Dane is both a surname and a given name of Dutch, Irish, English, Danish and Hungarian origin.
[https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=dane] Notable people with the name include:
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Alexandra Dane
Alexandra Dane (born ''c''. 1940
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(born 1946), South African actress
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Barbara Dane
Barbara Jean Spillman (May 12, 1927 – October 20, 2024), known professionally as Barbara Dane, was an American folk, blues, and jazz singer, guitarist, record producer, and political activist. She co-founded Paredon Records with Irwin Silbe ...
(1927–2024), American singer
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Dana Dane
Dana McCleese (born September 6, 1965), better known by his stage name Dana Dane, is an American rapper known for performance of humorous lyrics and for his fashion sense.
Early life
Dana was born in the Walt Whitman housing project in Fort Gre ...
(born 1965), American hip-hop artist
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Elisabeth Dane (1903–1984), German biochemist
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Eric Dane
Eric William Dane (born November 9, 1972) is an American actor. After multiple television roles in the 1990s and 2000s, which included his recurring role as Jason Dean in ''Charmed'', Dane was cast as Mark Sloan (Grey's Anatomy), Mark Sloan on ' ...
(born 1972), American actor
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Francis Dane (1615–1697), minister in colonial Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials
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Hugh Dane
Hugh Dane (October 21, 1942 – May 16, 2018) was an American character actor. He was best known for playing Hank the security guard on the television sitcom ''The Office'' from 2005 to 2013.
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Dane's professional acting career b ...
(1942–2018), American actor
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Jax Dane (ring name; 1976–2024), American wrestler
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Jordan Dane (born 1953), American novelist
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Joseph Dane (1778–1858), American congressman from Maine
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Karl Dane
Karl Dane (born Rasmus Karl Therkelsen Gottlieb, 12 October 1886 – 14 April 1934) was a Danish-American comedian and actor known for his work in American films, mainly of the silent film era. He became a star after portraying “Slim” ...
(1886–1934), Danish-American silent film actor
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Lloyd Dane (1925–2015), American race car driver
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Maxwell Dane (1906–2004), American advertising executive
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Nathan Dane
Nathan Dane (December 29, 1752 – February 15, 1835) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 through 1788. Dane helped formulate the Northwest Ordinance while in Congress, and ...
(1752–1835), American lawyer and statesman representing Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787
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Patricia Dane
Patricia Dane (born Thelma Patricia Pippins, August 4, 1917 – June 5, 1995) was an American film actress of the 1940s.
Early life
Dane was born Thelma Patricia Pippins to William Pippins and Emma F. Montford. Sources differ as to her bi ...
(1919–1995), American film actress
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Warrel Dane (1961–2017), American singer
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Dane Acker (born 1999), American baseball player
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Dane Anderson (born 1984), Australian cricket player
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Dane Baptiste (born 1984), British stand-up comedian and writer
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Dane Beesley (born 1978), Australian photographer
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Dane Belton (born 1999), American football player
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Dane Bird-Smith (born 1992), Australian racewalking athlete
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Dane Blacker (born 1998), Welsh rugby union player
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Dane Boedigheimer
Dane Willard Boedigheimer (born September 28, 1978), better known by her pseudonym Dane Boe, is an American internet personality, voice actress, writer, animator, and musician. She is known for creating the web series ''Annoying Orange'' and the ...
(born 1978), American filmmaker, singer, and actress
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Dane Boswell
Dane Boswell (born 7 May 1984) is a New Zealand rower.
Boswell was born in 1984 and grew up in Kerikeri. His father is Darien Boswell, who represented New Zealand in rowing at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 2005, he was th ...
(born 1984), New Zealand rower
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Dane Bowers
Dane Bowers is an English singer, songwriter, producer and DJ. He is a part of Contemporary R&B, R&B boy band Another Level (group), Another Level. Bowers has also had solo success. He has made TV appearances on ''Celebrity Big Brother (British ...
(born 1979), British singer and member of
5th Story
5th Story were an English Supergroup (music), supergroup consisting of 1990s-early 2000s pop stars Dane Bowers, Gareth Gates, Kavana (singer), Kavana, Kenzie (rapper), Kenzie and Adam Rickitt. They were formed in 2013 exclusively for the The Big ...
