Dana

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Dana may refer to:

People

See Dana (name)

Given names

• Dana (Korean singer), a South Korean pop singer who is part of girl group TSZX the Grace
• Dana Halabi, a Lebanese singer, usually referred to simply as Dana
• Dana International, Israeli singer
• Dana Rosemary Scallon, better known as Dana, Irish singer and former politician
• Dana van Dreven, also known as DJ Lady Dana, a Dutch DJ

Surnames

• Bill Dana, 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
• Charles A. Dana (philanthropist), New York State legislator, industrialist, and philanthropist
• Daniel Dana, American educator, the president of Dartmouth College
• Francis Dana, American lawyer
• Henry Dana, founder of the Native Police force in Victoria, Australia in the nineteenth century
• James Dwight Dana, American zoologist and geologist
• John Cotton Dana, influential American librarian and museum director
• Mazen Dana, Reuters cameraman who was shot to death by U.S. soldiers
• Paul Dana, former American race car driver in the Indy Racing League, who died in a crash in March 2006
• Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician, most famous for his classic book Two Years Before the Mast
• Samuel W. Dana, American lawyer and politician
• Sophia Dana, nineteenth-century feminist, a Transcendentalist and later a Catholic
• Vic Dana, American dancer and singer
• Viola Dana (also known as Viola Flugrath, born Virginia Flugrath), silent movie actress
• Walter Dana Polish-American musician
• William H. Dana, retired American astronaut
• Mrs. William Starr Dana (Frances Theodora Parsons), American botanist and author

In fiction

• Dana, the lover of the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal known as Sadistik in the photo comic
• Dana Fairbanks, a character of the television show The L Word
• Dana Scully, an FBI agent on The X-Files
• The Dana Girls, a series of mystery books

In mythology

• King Dana, a Corinthian king, son of Sisyphus and Merope

See also

• Dannah Feinglass

Organizations/companies

• Aes Dana (band), a French black metal and pagan metal band
• Dana Centre, opened in 2003, an event venue in London, England
• Dana College, an accredited baccalaureate college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, located in Blair, Nebraska
• Dana Corp., a USA based auto parts firm
• Dana Design, a small manufacturer of backpacks for mountain climbing
• the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Boston, Massachusetts-based cancer treatment and research center
• the Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation founded by Charles A. Dana
• the House of Dana, a perfumery founded in Barcelona, Spain, by Javier Serra in 1932
• Dana (Mirna), a beverage company from Mirna, Slovenia

Places

• Ancient Dana or Tyana in Cappadocia
• Dana, Jordan, a town in Jordan
• Dana, Nepal
• Dana Nature Reserve, one of the biosphere reserves located in Jordan
• Canadian Forces Station Dana, former military radar installation in Saskatchewan, Canada
• Richard Henry Dana School (disambiguation)

United States

• Dana Point, California, a town
  • Dana Hills High School
• Dana, Illinois, a town
• Dana, Indiana, a town
• Dana, Iowa, a town
• Dana, Massachusetts, a former town that was disincorporated as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir
• Mount Dana, a mountain peak in Yosemite National Park, California
• Dana Meadows, meadows at the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park, at the foot of Mount Dana

Spirituality

• Dana (Buddhism), the practice of generosity or giving in Buddhism
• Dana (Sikhism), the material virtue of charity in Sikhism
• Danu, the Celtic mother goddess

Other

• ZAZ Dana, a model of ZAZ automobile
• 152mm SpGH DANA, a brand of artillery gun
• "Dana" is the standard abbreviation for zoologist James Dwight Dana
• Dana Octopus Squid, a deep sea dwelling squid

See also

• Danaë
• Dana, Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland)

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