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Dana may refer to:

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  • 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
  • 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
In fiction: In mythology:
  • King Dana, a Corinthian king, son of Sysiphus and Merope

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As a surname

Dana as a surname may have several origins. In England, it came from dann, the valley of a meadow, and it may mean the dweller of that valley. In Continental Europe, it probably came from Dane (or Danish, from Denmark).
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Dana Rosemary Scallon, singer and former politician, was born Rosemary Brown on 30 August 1951, in Islington, London, and raised in Derry, Northern Ireland, her parents original home.
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Hong Sung Mi (Hangul:홍성미, born on 17 July, 1986), better known as DANA, is a Korean singer. Although originally a solo singer on SM Entertainment, she has since become a member of girl group TSZX.
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Dana International (Hebrew: דנה אינטרנשיונל; stage name of Sharon Cohen, born Yaron Cohen (male)
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Dana van Dreven (born July 8 1974) also known as DJ Lady Dana, is a Dutch hardstyle DJ.

Van Dreven was born in Amsterdam. She started playing in 1993 and though it was never her intention to become a DJ, she did, and is now the most popular female DJ on the Dutch hard
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Dana Marie Perino (born May 9 1972) is the current White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush, having assumed the position on September 14, 2007. From March 27 to April 30 2007 she was the Acting White House Press Secretary while her predecessor Tony Snow underwent
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Dana Plato

Plato and co-star Gary Coleman during the height of her career, playing Kimberly Drummond on the NBC sitcom, Diff'rent Strokes.
Birth name Dana Michelle Plato
Born November 7 1964(
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People

As a surname

Dana as a surname may have several origins. In England, it came from dann, the valley of a meadow, and it may mean the dweller of that valley. In Continental Europe, it probably came from Dane (or Danish, from Denmark).
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Bill Dana may refer to:
  • Bill Dana (comedian), famous for his José Jiménez alter ego
  • William H. Dana, test pilot

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Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819 – October 17, 1897) was an American journalist, author, and government official, best known for his association with Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War and his aggressive political advocacy after the war.
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The Rev. Daniel Dana (1771 - 1859) was the president of Dartmouth College from 1820-1821. He graduated from Dartmouth in the class of 1788.

The Wheelock Succession: Presidents of Dartmouth College

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Francis Dana (1743–1811) was an American lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777-1778 and 1784. He signed the Articles of Confederation.
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Henry E. P. Dana (1820-1852) established the Native Police Corps near Melbourne in the former Australian colony of New South Wales in 1842. Compared to other attempts at forming a native police force, it was the most successful and lasted 10 years.
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James Dwight Dana (February 12 1813–April 14 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist. He made important studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans.
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John Cotton Dana (b. August 19 1856 in Woodstock, Vermont - d. July 21 1929 in New Jersey) was a highly influential American librarian and museum director who did much of his work in Newark, New Jersey. In 1874, he began his studies at Dartmouth College.
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Mazen Dana (1962-August 17, 2003) was a Palestinian journalist who worked as a Reuters cameraman and was shot and killed by United States soldiers in Baghdad, Iraq on August 17, 2003.
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Paul Dana (April 15 1975 – March 26 2006) was an American race car driver in the Indy Racing League.

Early life

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Dana graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 - January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician, and author of the book Two Years Before the Mast.

He was born into one of the first families of Cambridge, Massachusetts, grandson of Francis Dana, and attended Harvard
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Samuel Dana Horton (January 16, 1844 - February 23, 1895), American writer on bimetallism, was born in Pomeroy, Ohio.

He graduated at Harvard in 1864, and at the Harvard Law School in 1868, studied Roman law in Berlin in 1869, and in 1871 was admitted to the Ohio bar.
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Samuel Wittlesey Dana (February 13, 1760–July 21, 1830) was an American lawyer and politician from Middletown, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
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Sophia Willard Dana Ripley (1803-1861), wife of George Ripley, was a nineteenth-century feminist, a Transcendentalist and later a Catholic. A friend of Margaret Fuller, she was among the few regular women guests of the Transcendental Club in the 1830s, and she published an essay on
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Vic Dana (born 26 August 1942, Buffalo, New York) is an American dancer and singer.

Discovered by Sammy Davis, Jr., he is best known for his 1965 recording of the Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett song "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" that was a Billboard Top Ten hit single.
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Viola Dana, sometimes credited as Viola Flugrath, (born June 28, 1897 in Brooklyn, New York; died July 3, 1987 in Woodland Hills, California) was an American film actress who was successful during the era of silent movies.
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William Dana

USAF Astronaut
Nationality American
Born November 3, 1930,

Other occupation Test Pilot
Selection 1960 Dyna-Soar Group 1
Missions X-15 Flight 197
Mission
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    Appearances: "Rm w/a Vu", (season 2) "Judgement", "First Impressions"
Dennis Pearson (portrayed as a human by BJ Porter) first appears in the Angel episode "Rm w/a Vu", in the first season.
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Bratz is a 2001 childrens and teens doll franchise produced by MGA Entertainment. The 254mm (10 inch) dolls characterized by large heads with wide eyes, full lips, very small noses, short torsos, and shoes that can
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Zoey 101 is an American live-action situation comedy television show on Nickelodeon starring Jamie Lynn Spears. It debuted on January 9, 2005. It was nominated for an "Outstanding Children's Program" Emmy in 2005.
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Dana Scully
Affiliated with FBI
First appearance "Pilot"
Last appearance "The Truth"
Portrayed by Gillian Anderson

Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully, M.D.
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The X-Files is an American Peabody and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on September 10, 1993, and ended on May 19, 2002.
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Dana Fairbanks was a fictional character on the Showtime television network series The L Word, shown nationally in the United States. She was played by the American actress Erin Daniels.
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