Danny is a masculine given name. It is related to and short for the male name Daniel.🖾🖾

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Danny Altmann Danny Altmann is a British immunologist, and Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London. Altmann earned a bachelor's degree from the University of London in 1980, and a PhD from the University of Bristol in 1983 on T cell immunity to h ...

, British immunologist * Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer * Danny Baker (born 1957), English journalist, radio and TV presenter * Danny Banda (born c. 1938), Canadian footballer * Danny Barnes (disambiguation), multiple people *

Danny Bentley Danny R. Bentley is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2017 to 2025. He represented Kentucky's 98th House district which included Greenup County as well as part of Boyd County ...

, American politician and pharmacologist * Danny Bonaduce (born 1959), American radio/television personality, comedian *

Danny Brown Daniel Dewan Sewell (born March 16, 1981), better known as Danny Brown, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. He was described by MTV in 2011 as "one of rap's most unique figures in recent memory". After amassing ...

(born 1981), American rapper * Danny Joe Brown (1951–2005), American singer, Molly Hatchet * Danny Burawa (born 1988), American baseball player *

Danny Carey Daniel Edwin Carey (born May 10, 1961) is an American musician who is the drummer for the progressive metal band Tool. He has also contributed to albums by artists such as Zaum, Green Jellö, Pigface, Skinny Puppy, Adrian Belew, Carole Kin ...

(born 1961), American drummer, Tool *

Danny Chan Danny Chan Pak-Keung (; 7 September 1958 – 25 October 1993) was a Hong Kong singer, songwriter and actor. One of the first Cantopop idols in Hong Kong, he gained fame alongside performers Alan Tam, Anita Mui, and Leslie Cheung, who wer ...

(1958–1993), Hong Kong singer and actor *

(born 1975), Hong Kong actor, martial artist, dance choreographer, and singer * Danny Clark (disambiguation), multiple people * Danny Collins (footballer) (born 1980), Welsh footballer * Danny Boy Collins (born 1967), English wrestler * Danny Costain, American politician *

Danny Coulombe Daniel Paul Coulombe (born October 26, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics, and Baltimore Oriol ...

(born 1989), American baseball player * Danny Cox (disambiguation), multiple people * Danny Denzongpa (born 1948), Indian actor *

Danny DeVito Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series ''Taxi (TV series), Taxi'' (1978–1983), which won him ...

(born 1944), Italian-American actor, comedian, producer and director * Danny Donnelly (politician), Northern Irish politician *

Danny Drinkwater Daniel Noel Drinkwater (born 5 March 1990) is an English former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Having come through the youth academy at Manchester United F.C., Manchester United, he spent time on loan ...

(born 1990), English footballer *

Danny Duffy Daniel Richard Duffy (born December 21, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Piratas de Campeche of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals. After being drafte ...

(born 1988), American baseball player *

Danny Duncan (musician) We the Kings is an American rock band formed in Bradenton, Florida, in 2005. The band's eponymous full-length debut album, released in 2007, included the platinum single " Check Yes Juliet", and went on to sell over 250,000 copies in the US. T ...

(born 1986), musician, We the Kings *

Danny Dyer Danial John Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor and presenter. Dyer's breakthrough role was as Moff in ''Human Traffic'' (1999), with other notable roles Billy the Limpet in ''Mean Machine (film), Mean Machine'' (2001) and as Tommy J ...

(born 1977), English actor and presenter *

Danny Elfman Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since scoring his ...

(born 1953), American composer, singer, songwriter and record producer *

Danny Etling Daniel Patrick Etling (born July 22, 1994) is an American professional football quarterback for the Michigan Panthers of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and LSU Tigers, and was selected ...

(born 1994), American football player *

Danny Franco Danny Franco (; born 5 December 1973) is an Israeli basketball coach. Franco began his coaching path as coach for Hapoel Tel Aviv's youth teams, and during that time he also coached the Israeli youth national team. Among the many teams Franco ...

(born 1973), Israeli basketball coach *

Danny Glover Danny Glover ( ; born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, producer, and political activist. Over his career he has received List of awards and nominations received by Danny Glover, numerous accolades including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian A ...

(born 1946), American actor *

Danny Gonzales Daniel Ray Gonzales (born January 13, 1976) is an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator at the University of Arizona, a position he has held since 2024. He previously was the head football coach at the Univ ...

