Dann is an

English surname English names are names used in, or originating in, England. In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family ...

. It is a toponymic surname which came from Middle English and

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

, "valley". Variant spellings include Dan and Dane. According to statistics compiled by Patrick Hanks on the basis of the

2011 United Kingdom census A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National ...

and the Census of Ireland 2011, 2,666 people on the island of Great Britain and 54 on the island of Ireland bore the surname Dann as of 2011. In the

1881 United Kingdom census The United Kingdom Census of 1881 recorded the people residing in every household on the night of Sunday 3 April 1881, and was the fifth of the UK censuses to include details of household members. Data recorded Details collected include: address, ...

there had been 1,858 people with the surname Dann, primarily at Kent,

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

, London, and Norfolk. The

2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...

found 3,735 people with the surname Dann, making it the 8,775th-most-common name in the country. This represented a decrease from 4,062 (7,550th most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, nearly nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as

non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic whites or Non-Latino whites are Americans who are classified as "white", and are not of Hispanic (also known as "Latino") heritage. The United States Census Bureau defines ''white'' to include European Americans, Middle Eastern Amer ...

, and about six percent as non-Hispanic Black or African American. People with this surname include:

Artists and musicians

* Hollis Dann (1861–1939), American music educator and choral director * Stan Dann (1931–2008), American wood carver * Georgie Dann (1940–2021), French singer * Larry Dann (born 1941), British film and television actor * Steven Dann (born 1953), Canadian violist * Penny Dann (1964–2014), British children's book illustrator * Sophie-Louise Dann (born 1969), British musical theatre actress * Lance Dann (), British sound and radio artist

Sportspeople

* Reg Dann (1916–1948), English football midfielder * Gordon Dann (born 1944), Australian rules footballer * Donald Dann (1949–2005), Australian Paralympic athlete and table tennis player *

Kevin Dann Kevin George Dann (5 April 195821 February 2021) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played his entire club football career with the Penrith Panthers, as a . Playing career Dann was a Bla ...

(1958–2021), Australian rugby league footballer * Scott Dann (boxer) (born 1974), English amateur boxer *

Scott Dann Scott Dann (born 14 February 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club Reading. He began his Football League career with Walsall, before moving on to Coventry City and then to Birmingham City in 200 ...

(born 1987), English football centre-back *

Thomas Dann Thomas Oliver Dann (born 30 January 1981) is a former English cricketer. Tommy Dann was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and was later educated at Millfield School. D ...

(born 1981), English cricketer *

Walter Dann Walter Dann (born c.1946) is a Canadian Wheelchair Athletics Athlete who has competed in the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Summer Paralympics. He won silver in the Men's 4x60m Wheelchair Relay (with F. Henderson, B. Simpson and Eugene Reimer) and the N ...

(), Canadian Paralympic athlete

Writers

George Landen Dann George Landen Dann (1 January 1904 – 6 June 1977) was an Australian playwright, writer, and draftsman. He is best known for a number of award-winning and critically acclaimed plays such as '' In Beauty It Is Finished'', ''Fountains Beyond'', ' ...

(1904–1977), Australian playwright, writer, and draftsman * Colin Dann (born 1943), British writer of children's books * Jack Dann (born 1945) American science fiction writer * Trevor Dann (born 1951), British writer and broadcaster *

Patty Dann Patty Dann (born October 30, 1953) is an American novelist and nonfiction writer. She studied at the University of Oregon, and later earned an MFA in writing from Columbia University. While working at the A&E network in 1986, she revised ''Merma ...

(born 1953), American novelist and nonfiction writer

Others

Christian Adam Dann Christian Adam Dann (24 December 1758 – 19 March 1837) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, animal welfare writer and supporter of Pietism. Biography Dann was born on 24 December 1758 in Tübingen. His father Jakob Heinrich was mayor in ...

(1758–1837), German Lutheran pastor * Wallace Dann (1847–1934), American local politician in Norwalk, Connecticut *

Alf Dann Alfred Clarence Dann (11 March 1893 – 16 January 1953) was a British trade union leader. Dann grew up in Southwark and attended the West Square High Grade School, before becoming a lawyer's clerk.Belinda Dann Belinda Dann (4 July 1900 – 9 October 2007) was an Indigenous Australian born as Quinlyn Warrakoo to an Irish cattle station manager and a Nykina mother. Biography Born in Lunlungai community, Derby, Western Australia, at the age of 8 she ...

(1900–2007), Indigenous Australian woman known as a member of the Stolen Generation *

Bob Dann Robert William "Bob" Dann (28 September 1914 – 10 April 2008) was the 9th Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne. Dann studied for ordination at Trinity College (University of Melbourne), Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and was ordained ...

(1914–2008), Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia * Michael Dann (1921–2016), American television executive * Mary Dann and Carrie Dann (respectively 1923–2005 and 1931–2021), Native American activists *

Laurie Dann Nicholas B. Corwin was an eight-year-old boy murdered by Laurie Dann, a mentally ill woman, in a Winnetka, Illinois elementary school on May 20, 1988. Dann also shot several other students, all of whom survived, then took a family hostage and se ...

(1957–1988), American murderer * Marc Dann (born 1962), American politician * Tim Dann, British voice actor

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Artists and musicians

Sportspeople

Writers

Others

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