Dani may refer to:

People

* Dani people, a people living in the central highlands of West Papua *

Dani (surname) Dani is a surname. Notable people Notable people with the surname include: *Ahmad Hasan Dani (1920–2009), Pakistani archaeologist, historian, and linguist * Prabhakar Balwant Dani (1908–1965), RSS Pracharak * Amit Dani (born 1973), Indian cric ...

, a surname *

Danes (Germanic tribe) The Danes were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting southern Scandinavia, including the area now comprising Denmark proper, and the Scanian provinces of modern-day southern Sweden, during the Nordic Iron Age and the Viking Age. They founded what beca ...

, a tribe in southern Scandinavia *

Dani (footballer, born 1951) Daniel Ruiz-Bazán Justa (born 28 June 1951), commonly known as Dani, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker. During his career he played almost exclusively for Athletic Bilbao, scoring nearly 200 competitive goals (exactly ...

(Daniel Ruiz-Bazán Justa), Spanish striker *

Dani (footballer, born 1976) Daniel da Cruz Carvalho (born 2 November 1976), commonly known as Dani, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his eight-year professional career with Ajax after starting out at Sporti ...

(Daniel da Cruz Carvalho), Portuguese midfielder *

Dani (footballer, born 1981) Daniel Martín Alexandre (born 16 September 1981), commonly known as Dani, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker. His career was closely associated to Betis, for which he appeared in 115 competitive games (26 goals) and won ...

(Daniel Martín Alexandre), Spanish striker *

Dani (footballer, born 1982) Daniel Ricardo da Silva Soares (born 30 January 1982), commonly known as Dani, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Maia as a midfielder. Club career Portugal Dani started playing football for F.C. Vizela, located near h ...

(Daniel Ricardo da Silva Soares), Portuguese midfielder *

Dani (footballer, born 1990) Daniel "Dani" Filipe Faria Coelho (born 17 January 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Berço as a right back. Club career A youth product of S.C. Braga, Dani only managed to appear once for the first team in official mat ...

(Daniel Filipe Faria Coelho), Portuguese right back *

Dani (game developer) ''Crab Game'' is a free-to-play video game developed and published by Norwegian indie developer Daniel Sooman, known online as Dani. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on Steam and for macOS and Linux on Itch.io on 29 October 2021; the ...

(Daniel Sooman, born 1997), Norwegian YouTuber and video game developer *

Dani (singer) Danièle Graule (1 October 1944 – 18 July 2022),Dani Alves Daniel Alves da Silva (born 6 May 1983), known simply as Dani Alves (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club UNAM and the Brazil national team. Widely considered one of the greatest full-backs of ...

(born 1983), Brazilian footballer *

Dani Behr Dani Behr (born 9 July 1970) is an English former singer, actress, voice-over artist, and television presenter. Early life Behr was born in Mill Hill, London, of South African Jewish descent. Her father is a partner in London estate agents Be ...

(born 1974), British TV presenter *

Dani Bondar Dani Bondar ( he, דני בונדר; born 7 February 1987) is an Israeli former footballer that played as a defender. Biography Bondar was born on 7 February 1987 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, and in 1990 went abroad to Israel to Kibbu ...

(born 1987), Israeli football player *

Dani Borreguero Daniel 'Dani' Borreguero Reina (born 16 November 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder. During a 15-year professional career he amassed Segunda División totals of 307 matches and 18 goals over nine seasons, represen ...

(born 1975), Spanish footballer *

Dani Carvajal Daniel "Dani" Carvajal Ramos (; born 11 January 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spain national team. Having risen through the Real Madrid youth ranks, he spent a seas ...

(born 1992), Spanish footballer *

Dani Ceballos Daniel Ceballos Fernández (born 7 August 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spain national team. Ceballos started his career at Spanish club Real Bet ...

