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Dan the Automator
Dan the Automator (Dan Nakamura) is a San Francisco hip-hop producer behind Dr. Octagonecologyst, Deltron 3030, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Gorillaz' debut, Kasabian, and film scores like Booksmart.
Dan Theodorescu
Dan Theodorescu is a urologic oncologist and bladder cancer researcher who became director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center in 2025 and developed the COXEN drug-response algorithm.
Dan Thomas
Dan Thomas (Daniel Thomas, born c. 1981) is a British politician, Reform UK Wales leader February–September 2026 and Senedd member for Casnewydd Islwyn; formerly Conservative leader of Barnet Council 2019–2022; resigned after arrest.
Dan Ticktum
Dan Ticktum (Daniel Ticktum, born 1999) is a British Formula E driver for CUPRA KIRO, car 33; two-time Macau Grand Prix winner (2017, 2018) with Formula E wins in Jakarta (2025) and Tokyo (2026).
Dan Tomlinson
Dan Tomlinson (Daniel Tomlinson), British Labour politician, born 1992, MP for Chipping Barnet since 2024 and Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Minister for Growth); first Labour MP for the seat since its 1974 creation.
Dan Towriss
Dan Towriss is an American actuary and insurance executive who founded Group 1001, built from the 2012 buyout of Sun Life's U.S. annuity business, and leads TWG Motorsports.
Dan Trachtenberg
Dan Trachtenberg (Daniel Trachtenberg, born 1981, Philadelphia) is an American director of 10 Cloverfield Lane, Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers, and Predator: Badlands, with a Paramount first-look deal and Freddy the 13th due 2028.
Dan Troy
Dan Troy, also known as Daniel P. Troy, is an American Democratic politician representing Ohio's 23rd House district since 2020, after seven prior terms first elected in 1982.
Dan Tyminski
Dan Tyminski, born 1967 in Rutland, Vermont, is an American bluegrass guitarist and vocalist: longtime member of Alison Krauss and Union Station, the singing voice of George Clooney's "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 14 Grammy Awards, and guest vocalist on Avicii's "Hey Brother."
Dan Ugaste
Dan Ugaste is an American Republican politician and former workers' compensation defense attorney who has represented Illinois's 65th House district, west of Chicago, since 2018.
Dan Villari
Dan Villari (born 2002) is an American football tight end for the Los Angeles Rams. A former Michigan quarterback who transferred to Syracuse and converted to tight end, he went undrafted in 2026.
Dan Vs.
Dan Vs., also known as Dan Versus, is an American animated comedy series about a short-tempered man who drags his best friend and his wife into elaborate revenge schemes.
Dan Waern
Dan Waern (born 17 January 1933), Swedish middle-distance runner, 1958 European 1500 m silver medallist and fourth at the 1960 Rome Olympics; set 1000 m world records (2:17.8) and was banned for life in 1961 under amateur rules.
Dan Walker (broadcaster)
Dan Walker (born 1977, Crawley) is an English broadcaster, lead anchor of Channel 5's 5 News since 2022, formerly BBC Breakfast presenter 2016-2022 and Football Focus host 2009-2021, now also Classic FM Breakfast presenter.
Dan Walker (politician)
Dan Walker (Daniel Walker, 1922-2015) was a maverick Democratic governor of Illinois, 1973-1977, who beat Daley's machine and Richard Ogilvie in 1972 after a 1,197-mile walk across the state; distinct from Scott, Bill, and Mark Walker.
Dan Wheldon
Dan Wheldon (Daniel Clive Wheldon, 1978-2011), nicknamed Lionheart, was a British IndyCar driver, 2005 series champion, and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner (2005, 2011) who died in a 15-car crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in October 2011.
Dan White
Dan White, born Daniel James White, was a former San Francisco police officer, firefighter, and supervisor who assassinated Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978.
Dan Willard
Dan Edward Willard (died 2023) was an American computer scientist and SUNY Albany professor known for the x-fast and y-fast tries, fusion trees, and range-searching lower bounds.
Dan Williamson
Dan Williamson (Daniel Hunter Williamson, born 2000, Auckland) is a New Zealand rower, Olympic gold medallist in the men's eight at Tokyo 2020, seventh in the pair at Paris 2024, and later a Yale assistant coach.
Dan Wilson
Dan Wilson is a pharmaceutical-industry scientist with a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University who runs the YouTube channel Debunk the Funk, debunking vaccine and medical misinformation using primary scientific literature.
Dan Wilson (musician)
Dan Wilson (Daniel Dodd Wilson) is an American singer-songwriter and producer, Semisonic frontman ("Closing Time"), former Trip Shakespeare member, and Grammy-winning co-writer for Adele, the Chicks, and Taylor Swift.
Dan Wootton
Dan Wootton, New Zealand-born British tabloid journalist and broadcaster; News of the World and Sun showbiz editor, GB News presenter of Dan Wootton Tonight, Depp libel defendant, later independent Outspoken platform after 2023 catfishing allegations he denies.
Dan Yakir
Dan Yakir is an Israeli professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Israel Prize laureate who studies carbon and water exchange between vegetation and the atmosphere in dry climates.
Dan Zhao
Dan Zhao (赵丹) is a professor at the National University of Singapore known for metal–organic frameworks and membranes for gas storage and separation; he directs its Guangzhou research institute.
Dan-Air
Dan-Air (Dan-Air Services Ltd) was a British airline owned by shipbrokers Davies and Newman, operating from 1953 until its sale to British Airways in 1992.
Dan-Axel Zagadou
Dan-Axel Zagadou, French centre-back born 1999 in Créteil; ex-PSG youth and Borussia Dortmund player, at VfB Stuttgart since 2022, Bundesliga runners-up 2023/24, contract extended to 2027.
Dan-Virgil Voiculescu
Dan-Virgil Voiculescu, born 1949 in Bucharest, Romania, is a Romanian-born American mathematician, professor at UC Berkeley since 1987, and creator of free probability theory.
Dan'
Dan' was the tribute of early Rus', first recorded in the mid-ninth century and organized into state revenue in the tenth century by Oleg, Igor, and Princess Olga.
Dana 60
The Dana 60 is a heavy-duty axle made by Dana Incorporated since 1955, used in 3/4-ton and 1-ton pickups and popular for off-road axle swaps.
Dana Altman
Dana Altman (born 1958) is an American college basketball coach, Oregon's winningest men's basketball coach (382-182, 2017 Final Four) and former Creighton head coach; retired October 7, 2026 with 792 Division I wins, 15th-most in NCAA history.