Dawn Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the diffuse sky radiation, appearance of indirect sunlight being Rayleigh scattering, scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc ha ...

is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise. Dawn may also refer to: * Dawn (name), a given name, including a list of people with the name

Places

* Dawn, Missouri, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Dawn, Ohio Dawn is an unincorporated community in northern Richland Township, Darke County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 127 with Burch Road. It is located between the villages of Ansonia and Versailles, approximately 8 ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Dawn, Texas Dawn is an unincorporated community in eastern Deaf Smith County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 52 in 2000. History Jim Moore, the T Anchor Ranch's boss, built a dugout approximatel ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Dawn (PAT station) Dawn is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The street level stop located in an especially hilly portion of a neighborhood known for its ro ...

, a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network * 1618 Dawn, an asteroid * Dawn Township, Ontario, Canada, today part of

Dawn-Euphemia Dawn-Euphemia is a township in southwestern Ontario, Canada, in Lambton County. Residents primarily are employed by the agricultural industry, or by local industries such as Union Gas distribution centre, along with various smaller agricultural ...

Township. There is also a community in the township called Dawn.

Organisations

Dawn (Iceland) Dawn, officially Dawn – The Organization of Justice, Fairness and Democracy (), was an Icelandic political organization founded 18 March 2012 to participate in the 2013 parliamentary elections. The organization came into existence through the a ...

, an Icelandic political organization formed in 2012 *

Dawn (Slovakia) Dawn () is a far-left Slovak political party formed in May 2005 as a split from the Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS). It is led by Ivan Hopta. Hopta was excluded from the KSS because of personal conflicts. The party publishes a magazine calle ...

, a Slovakian political party formed in 2005 *

Dawn – National Coalition Dawn – National Coalition (), short Dawn, (from June 2014 to August 2015) Dawn of Direct Democracy () or (from June 2013 to June 2014) Tomio Okamura's Dawn of Direct Democracy (), was a right-wing populist, Eurosceptic political party in the Cz ...

, a Czech political party *

Dawn of Nemunas The Political Party "Dawn of Nemunas" (, PPNA), often shortened simply as Dawn of Nemunas or Nemunas Dawn (, NA), is a populist and nationalist List of political parties in Lithuania, political party in Lithuania. It was founded in November 20 ...

, a populist Lithuaninan political party *

Dawn (Bengali educational society) The Dawn Society was established in July 1902 in Calcutta, British India under the stewardship of Indian educationalist Satish Chandra Mukherjee. The organisation arose in response to agitation against the report of the Indian Universities Commi ...

, a society founded in 1902 *

Dawn Bible Students Association The Dawn Bible Students Association is a Christian organization and movement, and a legal entity used by a branch of the Bible Student movement. There were approximately 60,000 members in 2004. It was founded with the intention of becoming a publ ...

, an American organization established in 1932 *

Dawn Career Institute Dawn Career Institute, located in Newark, Delaware, is a private post-secondary institution of higher education serving Delaware, south-central and south-eastern Pennsylvania, and northern Maryland. The institute offers both campus-based and onl ...

, a technical school in Wilmington, Delaware, US * Dawn Equipment Company, a manufacturer of agricultural equipment *

Dawn Foods Dawn Foods (originally called the Dawn Donut Company) is an American wholesale manufacturer and distributor of breads, baked goods, mixes, and other food products. The company is based in Jackson, Michigan and operates globally. History Prior t ...

, an American food manufacturer and distributor *

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) is a transnational feminist network of scholars, researchers and activists from the global South. DAWN works under the gender, ecology and economic justice (GEEJ) framework, which highlights ...

(DAWN), a transnational network of feminists from the global South *

Democracy for the Arab World Now Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) is an American non-profit organization launched in September 2020 that advocates for democracy and human rights in the Arab world. DAWN was founded by Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi before his assassinati ...

, a Washington-based Middle East human rights and democracy advocacy non-profit

Products

Dawn (brand) Dawn is an American brand of dishwashing liquid owned by Procter & Gamble. Introduced in 1973, it is the best-selling brand of dishwashing liquid in the United States. Besides being used for dishwashing purposes, Dawn products are also used to rem ...

