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Dan Boyle
Dan Boyle (Daniel Denis Boyle), Canadian ice hockey defenseman born 1976 in Ottawa; undrafted Miami (Ohio) alum who won the 2004 Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay and 2010 Olympic gold, retiring in 2016 with 605 NHL points.
Dan Branton
Dan Branton is a Harvard cell biologist who, with David Deamer, proposed sequencing DNA by drawing strands through a nanoscopic pore, the founding idea of nanopore sequencing.
Dan Bricklin
Dan Bricklin, born in Philadelphia in 1951, is an American software engineer who conceived VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet, while studying at Harvard Business School.
Dan Brown
Dan Brown (born 1964) is the American thriller author of The Da Vinci Code and the Robert Langdon series; over 250 million copies in 56 languages, about $2.24 billion film gross.
Dan Bucatinsky
Dan Bucatinsky (born 1965) is an American actor, writer, and producer, Emmy winner as James Novak on Scandal, co-founder with Lisa Kudrow of Is Or Isn't Entertainment (The Comeback, Web Therapy), husband of Don Roos.
Dan Burn
Dan Burn (Daniel Johnson Burn, born 1992) is a 198 cm English defender and Newcastle United club captain, signed from Brighton in 2022 for £13m; he scored in the 2025 League Cup final win and has 11 England caps.
Dan Butler
Dan Butler (born 1954, Indiana) is an American actor known as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on Frasier (1993–2004) and for his Drama Desk-nominated one-man play The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me...; Broadway credits include Travesties and Twentieth Century.
Dan Byrd
Dan Byrd (Daniel Byrd, born 1985) is an American actor known for Travis Cobb on Cougar Town (2009–2015), Brandon in Easy A, The Hills Have Eyes (2006), A Cinderella Story, Aliens in America, Utopia, and Young Sheldon; distinct from the 1985 actor of the same name.
Dan Campbell
Dan Campbell (born 1976, Clifton, Texas) is an NFL head coach of the Detroit Lions since 2021 and former tight end; also Miami's 2015 interim coach, known for fourth-down aggression and Detroit's turnaround.
Dan Carlin
Dan Carlin, American journalist and broadcaster (CU Boulder history B.A., 1989), hosts Hardcore History and Common Sense; long-form, guest-free episodes of 3-4 hours, hundreds of millions of downloads.
Dan Carroll
Dan Carroll (Daniel Brendon Carroll, 1887-1956), Australian-born rugby union wing and coach; Olympic rugby gold for Australasia in 1908 and for the United States as player-coach in 1920; distinct from the 1970s American speed skater of the same name.
Dan Carter
Dan Carter (Daniel William Carter, born 1982), New Zealand All Blacks fly-half, All Black #1034; test rugby's record point scorer with 1,598 points in 112 caps, 2003-2015; two World Cups, three-time World Rugby Player of the Year.
Dan Castellaneta
Dan Castellaneta (Daniel Louis Castellaneta, born 1957, Chicago) is the American voice actor and writer who voices Homer Simpson, Krusty, Grampa, Barney, and Willie on The Simpsons, a four-time Emmy winner and Second City alumnus.
Dan Castellaneta filmography
Dan Castellaneta filmography: screen and voice credits of Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born 1957), Homer Simpson's voice since 1987 on The Simpsons, also the Genie in Aladdin, Grandpa in Hey Arnold!, plus live-action roles in The War of the Roses and The Pursuit of Happyness.
Dan Chaplin
Dan Chaplin is a venture capital investor and Partner at Dawn Capital in London, co-heading its fintech practice and known for early investments in Tink, Cover Genius, and Copper.
Dan Christian
Dan Christian (Daniel Trevor Christian, born 1983), Wiradjuri Australian T20 allrounder; 20 ODIs and 23 T20Is for Australia, 2011 Boxing Day Test squad, 5/31 ODI hat-trick, retired 2023, BBL comeback 2025.
Dan Coats
Dan Coats (Daniel Ray Coats), Republican from Indiana: congressman 1981-1989, U.S. Senator 1989-1999 and 2011-2017, ambassador to Germany 2001-2005, and Director of National Intelligence 2017-2019 under Trump.
Dan Cole (rugby union)
Dan Cole (Daniel Richard Cole, born 1987, Leicester) is a former English rugby union tighthead prop; 118 England caps (second most), 340 Leicester Tigers games, four Premiership titles, Lions tours 2013 and 2017, retired 2025.
Dan Conner
Dan Conner is the fictional working-class patriarch of Roseanne and The Conners, played by John Goodman from 1988 to 2025; his season 9 death was retconned as fiction, and he was later widowed by Roseanne's opioid overdose.
Dan Connors
Dan Connors is a video-game executive and former LucasArts producer who co-founded Telltale Games in 2004, leading the studio behind The Walking Dead as CEO until 2015.
Dan Cortese
Dan Cortese (Daniel James Cortese, born 1967, Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and host, Emmy-winning host of MTV Sports (1992), Seinfeld's 'mimbo' Tony, and Perry Rollins on Veronica's Closet.
Dan Cox
Dan Cox is an American Republican politician and attorney, a former Maryland state delegate and small-business owner running for governor in 2026 in a rematch against Wes Moore.
Dan Cramling
Dan Cramling (born 1959) is a Swedish chess player who earned the FIDE title of International Master in 1982 and remains active in Swedish team chess and European club competition.
Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw (born 1984, Aberdeen, Scotland) is a Republican former U.S. Representative for Texas's 2nd District (2019–) and retired Navy SEAL lieutenant commander who lost his right eye to an IED in Afghanistan in 2012 and lost the 2026 GOP primary to Steve Toth.
Dan Curtin (footballer)
Dan Curtin (Daniel Curtin, born 2005) is an Adelaide Crows AFL utility, drafted pick 8 in 2023 from Claremont via a trade with GWS; WA U18 MVP, All Australian, 2026 knee injury returnee.
Dan Curtin (musician)
Dan Curtin is an American techno and house producer and DJ from Cleveland, Ohio, active since 1992, with more than 400 tracks, and based in Berlin since 2003.
Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye (ダンダダン 邪視)
Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye (ダンダダン 邪視) is a 2025 Science SARU compilation film pairing the Dan Da Dan season 1 finale with season 2's first three episodes, released theatrically from May 30, 2025 before the July 3 season premiere.
Dan Da Dan: First Encounter (ダンダダン)
Dan Da Dan: First Encounter (ダンダダン) is a 2024 Japanese compilation film of the first three episodes of the Dandadan anime by Science SARU, released theatrically worldwide from August 31, 2024, with an 18-minute making-of featurette, before the series' October 2024 streaming debut.
Dan Dailey
Dan Dailey (Daniel James Dailey, 1915-1978), American actor, singer, and dancer of vaudeville and Broadway origin; Fox movie musicals with Betty Grable, Oscar nomination for When My Baby Smiles at Me, Golden Globe for The Governor & J.J.; distinct from the glass artist and the Sergeant Major of the Army of the same name.
Dan Dakich
Dan Dakich, American sports media personality and former college basketball coach; hosts OutKick's Don't @ Me. Former Indiana player/captain under Bob Knight, Bowling Green head coach (1997-2006), ESPN analyst 2010-2021.