, formerly of
Another Level
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Dane Byers (born 1986), Canadian professional ice hockey player
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Dane Cameron
Dane Richard Cameron (born October 18, 1988) is an American racing driver from Glen Ellen, California. He won the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship overall in 2016 and 2019, and also in the GTD class in 2014.
Early career
After karting, Ca ...
(born 1988), American racing driver
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Dane Campbell
Dane Campbell (born 26 February 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer from the 2000s.
Primarily a , Campbell helped establish the Jamaica Rugby League Association and the Vanuatu national team, coaching the latter. ...
(born 1984), Australian rugby league administrator and former footballer
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Dane Carlaw
Dane Carlaw (born 21 February 1980 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia national and Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he played ...
(born 1980), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
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Dane Chanase (1894–1975), American painter and printmaker
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Dane Chisholm (born 1990), Australian Rugby League player
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Dane Clark
Dane Clark (born Bernhardt Zanvilevitz; February 26, 1912September 11, 1998) was an American character actor who was known for playing, as he labeled himself, "Joe Average."
Early life
Clark was born Bernhardt Zanvilevitz (later Bernard Zanvill ...
(1912–1998), American character actor
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Dane Cleaver (born 1992), New Zealand first-class cricketer
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Dane Coles (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player
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Dane Cook
Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He is known for his use of observational comedy, observational, often blue comedy, vulgar, and sometimes black comedy, dark comedy. He released six comedy ...
(born 1972), American stand-up comic and actor
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Dane Coolidge
Dane Coolidge (March 24, 1873 – August 8, 1940) was an American author, naturalist, and photographer. He wrote fiction, non-fiction, and articles featuring the American West. He wrote short stories for magazines and made illustrations. His book ...
(1873–1940), American author, naturalist, and photographer
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Dane Cruikshank (born 1995), American football player
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Dane Currency (born 1985), Barbadian cricketer
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Dane Damron, American football coach and former player
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Dane Dastillung (1897–1982), American football player
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Dane Davis, American sound editor
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Dane De La Rosa
Dane David De La Rosa (born February 1, 1983) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Career
Prior to playing professiona ...
(born 1983), American professional baseball player
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Dane DeHaan
Dane William DeHaan ( ; born 1985 or 1986) is an American actor. His roles include Andrew Detmer in ''Chronicle'' (2012), Jason Glanton in '' The Place Beyond the Pines'' (2012), Lucien Carr in '' Kill Your Darlings'' (2013), Harry Osborn / Gre ...
(born 1986), American actor
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Dane DiLiegro (born 1988), American actor, stuntman, and former professional basketball player
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Dane Dobbie (born 1986), Canadian professional lacrosse player
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Dane Dorahy (born 1977), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
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Dane Dukić (born 1981), Serbian former footballer
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Dane Dunning (born 1994), American professional baseball player
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Dane Eagle (born 1983), American politician
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Dane Elkins (born 1999), American professional racquetball player
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Dane Evans (born 1993), American professional Canadian football player
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Dane Fife
Dane Fife (born July 26, 1979) is an American former college basketball player and assistant coach. Fife is the former head coach of the Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) Mastodons men's basketball team and a former colleg ...
(born 1979), American former college basketball player and current assistant coach
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Dane Fischer (born 1979), American basketball coach
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Dane Fletcher
Dane Fletcher (born September 14, 1986) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Montana State, and was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2010. Fletcher also played for the Tampa Bay ...
(born 1986), American former football player
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Dane Fox (born 1993), Canadian professional ice hockey player
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Dane Gagai (born 1991), Australian professional rugby league footballer
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Dane Haylett-Petty (born 1989), Australian retired rugby union footballer
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Dane Hogan (born 1989), Australian professional rugby league footballer
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Dane Hussey (born 1949), American weightlifter
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Dane Hutchinson (born 1986), New Zealand cricketer
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Dane Hyatt
Dane Hyatt (born 22 January 1984) is a Jamaican sprinter, competing in the 200 metres and 400 metres.
