Dana

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Contents 1 People 1.1 Given names 1.2 Surnames 1.3 In fiction 1.4 In mythology 1.5 See also 2 Organizations/companies 3 Places 4 Spirituality 5 Other 6 See also

Dana may refer to:

[edit] People

See Dana (name)

[edit] Given names

• Dana Rosemary Scallon, an Irish singer and ex-Euro MP
• Dana (Korean singer), a South Korean pop singer who is part of girl group TSZX the Grace
• Dana International, Eurovision Song Contest winner and Israeli transsexual singer
• DJ Lady Dana, a Dutch DJ
• Dana Perino, White House Press Secretary
• Dana Plato, an American actress
• Dana Halabi, a Lebanese singer

[edit] Surnames

• Bill Dana, an American comedian, writer, producer and composer, well-known for his character Jose Jimenez in the Steve Allen Show
• Charles Anderson Dana, American author, journalist and government official
• Charles A. Dana (philanthropist), a New York State legislator, industrialist, and philanthropist
• Daniel Dana, American educator, the president of Dartmouth College
• Francis Dana, an American lawyer
• Henry Dana, founder of the Native Police force in Victoria, Australia in the nineteenth century
• James Dwight Dana, an American zoologist and geologist
• John Cotton Dana, a highly influential American librarian and museum director
• Mazen Dana, a Reuters cameraman who was shot to death by U.S. soldiers
• Paul Dana, a former American race car driver in the Indy Racing League, who died in a crash in March 2006
• Richard Henry Dana, Jr., an American lawyer and politician , most famous for his classic book Two Years Before the Mast
• Samuel Dana Horton, an American writer on bimetallism
• Samuel W. Dana, an American lawyer and politician
• Sophia Dana, a nineteenth-century feminist, a Transcendentalist and later a Catholic
• Vic Dana, an American dancer and singer
• Viola Dana, (also known as Viola Flugrath, born Virginia Flugrath) a silent movie actress
• William H. Dana, a retired American astronaut

[edit] In fiction

• Dana, a character on the television show Angel
• Dana, a main character of the children's television series Wayside
• Dana Cruz, a character on Zoey 101
• Dana Fairbanks, a character of the television show The L Word
• Dana Scully, an FBI agent on The X-Files
• The Dana Girls, a series of mystery books

[edit] In mythology

• King Dana, a Corinthian king, son of Sysiphus and Merope

[edit] See also

• Dannah Feinglass

[edit] Organizations/companies

• The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Boston, Massachusetts-based cancer treatment and research center
• The Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation founded by Charles A. Dana
• Dana Corporation, a USA based auto parts firm
• Dana Design, a small manufacuter of backpacks for mountain climbing
• Aes Dana, a French black metal and pagan metal band
• Dana College, an accredited baccalaureate college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, located in Blair, Nebraska
• Dana Centre, opened in 2003, an event venue in London, England
• Dana (weapon), a brand of artillery gun

[edit] Places

• Ancient Dana or Tyana in Cappadocia
• Dhanna, Jordan, a town in Jordan
• Dana reserve, one of the biosphere reserves located in Jordan

United States

• Dana Point, California, a town
  • Dana Hills High School
• Dana, Illinois, a town
• Dana, Indiana, a town
• Dana, Iowa, a town
• Dana, Massachusetts, United States, a former town that was disincorporated as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir
• Mount Dana, a mountain peak in Yosemite National Park, California
• Dana Meadows, meadows at the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park, at the foot of Mount Dana
• Richard Henry Dana Middle School, one of the three middle schools in Arcadia, California

[edit] Spirituality

• Dana (Buddhism), the practice of generosity or giving in Buddhism
• Dana (Sikhism), the material virtue of charity in Sikhism
• Danu (Irish goddess), the Celtic mother goddess

[edit] Other

• Dana (software), a German IRC client (computer software)
• ZAZ Dana, a model of ZAZ automobile
• AlphaSmart Dana, a personal digital assistant made by AlphaSmart
• DANA (weapon), a Czech made self-propelled artillery gun

[edit] See also

• Danaë