Danby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Abstrupus Danby
Sir Abstrupus Danby (27 December 1655 – 27 December 1727) was an English wool merchant and country gentleman. He was the son of Christopher Danby and Anne Culpepper, niece of Lord Colepeper.
He was knighted at Kensington in 1691, and was als ...
(1655–1727), English wool merchant
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Christopher Danby
Sir Christopher Danby Member of parliament, MP Justice of the peace, JP (1503 – 14 June 1571), of Farnley Hall, West Yorkshire, Farnley, Masham, and Thorp Perrow, Yorkshire, of St Paul's Cray, St. Paul's Cray, Kent, and of Kettleby, Lincolnshi ...
(1503-1571), English politician and landowner
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Francis Danby
Francis Danby (16 November 1793 – 9 February 1861) was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable to those of John Martin. Danby initially developed his imaginative style while he was the centr ...
(1793–1861), Irish painter
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Gordon Danby
Gordon Thompson Danby (November 8, 1929 – August 2, 2016) was a Canadian-American physicist notable (together with Dr. James R. Powell) for his work on superconducting Maglev, for which he shared the Franklin Institute 'Medal 2000 for Engineer ...
, American physicist
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Graeme Danby (born 1962), English operatic bass
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Herbert Danby (1889–1953), English priest and writer
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James Francis Danby
James Francis Danby was an English landscape art, landscape painter who excelled in depicting sunrise and sunset.
Biography
Danby was born at Bristol in 1816, the son of Francis Danby, Royal Academy, A.R.A.
His works appeared at the Royal Acade ...
(1816–1875), English landscape painter
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John Danby (disambiguation), multiple people
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Ken Danby
Ken Danby, D.F.A. (6 March 1940 – 23 September 2007) was a Canadian painter. Danby is best known for creating highly realistic paintings that study everyday life. His 1972 painting '' At the Crease'', portraying a masked hockey goalie defe ...
(1940–2007), Canadian artist
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Michael Danby (born 1955), Australian politician
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Nicholas Danby
Nicholas Danby (19 July 1935 – 15 June 1997) was a British organist, recitalist and teacher. He was a great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens and nephew of Monica Dickens. Danby was Organ Professor at both the Royal College of Music and the R ...
(1935–1997) English organist, composer and teacher
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Noah Danby
Noah Dalton Danby (born April 24, 1974) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for portraying Connor King in the series ''Painkiller Jane''.
Early life
Danby was born in Guelph, Ontario, the son of painter Ken Danby.
Personal life
Danby became e ...
(born 1974), Canadian actor
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Robert Danby
Sir Robert Danby, Justice of the Common Pleas, King's Serjeant (died 1474) was a British justice.
Life
He was the fifth son of Thomas Danby of Danby, Yorkshire, and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Tanfield. He adopted the legal profession, ...
(died 1474), British justice
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Thomas Danby (disambiguation), multiple people
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Tom Danby
Thompson Danby (10 August 1926 – 26 December 2022) was an English dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England, a ...
(1926–2022), English rugby player
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William Danby (writer)
William Danby (1752 – 4 December 1833) was an English writer who rebuilt his family home of Swinton Park, near Masham in the North Riding of Yorkshire (now in North Yorkshire), in Gothick taste and recreated Stonehenge on his estate, as the " D ...
(1752–1833), English writer
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William Danby (coroner)
William Danby ( ''fl.'' 1542–1593) was a sixteenth-century lawyer and Coroner of the Queen's Household towards the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He is particularly noted for having presided over the inquest into the controversial death ...
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