In June 2012 Hyatt won the Jamaica Olympic trials 400m in a new personal best of 44.83 to qualify for the Jamaican team for the 2012 Summer ...
(born 1984), Jamaican sprinter
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Dane Ingham (born 1999), New Zealand professional footballer
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Dane Iorg (born 1950), American retired MLB player
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Dane Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people
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Dane Johnson (born 1963), American former professional baseball coach and former pitcher
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Dane Kelly (born 1991), Jamaican professional footballer
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Dane Korica (born 1945), Serbian retired long-distance runner
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Dane Krager (born 1979), American former football player
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Dane Kuprešanin (born 1966), Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired footballer
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Dane Laffrey, American scenic designer and costume designer
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Dane Lanken
Dane Lanken (December 9, 1945 – March 3, 2023) was a Canadian journalist and author.
Career
Lanken was a film critic for the ''Montreal Gazette'' from 1967 to 1977, and was then a freelance journalist who wrote regularly for ''Canadian Geogr ...
(1945–2023), Canadian journalist and author
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Dane Lett (born 1990), New Zealand field hockey player
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Dane Lloyd (born 1991), Canadian politician
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Dane Looker (born 1976), American former football player
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Dane Lovett (born 1984), Australian artist
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Dane Lussier (1909–1959), American screenwriter
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Dane Manning (born 1989), English professional rugby league footballer
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Dane Massey (born 1988), Irish professional footballer
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Dane McDonald (born 1987), Australian rugby league player
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Dane A. Miller (–2015), American business executive
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Dane Milovanović
Dane Milovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Дане Миловановић; born 2 December 1989) is an Australian footballer who most recently played for Madura United in the Liga 1 as a defender or midfielder. He currently plays for Westgate Sindjelic F ...
(born 1989), Australian footballer
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Dane Morgan (born 1979), Australian former rugby league footballer
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Dane Murphy (born 1986), American retired soccer player
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Dane Murray (born 2003), Scottish professional footballer
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Dane Neller (born 1956), American businessman and entrepreneur
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Dane Nielsen (born 1985), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
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Dane O'Hara
Dane Bradford Mark O'Hara is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand. At the time of his retirement he held the record for most international matches for New Zealand.
Early years
O'Hara attended St. Paul's Col ...
(born 1953), New Zealand former rugby league footballer
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Dane O'Neill
Dane O'Neill (born 1 August 1975) is a retired Irish jockey, who won over 1,800 races in Great Britain over a 25-year career, including the 2015 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot.
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O'Neill was born in Dublin, but brought up in Monksto ...
, Irish jockey
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Dane Pereira (born 1985), Indian footballer
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Dane Rampe
Dane Rampe ( ; born 2 June 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously served as co-captain of the Swans from 2019 until the end of the 2023 season.
Early life
R ...
(born 1990), Australian rules footballer
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Dane Randolph (born 1986), American former football player
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Dane Rauschenberg (born 1976), American long-distance runner and author
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Dane Rawlins (born 1956), Irish dressage rider
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Dane Reynolds (born 1985), American professional surfer
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Dane Richards (born 1983), Jamaican former professional footballer
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Dane Rudhyar
Dane Rudhyar (March 23, 1895 – September 13, 1985), born Daniel Chennevière, was an American author, modernist composer, painter and humanistic astrologer. He was a pioneer of modern transpersonal astrology.
Biography
Dane Rudhyar was born ...
(1895–1985), French-born American author, modernist composer, and humanistic astrologer
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Dane Rumble (born 1982), New Zealand recording artist
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Dane Sampson (born 1986), Australian sports shooter
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Dane Sanzenbacher (born 1988), American former football player
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Dane Sardinha
Dane Kealoha A. A. Sardinha (born April 8, 1979) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, and Philadelphia Phillies between 2003 and 2011.
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(born 1979), American former professional baseball catcher
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Dane Scarlett (born 2004), English professional footballer
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Dane Schadendorf (born 2002), Zimbabwean cricketer
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Dane Searls (1988–2011), Australian BMX rider
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Dane Sharp (disambiguation), multiple people
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Dane Sorensen (born 1955), New Zealand former rugby league footballer
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Dane Spencer (born 1977), American former ski racer
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Dane Stojanović
Danilo "Dane" Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Дане Стојановић, 1904–18) was a Serbian Chetnik commander in Old Serbia and Macedonia (1904–08), who also participated in the Balkan Wars (1912–13). He was also known as Dane Krapče.
