombi cut, a consumerism satire and independent film landmark.
Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)
Dawn of the Dead is a 2004 American horror film directed by Zack Snyder, a remake of George A. Romero's 1978 film about zombie-plague survivors in a mall.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Matt Reeves' sequel to Rise, follows Andy Serkis' Caesar leading apes near San Francisco into failed peace with human flu survivors; $710 million gross, 91% Rotten Tomatoes, Weta outdoor motion capture.
Dawn of X
Dawn of X is the opening 2019-2020 phase of Marvel's Krakoan X-Men era, following House of X/Powers of X, overseen by Jonathan Hickman as Head of X, and collected in interleaved trade paperbacks.
Dawn Raid (Malaysia)
The Dawn Raid was Malaysia's surprise 1981 purchase of British-controlled Guthrie on the London Stock Exchange, when PNB secured majority control within four hours for £100 million.
Dawn Richard
Dawn Richard (Dawn Angelique Richard, born 1983, New Orleans) is an American R&B-electronic singer-songwriter, Danity Kane and Diddy-Dirty Money member, later independent solo artist on Merge Records with albums Goldenheart, Blackheart, Second Line, and creole culture.
Dawn Robinson
Dawn Robinson (Dawn Sherrese Robinson) is an American singer, born in New London, Connecticut, a founding member of En Vogue (1989-1997), later of Lucy Pearl, with a 2002 solo album Dawn.
Dawn Rochelle Warner
Dawn Rochelle Warner (born 1972, Dexter, Kansas), known as Dawn Rochelle, American model, actress, and pageant entrepreneur; founder of the Miss Bikini brand and Warner Models, creator of Miss Bikini Backstage.
Dawn Song
Dawn Song is an American computer scientist, a professor at UC Berkeley and 2010 MacArthur Fellow, known for work in computer security, AI safety, and agentic AI, who founded Oasis Labs and Menlo Security.
Dawn Staley
Dawn Staley (born 1970, Philadelphia) is a Hall of Fame point guard and coach: three Olympic golds as a player, WNBA All-Star, and South Carolina head coach with NCAA titles in 2017, 2022, and 2024.
Dawn Steele
Dawn Steele (born 1975, Glasgow) is a Scottish actress known as Lexie in Monarch of the Glen, Ange Godard in Holby City, and DCI Cora MacMillan in Granite Harbour.
Dawn Summers
Dawn Summers is a fictional character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy's younger sister, created by Joss Whedon and played by Michelle Trachtenberg (2000–2003). Introduced in season 5 as a retcon, she is revealed to be the mystical Key made human by monks to hide her from the hellgod Glory.
Dawn Ward (TV personality)
Dawn Ward (Dawn Louise Ward, née Burke, born 1973) is an English interior designer and reality TV personality, an original cast member of ITVBe's The Real Housewives of Cheshire (2015–2020), wife of ex-footballer Ashley Ward, based later in Dubai.
Dawn Wells
Dawn Wells (1938-2020), American actress born in Reno, Nevada, best known as Mary Ann Summers on Gilligan's Island (CBS, 1964-1967); Miss Nevada 1959, University of Washington drama graduate, later Wishing Wells clothing designer; died in Los Angeles.
Dawn White
Dawn White is an American Republican politician who represents Tennessee's 13th Senate district, elected in 2018 after serving in the state House from 2012; she chairs the Senate Education Committee.
Dawn-dusk orbit
A dawn-dusk orbit is a sun-synchronous orbit that stays aligned with the day-night terminator, so the satellite crosses the equator around 6 a.m. or 6 p.m. in perpetual sunrise or sunset.
Dawnn Lewis
Dawnn Lewis (born 1961, Brooklyn) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter who played Jaleesa Vinson on A Different World (1987-1992), co-composed its theme, voiced LaBarbara Conrad in Futurama and Captain Freeman in Star Trek: Lower Decks, and runs Morning Jewel Inc.
Dawon
Dawon (다원) is the stage name of Lee Sang-hyok, a South Korean singer born in 1995 and a member of the boy group SF9 under FNC Entertainment.
Dawon Kahng
Dawon Kahng (강대원) was a Korean-born electrical engineer at Bell Labs who co-invented the MOSFET in 1960 and the floating-gate cell behind flash memory in 1967.
Dawood Group
The Dawood Group is a Karachi-based Pakistani family conglomerate founded by Ahmed Dawood, who began trading cotton yarn in Bombay in 1920 and migrated to Pakistan after the 1947 partition.
Dawood Habib
Dawood Habib was a member of the Pakistani Habib merchant family who co-founded Habib Bank Limited in Bombay in 1941; his branch later sponsored Bank AL Habib.
Dawood Ibrahim (दाऊद इब्राहिम)
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar (दाऊद इब्राहिम), born 1955, is the Indian fugitive boss of the crime syndicate D Company, prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257, a US-designated global terrorist, and an INTERPOL Red Notice subject believed to be in Pakistan.
Dawoodi Bohra
The Dawoodi Bohras, also known as Daudi Bohras, are a Musta'lian Tayyibi Ismaili Shia Muslim merchant community of about one million people, historically concentrated in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Daws Butler
Daws Butler (Charles Dawson Butler, 1916-1988), American voice actor, the primary Hanna-Barbera voice from 1957, originating Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Elroy Jetson, Cap'n Crunch, and Snap.
Dawson City
Dawson City, Yukon, town at the Yukon-Klondike river confluence, heart of the 1896-1899 Klondike Gold Rush, Yukon capital 1898-1953, now a National Historic Site and UNESCO Tr'ondëk-Klondike component.
Dawson College shooting
The Dawson College shooting: Kimveer Gill's September 13, 2006 attack at a Montreal CEGEP that killed Anastasia De Sousa, wounded 19, and led to the Peace Garden, Peace Centre, and gun control debate.