Namesakes
Ace Frehley
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1951- 
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2014 Kiss
Alistair Brammer
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1988-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Álvaro Pereira
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1985-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Andrew Divoff
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1955-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Bengt Strömgren
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1908-1987
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Bo Ekelund
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1894-1983
Olympic Medalists 1920 high jump (bronze)
Carl Bildt
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1949-
Swedish Prime Ministers 1991-1994
Charles D. Smith
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1988 basketball (bronze)
Corey Stoll
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daan Kagchelland
(m) 1914-1998
Olympic Medalists 1936 sailing (gold)
Dan Aykroyd
(m) 1952-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dan Biggar
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Dan Brown
(m) 1964-
Notable Writers
Dan Byrd
(m) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dan Carter
(m) 1982-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Dan Cole
(m) 1987-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Dan Dailey
(m) 1915-1978
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dan Dierdorf
(m) 1949-
Hall-of-Famers 1996 (football)
Dan Fogler
(m) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dan Fortmann
(m) 1916-1995
Hall-of-Famers 1965 (football)
Dan Fouts
(m) 1951-
Hall-of-Famers 1993 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Dan Hamhuis
(m) 1982-
Olympic Medalists 2014 ice hockey (gold)
Dan Hampton
(m) 1957-
Hall-of-Famers 2002 (football)
Dan Harrigan
(m) 1955-
Olympic Medalists 1976 swimming - 200 m backstroke (bronze)
Dan Hartman
(m) 1950-1994
Notable Musicians
Dan Hedaya
(m) 1940-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dan Humphrey
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 2002 Gossip Girl
Fictional Characters from Television 2007 Gossip Girl
Dan Issel
(m) 1948-
Hall-of-Famers 1993 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Dan Jorgensen
(m) 1968-
Olympic Medalists 1992 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Dan Lauria
(m) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dan Levy
(m) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dan Majerle
(m) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1988 basketball (bronze)
Dan Marino
(m) 1961-
Hall-of-Famers 2005 (football)
Most Valuable Players 1984 football
Notable Athletes (football)
Dan McCafferty
(m) 1946-2022
Notable Musicians
Dan O'Brien
(m) 1966-
Olympic Medalists 1996 decathlon (gold)
Dan O'Herlihy
(m) 1919-2005
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dan Pippin
(m) 1926-1965
Olympic Medalists 1952 basketball (gold)
Dan Rather
(m) 1931-
Notable Journalists
Dan Reeves
(m) 1912-1971
Hall-of-Famers 1967 (football)
Dan Rooney
(m) 1932-2017
Hall-of-Famers 2000 (football)
Dan Stevens
(m) 1982-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dani
(m) 1951-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Dani
(m) 1976-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Dani Alves
(m) 1983-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Dani Martín
(m) 1977-
Notable Musicians
Daniel
(m)
Biblical Characters 1 Chr. 3:1
Daniel
(m)
Biblical Characters Dan. 1:3
Daniel
(m)
Biblical Characters Ezra 8:2
Daniel of Padua
(m) ?-168
Saints
Daniel
(m) ?-309
Saints
Daniel
(m) ?-320
Saints
Daniel the Stylite
(m) 409-493
Saints
Daniel
(m) ?-1221
Saints
Daniel of Murano
(m) ?-1411
Saints
Daniel arap Moi
(m) 1924-2020
Other Leaders 1978-2002 Kenya (president)
Daniel Sunjata
(m) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1973 Daniel
Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
(m) 1973-
Other Royalty 2010- Sweden (prince)
Daniel
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2009 Daniel
Daniel
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2011 Daniel
Daniel
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2013 Daniel
Daniel Alfredsson
(m) 1972-
Hall-of-Famers 2022 (ice hockey)
Olympic Medalists 2006; 2014 ice hockey (gold/silver)
Daniel Auteuil
(m) 1950-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Baldwin
(m) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Ballart
(m) 1973-
Olympic Medalists 1992; 1996 water polo (silver/gold)
Daniel Barenboim
(m) 1942-
Notable Musicians
Daniel Bautista Rocha
(m) 1952-
Olympic Medalists 1976 20 km walk (gold)
Daniel Bedingfield
(m) 1979-
Notable Musicians
Daniel Bernoulli
(m) 1700-1782
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Daniel Biasone
(m) 1909-1992
Hall-of-Famers 2000 (basketball)
Dániel Böde
(m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Daniel Böhm
(m) 1986-
Olympic Medalists 2014 biathlon (silver)
Daniël Boissevain
(m) 1969-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Bovet
(m) 1907-1992
Nobel Prize Winners 1957 (medicine)
Daniel Brottier
(m) 1876-1936
Saints
Daniel Brühl
(m) 1978-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Cambronero
(m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Daniel Cosgrove
(m) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Craig
(m) 1968-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Davari
(m) 1988-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Daniel Davis
(m) 1945-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Day-Lewis
(m) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1990; 2008; 2013 My Left Foot; There Will Be Blood; Lincoln (actor)
Daniel Defoe
(m) c. 1660-1731
Notable Writers
Daniel Deronda
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1876 Daniel Deronda
Daniel "MF Doom" Dumile
(m) 1971-2020
Notable Musicians
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
(m) 1686-1736
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Daniel Faraday
