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Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews (Carver Dana Andrews, 1909-1992), American film actor and 1940s leading man, star of the film noir Laura and The Best Years of Our Lives; later Screen Actors Guild president 1963-1965.
Dana Angluin
Dana Angluin (Dana Charmian Angluin) is an American computer scientist, Professor Emeritus at Yale, known for the L algorithm for learning regular languages and for population protocols.
Dana Antal
Dana Antal, born 1977 in Saskatchewan, is a Canadian retired ice hockey forward who won gold with Canada at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and world titles in 2001 and 2004 with the Calgary Oval X-Treme.
Dana Ashbrook
Dana Ashbrook (born 1967, San Diego) is an American actor known for playing Bobby Briggs in Twin Peaks (1990), Fire Walk with Me (1992), and The Return (2017), plus Dawson's Creek and Crisis Center.
Dana Auburn Powers
Dana Auburn Powers is an American nuclear safety engineer who spent forty years at Sandia National Laboratories and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2015.
Dana Barron
Dana Barron (born 1966, New York City) is an American actress, the original Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), reprised in Christmas Vacation 2 (2003); Daytime Emmy winner, distinct from Dana Lyn Baron and Ina Barrón.
Dana Bash
Dana Bash (born 1971) is CNN's chief political correspondent, anchor of Inside Politics, and co-anchor of State of the Union with Jake Tapper; a GWU 1993 graduate, Dirksen and Peabody award winner, and moderator of the 2024 Trump-Biden debate.
Dana Biosphere Reserve
Dana Biosphere Reserve (محمية ضانا) is Jordan's largest nature reserve and a UNESCO biosphere reserve, covering about 300 km² of mountains and wadis in south-central Jordan.
Dana Boatman
Dana Boatman, also known as Dana Frances Boatman-Reich, is an audiologist and clinical neurophysiologist, professor at Johns Hopkins, and director of its Auditory Neurophysiology Laboratory, studying speech perception.
Dana Brooke
Dana Brooke is the ring name of Ashley Mae Sebera, an American professional wrestler who spent roughly a decade in WWE as a 15-time 24/7 Champion.
Dana C. Bookbinder
Dana C. Bookbinder is an American chemist and inventor who co-invented Corning's ClearCurve bend-insensitive optical fiber, holds over 300 U.S. patents, and joined the National Academy of Engineering in 2018.
Dana Carroll
Dana Carroll is an American biochemist and genome engineer at the University of Utah, known for pioneering genome editing with zinc-finger nucleases and later TALEN and CRISPR nucleases.
Dana Carvey
Dana Thomas Carvey (born 1955, Missoula, Montana) is an American comedian and impressionist, an SNL cast member 1986-1993 known for the Church Lady, Garth, and George H. W. Bush impressions, star of Wayne's World, and creator of the short-lived 1996 Dana Carvey Show.
Dana DeArmond
Dana DeArmond, "The Internet's Girlfriend," American adult film performer and director born 1979 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina; known for MySpace-era fan interaction, fetish work, directing, and AVN, XRCO, and Urban X Hall of Fame inductions.
Dana Delany
Dana Welles Delany, American actress born 1956 in New York City; two-time Emmy winner as Colleen McMurphy on China Beach (1988–1991), later Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives, Megan Hunt on Body of Proof, and the DCAU voice of Lois Lane.
Dana Eden
Dana Eden (דנה עדן), Israeli TV producer and co-creator of the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ spy thriller Tehran, co-founder of Donna & Shula Productions; died 15 February 2026 in Athens during season four filming.
Dana Elcar
Dana Elcar (Ibson Dana Elcar, 1927-2005), American character actor and director, best known as Peter Thornton on MacGyver (1985-1992); his real glaucoma blindness was written into the show; over 150 screen credits including The Sting and 2010.
Dana Evans (The Pitt)
Dana Evans is a fictional charge nurse in the HBO Max medical drama The Pitt, played by Katherine LaNasa. Based on nurse Kathy Garvin, she runs the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center ER, survives a patient assault in Season 1, and won LaNasa an Emmy.
Dana Ewell
Dana James Ewell, Fresno heir convicted of hiring college friend Joel Radovcich to murder his parents Dale and Glee and sister Tiffany in 1992 for an $8 million estate; both sentenced to life without parole in 1998.
Dana Goldberg (producer)
Dana Goldberg (born 1979) is an American film producer and studio executive, Chief Creative Officer of Skydance Media; not the comedian Dana Goldberg. She joined Skydance in 2010 as President of Production and executive produced the Mission: Impossible films and Top Gun: Maverick.
Dana Gould
Dana Gould (born 1964, Hopedale, Massachusetts) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, voice of Gex, Simpsons writer and two-time Emmy winner, and host of The Dana Gould Hour podcast.
Dana H. Hanselman
Dana H. Hanselman is an American fisheries scientist who directs NOAA's Auke Bay Laboratories in Juneau, Alaska, and leads the federal stock assessment of Alaska sablefish.
Dana Hill
Dana Hill (Dana Lynne Goetz, 1964-1996) was an American film and voice actress: Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's European Vacation, Sherry in Shoot the Moon, and the voice of Max Goof; she died of diabetes complications at 32.
Dana Holgorsen
Dana Holgorsen, American college football coach, Nebraska offensive coordinator since 2024; former head coach at West Virginia (61-41, 2011-18) and Houston (31-28, 2019-23), 92-69 career, Air Raid offense.
Dana Incorporated
Dana Incorporated is an American automotive supplier headquartered in Maumee, Ohio. Founded in 1904, it supplies axles, driveshafts, and electrified drivetrain systems to nearly every major vehicle manufacturer.
Dana Ingrova Zatopkova
Dana Zátopková (née Ingrová), Czechoslovak javelin thrower, 1952 Olympic champion and 1960 silver medalist, two-time European champion, last wooden-javelin world record holder (55.73 m), wife of Emil Zátopek.
Dana International (דנה אינטרנשיונל)
Dana International (דנה אינטרנשיונל), stage name of Israeli singer Sharon Cohen, born Yaron Cohen, won Eurovision 1998 in Birmingham with "Diva", becoming the contest's first transgender winner and Israel's third champion.
Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey (born 1941, Atlanta) is an American character actress, five-time Tony nominee, three-time Obie winner, creator of Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy, and film supporting player from The Color Purple to The Leisure Seeker.
Dana Jacobson
Dana Jacobson, born 1971, is an American broadcast journalist and sports anchor who worked at ESPN's SportsCenter and First Take, then co-hosted CBS Saturday Morning until 2025.
Dana Jones (North Carolina politician)
Dana Jones, also known as Dana Caudill Jones, is an American Republican politician serving her first term in the North Carolina State Senate from the 31st district.