Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Television:
1 character
Dawn Summers 1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 
Hall-of-Famers:
1 basketball
(basketball) Dawn Staley 2013
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms:
1 hurricane
Hurricane Dawn 1972
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
8 actors, 1 comedian/actor
Anne Shirley (a.k.a. Dawn) 1918-1993
Sheree North (a.k.a. Dawn) 1932-2005
Dawn Wells 1938-2020
Dawn French 1957-
Kristin Chenoweth (middle name Dawn) 1968-
Ever Carradine (middle name Dawn) 1974-
Azura Skye (middle name Dawn) 1981-
Tiffany Thornton (middle name Dawn) 1986-
Amber Stevens West (middle name Dawn) 1986-
Notable Athletes:
1 basketball
(basketball) Dawn Staley 1970-
Notable Musicians:
2 singers
K. D. Lang (middle name Dawn) 1961-
Kristin Chenoweth (middle name Dawn) 1968-
Olympic Medalists:
2 gold, 2 gold/silver, 1 bronze/silver, 1 silver/gold
(gold/silver) Dawn Fraser 1956; 1960; 1964 swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay; swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(bronze/silver) Nicole Livingstone (middle name Dawn) 1992; 1996 swimming - 200 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Dawn Staley 1996; 2000; 2004 basketball
(gold/silver) Dawn Harper-Nelson 2008; 2012 100 m hurdles
(gold) Dawn McEwen 2014 curling
(silver/gold) Jocelyne Larocque (middle name Dawn) 2014; 2018; 2022 ice hockey