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 Lost
Daniel Faulkner
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2011 The Murder Of Daniel Faulkner
Daniel Fignolé
(m) 1913-1986
Haitian Presidents 1957 (president)
Daniel Frank
(m) 1882-1965
Olympic Medalists 1904 long jump (silver)
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
(m) 1923-2008
Nobel Prize Winners 1976 (medicine)
Daniel Gillies
(m) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Goodman
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Bones
Daniel Guggenheim
(m) 1856-1930
Notable Businesspeople
Dániel Gyurta
(m) 1989-
Olympic Medalists 2004; 2012 swimming (silver/gold)
Daniel Handler
(m) 1970-
Notable Writers
Daniel Havel
(m) 1991-
Olympic Medalists 2012 canoe sprint (bronze)
D. L. Hawkins
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2006 Heroes
Daniel Henney
(m) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Howell
(m) 1991-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (youtuber)
Daniel Ings
(m) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Jackson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1994 Stargate
Fictional Characters from Television 1997 Stargate SG-1
Daniel Jasinski
(m) 1989-
Olympic Medalists 2016 discus throw (bronze)
Daniel Jonas
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1965 Days of Our Lives
Daniel Kahneman
(m) 1934-
Nobel Prize Winners 2002 (economics)
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Daniel Kaluuya
(m) 1989-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 2021 Judas and the Black Messiah (actor)
Daniel Kelly
(m) 1883-1920
Olympic Medalists 1908 long jump (silver)
Daniel Dae Kim
(m) 1968-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Kinsey
(m) 1902-1970
Olympic Medalists 1924 110 m hurdles (gold)
Daniel Kolář
(m) 1985-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Daniel Kowalski
(m) 1975-
Olympic Medalists 1996; 2000 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (silver/bronze/gold)
Daniel Kwan
(m) 1988-
Oscar Award Winners 2023 Everything Everywhere All at Once (director)
Daniel Lapaine
(m) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Majstorović
(m) 1977-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Daniel Massey
(m) 1933-1998
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel McFadden
(m) 1937-
Nobel Prize Winners 2000 (economics)
Daniel Meade
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2006 Ugly Betty
Daniel Mesotitsch
(m) 1976-
Olympic Medalists 2010; 2014 biathlon (silver/bronze)
Daniel Narcisse
(m) 1979-
Notable Athletes (handball)
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012 handball (gold)
Daniel Nathans
(m) 1928-1999
Nobel Prize Winners 1978 (medicine)
Daniel Negreanu
(m) 1974-
Notable Athletes (poker)
Daniel Nestor
(m) 1972-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Daniel Noonan
(m) 1979-
Olympic Medalists 2012 rowing (bronze)
Daniel Opare
(m) 1990-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Daniel Passarella
(m) 1953-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Dániel Pauman
(m) 1986-
Olympic Medalists 2012 canoe sprint (silver)
Daniel Petrie
(m) 1920-2004
Notable Filmmakers
Daniel Plainview
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 2007 There Will Be Blood
Daniel Plaza
(m) 1966-
Olympic Medalists 1992 20 km walk (gold)
Daniel Pollen
(m) 1813-1896
New Zealand Prime Ministers 1875-1876
Daniel Pollock
(m) 1968-1992
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Pudil
(m) 1985-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Daniel Purvis
(m) 1990-
Olympic Medalists 2012 artistic gymnastics (bronze)
Daniel Radcliffe
(m) 1989-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Ricciardo
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (driving)
Daniel Richardsson
(m) 1982-
Olympic Medalists 2010; 2014 cross-country skiing (bronze/gold)
Daniel Risch
(m) 1978-
Other Leaders 2021- Liechtenstein (prime minister)
Daniel Roebuck
(m) 1963-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Rudisha
(m) 1945-2019
Olympic Medalists 1968 4x400 m relay (silver)
Daniel Sangouma
(m) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1988 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Daniel Scheinert
(m) 1987-
Oscar Award Winners 2023 Everything Everywhere All at Once (director)
Daniel Schneidermann
(m) 1958-
Notable Journalists
Daniel Sedin
(m) 1980-
Hall-of-Famers 2022 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Olympic Medalists 2006; 2014 ice hockey (gold/silver)
Daniel Sharman
(m) 1986-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Ståhl
(m) 1992-
Olympic Medalists 2020 discus throw (gold)
Daniel Sturridge
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
D. B. Sweeney
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel D. Tompkins
(m) 1774-1825
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Daniel J. Travanti
(m) 1940-
Emmy Award Winners 1981; 1982 Hill Street Blues (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel C. Tsui
(m) 1939-
Nobel Prize Winners 1998 (physics)
Daniel Van Buyten
(m) 1978-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Dániel Varga
(m) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2008 water polo (gold)
Daniel Velasques
(m) 1943-
Olympic Medalists 1972 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Daniel B. Wesson
(m) 1825-1906
Notable Businesspeople
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Daniel Weyman
(m) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniel Wu
(m) 1974-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Daniil
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m) 1261-1303
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars 1283-1303
Danny Aiello
(m) 1933-2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Danny Boyle
(m) 1956-
Notable Filmmakers
Oscar Award Winners 2009 Slumdog Millionaire (director)
Danny Care
(m) 1987-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Danny Carey
(m) 1961-
Notable Musicians
Danny Carrington
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1981 Dynasty
Danny DeVito
(m) 1944-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Danny Elfman
