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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.

Dana Kanze

Dana Kanze is an organizational researcher of gender inequality in entrepreneurship, an assistant professor at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business known for research on investor questioning.

Dana Keoki Jackson

Dana Keoki Jackson is an American aerospace engineer who leads MITRE's National Security Sector and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2020.

Dana L. Christensen

Dana Lewis Christensen, born 1951, is an American jurist who served as chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana from 2013 to 2020.

Dana Levenberg

Dana Levenberg is an American Democratic member of the New York State Assembly from the 95th district, previously Ossining Town Supervisor and Galef's chief of staff.

Dana Loesch

Dana Loesch, American conservative talk radio host of the syndicated The Dana Show from Dallas, former NRA spokeswoman, author of Hands Off My Gun, Flyover Nation, and Grace Canceled.

Dana M. Douglas

Dana M. Douglas, born 1975 in New Orleans, is a United States circuit judge on the Fifth Circuit since 2022 and the first woman of color to serve on that court.

Dana M. Sabraw

Dana M. Sabraw, also known as Dana Makoto Sabraw, is an American jurist serving as a federal district judge in San Diego since 2003, appointed by President George W. Bush.

Dana M. Small

Dana M. Small is a psychologist and neuroscientist who studies flavor and food reward; after twenty years on Yale's faculty, she holds a Canada Excellence Research Chair at McGill University.

Dana Moraly

Dana Moraly is an American venture capital finance executive who has served as Partner and Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at March Capital Partners since 2014.

Dana Nessel

Dana Nessel, Michigan's 54th attorney general (Democrat, term-limited), civil rights attorney in DeBoer v. Snyder; secured $1.6B opioid settlements, sued Enbridge Line 5 and PFAS makers, charged 2020 false electors.

Dana Pe'er

Dana Pe'er is an Israeli-American computational biologist who develops machine-learning methods for single-cell genomics and chairs computational and systems biology at the Sloan Kettering Institute.

Dana Perino

Dana Perino, American commentator and former White House press secretary (2007-2009) under George W. Bush, first Republican woman in the role; now Fox News co-anchor of America's Newsroom and co-host of The Five.

Dana Plato

Dana Plato (Dana Michelle Strain, 1964-1999), American actress who played Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes 1978-1984; later legal troubles, low-budget films, and a 1999 overdose ruled suicide.

Dana Point, California

Dana Point is an Orange County, California city incorporated January 1, 1989, named for Richard Henry Dana Jr. Known for its 1971 harbor, whale watching, and first Whale Heritage Area in the Americas.

Dana R. Leach

Dana R. Leach is an immunologist who, as a postdoctoral fellow in James Allison's lab at UC Berkeley, was first author of the 1996 Science paper showing CTLA-4 blockade cures tumors in mice.

Dana Reeve

Dana Reeve, born Dana Charles Morosini, was an American actress and caregiver advocate, widow of Christopher Reeve, who chaired his paralysis foundation until her death in 2006.

Dana Rohrabacher

Dana Rohrabacher, Republican U.S. Representative from California 1989-2019, former Reagan speechwriter, represented districts 42nd/46th/48th, defeated in 2018 by Harley Rouda.

Dana Rosemary Scallon

Dana Rosemary Scallon (born 1951), known as Dana, is a Derry-raised singer who won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with "All Kinds of Everything" and later served as MEP for Connacht-Ulster and ran twice for the Irish presidency.

Dana Scott

Dana Stewart Scott, born 1932, is an American mathematical logician and computer scientist who won the 1976 Turing Award and created domain theory for programming languages.

Dana Scully

Dana Katherine Scully is the fictional FBI agent and medical doctor, played by Gillian Anderson, who serves as the scientific skeptic to Fox Mulder on The X-Files (1993-2002, revived 2016); known for the Scully Effect on women in STEM.