, a dishwashing detergent by Procter & Gamble * Dawn doll, a fashion doll by Topper between 1970 and 1973

Vehicles

* ''Akatsuki'' (spacecraft) or ''Dawn'', a Japanese spacecraft launched in 2010 to Venus * ''Dawn'' (spacecraft), a space orbiter launched in 2007 to Vesta and Ceres * USS ''Dawn'' (1857), a steamer * USS ''Dawn'' (SP-26), a repair boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 * USS ''Dawn'' (SP-37), a proposed private yawl ordered delivered to the Navy in 1917, but never commissioned into Navy service * USS ''Dawn'' (IX-186), a tanker in commission from 1944 to 1946 *

Rolls-Royce Dawn The Rolls-Royce Dawn is a convertible luxury grand tourer manufactured by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. It was announced at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show.

, a handmade 2+2 convertible luxury grand tourer automobile

Art

* ''Dawn'' (Journeay), a 1931 bronze sculpture by Helen Journeay * ''Dawn'' (Michelangelo), a marble sculpture in Florence, Italy * ''Dawn'' (painting), a 1989 painting by Odd Nerdrum

Books and publications

Books

* Dawn, the

Al-Falaq Al-Falaq or The Daybreak (, ''al-falaq'') is the 113th and penultimate chapter (''sūrah'') of the Qur'an. Alongside the 114th surah ( Al-Nas), it helps form the Al-Mu'awwidhatayn. Al-Falaq is a brief five ayat (verse) surah, asking God for pr ...

invocation, the 113th Sura of the Qur'an * ''Dawn'' (Andrews novel), a 1990 novel by V. C. Andrews and Andrew Neiderman * ''Dawn'' (McLaughlin novel), a 1980 novel by Dean McLaughlin *

Dawn (Rider Haggard novel) ''Dawn is the first novel by British writer H. Rider Haggard published in 1884. Background Haggard later said he was inspired to write the book while living in Norwood. He and his wife were attending a church service when they saw sitting near ...

, an 1884 novel by H. Rider Haggard * ''Dawn'' (''Warriors''), 2006 novel in the ''Warriors: The New Prophecy'' series by Erin Hunter * ''Breaking Dawn'' (Meyer novel), a 2008 novel by Stephenie Meyer * ''Dawn'' (Wiesel novel), a 1961 short novel by Elie Wiesel * ''Dawn'' (Wright novel), a 1929 novel by

S. Fowler Wright Sydney Fowler Wright (6 January 1874 – 25 February 1965) was a British editor, poet, science fiction author, writer of screenplays, mystery fiction and works in other genres, as well as being an accountant and a conservative political activist ...

* ''Dawn'' (Demirtaş book), a 2017 short story collection by Selahattin Demirtaş * ''Dawn'' (comics), a comic book series and the title character * ''Dawn'', a novel by Octavia E. Butler, part of the '' Xenogenesis Trilogy'' * ''Dawn'', a novel by Kevin Brooks

Magazines and newspapers

Dawn Media Group Pakistan Herald Limited, commonly known as the Dawn Media Group, is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Sindh. It publishes the ''Dawn'' newspaper and operates a TV channel, radio stations and websites. It is a listed member of All Pa ...

, a Pakistani media company ** ''Dawn'' (newspaper), a Pakistan English-language newspaper **

Dawn News Dawn News HD is a Pakistani 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group. The test transmission of the station occurr ...

, an English-language news channel in Pakistan * ''Dawn'' (Indian educationalist magazine), a magazine published between 1897 and 1912 * ''Dawn'' (magazine) (1952–1968), New South Wales magazine for Australian Aboriginals * ''The Dawn'' (feminist magazine) (1885–1905), Australian literary journal * ''The Dawn'' (feminist newsletter) (1919–1967), non-party political journal published in Western Australia * ''The Dawn'' (magazine), a periodical by the Dawn Bible Students Association

Film and television

* ''Dawn'' (1919 film), adapted from the Eleanor Porter story of the same name * ''Dawn'' (1928 film), a British silent film * ''Dawn'' (1929 film), a German silent film * ''The Dawn'' (film) (1936), an Irish film * '' Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway'', a 1976 American made-for-television movie * ''Dawn of the Dead'' (1978 film), a zombie horror film directed by George Romero * ''Dawn of the Dead'' (2004 film), a 2004 remake of the 1978 film * ''

Dawn! ''Dawn!'' is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser, who served as technical adviser for the production. It starred Bronwyn Mackay Payne and Bunney Brooke, and was written by Joy Cavill a ...