(m) 1953-
Notable Musicians
Danny Everett
(m) 1966-
Olympic Medalists 1988 400 m; 4x400 m relay (bronze/gold)
Danny Harris
(m) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1984 400 m hurdles (silver)
Danny Kaye
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1911-1987
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Danny Kirwan
(m) 1950-2018
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1998 Fleetwood Mac
Danny Lohner
(m) 1970-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2020 Nine Inch Nails
Danny Manning
(m) 1966-
Olympic Medalists 1988 basketball (bronze)
Danny Masterson
(m) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Danny "Mac" McGregor
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000 The District
Danny Messer
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 CSI: NY
Danny Percell
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1987 Tour of Duty
Danny Pino
(m) 1974-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Danny Pudi
(m) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Danny Rose
(m) 1990-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Danny Ross
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Danny Seraphine
(m) 1948-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2016 Chicago
Danny Sorenson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1993 NYPD Blue
Danny Tanner
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1987; 2016 Full House; Fuller House
Danny Ward
(m) 1993-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Danny Warren
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2016 The Family
Danny Welbeck
(m) 1990-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Deiniol
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m) ?-584
Saints
Devniolin
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m) ?-621
Saints
Donald Houston
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1923-1991
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Duane Vermeulen
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Ed McKeever
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2012 canoe sprint (gold)
Fred Tyler
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1954-
Olympic Medalists 1972 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (gold)
Fred Warngård
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1907-1950
Olympic Medalists 1936 hammer throw (bronze)
Greg Davies
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1968-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Henri Druey
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m) 1799-1855
Swiss Presidents 1850
Jason Earles
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jason Sudeikis
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m) 1975-
Emmy Award Winners 2021; 2022 Ted Lasso (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Jay Bouwmeester
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2014 ice hockey (gold)
Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
J. Hans D. Jensen
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1907-1973
Nobel Prize Winners 1963 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
John Lyng
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1905-1978
Norwegian Prime Ministers 1963
Jon Hamm
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1971-
Emmy Award Winners 2015 Mad Men (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jonathan Harris
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1914-2002
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jorge Guagua
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1981-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Josh Hartnett
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1978-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louis Armstrong
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1901-1971
Notable Musicians
Lucas Till
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1990-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lukas Haas
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Marius Urzică
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1975-
Notable Athletes (gymnastics)
Mark Kolozsvary
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1995-
Olympic Medalists 2020 baseball (silver)
Mark Milligan
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1985-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Mark Ronson
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1975-
Notable Musicians
Michael D. Higgins
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1941-
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers 2011- (president)
Oz
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1997; 1999 Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Angel
Patrick Macnee
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m) 1922-2015
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Rick Sanchez
(middle name Daniel) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2013 Rick and Morty
Ronny Cox
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m) 1938-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Stéphane Risacher
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1972-
Olympic Medalists 2000 basketball (silver)
Steven Carrington
(middle name Daniel) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1981; 2017 Dynasty
Steven Langton
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2014 bobsleigh (bronze)
Taylor Lautner
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1992-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Thierry Henry
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1977-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Tom Courtenay
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1937-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
William D. Leahy
(middle name Daniel) (m) 1875-1959
Notable Military Figures
William Daniel Phillips
(m) 1948-
Nobel Prize Winners 1997 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Chief Yowlachie
(a.k.a. Daniel) (m) 1891-1966
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)