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Dan Donegan

Dan Donegan, American guitarist and keyboardist of Chicago metal band Disturbed (also Fight or Flight); self-taught, drop-tuning riff writer with Washburn and Schecter signature guitars, over 14 million records sold.

Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea (1907-1968), American film, stage, and television actor; Broadway's Leo Hubbard in The Little Foxes; Hollywood's charming noir villain in Scarlet Street, Criss Cross, Too Late for Tears, and Winchester '73.

Dan Erickson

Dan Erickson is an American TV writer and showrunner, creator of Apple TV+'s Severance. Western Washington University and NYU Tisch graduate who conceived the series in 2012 while working at a door parts company.

Dan Estabrook

Dan Estabrook (born 1969) is an American photographer in Brooklyn known for contemporary images made with 19th-century processes such as calotypes, salt prints, gum bichromate, ambrotypes, and tintypes, finished with watercolor, gouache, pencil, or cuts; series include Night & Day, Nine Symptoms, and At Sea.

Dan Farah

Dan Farah (born 1979, New Jersey) is an American film producer and manager, founder of Farah Films; producer of Ready Player One (2018) and director-producer of the 2025 UAP documentary The Age of Disclosure, distinct from other people named Dan Farah.

Dan Feuerriegel

Dan Feuerriegel (Daniel Gregory Feuerriegel, born 1981) is an Australian actor in Los Angeles, known as Agron in Starz's Spartacus (2010–2013) and as EJ DiMera on Days of Our Lives since 2021, with a 2023 Daytime Emmy nomination.

Dan Finnerty

Dan Finnerty (born 1970, Rochester, NY), American actor and singer, creator and frontman of comedy cover band The Dan Band; known for profane wedding-singer cameos in Old School, Starsky & Hutch, and The Hangover.

Dan Flavin

Dan Flavin (Daniel Nicholas Flavin Jr., 1933–1996) was an American Minimalist artist who made "situations" from fluorescent light tubes, working almost exclusively in that medium from 1963 until his death.

Dan Fogelberg

Dan Fogelberg (Daniel Grayling Fogelberg, 1951-2007) was an American soft-rock singer-songwriter from Peoria, Illinois, known for "Part of the Plan," "Longer," "Same Old Lang Syne," and "Leader of the Band," with 13 studio albums and multi-platinum sales.

Dan Fogler

Dan Fogler (Daniel Kevin Fogler, born 1976 or 1977, Brooklyn) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director; Tony winner for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, known as Jacob Kowalski in Fantastic Beasts.

Dan Futterman

Dan Futterman (Daniel Paul Futterman, born 1967) is an American actor and screenwriter, Oscar-nominated for Capote and Foxcatcher, known for The Birdcage, Judging Amy, and A Mighty Heart.

Dan Gheesling

Dan Gheesling (Daniel Robert Gheesling), Big Brother 10 (US) winner (2008, unanimous 7-0 vote) and Big Brother 14 runner-up (2012), is a Michigan-based Twitch streamer, YouTube creator, and The Traitors season 2 and Destination X season 2 contestant.

Dan Gilroy

Dan Gilroy, American screenwriter and director, brother of Tony Gilroy; wrote Freejack, The Bourne Legacy, and Kong: Skull Island; directed Nightcrawler (2014), Oscar-nominated for Best Original Screenplay, plus Roman J. Israel, Esq. and Velvet Buzzsaw.

Dan Gilroy (musician)

Dan Gilroy, American pop/rock singer-songwriter, co-founder and vocalist of Breakfast Club with brother Ed; Madonna's boyfriend and bandmate 1979-1980; co-wrote 1987 US top-10 hit "Right on Track"; distinct from the screenwriter Dan Gilroy and DJ Dan.

Dan Gilvezan

Dan Gilvezan is an American actor and writer born in St. Louis, Missouri. He is best known for voicing Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Bumblebee on The Transformers.

Dan Green (voice actor)

Dan Green, stage name of James Hadley Snyder (also Jay Snyder), American voice actor born 1975 in San Rafael, California, based in New York; voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi in the 4Kids Yu-Gi-Oh! dub, Entei and Mewtwo in Pokémon, and Knuckles in Sonic.

Dan Gregor

Dan Gregor is an American comedy writer, director, and producer. He is known for his work on How I Met Your Mother, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and co-writing Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.

Dan Haggerty

Dan Haggerty (Daniel Francis Haggerty, 1942-2016) was an American actor and animal trainer famous as the bearded Grizzly Adams in the 1974 film and the 37-episode NBC series, later a restaurant owner and infomercial pitchman.

Dan Harmon

Dan Harmon (born 1973, Milwaukee) is an American writer-producer, creator of Community, co-creator with Justin Roiland of Rick and Morty, creator of Krapopolis, author of the eight-step Story Circle, and a three-time Emmy winner.

Dan Hartman

Dan Hartman (1950-1994), American singer-songwriter and producer, Edgar Winter Group member who wrote "Free Ride", scored disco hits "Instant Replay" and "Relight My Fire", and produced James Brown's "Living in America".

Dan Hedaya

Dan Hedaya (Daniel G. Hedaya, born July 24, 1940, Brooklyn) is an American character actor of Syrian-Jewish descent known for Blood Simple, Cheers' Nick Tortelli, Clueless, and playing Nixon in Dick.

Dan Heng

Dan Heng (丹恒) is an Astral Express guard in Honkai: Star Rail, rebirth of the exiled Vidyadhara High Elder Dan Feng; playable as 4-star Wind Hunt, 5-star Imaginary Imbibitor Lunae, and Permansor Terrae.

Dan Hentschel

Dan Hentschel (@danhentschel, @danghentschel), born 1996, is an American parody comedian and satirist from Baltimore who plays outrageous characters in unedited car videos, spawning memes like Cocky Want Boing Boing and I Hate Being a Therapist.

Dan Hill

Dan Hill is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and author. He won a Grammy as co-producer for Celine Dion and was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2021.

Dan Humphrey

Dan Humphrey (Daniel Randolph Humphrey), fictional character of the Gossip Girl novels and CW series, played by Penn Badgley 2007–2012; Brooklyn outsider revealed as the blogger Gossip Girl in the controversial 2012 finale.

Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life is a 2007 Touchstone romantic comedy-drama directed by Peter Hedges, starring Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, and Dane Cook. A widowed advice columnist falls for his brother's girlfriend at a Rhode Island family reunion; 65% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Dan Jacobson

Dan Jacobson (1929–2014) was a South African-born novelist, essayist, and critic who lived mostly in Britain, published about 26 books, and taught English at University College London.

Dan Lauria

Dan Lauria (Daniel Joseph Lauria), American actor born 1947 in Brooklyn, played Jack Arnold on The Wonder Years (1988–1993), Vince Lombardi on Broadway, Jack Sullivan on Sullivan & Son, and Tip O'Neill in Reagan; former Marine Corps captain.

Dan Leno

Dan Leno, born George Wild Galvin, was a British music-hall comedian and pantomime dame originator who starred in sixteen consecutive Drury Lane Christmas pantomimes from 1888.

Dan Levy (American comedian)

Dan Levy (born 1981, Stamford, Connecticut) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and producer, distinct from the Canadian Schitt's Creek actor of the same name. Known for Comedy Central Presents, the special Lion, the album Congrats on Your Success, Chelsea Lately, and The Goldbergs.