Dane (name)

Dane is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Alexandra Dane (born 1946), South African actress
• Barbara Dane (born 1927), American singer
• Claire Danes (born 1979), American film, television, and theater actress
• Dana Dane, American hip-hop artist
• Eric Dane (born 1972), American actor
• Francis Dane (1615-1697), minister in colonial Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials
• 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 (born 1969), American singer

Given name:

• Dane Bowers (born 1979), British singer and member of 5th Story, formerly of Another Level
• Dane Chisholm (born 1990), Australian Rugby League player
• Dane Cook (born 1972), American stand-up comic and actor
• Dane Dastillung (1897–1982), American football player
• Dane De La Rosa, American professional baseball player
• Dane DeHaan (born 1986), American actor

Fictional characters:

• Dane (Wildstorm), a fictional character from WildStorm Productions, now owned by 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 Anderson, a character in the Walking Dead series