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 (born 1927), American singer
 * Dana Dane (born 1965), American hip-hop artist
 * 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
 * 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 actor
 * 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 Saintus (born 1987), American soccer player
 * 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
 * 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