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Danniella Westbrook

Danniella Westbrook (born 1973), English actress best known as Sam Mitchell in EastEnders (1990–2016, 325 episodes), later a presenter and reality TV contestant; her cocaine addiction destroyed her nasal septum.

Dannii Minogue

Dannii Minogue, Australian singer, actress, TV presenter and fashion designer, younger sister of Kylie Minogue. Known for Young Talent Time, Home and Away, five studio albums, 19 UK number one dance singles, X Factor judging, and hosting BBC's I Kissed a Boy and I Kissed a Girl.

Danny Aiello

Danny Aiello (Daniel Louis Aiello Jr., 1933–2019), American character actor of Italian descent; Oscar-nominated as Sal in Do the Right Thing; also Moonstruck, The Godfather Part II; late-blooming stage-to-screen New York tough-guy actor and singer.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

Danny D

Danny D, born 1987 in Maidstone, Kent, is a British adult film performer, director, and producer known for Brazzers work, three XBIZ Foreign Male Performer of the Year wins (2014, 2016, 2020), and 2024 AVN Hall of Fame induction.

Danny Daze

Danny Daze is the stage name of Daniel Gomez, a Miami-born DJ, producer, and founder of the vinyl label Omnidisc, working across electro, techno, and Italo disco.

Danny Denzongpa

Danny Denzongpa, born Tshering Phintso Denzongpa in 1948, is an Indian actor from Sikkim known for villain roles in more than 190 Hindi films, including Agneepath.

Danny Denzongpa filmography

Danny Denzongpa filmography: the screen credits of Sikkimese actor Danny Denzongpa, also Tshering Phintso Denzongpa, spanning 1971's Mere Apne to recent releases, with iconic villain roles in Dhund, Agneepath, and Ghatak.

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito (Daniel Michael DeVito Jr., born 1944, Neptune, New Jersey) is an American actor, director, and producer: Emmy-winning Louie De Palma on Taxi, director of Matilda, Jersey Films producer of Pulp Fiction, and Frank Reynolds on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Danny DeVito filmography

Danny DeVito filmography: about 75 AFI-cataloged features from 1970 onward, Taxi and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, six directed films, and Jersey Films productions such as Pulp Fiction and Erin Brockovich.

Danny Duncan (YouTuber)

Danny Duncan, American YouTuber and prankster from Englewood, Florida, channel started 2014 as DuncanStrength, creator of the Virginity Rocks merch line sold at Zumiez, Spencer's, Tilly's, and Hot Topic; about 8.3 million subscribers by 2026.

Danny Dyer

Danny Dyer, born Danial John Dyer in 1977, is an English actor and presenter known for Human Traffic, The Football Factory, and nine years as Mick Carter in EastEnders.

Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman (born 1953, Los Angeles), American composer; lead singer of Oingo Boingo, then composer of over 100 film scores including 17 Tim Burton films, The Simpsons theme, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Danny Federici

Danny Federici (Daniel Paul Federici, 1950–2008), E Street Band organist, accordionist and glockenspiel player from 1972, known as "Phantom Dan," played on "Hungry Heart" and "Sandy," left the 2007 Magic Tour for melanoma treatment, and died April 17, 2008.

Danny Gatton

Danny Gatton (Daniel Wood Gatton Jr., 1945-1994), American virtuoso guitarist called "The Humbler" and "the world's greatest unknown guitarist," known for "redneck jazz," his modified 1953 Telecaster, and the Grammy-nominated album 88 Elmira St.

Danny Glover

Danny Glover (born 1946, San Francisco) is an American actor, producer, and activist, known as Roger Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon, a 2022 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award honoree, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador 1998–2004, and Louverture Films co-founder.

Danny Go!

Danny Go! is a live-action educational children's show created in 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina by Daniel Coleman, Michael Finster, and Matthew Padgett, with dance-along music for ages 3-7; over 4.5 million YouTube subscribers, now also on Netflix.