Dann is an

English surname English names are personal names used in, or originating in, England. In England, as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of one or more given names, commonly referred to as first names, and a (most commonly ...

. It is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

which came from

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and

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, "valley". Variant spellings include

Dan Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa ** Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivo ...

and Dane. According to statistics compiled by

Patrick Hanks Patrick Wyndham Hanks (24 March 1940 – 1 February 2024) was an English lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastician. He edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names. Background Hanks was educated a ...

on the basis of the

2011 United Kingdom census A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Inter ...

and the

Census of Ireland 2011 The 2011 census of Ireland was held on Sunday, 10 April 2011. It was administered by the Central Statistics Office of Ireland and found the population to be 4,588,252 people.

, 2,666 people on the island of

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and 54 on the island of

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bore the surname Dann as of 2011. In the

1881 United Kingdom census The United Kingdom Census of 1881 recorded the people residing in every household on the night of Sunday 3 April 1881, and was the fifth of the Census in the United Kingdom, UK censuses to include details of household members. Data recorded Detail ...

there had been 1,858 people with the surname Dann, primarily at

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...

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, and

Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

. The 2010 United States census found 3,735 people with the surname Dann, making it the 8,775th-most-common name in the country. This represented a decrease from 4,062 (7,550th most-common) in the 2000 census. In both censuses, nearly nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as

non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic Whites, also referred to as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans who are classified by the United States census as "White" and not of Hispanic or Latino origin. According to annual estimates from the Unit ...

, and about six percent as non-Hispanic Black or African American. People with this surname include:

Artists and musicians

Hollis Dann Hollis Ellsworth Dann (May 1, 1861 – January 3, 1939) was an American music educator and choral director during the early twentieth century. Early life Dann was born in Canton, Pennsylvania to a musical family and studied music in Boston bef ...

(1861–1939), American music educator and choral director *

Stan Dann Stan F. Dann (May 23, 1931 Burnaby, British Columbia – May 8, 2013, in Lafayette, California) was a contemporary Northern California artist known for his puzzle-like bas-relief wall sculptures of polychrome wood. His earlier commercial career du ...

(1931–2008), American wood carver *

Georgie Dann Georges Mayer Dahan (14 January 1940 – 3 November 2021), performing as Georgie Dann, was a Spain-based French singer-songwriter, known for his popular summer hits. Career Early life Georges Mayer Dahan was born on 14 January 1940 in Paris, t ...

(1940–2021), French singer *

Larry Dann Larry Dann (born 4 May 1941 in London, England) is a British film and television actor. His acting career began by a fluke, with "a chance knock at the door looking for kids to work in films." He made his film debut age five in ''Adam and Evelyn ...

(born 1941), British film and television actor *

Steven Dann Steven Dann (born December 27, 1953) is a Canadian violist. Early years Dann was born in Burnaby, British Columbia. He played the violin until 1970, when he switched to the viola. He began studying with Lorand Fenyves in Toronto in 1972, and c ...

(born 1953), Canadian violist *

Penny Dann Penny Dann (30 June 1964 – 20 December 2014) was a British children's book illustrator and creator of ''The Secret Fairy''. She was known for her "humorous and vivacious style". Alongside writing and illustrating her own works, she illustrate ...

(1964–2014), British children's book illustrator *

Sophie-Louise Dann Sophie-Louise Dann (born 1969) is a British actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Career Dann trained at Arts Educational Schools, London. She appeared in minor roles in the films '' My Summer with Des'' (1998) and ''The Phantom ...

(born 1969), British musical theatre actress *

Lance Dann Lance Dann is a British sound artist, audio drama producer, presenter and writer working for international theatre and radio since 1994. Life and work Dann is the founder of Radio Art group Noiseless Blackboard Eraser (1994–2007) and former ...

(), British sound and radio artist

Sportspeople

Reg Dann Reginald Walter Dann (6 June 1916 – 1948) was an English professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Ame ...

(1916–1948), English football midfielder *

Gordon Dann Gordon Dann (born 2 August 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operat ...

(born 1944), Australian rules footballer *

Donald Dann Donald "Doc" William Dann, OAM (12 February 1949 – 31 July 2005) was an Australian Paralympic athlete and table tennis player. He was born in the Tasmanian town of Wynyard. He lost a leg to a land mine in the Vietnam War, where he served in ...

(1949–2005), Australian Paralympic athlete and table tennis player * Kevin Dann (1958–2021), Australian rugby league footballer *

Scott Dann (boxer) Scott "Dynamite" Dann (born 23 July 1974) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2006. He held the British middleweight title from 2004 to 2005 and the Commonwealth middleweight title in 2006. As an amateur, he won the ...