(born 1976), American football coach and former player * Danny Gonzalez (born 1994), American YouTube personality * Danny Graham (disambiguation), multiple people * Danny Gray (rugby union) (born 1983), English rugby union footballer * Danny Gray (American football) (born 1999), American football player * Danny Green (disambiguation), multiple people * Danny Hutton (born 1942), Irish-American singer and songwriter * Danny Ings (born 1992), English footballer * Danny Isidora (born 1994), American football player * Danny Jansen (born 1995), American baseball player * Danny Javier (1947–2022), Filipino actor, singer and member of APO Hiking Society *

Danny Johnson (American football) Danny Johnson (born November 17, 1995) is an American professional American football, football cornerback. He played college football at Southern Jaguars football, Southern and was signed by Washington as an undrafted free agent in 2018. Colleg ...

(born 1995), American football player * Danny Kaye (1911–1987), American entertainer * Danny Kirwan (1950–2018), English singer-songwriter, guitarist, Fleetwood Mac * Danny Lee (disambiguation), multiple people * Danny Lewis (basketball) (born 1970), American-English basketball player * Danny Lopez (disambiguation), multiple people * Danny Meddings (born 1968), English professional squash player * Danny Mendick (born 1993), American baseball player * Danny Miller (disambiguation), multiple people * Danny Morseu (born 1958), Australian basketball player * Danny Murphy (disambiguation), multiple people *

Danny Noonan (disambiguation) Danny Noonan may refer to: *Danny Noonan (American football) (born 1965), former Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers player *Danny Noonan (Australian footballer) (born 1968), former Brisbane Bears player *Danny Noonan, a character in the 1980 film ...

, multiple people * Danny O'Brien (disambiguation), multiple people * Danny Ozark (1923–2009), American baseball manager * Daniel Pearl (1963–2002), American murder victim * Danny Pearson (musician) (1953–2018), American composer and singer-songwriter * Danny Pinter (born 1996), American football player * Danny Pittman (born 1958), American football player * Danny Pudi (born 1979), American actor * Danny Roberts (disambiguation), multiple people *

Danny Rose (disambiguation) Daniel, Dan or Danny Rose may refer to: * Daniel Rose (politician) (1772–1833), American politician * Danny Rose (footballer, born 1988), English football coach and former professional footballer (Oxford United F.C., Oxford United, Newport County ...

, multiple people * Danny Rubin (basketball) (born 1991), American-Israeli basketball player * Danny Saucedo (born 1986), Swedish singer-songwriter * Danny Schayes (born 1959), American basketball player, son of Dolph * Danny Vargas Serrano (born 1979), member of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica * Danny Simpson (born 1987), English footballer * Danny Smith (disambiguation), multiple people * Danny Smythe (1948–2016), American drummer, The Box Tops * Danny Stutsman (born 2003), American football player * Danny Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people *

Danny Trejo Danny Trejo (, ; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. Known for his Danny Trejo filmography, large body of work as a character actor, films in which he has appeared in have grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide. A native of Los Angeles, Tr ...

(born 1944), American actor * Danny Valencia (born 1984), American baseball player * Danny Vukovic, Australian footballer * Danny Wallace (footballer) (born 1964), English footballer * Danny Wallace (humorist) (born 1976), British author and television presenter * Danny Ward (footballer, born 1993) (born 1993), Welsh football player * Danny Webb (actor) (born 1958), English actor * Danny Williams (disambiguation), multiple people * Danny Wolf (born 2004), American-Israeli college basketball player for the

Michigan Wolverines The Michigan Wolverines comprise 29 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except wo ...

* Danny Woods (1942–2018), American singer, member of the group Chairmen of the Board * Danny Worsnop (born 1990), English singer, Asking Alexandria * Danny Young (disambiguation), multiple people

Stage name

* Danny (footballer), Portuguese footballer, Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes *

Danny! Daniel Keith Swain (born August 18, 1983), known mononymously as Danny!, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and composer. Swain rose to prominence after his debut performance on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'', where he premiered h ...

, stage name of American recording artist and producer Danny Swain * Danny, stage name of Finnish singer Ilkka Lipsanen * Danny, Daniel Murillo, lead vocalist of the band

Hollywood Undead Hollywood Undead is an American rap rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2005. All of the band members use pseudonyms and previously wore their own unique mask, most of which were based on the common goaltender mask, hockey goalten ...

and formerly Lorene Drive * Danny Romero, stage name of Daniel Ramírez Romero, Spanish singer * Danny Saucedo, aka "Danny," Swedish singer * Danny Sexbang, stage name of Leigh Daniel Avidan, singer of musical comedy duo, Ninja Sex Party

Fictional characters

* Danny, a character in the American 2001 thriller movie '' Good Neighbor'' * Danny, in the 2002 animated film '' Return to Never Land'' * Danny, in the 2005 American science fiction adventure '' Zathura: A Space Adventure'' * Danny, in the 2012 American horror film ''

Sloppy the Psychotic ''Sloppy the Psychotic'' is a 2012 American independent horror film directed, co-written, produced and cinematographed by Mike O'Mahony (who also stars in the film as the title role, along with James Costa who is the film's music composer) which fo ...

