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Danny Alvarez

Danny Alvarez is an American politician and Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough County's 69th district in the Tampa Bay area.

Danny Amendola

Danny Amendola, born 1985, is a former NFL wide receiver (2009–2021) from Texas Tech who went undrafted, won Super Bowls XLIX and LI with the Patriots as a slot receiver, and retired with 617 catches and 6,212 yards.

Danny and Michael Philippou

Danny and Michael Philippou, Australian identical twins born 1992 in Adelaide, are filmmakers behind the YouTube channel RackaRacka and the A24 horror hits Talk to Me (2023) and Bring Her Back (2025).

Danny Antonucci

Danny Antonucci (born 1957, Toronto) is a Canadian animator, creator of Cartoon Network's Ed, Edd n Eddy, the short Lupo the Butcher, and MTV's The Brothers Grunt, working from his Vancouver studio a.k.a. Cartoon.

Danny Avila

Danny Avila is a Spanish DJ and producer, born in 1995, who rose as a teen prodigy in electro house before pivoting to his mainstage techno sound.

Danny Avula

Danny Avula, pediatrician and former Richmond-Henrico health director, is the 81st mayor of Richmond, Virginia, in office since January 1, 2025; led Virginia's COVID-19 vaccination effort and served as state Social Services commissioner before winning the 2024 mayoral election.

Danny Baker

Danny Baker (born 1957, Deptford, London) is an English broadcaster, comedy writer and podcaster, ex-NME journalist, inventor of the 606 football phone-in, TFI Friday scriptwriter, thrice sacked, cancer survivor, and author of the Going to Sea in a Sieve autobiographies.

Danny Betancourt

Danny Betancourt Chacón, Cuban right-handed pitcher from Santiago de Cuba; 2004 Olympic gold medalist and 2005 Baseball World Cup winner; long Serie Nacional career with 171 wins.

Danny Bible

Danny Paul Bible (1951-2018), Texas "ice pick killer," executed June 27, 2018 for the 1979 rape-murder of Inez Deaton in Harris County after confessing following a 1998 Louisiana rape arrest.

Danny Blanchflower

Danny Blanchflower (Robert Dennis Blanchflower, 1925-1993), Northern Irish footballer, captain of Tottenham Hotspur's 1961 Double side and 1963 Cup Winners' Cup winners, 56 caps for Northern Ireland, 1958 World Cup quarter-finalist, later journalist and manager of Northern Ireland and Chelsea.

Danny Blind

Danny Blind (Dirk Franciscus Blind, born 1961) is a Dutch former sweeper and coach: Ajax captain of the 1995 Champions League side, later Ajax head coach (2005-06) and Netherlands national coach (2015-17), father of Daley Blind.

Danny Bonaduce

Danny Bonaduce (Dante Daniel Bonaduce), born 1959, American actor and retired radio personality, best known as wisecracking bass player Danny Partridge on The Partridge Family (1970–74), later a radio host and VH1 reality star.

Danny Boone

Danny Boone (Daniel Hugh Boone, born 1954) is an American left-handed relief pitcher who pitched for the Padres, Astros, and Orioles, and returned to MLB in 1990 as a knuckleballer; distinct from the 1950s Houston sprinter of the same name.

Danny Boy

Danny Boy is a 1913 ballad setting Frederic Weatherly's English lyrics to the Irish melody Londonderry Air, collected by Jane Ross in Limavady and published by George Petrie in 1855; first recorded 1915 by Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

Danny Boy (rapper)

Danny Boy (rapper), stage name of Daniel O'Connor (born 1968), also Danny Boy O'Connor, is an American rapper, hype man, and art director who co-founded House of Pain ('Jump Around') and La Coka Nostra and directs The Outsiders House Museum in Tulsa.

Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle (born 1956, Radcliffe, England) is an English film, television, and theatre director. Known for Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire (2009 Best Director Oscar, eight Academy Awards), and the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony.

Danny Britt

Danny Britt is an American politician and Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing the 24th district from Robeson County, who sponsored 2024 legislation on autopsy reports and drug offenses.

Danny Brown

Danny Brown (Daniel Dewan Sewell, born 1981) is a Detroit rapper known for a high-pitched delivery and experimental albums: The Hybrid, XXX, Old, Atrocity Exhibition, uknowhatimsayin¿, Scaring the Hoes with JPEGMAFIA, Quaranta, and Stardust on Warp.

Danny Burgess

Danny Burgess is an American politician and attorney serving as a Republican member of the Florida Senate from the 23rd district, elected in 2020 after serving as Mayor of Zephyrhills.

Danny Byrd

Danny Byrd is an English drum and bass producer and DJ from Bath, a Hospital Records pioneer whose hits include 'Sweet Harmony' and 'Ill Behaviour'.

Danny C. Reeves

Danny C. Reeves, born 1957, is a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001.

Danny Carey

Danny Carey (Daniel Edwin Carey, born 1961) is the American drummer and co-founder of progressive metal band Tool, known for polyrhythms, odd time signatures, hybrid electronic-acoustic kits, plus Volto!, Legend of the Seagullmen, and BEAT.

Danny Carroll (Kentucky politician)

Danny Carroll is an American politician and Republican member of the Kentucky Senate from the 2nd district, which includes Ballard, Carlisle, Livingston, Marshall, and McCracken counties.

Danny Casolaro

Danny Casolaro (Joseph Daniel Casolaro, 1947–1991), American freelance journalist found dead in Martinsburg, West Virginia, while investigating the Inslaw/PROMIS affair and his "Octopus" conspiracy theory; officially ruled suicide, disputed by family.

Danny Chan Kwok-kwan

Danny Chan Kwok-kwan (陳國坤, born 1975) is a Hong Kong actor famed for resembling Bruce Lee: Shaolin Soccer's Fourth Brother, Kung Fu Hustle's Brother Sum, and Bruce Lee in The Legend of Bruce Lee and Ip Man 3/4.

Danny Cipriani

Danny Cipriani, English rugby union fly-half (born 1987), won 16 England caps 2008-2018 and played for Wasps, Melbourne Rebels, Sale, Gloucester, and Bath; RPA and Premiership player of the season 2018/19, retired January 2024.

Danny Cohen

Danny Cohen (1937–2019) was an Israeli-born American computer scientist who built the first real-time visual flight simulator on a general-purpose computer, sent the first packet voice and video over the ARPANET in 1973, and coined "endianness."

Danny Collins (film)

Danny Collins (film) is a 2015 American comedy-drama directed by Dan Fogelman. It stars Al Pacino as a rock star who receives a letter from John Lennon.

Danny Cooksey

Danny Cooksey (Daniel Ray Allen Cooksey), American actor born 1975 in Moore, Oklahoma; Sam McKinney on Diff'rent Strokes, Budnick on Salute Your Shorts, Tim in Terminator 2, voice of Montana Max and Jack Spicer; sang in Bad 4 Good.

Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream

Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream is a Stephen King novella from You Like It Darker (Scribner, May 21, 2024): janitor Danny Coughlin has a prophetic dream of a murder, reports it, and becomes the suspect, pursued by detective Jalbert.