'', a 1979 biopic of Dawn Fraser * ''Red Dawn'' (1984 film), an American war film starring Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen * ''Red Dawn'' (2012 film), a 2012 remake of the 1984 film * ''Dawn'' (1985 film), a Franco-Hungarian film * ''Rescue Dawn'' (2006 film), an American film starring Christian Bale * ''Dawn'' (2014 film), a Swiss film * ''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' (2014 film), an American science fiction film. * ''Dawn'' (2015 film), a Latvian film * "Dawn" (''Star Trek: Enterprise''), an episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' * ''Dawn'', a documentary series presented by Dawn Porter * Dawn, an anime character in ''Pokémon''

Music

Dawn Records Dawn Records was a subsidiary of Pye Records. Active from 1969 to 1975, it was established as Pye's 'underground and progressive' label rivalling the EMI and Phonogram equivalents, Harvest and Vertigo. The most successful act on the label ...

, a 1970s British record label launched by Pye Records *

Tony Orlando and Dawn Tony Orlando and Dawn (also known simply as Dawn) is an American pop music group that was popular in the 1970s, composed of singer Tony Orlando and the backing vocal group Dawn (Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson). Their signature hits inclu ...

(also known as "Dawn"), a pop music group from the 1970s * Dawn (Swedish band), a Swedish black metal band *

The Dawn (band) The Dawn is a Filipino rock band which first achieved commercial success during the late 1980s in the Philippines. The band broke up in 1995 with lead vocalist Jett Pangan forming another band, the Jett Pangan Group. The Dawn reunited in late ...

, a Filipino rock band *

Dawn (rapper) Kim Hyo-jong (born June 1, 1994), known professionally as Dawn (formerly E'Dawn), is a South Korean rapper and dancer. Dawn is best known as a former rapper and songwriter of the South Korean boy band Pentagon, releasing nine EPs in both Korean ...

, a South Korean rapper and singer

Albums

* ''Dawn'' (Aimer album), 2015 * ''Dawn'' (Current 93 album), 1987 * ''Dawn'' (Danger Danger album), 1995 * ''Dawn'' (Dawn Robinson album), 2002 * ''Dawn'' (Eloy album), 1976 * ''Dawn'' (Gary Numan album) or ''Sacrifice'', 1994 * ''Dawn'' (Guitar Vader album), 2003 * ''Dawn'' (Mxmtoon EP), 2020 * ''Dawn'' (Mount Eerie album), 2008 * ''Dawn'' (Rebecca St. James EP), 2020 * ''Dawn'' (Yebba album), 2021 * ''The Dawn'' (album), by The Dawn, 1986

Classical

* "Dawn", also known as "Sunrise", the introduction to ''

Also sprach Zarathustra , Op. 30 (, ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra'' or ''Thus Spake Zarathustra'') is a tone poem by German composer Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's 1883–1885 philosophical work of the same name.Dawn (Go Away) "Dawn (Go Away)" is a song written by Bob Gaudio and Sandy Linzer and recorded by the Four Seasons in November 1963. The song hit No. 3 in the early part of 1964. According to ''Billboard'', it was the 25th biggest hit single of the year, pla ...

", a 1964 song by The Four Seasons * "Dawn", a 1996 song by Stabbing Westward from ''

Wither Blister Burn & Peel ''Wither Blister Burn + Peel'' is the second album by the American industrial rock band Stabbing Westward, released on Columbia Records. The album was recorded in New York in May 1995, and released in New York City and Los Angeles on January 4, 1 ...

'' * "Dawn", a 2001 song by Bif Naked from ''Purge'' (album) * "Dawn: Dawn Is a Feeling", a 1967 song by The Moody Blues from ''

Days of Future Passed ''Days of Future Passed'' is the second studio album by English progressive rock band the Moody Blues, released on 17 November 1967, by Deram Records. It has been cited by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and others as one of the earliest albu ...

'' * "Dawn" (LiSA song), a 2021 song by LiSA * "Dawns" (song), a 2023 song by Zach Bryan featuring Maggie Rogers