Lif ...
, Serbian commander
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Dane Strother, American Democratic political strategist, media commentator, and former reporter
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Dane Suttle
Dane Lee Suttle (born August 9, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player, formerly of the National Basketball Association's Kansas City Kings. A 6'3 guard, Suttle was a star at Pepperdine University.
Collegiate career
Suttle at ...
(born 1961), American former professional basketball player
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Dane Swan
Dane Swan (born 25 February 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). (born 1984), Australian AFL player
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Dane Sweeny
Dane Sweeny (born 12 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 194 achieved on 12 February 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 160 achieved on 14 November 2022.
Juniors
In ...
(born 2001), Australian professional tennis player
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Dane Tilse (born 1985), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
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Dane Trbović (born 1986), Serbian footballer
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Dane Tudor (born 1989), Australian-American freeskier
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Dane van Niekerk
Dané van Niekerk ( , ; born 14 May 1993) is a South African cricketer born in Pretoria and educated at Hoërskool Centurion. A right-handed Batting (cricket), batter and leg spin, leg break Bowler (cricket), bowler, she played for South Africa ...
(born 1993), South African cricketer
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Dane Vilas (born 1985), South African cricketer
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Dane Waters (born 1964), political strategist, elephant protection advocate, writer, and direct democracy advocate
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Dane Weston
Dane Anderson Weston (born 2 February 1973) is a former Antiguan cricketer. Weston was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at All Saints, Antigua.
Weston made two first-class appearances for the Leeward Islands in th ...
(born 1973), Antiguan former cricketer
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Dane Whitehouse (born 1970), English former footballer
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Dane Witherspoon
Dane Witherspoon (December 27, 1957 – March 29, 2014) was an American actor who appeared in daytime TV soap operas '' Santa Barbara'' as Joe Perkins in 1984, and in '' Capitol'' as Tyler McCandless from 1985 to 1986.
Early life and caree ...
(1957–2014), American actor
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Dane Zajc
Dane Zajc () (26 October 1929 – 20 October 2005) was a Slovenian poet and playwright. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association (1991–1995), and was awarded the prestigious Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement (1981). T ...
(1929–2005), Slovenian poet and playwright
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Dane Zander, Australian rugby union player
Fictional characters
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Dane (Wildstorm), a fictional character from WildStorm Productions, now owned by DC Comics
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Dane of Elysium, the
Wonder Man
Wonder Man (Simon Williams) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, he first appeared in '' The Avengers'' #9 (October 1964). The character, wh ...
from DC Comics
* ''The Dane'', a term for
Prince Hamlet
Prince Hamlet is the title character and protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet'' (1599–1601). He is the Prince of Denmark, nephew of the usurping King Claudius, Claudius, and son of King Hamlet, the previous King of Denmark. At ...
of Denmark, a character in Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet''
* Dane G Mouse, character played by
Daran Norris
Daran Morrison Nordland (born November 1, 1964), known professionally as Daran Norris, is an American actor. He has appeared or voiced characters in more than 400 films, video games, and television programs, including: Gordy in '' Ned's Declassif ...
in
Danger Mouse Danger Mouse is a British action cartoon which has had two incarnations:
* ''Danger Mouse'' (1981 TV series), a 1981 British animated television series
* ''Danger Mouse'' (2015 TV series), a 2015 reboot of the British animated television series
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Saint Dane, a character in the Pendragon series
* Dane O'Neill, a character in Colleen McCulloch's book ''
The Thorn Birds
''The Thorn Birds'' is a 1977 novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda—a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland—the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans 1915 ...
''
* Dane Havelok, a character in Mark Millar's ''
Empress
The word ''emperor'' (from , via ) can mean the male ruler of an empire. ''Empress'', the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother/grandmother (empress dowager/grand empress dowager), or a woman who rules ...
'' and ''
Big Game''
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Danes (surname)
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