# Dane (name)

Dane is both a surname and a given name of Dutch, Irish, English, Danish and Hungarian origin. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Alexandra Dane (born 1946), South African actress
* Barbara Dane (1927–2024), American singer
* Dana Dane (born 1965), American hip-hop artist
* Elisabeth Dane (1903–1984), German biochemist
* Eric Dane (born 1972), American actor
* Francis Dane (1615–1697), minister in colonial Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials
* Hugh Dane (1942–2018), American actor
* Jax Dane (ring name; 1976–2024), American wrestler
* 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 (1925–2015), 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 (1961–2017), American singer

## Given name

* Dane Anderson (born 1984), Australian cricket player
* Dane Baptiste (born 1984), British stand-up comedian and writer
* Dane Beesley (born 1978), Australian photographer
* Dane Belton (born 1999), American football player
* Dane Bird-Smith (born 1992), Australian racewalking athlete
* Dane Blacker (born 1998), Welsh rugby union player
* Dane Boedigheimer (born 1978), American filmmaker, singer, and actress
* Dane Boswell (born 1984), New Zealand rower
* Dane Bowers (born 1979), British singer and member of 5th Story, formerly of Another Level
* Dane Byers (born 1986), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Dane Cameron (born 1988), American racing driver
* Dane Campbell (born 1984), Australian rugby league administrator and former footballer
* Dane Carlaw (born 1980), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
* Dane Chanase (1894-1975), American painter and printmaker
* Dane Chisholm (born 1990), Australian Rugby League player
* Dane Clark (1912-1998), American character actor
* Dane Cleaver (born 1992), New Zealand first-class cricketer
* Dane Coles (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player
* Dane Cook (born 1972), American stand-up comic and actor
* Dane Coolidge (1873-1940), American author, naturalist, and photographer
* Dane Cruikshank (born 1995), American football player
* Dane Currency (born 1985), Barbadian cricketer
* Dane Damron, American football coach and former player
* Dane Dastillung (1897–1982), American football player
* Dane Davis, American sound editor
* Dane De La Rosa (born 1983), American professional baseball player
* Dane DeHaan (born 1986), American actor
* Dane DiLiegro (born 1988), American actor, stuntman, and former professional basketball player
* Dane Dobbie (born 1986), Canadian professional lacrosse player
* Dane Dorahy (born 1977), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
* Dane Dukić (born 1981), Serbian former footballer
* Dane Dunning (born 1994), American professional baseball player
* Dane Eagle (born 1983), American politician
* Dane Elkins (born 1999), American professional racquetball player
* Dane Evans (born 1993), American professional Canadian football player
* Dane Fife (born 1979), American former college basketball player and current assistant coach
* Dane Fischer (born 1979), American basketball coach
* Dane Fletcher (born 1986), American former football player
* Dane Fox (born 1993), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Dane Gagai (born 1991), Australian professional rugby league footballer
* Dane Haylett-Petty (born 1989), Australian retired rugby union footballer
* Dane Hogan (born 1989), Australian professional rugby league footballer
* Dane Hussey (born 1949), American weightlifter
* Dane Hutchinson (born 1986), New Zealand cricketer
* Dane Hyatt (born 1984), Jamaican sprinter
* Dane Ingham (born 1999), New Zealand professional footballer
* Dane Iorg (born 1950), American retired MLB player
* Dane Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Dane Johnson (born 1963), American former professional baseball coach and former pitcher
* Dane Kelly (born 1991), Jamaican professional footballer
* Dane Korica (born 1945), Serbian retired long-distance runner
* Dane Krager (born 1979), American former football player
* Dane Kuprešanin (born 1966), Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired footballer
* Dane Laffrey, American scenic designer and costume designer
* Dane Lanken (1945–2023), Canadian journalist and author
* Dane Lett (born 1990), New Zealand field hockey player
* Dane Lloyd (born 1991), Canadian politician
* Dane Looker (born 1976), American former football player
* Dane Lovett (born 1984), Australian artist
* Dane Lussier (1909-1959), American screenwriter
* Dane Manning (born 1989), English professional rugby league footballer
* Dane Massey (born 1988), Irish professional footballer
* Dane McDonald (born 1987), Australian rugby league player
* Dane A. Miller (c. 1946–2015), American business executive
* Dane Milovanović (born 1989), Australian footballer
* Dane Morgan (born 1979), Australian former rugby league footballer
* Dane Murphy (born 1986), American retired soccer player
* Dane Murray (born 2003), Scottish professional footballer
* Dane Neller (born 1956), American businessman and entrepreneur
* Dane Nielsen (born 1985), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
* Dane O'Hara (born 1953), New Zealand former rugby league footballer
* Dane O'Neill, Irish jockey
* Dane Pereira (born 1985), Indian footballer
* Dane Rampe (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
* Dane Randolph (born 1986), American former football player
* Dane Rauschenberg (born 1976), American long-distance runner and author
* Dane Rawlins (born 1956), Irish dressage rider
* Dane Reynolds (born 1985), American professional surfer
* Dane Richards (born 1983), Jamaican former professional footballer
* Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985), French-born American author, modernist composer, and humanistic astrologer
* Dane Rumble (born 1982), New Zealand recording artist
* Dane Sampson (born 1986), Australian sports shooter
* Dane Sanzenbacher (born 1988), American former football player
* Dane Sardinha (born 1979), American former professional baseball catcher
* Dane Scarlett (born 2004), English professional footballer
* Dane Schadendorf (born 2002), Zimbabwean cricketer
* Dane Searls (1988-2011), Australian BMX rider
* Dane Sharp (disambiguation), multiple people
* Dane Sorensen (born 1955), New Zealand former rugby league footballer
* Dane Spencer (born 1977), American former ski racer
* Dane Stojanović, Serbian commander
* Dane Strother, American Democratic political strategist, media commentator, and former reporter
* Dane Suttle (born 1961), American former professional basketball player
* Dane Swan (born 1984), Australian AFL player
* Dane Sweeny (born 2001), Australian professional tennis player
* Dane Tilse (born 1985), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
* Dane Trbović (born 1986), Serbian footballer
* Dane Tudor (born 1989), Australian-American freeskier
* Dane van Niekerk (born 1993), South African cricketer
* Dane Vilas (born 1985), South African cricketer
* Dane Waters (born 1964), political strategist, elephant protection advocate, writer, and direct democracy advocate
* Dane Weston (born 1973), Antiguan former cricketer
* Dane Whitehouse (born 1970), English former footballer
* Dane Witherspoon (1957-2014), American actor
* Dane Zajc (1929-2005), Slovenian poet and playwright
* Dane Zander, Australian rugby union player

## Fictional characters

* Dane (Wildstorm), a fictional character from WildStorm Productions, now owned by DC Comics
* Dane of Elysium, the Wonder Man from DC Comics
* The Dane, a term for Prince Hamlet of Denmark, a character in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet
* Dane G Mouse, character played by Daran Norris in Danger Mouse
* Saint Dane, a character in the Pendragon series
* Dane O'Neill, a character in Colleen McCulloch's book The Thorn Birds
* Dane Havelok, a character in Mark Millar's Empress and Big Game