Namesakes
Biblical Characters:
3 characters
Daniel (m) 1 Chr. 3:1 
Daniel (m) Dan. 1:3
Daniel (m) Ezra 8:2
Emmy Award Winners:
3 actors
(actor) Daniel J. Travanti 1981; 1982 Hill Street Blues
(actor) Jon Hamm (middle name Daniel) 2015 Mad Men
(actor) Jason Sudeikis (a.k.a. Daniel) 2021; 2022 Ted Lasso
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character, 1 hero
Daniel Deronda 1876 Daniel Deronda
Dan Humphrey 2002 Gossip Girl
Fictional Characters from Movies:
2 characters
Daniel Jackson 1994 Stargate
Daniel Plainview 2007 There Will Be Blood
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
5 characters
(character) Daniel 1973 Daniel
(character) Daniel 2009 Daniel
(character) Daniel 2011 Daniel
(character) Daniel Faulkner 2011 The Murder Of Daniel Faulkner
(character) Daniel 2013 Daniel
Fictional Characters from Television:
17 characters, 1 hero
Daniel Jonas 1965 Days of Our Lives
Danny Carrington 1981 Dynasty
Danny Percell 1987 Tour of Duty
Danny Sorenson 1993 NYPD Blue
Daniel Jackson 1997 Stargate SG-1
Oz (a.k.a. Daniel) 1997; 1999 Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Angel
Danny "Mac" McGregor 2000 The District
Danny Ross 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Daniel Faraday 2004 Lost
Danny Messer 2004 CSI: NY
Daniel Goodman 2005 Bones
D. L. Hawkins (a.k.a. Daniel) 2006 Heroes
Daniel Meade 2006 Ugly Betty
Dan Humphrey 2007 Gossip Girl
Rick Sanchez (middle name Daniel) 2013 Rick and Morty
Danny Tanner 1987; 2016 Full House; Fuller House
Danny Warren 2016 The Family
Steven Carrington (middle name Daniel) 1981; 2017 Dynasty
Haitian Presidents:
1 president
(president) Daniel Fignolé 1957
Hall-of-Famers:
7 football, 2 basketball, 2 ice hockey
(football) Dan Fortmann 1965
(football) Dan Reeves 1967
(basketball) Dan Issel 1993
(football) Dan Fouts 1993
(football) Dan Dierdorf 1996
(basketball) Daniel Biasone 2000
(football) Dan Rooney 2000
(football) Dan Hampton 2002
(football) Dan Marino 2005
(ice hockey) Daniel Alfredsson 2022
(ice hockey) Daniel Sedin 2022
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 president
(president) Michael D. Higgins (middle name Daniel) 2011-
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Dan Marino 1984 football
New Zealand Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Daniel Pollen 1875-1876
Nobel Prize Winners:
3 medicine, 3 physics, 2 economics
(medicine) Daniel Bovet 1957
(physics) J. Hans D. Jensen (middle name Daniel) 1963
(medicine) Daniel Carleton Gajdusek 1976
(medicine) Daniel Nathans 1978
(physics) William Daniel Phillips 1997
(physics) Daniel C. Tsui 1998
(economics) Daniel McFadden 2000
(economics) Daniel Kahneman 2002
Norwegian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
John Lyng (middle name Daniel) 1963
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
54 actors, 2 actor/comedians, 1 youtuber
Chief Yowlachie (a.k.a. Daniel) 1891-1966
Danny Kaye (middle name Daniel) 1911-1987
Jonathan Harris (middle name Daniel) 1914-2002
Dan Dailey 1915-1978
Dan O'Herlihy 1919-2005
Patrick Macnee (a.k.a. Daniel) 1922-2015
Donald Houston (middle name Daniel) 1923-1991
Danny Aiello 1933-2019
Daniel Massey 1933-1998
Tom Courtenay (middle name Daniel) 1937-
Ronny Cox (a.k.a. Daniel) 1938-
Daniel J. Travanti 1940-
Dan Hedaya 1940-
Danny DeVito 1944-
Daniel Davis 1945-
Dan Lauria 1947-
Daniel Auteuil 1950-
Dan Aykroyd 1952-
Andrew Divoff (middle name Daniel) 1955-
Daniel Day-Lewis 1957-
Daniel Baldwin 1960-
D. B. Sweeney (a.k.a. Daniel) 1961-
Daniel Roebuck 1963-
Daniel Craig 1968-
Greg Davies (middle name Daniel) 1968-
Daniel Dae Kim 1968-
Daniel Pollock 1968-1992
Daniël Boissevain 1969-
Daniel Cosgrove 1970-
Jon Hamm (middle name Daniel) 1971-
Daniel Lapaine 1971-
Daniel Sunjata 1971-
Danny Pino 1974-
Daniel Wu 1974-
Jason Sudeikis (a.k.a. Daniel) 1975-
Danny Masterson 1976-
Corey Stoll (middle name Daniel) 1976-
Daniel Gillies 1976-
Lukas Haas (middle name Daniel) 1976-
Dan Fogler 1976-
Daniel Weyman 1977-
Jason Earles (middle name Daniel) 1977-
Daniel Brühl 1978-
Josh Hartnett (middle name Daniel) 1978-
Danny Pudi 1979-
Daniel Henney 1979-
Dan Stevens 1982-
Dan Levy 1983-
Daniel Ings 1985-
Dan Byrd 1985-
Daniel Sharman 1986-
Alistair Brammer (middle name Daniel) 1988-
Daniel Kaluuya 1989-
Daniel Radcliffe 1989-
Lucas Till (middle name Daniel) 1990-
Daniel Howell 1991-
Taylor Lautner (middle name Daniel) 1992-
Notable Athletes:
21 soccer, 5 rugby, 2 football, 1 basketball, 1 driving, 1 gymnastics, 1 handball, 1 ice hockey, 1 poker, 1 tennis
(basketball) Dan Issel 1948-
(football) Dan Fouts 1951-
(soccer) Dani 1951-
(soccer) Daniel Passarella 1953-
(football) Dan Marino 1961-
(tennis) Daniel Nestor 1972-
(poker) Daniel Negreanu 1974-
(gymnastics) Marius Urzică (middle name Daniel) 1975-
(soccer) Dani 1976-
(soccer) Daniel Majstorović 1977-
(soccer) Thierry Henry (middle name Daniel) 1977-
(soccer) Daniel Van Buyten 1978-
(handball) Daniel Narcisse 1979-
(ice hockey) Daniel Sedin 1980-
(soccer) Jorge Guagua (middle name Daniel) 1981-
(rugby) Dan Carter 1982-
(soccer) Dani Alves 1983-
(soccer) Mark Milligan (middle name Daniel) 1985-
(soccer) Daniel Pudil 1985-
(soccer) Daniel Kolář 1985-
(soccer) Álvaro Pereira (middle name Daniel) 1985-
(soccer) Daniel Cambronero 1986-
(rugby) Duane Vermeulen (a.k.a. Daniel) 1986-
(soccer) Dániel Böde 1986-
(rugby) Danny Care 1987-
(rugby) Dan Cole 1987-
(soccer) Daniel Davari 1988-
(driving) Daniel Ricciardo 1989-
(soccer) Daniel Sturridge 1989-
(rugby) Dan Biggar 1989-
(soccer) Danny Rose 1990-
(soccer) Daniel Opare 1990-
(soccer) Danny Welbeck 1990-
(soccer) Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro 1992-
(soccer) Danny Ward 1993-
Notable Businesspeople:
2 businesspersons
Daniel B. Wesson 1825-1906
Daniel Guggenheim 1856-1930
Notable Filmmakers:
2 directors
Daniel Petrie 1920-2004
Danny Boyle 1956-
Notable Journalists:
1 journalist, 1 news presenter
(news presenter) Dan Rather 1931-
(journalist) Daniel Schneidermann 1958-
Notable Military Figures:
1 admiral
William D. Leahy (middle name Daniel) 1875-1959
Notable Musicians:
6 musicians, 5 singers, 1 composer, 1 musician/singer
Louis Armstrong (middle name Daniel) 1901-1971
Danny Kaye (middle name Daniel) 1911-1987
Daniel Barenboim 1942-
Dan McCafferty 1946-2022
Danny Seraphine 1948-
Dan Hartman 1950-1994
Danny Elfman 1953-
Danny Carey 1961-
Daniel "MF Doom" Dumile 1971-2020
Mark Ronson (middle name Daniel) 1975-
Lukas Haas (middle name Daniel) 1976-
Dani Martín 1977-
Daniel Bedingfield 1979-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 economist, 1 mathematician
Daniel Bernoulli 1700-1782
Daniel Kahneman 1934-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician
Daniel D. Tompkins 1774-1825
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
4 physicists, 1 astronomer/physicist, 1 inventor
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 1686-1736
Daniel Bernoulli 1700-1782
Daniel B. Wesson 1825-1906
J. Hans D. Jensen (middle name Daniel) 1907-1973
Bengt Strömgren (middle name Daniel) 1908-1987
William Daniel Phillips 1948-
Notable Writers:
3 authors
Daniel Defoe c. 1660-1731
Dan Brown 1964-
Daniel Handler 1970-
Olympic Medalists:
14 bronze, 13 gold, 8 silver, 2 bronze/gold, 2 gold/silver, 2 silver/gold, 1 silver/bronze, 1 silver/bronze/gold
(silver) Daniel Frank 1904 long jump
(silver) Daniel Kelly 1908 long jump
(bronze) Bo Ekelund (middle name Daniel) 1920 high jump
(gold) Daniel Kinsey 1924 110 m hurdles
(bronze) Fred Warngård (middle name Daniel) 1936 hammer throw
(gold) Daan Kagchelland 1936 sailing
(gold) Dan Pippin 1952 basketball
(silver) Daniel Rudisha 1968 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Daniel Velasques 1972 4x400 m relay
(gold) Fred Tyler (middle name Daniel) 1972 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Daniel Bautista Rocha 1976 20 km walk
(bronze) Dan Harrigan 1976 swimming - 200 m backstroke
(silver) Danny Harris 1984 400 m hurdles
(bronze) Daniel Sangouma 1988 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Charles D. Smith (middle name Daniel) 1988 basketball
(bronze) Dan Majerle 1988 basketball
(bronze) Danny Manning 1988 basketball
(bronze/gold) Danny Everett 1988 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(gold) Daniel Plaza 1992 20 km walk
(bronze) Dan Jorgensen 1992 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Dan O'Brien 1996 decathlon
(silver/gold) Daniel Ballart 1992; 1996 water polo
(silver) Stéphane Risacher (middle name Daniel) 2000 basketball
(silver/bronze/gold) Daniel Kowalski 1996; 2000 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Dániel Varga 2008 water polo
(bronze) Daniel Noonan 2012 rowing
(gold) Daniel Narcisse 2008; 2012 handball
(gold) Ed McKeever (middle name Daniel) 2012 canoe sprint
(silver) Dániel Pauman 2012 canoe sprint
(silver/gold) Dániel Gyurta 2004; 2012 swimming
(bronze) Daniel Purvis 2012 artistic gymnastics
(bronze) Daniel Havel 2012 canoe sprint
(gold/silver) Daniel Alfredsson 2006; 2014 ice hockey
(silver/bronze) Daniel Mesotitsch 2010; 2014 biathlon
(gold/silver) Daniel Sedin 2006; 2014 ice hockey
(bronze/gold) Daniel Richardsson 2010; 2014 cross-country skiing
(gold) Dan Hamhuis 2014 ice hockey
(bronze) Steven Langton (middle name Daniel) 2014 bobsleigh
(gold) Jay Bouwmeester (middle name Daniel) 2014 ice hockey
(silver) Daniel Böhm 2014 biathlon
(bronze) Daniel Jasinski 2016 discus throw
(gold) Daniel Ståhl 2020 discus throw
(silver) Mark Kolozsvary (middle name Daniel) 2020 baseball
Oscar Award Winners:
3 directors, 2 actors
(actor) Daniel Day-Lewis 1990; 2008; 2013 My Left Foot; There Will Be Blood; Lincoln
(director) Danny Boyle 2009 Slumdog Millionaire
(actor) Daniel Kaluuya 2021 Judas and the Black Messiah
(director) Daniel Scheinert 2023 Everything Everywhere All at Once
(director) Daniel Kwan 2023 Everything Everywhere All at Once
Other Leaders:
1 president, 1 prime minister
President Daniel arap Moi 1978-2002 Kenya
Prime Minister Daniel Risch 2021- Liechtenstein
Other Royalty:
1 prince
Daniel, Duke of Västergötland 2010- Sweden
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
4 musicians
Danny Kirwan 1998 Fleetwood Mac
Ace Frehley (middle name Daniel) 2014 Kiss
Danny Seraphine 2016 Chicago
Danny Lohner 2020 Nine Inch Nails
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars:
1 duke
Duke Daniil (a.k.a. Daniel) 1283-1303
Saints:
8 saints, 1 blessed
Saint Daniel of Padua ?-168
Saint Daniel ?-309
Saint Daniel ?-320
Saint Daniel the Stylite 409-493
Saint Deiniol (a.k.a. Daniel) ?-584
Saint Devniolin (a.k.a. Daniel) ?-621
Saint Daniel ?-1221
Saint Daniel of Murano ?-1411
Blessed Daniel Brottier 1876-1936
Swedish Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Carl Bildt (middle name Daniel) 1991-1994
Swiss Presidents:
1 president
Henri Druey (a.k.a. Daniel) 1850