(born 1996), Spanish footballer *

Dani Cimorelli Cimorelli is an American singing group from El Dorado Hills, California consisting of 5 sisters: Christina, Katherine, Lisa, Amy, and Lauren. They first gained popularity on YouTube singing cover music and were subsequently signed to Universal ...

, American musician *

Dani Dimitrovska Daniela Dimitrovska ( mk, Даниела Димитровска) (born 4 June 1979 in Skopje) or simply Dani, is a Macedonian pop music singer. Biography Dimitrovska started her career on the music contest ''Makfest'' in Štip with the song " ...

(born 1979), Macedonian pop and rock singer *

Dani Drews Danielle "Dani" Drews (; born February 2, 1999) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team and Italian Series A1 professional team Cuneo. Personal life D ...

(born 1999), American volleyball player *

Dani Filth Daniel Lloyd Davey (born 25 July 1973), known professionally as Dani Filth, is a British singer who is the vocalist, lyricist and founding member of the extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. He has a five-octave vocal range. Personal life Danie ...

(born 1973), British musician, leader of Cradle of Filth *

Dani García (footballer, born 1974) Daniel 'Dani' García Lara (born 22 December 1974) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. During his professional career he played for five teams in his country, also having short spells in Greece and Turkey. Hav ...

, Spanish striker *

Danielle Goldstein Danielle "Dani" Goldstein-Waldman (born February 6, 1985) is an American-Israeli show jumper. In July 2019 Goldstein, as part of Israel's four-rider squad, qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Early and personal li ...

(born 1985), American-Israeli show jumper known as Dani *

Danielson Gomes Monteiro Danielson Gomes Monteiro (born 6 February 1984), known as Dani, is Cape Verdean footballer who plays as a midfielder. He spent most of his career playing for clubs in the third highest level of Portuguese football. Dani played twice in the Liga ...

(born 1984), Cape Verdean footballer known as Dani * Dani Gómez, Spanish singer known professionally as

Kaydy Cain Daniel Gómez Carrero (Dani Gómez; born 12 February 1990), known professionally as Kaydy Cain, is a Spanish rapper and former member of the music group Pxxr Gvng (pronounced as ''poor gang''; later known as ). Also known by being one of the voi ...

Dani Harmer Danielle Jane Harmer (born 8 February 1989) is an English actress, television personality, and former singer. She is best known for her lead role as Tracy Beaker in the CBBC series ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' (2002–2006), ''Tracy Beaker R ...

(born 1989), British actress *

Dani Miguélez Daniel "Dani" Miguélez Martínez (born 23 April 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a des ...

(born 1985), Spanish footballer *

Dani Rodrik Dani Rodrik (born August 14, 1957) is a Turkish economist and Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was formerly the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of th ...

(born 1957), Turkish economist *

Dani Stevenson Dani Stevenson (born September 3, 1980) is an American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter. She is best known for her background vocals on Nelly's single, "Hot in Herre" and her own singles, "Honk Your Horn" (featuring Missy Elliott) and "Yo, Y ...

(born 1980), American R&B singer * Dani Klein (born 1953), lead singer of the Belgian band Vaya Con Dios

Surname

Ahmad Hasan Dani Ahmad Hassan Dani (Urdu: احمد حسن دانی) FRAS, SI, HI (20 June 1920 – 26 January 2009) was a Pakistani archaeologist, historian, and linguist. He was among the foremost authorities on Central Asian and South Asian archaeology ...

(1920–2009), Pakistani scholar *

Amit Dani Amit Dani (born 30 June 1973) is an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Mumbai. He made his first-class debut for Mumbai in the 1995–96 Ranji Trophy The 1995–96 Ranji Trophy was the 62nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka de ...

(born 1973), Indian cricketer for Mumbai *

Ashu Dani Ashu Dani (born 3 October 1974) is an Indian former cricketer. He played 49 first-class matches for Delhi between 1994 and 2001. See also * List of Delhi cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or ...

