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Dan Romik
Dan Romik is a mathematician and professor at the University of California, Davis, known for work on longest increasing subsequences, random tilings, and his 2015 Cambridge book on the topic.
Dan Rostenkowski
Dan Rostenkowski (1928–2010), Chicago Democrat, represented Illinois in the U.S. House 1959–1995 and chaired Ways and Means from 1981; architect of 1980s tax, trade, and Social Security legislation, later convicted of mail fraud and pardoned by Clinton.
Dan Rowan
Dan Rowan (Daniel Hale David, 1922–1987), American comedian, co-host and straight man of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC, 1968–1973); WWII P-40 pilot, 1969 Emmy winner, executive producer 1972–73.
Dan S. Henningson
Dan S. Henningson is a Swedish fluid dynamicist, professor of fluid mechanics at KTH in Stockholm, known for work on transition to turbulence and hydrodynamic stability.
Dan S. Tawfik
Dan S. Tawfik (1955–2021) was an Israeli biochemist at the Weizmann Institute of Science known for developing in vitro compartmentalization and establishing enzyme promiscuity in molecular evolution.
Dan Saunders ATM glitch
Dan Saunders, a bartender from Wangaratta, exploited a 2011 flaw in the National Australia Bank ATM system, withdrawing $1.6 million over four and a half months.
Dan Savage
Dan Savage (born 1964, Chicago) is an American sex-advice columnist, author, and LGBT activist. He created "Savage Love" (The Stranger, 1991), the Savage Lovecast podcast, and co-founded the It Gets Better Project.
Dan Scavino
Dan Scavino (Daniel Scavino Jr., born 1976), Trump's longest-serving aide since 2015: golf-club manager turned 2016 social-media director, first White House director of social media, deputy chief of staff for communications, and 2025 Presidential Personnel Office head.
Dan Schneider
Dan Schneider (Daniel James Schneider) is an American TV producer and writer behind Nickelodeon hits like iCarly, Victorious, Drake & Josh, and Henry Danger; he left Nickelodeon in 2018 and lost his 2026 defamation appeal over the documentary Quiet on Set.
Dan Schulman
Dan Schulman is an American executive who was CEO of PayPal from 2015 to 2023, after founding Virgin Mobile USA and leading Priceline, and became Verizon's CEO in 2025.
Dan Schutte
Dan Schutte (b. 1947) is an American Catholic liturgical composer, founding member of the St. Louis Jesuits, and writer of "Here I Am, Lord"; composer-in-residence at the University of San Francisco since 1999.
Dan Schwartz
Dan Schwartz is an American politician and the Democratic nominee for U.S. House in Maryland's 1st District in 2026, challenging eight-term incumbent Republican Rep. Andy Harris.
Dan Seals
Dan Seals, born Danny Wayland Seals, was an American singer who fronted the 1970s soft-rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, then scored eleven country number-one singles.
Dan Senor
Dan Senor (born 1971, Utica, New York), American political advisor, investor, and author; CPA chief spokesperson in Iraq 2003-2004, co-author of Start-Up Nation and The Genius of Israel, host of the Call Me Back podcast.
Dan Severn
Dan "The Beast" Severn (born 1958) is an American retired MMA fighter and pro wrestler, first UFC triple crown winner (UFC 5, Ultimate Ultimate 1995, Superfight champion), 101-19-7 record, two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion.
Dan Shechtman (דן שכטמן)
Dan Shechtman (דן שכטמן), also known as Daniel Shechtman, is an Israeli materials scientist at the Technion who discovered quasicrystals, winning the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Dan Sherry
Dan Sherry (Daniel John Sherry, born 1946), Canadian swimmer for the North York Lions Club; eighth in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic 200 m butterfly, two 1963 Pan Am bronzes, 1965 110-yard butterfly world record. Same name: 1986 Commonwealth Games boxing champion.
Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons (1948-2026), American author of Hyperion and The Terror; Hugo, World Fantasy, Locus, and Bram Stoker winner; wrote the Hyperion Cantos and Ilium/Olympos cycles; died in Longmont, Colorado.
Dan Smith (singer)
Dan Smith (Daniel Campbell Smith, born 1986, London) is the English singer, songwriter and producer who founded Bastille in 2010; his debut Bad Blood topped the UK chart, and Pompeii, Happier with Marshmello, and the 2024 Ampersand story-song project define his catalog.
Dan Snaith
Dan Snaith (born 1978, Dundas, Ontario) is a Canadian electronic musician with a mathematics PhD from Imperial College London, recording as Manitoba, then Caribou (Andorra, Swim, Suddenly, Honey) and the club alias Daphni.
Dan Snow
Dan Snow, also known as Daniel Snow, is a British historian and broadcaster who made military history shows with his father Peter Snow and founded History Hit.
Dan Soder
Dan Soder (Daniel Edward-Richard Soder, born 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster known as Mafee on Billions, co-host of SiriusXM's The Bonfire (2015–2023), and creator of the specials Not Special, Son of a Gary, and On The Road.
Dan Spivey
Dan Spivey (Daniel Eugene Spivey, born 1952), also Waylon Mercy and "Dangerous" Dan Spivey, retired American wrestler for WWE, WCW, and AJPW; Skyscrapers tag team with Sid Vicious, AJPW tag champion with Stan Hansen.
Dan Stamper-Kurn
Dan M. Stamper-Kurn is an experimental atomic physicist, Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley since 2001, known for work on ultracold atomic gases, magnetism in quantum fluids, and cavity optomechanics.
Dan Stec
Dan Stec is an American Republican politician serving in the New York State Senate from the 45th district, elected in 2020 after serving in the State Assembly.
Dan Stevens
Dan Stevens (Daniel Jonathan Stevens, born 1982, Croydon, Surrey) is an English actor known as Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey (2010-2012), then Legion's David Haller, the Beast in Disney's 2017 Beauty and the Beast, and roles in The Guest, Gaslit, and The Terror: Devil in Silver.
Dan Sullivan (U.S. senator)
Dan Sullivan (Daniel Scott Sullivan, R-Alaska, born 1964) is Alaska's junior U.S. senator since 2015, a Marine Reserve lieutenant colonel, former Bush NSC and State Department official, Alaska attorney general, and DNR commissioner, reelected in 2020 through January 2027.
Dan Swanö
Dan Swanö (born 1973, Finspång, Sweden) is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist and metal producer, founder of Edge of Sanity (Crimson) and Nightingale, and Unisound mix/mastering engineer for Opeth, Katatonia, and Dissection.
Dan Swanson
Dan Swanson, born in 1959, is an American Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 71st district, first sworn in in 2017.
Dan Tana's
Dan Tana's is a 17-table Italian restaurant on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, opened in 1964 by former soccer player Dan Tana and long a celebrity favorite.