Dane

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Contents 1 General 2 People 2.1 Given name 2.2 Family name 3 Places 4 Other 5 See also

Dane may refer to:

[edit] General

• Kingdom of Denmark
  • Dane, a person who identifies as Danish
  • Dane, a member of the Danes (ancient people)
  • East Danes, an Anglo-Saxon ethnonym used in the epic Beowulf
• Dane, a Reenactor/Society for Creative Anachronism/Renaissance Fair term (sometimes used by other groups, such as pagans) to refer to a "mundane" person, one who is not involved with the particular scene the speaker is involved in.
• DANE, Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (National Administrative Department of Statistics) of Colombia
• Dane, a given name for male children
• Dane (Wildstorm), a fictional character from WildStorm Productions, now owned by DC Comics

[edit] People

[edit] Given name

• Dane Anderson (born 1984), Australian cricket player
• Dane Bowers (born 1979), English pop singer, songwriter and record producer
• Dane Byers (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dane Carlaw (born 1980), Australian rugby player
• Dane Clark (1912-1988), American film actor
• Dane Cook (born 1972), American stand-up comedian and actor
• Dane Fife (born 1979), American basketball coach
• Dane Hussey (born 1949), American weightlifter
• Dane Iorg (born 1950), American baseball player
• Dane Jackson (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dane Krager (born 1979), American football player
• Dane Lanken (born 1945), Canadian journalist
• Dane Looker (born 1976), American football player
• Dane Lovett (born 1984), Australian artist
• Dane Rauschenberg (born 1976), American marathon runner
• Dane Richards (born 1983), Jamaican soccer player
• Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985), French composer
• Dane Sorensen, Australian rugby player
• Dane Spencer (born 1977), American alpine ski racer
• Dane Swan (born 1984), Australian football player
• Dane Tilse (born 1985), Australian rugby player
• Dane Uperesa (born 1984), American football player
• Dane Witherspoon (born 1957), American television actor
• Dane Zajc (1929-2005), Slovenian poet

[edit] Family name

• Alexandra Dane (born 1946), South African actress
• Barbara Dane (born 1927), American singer
• Dana Dane, American hip-hop artist
• Dominique Dane (born 1980), Hungarian adult model and actress
• Eric Dane (born 1972), American actor
• Francis Dane (1615-1697), minister in colonial Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials
• Jordan Dane (born 1953), American novelist
• Joseph Dane (1778-1858), American congressman from Maine
• Karl Dane (1886-1934), Danish-American silent film actor
• Lloyd Dane (born 1925), American race car driver
• Maxwell Dane (1906-2004), American advertising executive
• Nathan Dane (1752–1835), American lawyer and statesman representing Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787
• Patricia Dane (1919-1995), American film actress
• Warrel Dane (born 1969), American singer

[edit] Places

• Dane, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Dane, Ontario, Canada
• Dane County, Wisconsin, a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin (named after Nathan Dane)
  • Dane (town), Wisconsin, a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
    • Dane, Wisconsin, a village in the town of Dane, Wisconsin
• Dane Prairie Township, Minnesota, a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States
• River Dane, a river mainly in Cheshire in northwest England

[edit] Other

• Dane, a character in DC comics
• The Dane, a term for Prince Hamlet of Denmark, a character in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet.
• Great Dane, a breed of dog
• Ogier the Dane, another name of Holger Danske, a Danish folk hero.
• Saint Dane, a character in the Pendragon series.

[edit] See also

• Claire Danes (born 1979), American film, television, and theater actress