(born 1974), Indian cricketer for Delhi *

Ashwin Dani Ashwin Suryakant Dani is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the non-executive chairman of Asian Paints Ltd, India's largest paint company with operations in 16 countries. He was the vice chairman and managing director from December 1998 to ...

, Indian entrepreneur *

Bal Dani Hemachandra Tukaram "Bal" Dani (24 May 1933, Dudhani, Maharashtra – 19 December 1999, Nashik, Maharashtra) was an Indian Test cricketer. Bal Dani was predominantly a right-handed batsman. He could also bowl medium pace and later turned to of ...

(1933–1999), Indian cricketer *

Elhaida Dani Elhaida Dani (; born 17 February 1993) is an Albanian singer, songwriter, composer and actress. Born and raised in Shkodër, Dani performed in diverse singing competitions and started to play piano as a child. She rose to national recognition i ...

(born 1993), Albanian singer *

Elibeidy Dani Elibeidy Dani Martinez (also spelled Elibeidy Danis Martinez, born May 6, 1997) is a Dominican fashion model. She notably starred in Gucci’s all-black model “Soul Scene” campaign. Career Dani debuted as a Burberry exclusive, closing their ...

(born 1997), Dominican fashion model *

Filippo Dani Filippo Dani (born 27 June 1999) is an Italian football player who plays for U.C. Montecchio Maggiore. Club career He made his professional debut in the Serie B for Vicenza on 25 February 2017 in a game against Avellino Avellino () is a town ...

(born 1999), Italian football player *

Francesca Dani Francesca Dani, sometimes referred to as Francesca Aurora Dani, (born 5 March 1979 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy) is an Italian travel photographer, and a former cosplayer, net idol model and jewelry designer. Cosplay and modeling career Dani ...

(born 1979), Italian travel photographer *

Harsheel Dani Harsheel Dani (born 12 August 1996) is an Indian male badminton player. He represented India in the Asian and BWF World Junior Championships. He also became the U-19 singles champion in the junior nationals. Currently training at the Uday Pawar ...

(born 1996), Indian badminton player *

Kouch Dani Dani Kouch (born 11 October 1990) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cambodian Premier League club Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC, Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng. Born in France, he represents Cambodia n ...

(born 1990), French-born Cambodian footballer *

Nándor Dáni Nándor János Dáni (born 2 July 1871 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary; died 31 December 1949 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Dáni competed in the 800 metres, taking secon ...

(1871–1949), Hungarian track athlete *

Omar Dani Air Chief Marshal (Ret.) Omar Dhani (23 January 1924 – 24 July 2009) was commander of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) from 1962 until 1965. He was a leading leftist figure in Indonesia during the Sukarno era. Early life and career Dhani f ...

(1924–2009), commander of the Indonesian Air Force from 1962 to 1965 *

Peter Dani Peter Dani was a U.S. soccer player who earned two cap (sports), caps with the United States men's national soccer team, U.S. national team in 1976. Both games were scoreless ties with Haiti national football team, Haiti in November. The first ca ...

(fl. 1976, died 2002), American soccer player *

Prabhakar Balwant Dani Prabhakar Balwant Dani (1908 - 1965) (also known as P. B. Dani and Bhaiyaji Dani) was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organization in India. He served as a pracharak (propagator, involved in spreading the ide ...

(1908–1965), Indian Hindu nationalist *

Rajesh Dani Rajesh Dani (born 19 November 1961) is an Indian former cricketer. He played eleven first-class matches for Bengal between 1979 and 1987. See also * List of Bengal cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, Li ...

(born 1961), Indian cricketer *

Riza Dani : A riza (Russian: риза, "vestment," "robe"; Ukrainian: шати, ''shaty'', "vestments") or oklad (оклад, "covered"), sometimes called a "revetment" in English, is a metal cover protecting an icon. It is usually made of gilt or silver ...

(1884–1949), Albanian politician and activist *

S. G. Dani Shrikrishna Gopalrao Dani is a professor of mathematics at the Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai who works in the broad area of ergodic theory. Education He did a master's degree from the University of Mumbai in 1969. He then joi ...

(born 1947), Indian mathematician *

Said Abdullahi Dani Said Abdullahi Deni (, ; born 1966 or 1967, also known as Said Deni, is the current president of Puntland. Previously, he served as the minister of planning of Somalia, after having been appointed to the position on 17 January 2014 by the prime ...

, Somali politician *

Shashikala Dani Vidushi Shashikala Dani ( kn, ವಿದೂಷಿ ಶಶಿಕಲಾ ದಾನಿ, ) is an Indian Hindustani classical Jaltarang artist. She is one among the few musicians and presently the only All India Radio-graded female exponent of the J ...

(born 1959), Indian musician *

Zoltán Dani Zoltán Dani ( hu, Dani Zoltán, sr-Cyrl, Золтан Дани; 23 July 1956) is a former officer of the Yugoslav army and former commander of the 3rd battery of the 250th Missile Brigade, which shot down a NATO F-117 Nighthawk near the vil ...

(born 1956), Yugoslav army officer *

Zsolt Dani Zsolt Dani (born 4 August 1969) is a Hungarian rowing (sport), rower. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. References

1969 births Living people Hungarian male rowers Olympic rowers for Hungary Rowers at ...

(born 1969), Hungarian rower

Fictional characters

* Dani (''Glee''), a recurring character in the musical comedy-drama television series ''Glee'' *

Dani (Red Hot Chili Peppers) "Dani California" is a song from American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album, '' Stadium Arcadium'' (2006). The single was first made available at the iTunes Music Store and was officially released on April 28, 2006. The interna ...

, a girl appearing in several Red Hot Chili Peppers songs *

Dani Beck Dani may refer to: People * Dani people, a people living in the central highlands of West Papua * Dani (surname), a surname * Danes (Germanic tribe), a tribe in southern Scandinavia * Dani (footballer, born 1951) (Daniel Ruiz-Bazán Justa), Spani ...

, on ''Law & Order: SVU'' *

Danielle Moonstar Danielle "Dani" Moonstar, originally codenamed Psyche and later Mirage, is a fictional Northern Cheyenne superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in the graphic novel ''The New Mutants'' (Sept. ...

, nicknamed Dani, a comic book character associated with the X-Men * Dani Trant, main character from the 1991 film ''

The Man in the Moon ''The Man in the Moon'' is a 1991 American coming of age drama film. It was the final film directed by Robert Mulligan, from a screenplay written by Jenny Wingfield. It stars Reese Witherspoon in her film debut, Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Em ...

'' *

Dani Phantom The series ''Danny Phantom'' centers on young Danny Fenton and his coming-of-age story as a half-ghost superhero in the town of Amity Park. Over the course of the series, he betters both himself and his powers as he deals with ghosts, balancing h ...

, a girl cloned from the titular character of the Nicktoon ''Danny Phantom''

Other uses

* ''Dani'' (magazine), a Bosnian-Herzegovinian news weekly * , a Japanese martial arts ranking system, see

Dan (rank) The ranking system is used by many Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, and other martial art organizations to indicate the level of a person's ability within a given system. Used as a ranking system to quantify skill level in a specific domain, it was ...

Dani languages The Dani or Baliem Valley languages are a family of clearly related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken by the Dani people, Dani and related peoples in the Baliem Valley in the highlands of Papua Province, Indonesia. Foley (2003) considers their ...

, a family of Trans–New Guinea languages *

Deni language Deni (also Dení, Dani) is an Arawan language spoken in Brazil. Deni is very similar to the other languages of the Arawan language family, but is especially similar to the Jamamadi language The Jamamadí, also called the Yamamadi, Kanamanti, Je ...

or Dani, an Arawan language of Brazil * ''Dani'' (film) or ''Dany'', a 2001 Indian Malayalam film *

Dani, Myanmar Dani is a village located at the southern tip of Myanmar's Rakhine State Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bord ...

, a village in Rakhine State