Dan

Dan is a name. It refers sometimes to the short form of the name Daniel. Dan, or the acronym DAN may refer to the following:

Persons
  • Dan (Bible), one of the sons of Jacob
  • Crown Prince Dan, prince of Yan in ancient China
  • Fyodor Dan, a Russian Marxist revolutionary
  • Nicușor Dan, a Romanian activist and mathematician
  • DJ Dan, an electronic music artist
Places
  • Gush Dan, metropolitan area in central Israel
  • Dan (ancient city), the biblical location also called Dan, and identified with Tel Dan
  • Dan, Israel, a Kibbutz in northern Israel
  • Dan River, a river in North Carolina and Virginia, USA
  • Dan River (Israel), a tributary of the Jordan River
  • Dan River (China), a tributary of the Han River in China
  • Dan, a subdistrict of Kap Choeng District, Thailand
Fictional characters
  • Dan Dare, a classic British science fiction comic hero
  • Desperate Dan, regular in The Dandy since 1937
  • Dan Hibiki, a character from the Street Fighter Alpha series.
  • Dan Moroboshi, the alter-ego of Ultra Seven from the 1967 namesake tokusatsu
Organizations
  • Dan-Air, a defunct airline in the United Kingdom
  • Dan Bus Company, a public transport company in Israel
  • Dan Hotels, a hotel chain in Israel
  • Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!), an organization concerned with autism
  • Dialogue Australasian Network, an educational organization
  • Direct Action Network, a confederation of anarchist and anti-authoritarian affinity groups, collectives, and organizations
  • Divers Alert Network, a non-profit organization for Scuba diving
Other
  • Dan, a 1914 film starring Lois Meredith
  • Dan (Chinese opera), a female role in Beijing opera
  • DAN (protein), a family of tgf beta signaling protein inhibitors
  • Dan (newspaper), a daily newspaper published in Montenegro
  • Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia
  • Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
  • Dan (rank) in Japanese, Chinese and Korean fine and martial arts and Go
  • Dorsal attention network, a sensory orienting system in the brain
  • Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons, a scientific instrument on board the Curiosity rover
  • Tribe of Dan, one of the Tribes of Israel

Famous quotes containing the word dan:

    “Narcotics have been systematically scapegoated and demonized. The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is an anathema to these idiots. I predict that in the near future, right wingers will use drug hysteria as a pretext to set up an international police apparatus.”
    —Gus Van Sant, U.S. screenwriter and director, and Dan Yost. Father Tom Murphy (William S. Burroughs)

    “No construction stiff working overtime takes more stress and straining than we did just to stay high.”
    —Gus Van Sant, U.S. screenwriter and director, and Dan Yost. Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon)

    “For all the boredom the straight life brings, it’s not too bad.”
    —Gus Van Sant, U.S. screenwriter and director, and Dan Yost. Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon)