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. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Film and television

* Danish Taimoor (born 1983), Pakistani actor and model * Danish Nawaz (born 1978), Pakistani director, comedian and actor *

Danish Pandor Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

, Indian actor in ''Agent Raghav – Crime Branch''

Journalism

* Danish Karokhel, Afghan journalist, director of Pajhwok Afghan News agency *

Danish Siddiqui Danish Siddiqui (19 May 1983 – 16 July 2021) was an Indian photojournalist based in Delhi, who used to lead the national Reuters multimedia team and was Chief Photographer India. He received his first 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photograp ...

(1980–2021), Indian photojournalist, killed in Afghanistan

Sport

* Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer * Danish Atlas Khan, Pakistani squash player * Danish Mujtaba, Indian field hockey player

Other

Daniş Tunalıgil Hüseyin Daniş Tunalıgil (1915 – 22 October 1975) was a Turkish diplomat. He was assassinated by JCAG in 1975 during his duty as the Turkish ambassador to Austria. Life and career Tunalıgil was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1915. He graduated ...

, Turkish diplomat

Surname

* Agha Danish, Pakistani naval officer *

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, Iranian economist *

Haji Mohammad Danesh Hajee Mohammad Danesh (1900 – 28 June 1986) was a Bangladeshi politician and communist activist born in the British India. Early life Hajee Mohammad Danesh was born to a Bengali Muslim peasant family in the village of Sultanpur in the Dinajp ...

, Bangladeshi politician * Ihsan Danish (1915–1982), Pakistani poet *

Noon Meem Danish Noor Mohammed Danish ( ur, ; born 1958), also known as Noon Meem Danish, is a Pakistani poet of African and Baloch descent. Early life and education Danish was born in 1958 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan to a working-class family. He was raised ...

(born 1958), Pakistani poet * Sarwar Danish (born 1961), Afghan politician * Tyler Danish (born 1994), American

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for the

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