'' * Danny, in the 2017 animated television series ''

Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and co-produced by Frederator Studios for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn the Human, Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...

'' episode "

Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. It is about long and up to about wide, and surrounds most of the Pa ...

" * Danny Baldwin, in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Danny Pennington, a character in the 1990 live-action film adaptation of ''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), D ...

'' * Danny Baker (character), in the comedy TV show ''30 Rock'' * Danny Burke, a character in the 1984 American teen sex comedy movie '' Revenge of the Nerds'' * Danny Collins, in the film of the same name * Danny Dallas, in TV series ''

Soap Soap is a salt (chemistry), salt of a fatty acid (sometimes other carboxylic acids) used for cleaning and lubricating products as well as other applications. In a domestic setting, soaps, specifically "toilet soaps", are surfactants usually u ...

'' * Danny Dog, in '' Peppa Pig'' * Danny Fatfuck, in the Adult Swim television pilot '' Paid Programming'' * Danny Madigan, played by Austin O'Brien in the 1993 American fantasy meta action comedy movie ''

Last Action Hero ''Last Action Hero'' is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film directed and produced by John McTiernan and co-written by Shane Black and David Arnott. It is a satire of the action genre and associated clichés, containing several parodies ...

'' * Danny Messer, in the TV crime drama ''CSI: NY'' * Danny Mitchell (EastEnders), in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Danny Moon, in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Danny Noonan, the main protagonist in the movie '' Caddyshack'' * Danny O'Neil, in the 1988 movie '' 14 Going on 30'' * Danny Phantom (character), alter-ego of Daniel "Danny" Fenton and the title character of the Nickelodeon cartoon series '' Danny Phantom'' * Danny Pink, in ''Doctor Who'' * Danny Rand, also known as Iron Fist, a Marvel superhero * Danny Rebus, from the TV series The Electric Company * Danny Reilly, a fictional character in the Millarworld, as the co-inventor of time travel * Danny Rayburn, in the Netflix series ''

Bloodline Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic infor ...

'' * Danny Tanner, in the TV sitcom ''

Full House ''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about the recently widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend ...

'' * Danny Taylor, in the TV crime drama ''Without a Trace'' * Danny the Street, a living, sentient street of DC Comics' '' Doom Patrol'' * Danny Thornill, in the film '' Cyberbully'' * Danny Torrance, in the 1977 novel '' The Shining'' * Danny Van Zandt, in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Danny Walker, in the 2001 film ''

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reci ...

'' * Danny "Danno" Williams, in the 1968–1980 television series ''Hawaii Five-O'' ** Danny "Danno" Williams, in the 2010 remake series ''Hawaii Five-0'' * Danny Williams, in the TV series ''

My Little Pony ''My Little Pony'' (''MLP'') is a toy line and media franchise developed by American toy company Hasbro. The first toys were developed by Bonnie Zacherle, Charles Muenchinger, and Steve D'Aguanno, and were produced in 1981. The ponies feature ...

'' * Danny Zuko, in the musical '' Grease'' * Danny (Pokémon), in the ''Pokémon'' universe * Danny, the main male orange cat in the film '' Cats Don't Dance'' * Danny, in the ''Just!'' series of short story collections by Australian author Andy Griffiths * Danny, nickname of Mrs. Danvers, the main antagonist of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel ''

Rebecca Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...

'' * Danny, in the anime ''

Sonic X is a Japanese anime television series based on Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game series. Produced by TMS Entertainment under partnership with Sega and Sonic Team, and directed by Hajime Kamegaki, ''Sonic X'' initially ran for 52 ep ...

'' * Danny, the leader of ''

The Bash Street Kids ''The Bash Street Kids'' is a comic strip in the British comic magazine '' The Beano''. It also appeared briefly in The Wizard as series of prose stories in 1955. The strip, created by Leo Baxendale as ''When the Bell Rings!'', first appear ...

'' from the British comic ''The Beano'' * Danny, in the martial arts action thriller '' Unleashed'' * Danny, title character in the 2016 song cycle '' The Seven Doors of Danny'' * Danny (Paw Patrol), a recurring character in ''Paw Patrol'' * Danny, title character in the 1975 children's novel '' Danny, Champion of the World''

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