(born 1974), English amateur boxer *

Scott Dann Scott Dann (born 14 February 1987) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre back. He began his Football League career with Walsall F.C., Walsall, before moving on to Coventry City F.C., Coventry City an ...

(born 1987), English football centre-back *

Thomas Dann Thomas Oliver Dann (30 January 1981 – 19 February 2021) was an English cricketer. Tommy Dann was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and was later educated at Millfield Sch ...

(born 1981), English cricketer *

Walter Dann Walter Dann (born ) is a Canadian Wheelchair Athletics Athlete who has competed in the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Summer Paralympics. He won silver in the Men's 4x60m Wheelchair Relay (with F. Henderson, B. Simpson and Eugene Reimer) and the Novices ...

(), Canadian Paralympic athlete

Writers

George Landen Dann George Landen Dann (1 January 1904 – 6 June 1977) was an Australian playwright, writer, and draftsman. He is best known for a number of award-winning and critically acclaimed plays such as ''In Beauty It Is Finished'', ''Fountains Beyond'', '' ...

(1904–1977), Australian playwright, writer, and draftsman *

Colin Dann Colin Dann (born 10 March 1943) is an English author. He is best known for his '' The Animals of Farthing Wood'' series of books, which was subsequently made into an animated series. Dann worked at the publishing firm William Collins, Sons & ...

(born 1943), British writer of children's books *

Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, as well as an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, the majority being as editor or c ...

(born 1945) American science fiction writer *

Lotta Dann Carlotta Brigid Dann () is a New Zealand journalist, author and addiction services advocate. In 2023 Dann was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to addiction advocacy. Academic career Dann grew up in Christchurc ...

, New Zealand journalist *

Trevor Dann Trevor John Dann (born 6 November 1951) is an English writer and broadcaster best known for his radio and print journalism with BBC Radio, ''Q magazine'', ''Mojo'', and ''The Guardian'', and his critically praised 2006 "Darker Than the Deepest Se ...

(born 1951), British writer and broadcaster *

Patty Dann Patty Dann (born October 30, 1953) is an American novelist and nonfiction writer. She studied at the University of Oregon, and later earned an MFA in writing from Columbia University. While working at the A&E (TV network), A&E network in 1986, sh ...

(born 1953), American novelist and nonfiction writer

Others

Christian Adam Dann Christian Adam Dann (24 December 1758 – 19 March 1837) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, animal welfare writer and supporter of Pietism. Biography Dann was born on 24 December 1758 in Tübingen. His father Jakob Heinrich was mayor in ...

(1758–1837), German Lutheran pastor *

Wallace Dann Wallace Dann (January 12, 1847– 1934) was a two-term Democratic mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1905 to 1907. He was also a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1903 to 1905. Early life and family He was born in Stam ...

(1847–1934), American local politician in Norwalk, Connecticut * Alf Dann (1893–1953), British trade union leader *

Belinda Dann Belinda Dann (4 July 1900 – 9 October 2007) was an Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australian born as Quinlyn Wardagoo to an Irish cattle station manager and a Nyikina mother in the Lunlungai community in Derby, Western Australia. At the ...

(1900–2007), Indigenous Australian woman known as a member of the Stolen Generation *

Bob Dann Robert William Dann (28 September 1914 – 10 April 2008), also often known informally as "Bob Dann", was an Australian Anglican bishop. He was the 9th Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne. Biography Dann studied for ordination at Trinity College a ...

(1914–2008), Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia *

Michael Dann Michael Harold Dann (September 11, 1921 – May 27, 2016) was an American television executive. Dann was vice president of programming at CBS from 1963 to 1970, having worked there since leaving NBC in the late 1950s. He took a pragmatic app ...

(1921–2016), American television executive *

Mary Dann and Carrie Dann The Dann Sisters, Mary Dann (1923–2005) and Carrie Dann (1932–2021), were Western Shoshone elders who were spiritual leaders, ranchers, and cultural, spiritual rights and land rights activists. They challenged the federal government over uses ...

(respectively 1923–2005 and 1931–2021), Native American activists *

Laurie Dann Laurie may refer to: Places * Laurie, Cantal, France, a commune * Laurie, Missouri, United States, a village * Laurie Island, Antarctica Music * Laurie Records, a record label * ''Laurie'' (EP), a 1992 album by Daniel Johnston * "Laurie (Stran ...

(1957–1988), American murderer *

Marc Dann Marc E. Dann (born March 12, 1962) is an American former politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, who served as the Ohio Attorney General, Attorney General of Ohio from 2007 until his resignation on May 14, 2008. La ...

(born 1962), American politician * Tim Dann, British voice actor

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