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Daniel A. Nolasco

Daniel A. Nolasco is a water and sanitation engineer who cofounded Nolasco & Associates and was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2024.

Daniel A. Okun

Daniel A. Okun (1917–2007) was an American environmental engineer and Kenan Professor at the University of North Carolina, known for dual water systems and reclaimed water.

Daniel A. Portnoy

Daniel A. Portnoy is an American microbiologist and immunologist at UC Berkeley known for his work on the intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes and for turning that research into cancer immunotherapy platforms.

Daniel A. Singleton

Daniel A. Singleton is an American physical organic chemist, Davidson Chair in Science at Texas A&M University, known for natural-abundance NMR kinetic isotope effects and dynamic effects.

Daniel A. Winer

Daniel A. Winer, also published as Daniel Winer, is a physician-scientist in immunology who showed that B cells and T cells drive obesity-related insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

Daniel Abraham (author)

Daniel Abraham (born 1969, Albuquerque) is an American SF/fantasy author of The Long Price Quartet, The Dagger and the Coin, and the Kithamar trilogy, and co-author with Ty Franck of The Expanse as James S. A. Corey; distinct from other Daniel Abrahams.

Daniel Adair

Daniel Adair (born 1975, Toronto) is a Canadian drummer and vocalist, Nickelback's drummer since 2005 after 3 Doors Down; first appeared on All the Right Reasons and also plays with Martone.

Daniel Adu-Adjei

Daniel Adu-Adjei (born 2005), English striker for HNK Rijeka in the Croatian HNL; ex-Bournemouth academy forward with loans at Leyton Orient and Carlisle United, contract to June 2029.

Daniel Agger

Daniel Agger (born 1984) is a Danish former centre-back for Brøndby IF and Liverpool FC (232 games, 2006-2014, League Cup 2012), 75-capped Denmark captain who retired in 2016 and is now a Denmark assistant coach.

Daniel Ahmed

Daniel Ahmed is a Swiss-based robotics researcher in acoustic micro- and nanorobotics, an Associate Professor at the University of Bern who previously taught at ETH Zurich.

Daniel Akaka

Daniel Kahikina Akaka (1924–2018), Hawaii Democrat, first Native Hawaiian U.S. senator; House 1977–1990, Senate 1990–2013; sponsor of the unpassed Akaka Bill and the 1993 Apology Resolution.

Daniel Alders

Daniel Alders is an American politician serving as the Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 6, entirely within Smith County including Tyler.

Daniel Aletaha

Daniel Aletaha, born 1975 in Vienna, is an Austrian rheumatologist who holds the Chair of Rheumatology at the Medical University of Vienna and has been EULAR President since 2023.

Daniel Alexander Okun

Daniel Alexander Okun (1917–2007) was an American environmental engineer and Kenan Professor at UNC Chapel Hill who pioneered water reclamation and dual water systems, working in 89 countries.

Daniel Alfredsson

Daniel Alfredsson (Hans Daniel Alfredsson), Swedish winger born 1972 in Gothenburg; Ottawa Senators legend, captain 1999-2013, franchise-record 1,108 points, 2006 Olympic gold, Hockey Hall of Fame 2022, now Toronto Maple Leafs associate coach.

Daniel Amador-Noguez

Daniel Amador-Noguez is a professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a 2025 PECASE recipient whose lab uses metabolomics and modeling to study microbial metabolism.

Daniel Amartey

Daniel Amartey, born 1994 in Accra, Ghanaian defender-midfielder; FC Copenhagen, Leicester City (Premier League 2016, FA Cup 2021), Beşiktaş; 54 Ghana caps, 2022 World Cup; not the AFL player Joel Amartey.

Daniel Amen

Daniel Gregory Amen, born 1954, is an American psychiatrist, author, and media personality who founded Amen Clinics, a chain using SPECT brain scans to diagnose psychiatric conditions.

Daniel Amokachi

Daniel "The Bull" Amokachi (Daniel Owefin Amokachi), born 1972 in Kaduna, is a Nigerian former centre-forward for Club Brugge, Everton, and Beşiktaş who won the 1994 AFCON, the 1995 FA Cup, and 1996 Olympic gold, scoring in the final.

Daniel Andre Tande

Daniel-André Tande, Norwegian ski jumper (born 1994, Narvik), 2018 Olympic large hill team gold medalist, 2018 Ski Flying World Champion, 8 World Cup wins; retired September 2024 after a severe 2021 Planica crash.

Daniel Andrews

Daniel Andrews, known as Dan Andrews, is an Australian Labor politician who was Premier of Victoria from December 2014 to his September 2023 resignation, leading through long COVID lockdowns.

Daniel arap Moi

Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was a Kenyan politician who served as its second president from 1978 to 2002, the longest-serving head of state in Kenya's history.

Daniel Arzani

Daniel Arzani (دنیل ارزانی), born 1999 in Khorramabad, Iran, is an Australian winger, youngest player at the 2018 World Cup, whose career was derailed by an ACL tear on his Celtic debut; now at Ferencváros, loaned to Melbourne City in 2026.

Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil, French stage and screen actor born 1950 in Algiers; two Césars, 1988 BAFTA, 1996 Cannes Best Actor for Le Huitième Jour; breakthrough Jean de Florette; five films as director including Le Fil.

Daniel B Turner-Evans

Daniel B Turner-Evans is a neuroscientist who mapped the fruit fly's head-direction circuit at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus and became an assistant professor at UC Santa Cruz in 2021.

Daniel B. DeBra

Daniel B. DeBra (1930–2021) was an American control engineer and Stanford professor who pioneered drag-free satellite control systems and helped develop NASA's Gravity Probe B relativity mission.

Daniel B. Drachman

Daniel B. Drachman (1932–2022) was an American neurologist and neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University who established myasthenia gravis as an autoimmune disease, paving the way for plasmapheresis as its first effective treatment.

Daniel b. Hasdai (Daniel b. Solomon) of Baghdad

Daniel b. Hasdai (Hebrew: דניאל הנשיא הגדול) was the Exilarch, or Resh Galuta, of Babylonian Jewry at Baghdad in the later 12th century, dying around 1174–75.

Daniel B. Kramer

Daniel B. Kramer is an American cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston who studies the safety, ethics, and regulation of implanted heart devices such as pacemakers.

Daniel B. Luten

Daniel B. Luten, or Daniel Benjamin Luten (1869–1946), was an American civil engineer and businessman who pioneered reinforced concrete arch bridge design through patented, licensed systems.