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Daniel Wayne Bardayan

Daniel Wayne Bardayan is an American experimental nuclear astrophysicist, an associate professor at the University of Notre Dame known for measuring nuclear reaction rates that govern stellar explosions.

Daniel Webber (actor)

Daniel Webber (Daniel Peter Webber, born 1988, Gosford, Australia) is an Australian actor known for Lee Harvey Oswald in 11.22.63, Vince Neil in The Dirt, and Jesse Evans in Billy the Kid; distinct from inventors and executives of the same name.

Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster (1782–1852), American statesman, Supreme Court advocate, and orator of the Great Triumvirate; senator from Massachusetts, twice secretary of state, defender of the Union, and backer of the Compromise of 1850.

Daniel Wellington

Daniel Wellington is a Swedish fashion watch and accessories brand founded by Filip Tysander in 2011, which grew through Instagram influencer marketing before Timex acquired it in 2026.

Daniel Weyman

Daniel Weyman (born 1977, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British actor and audiobook narrator, best known as the Stranger, revealed as Gandalf in The Rings of Power, with TV leads in Silent Witness, Foyle's War, and Gentleman Jack.

Daniel Whitby

Daniel Whitby (1638–1726) was an English Anglican clergyman and New Testament commentator, precentor of Salisbury Cathedral, whose 1710 attack on Calvinist predestination drew replies from Jonathan Edwards and John Gill.

Daniel Wiebe

Daniel Wiebe (born 2003, Saskatoon) is a Canadian receiver and punt returner for the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders; drafted 69th overall in 2025, a Huskies record holder and 2025 Canada West Player of the Year. Not the German footballer Danilo Wiebe.

Daniel Williams (drummer)

Daniel Williams (1985–2025), founding drummer of Ohio metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada (2005–2016), played on Zombie EP and Dead Throne, both Billboard 200 Top 10; left for computer technology and died in the 2025 San Diego plane crash.

Daniel Wise (mathematician)

Daniel T. Wise is a James McGill Professor of mathematics at McGill University whose special cube complex theory supplied the core machinery behind the 2012 proof of the virtual Haken conjecture.

Daniel Wozniak (murderer)

Daniel Patrick Wozniak, Costa Mesa community theater actor, murdered Army veteran Samuel Herr and student Julie Kibuishi in May 2010 to steal $62,000; convicted 2015, sentenced to death 2016.

Daniel Wu (吴彦祖)

Daniel Wu (吳彥祖, Wu Yanzu) is a Chinese American actor, director, and producer born in 1974 in Berkeley, California, who became a Hong Kong film leading man from 1997's Bishonen onward and later starred in Into the Badlands, Tomb Raider, and American Born Chinese.

Daniel Xuereb

Daniel Xuereb, born 1959 in Gardanne, France, is a former forward and 1984 Olympic football gold medalist with France, top scorer of that tournament; also French champion 1992 with Marseille and French Cup winner 1990 with Montpellier.

Daniel Yáñez

Daniel Yáñez Barla (born 2007, Cádiz), Spanish left-footed right winger for Real Madrid Castilla; first-team debut 2024, UEFA Youth League, U19 Euro, and U-20 Intercontinental Cup winner.

Daniel Yergin

Daniel Yergin is an American energy historian and author who won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for The Prize, a history of the oil industry, and chairs the CERAWeek energy conference.

Daniel Yule

Daniel Yule, born 1993 in Martigny, Switzerland, is a slalom specialist racing for SC Champex-Ferret; Olympic mixed-team gold 2018, world team gold 2019, 9 World Cup victories.

Daniel Z. Freedman

Daniel Z. Freedman is an American theoretical physicist, emeritus professor at MIT and visiting professor at Stanford, known for the 1976 discovery of supergravity and the 2019 Special Breakthrough Prize.

Daniel Zellhuber

Daniel "Golden Boy" Zellhuber (Daniel Olvera Zellhuber), Mexican UFC lightweight born 1999; 15-4 pro, 3-4 in UFC, Contender Series 2021 graduate, Xtreme Couture.

Daniel Zilberman

Daniel Zilberman is a plant scientist studying cytosine DNA methylation, known for work on the DDM1 remodeler and H2A.Z, and a professor at IST Austria since 2021.

Daniel Zovatto

Daniel Zovatto, born 1991 in San José, Costa Rica, is a Costa Rican-American actor, distinct from the political analyst of the same name, known for It Follows, Don't Breathe, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, and as Rodney Alcala in Woman of the Hour (2023).

Daniela

Daniela is an American dancer and singer, main dancer of the global girl group Katseye, formed by HYBE and Geffen Records through the 2023 series The Debut: Dream Academy.

Daniela A. Wilson

Daniela A. Wilson, also known as Daniela Apreutesei Wilson, is a Romanian-born systems chemist and professor at Radboud University in Nijmegen, known for self-propelled polymersome nanomotors.

Daniela Amodei

Daniela Amodei is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the AI company Anthropic in 2021 and serves as its president, running it day to day alongside her brother, CEO Dario Amodei.

Daniela Avanzini

Daniela Avanzini, known mononymously as Daniela, is an American singer and dancer, born in 2004 and a member of the global girl group Katseye formed through Dream Academy.

Daniela Bartova

Daniela Bártová-Břečková (born 1974, Ostrava) is a Czech former Olympic gymnast (1992) and pole vaulter (2000, 4th) who set ten women's pole vault world records in 1995, up to 4.22 m, with a 4.51 m personal best.

Daniela Bobadilla

Daniela Bobadilla (born 1993, Mexico City) is a Mexican-Canadian actress known as Sam Goodson on FX's Anger Management, Emma on Awake, Lexie Brooks on The Middle, and the voice of Miss Martian in Justice League vs the Fatal Five.

Daniela Calzetti

Daniela Calzetti is an Italian-born astronomer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, known for the Calzetti law of dust attenuation in star-forming galaxies and for star formation rate calibrations.

Daniela Ceccarelli

Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian alpine skier born 1975 in Frascati, won the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Super G gold by 0.05 seconds over Janica Kostelić; mother and coach of Lara Colturi, who races for Albania.

Daniela Darcourt

Daniela Darcourt is a Peruvian salsa singer and composer from Lima, a former Son Tentación vocalist who went solo in 2018 and earned a Latin Grammy nomination.

Daniela Denby-Ashe

Daniela Denby-Ashe (Daniela Jolanta Denby-Ashe), English actress of Polish descent born 1978 in London; known for Sarah Hills in EastEnders, Janey Harper in My Family, Margaret Hale in North & South, and Lorraine Donnegan in Waterloo Road.

Daniela F. Quail

Daniela F. Quail is a cancer immunologist and Associate Professor at McGill University in Montreal who studies how the tumor microenvironment and conditions like obesity shape cancer progression.