Dan

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Dan is a masculine name. It refers sometimes to the short form of the name Daniel.

• Dan (Biblical figure), one of the sons of Jacob
• Dan (king), the name of one or more legendary Danish kings
• Dan (Chinese opera), a female role in Beijing opera
• DAN (protein) family of tgf beta signaling protein inhibitors
• Dan (newspaper), daily newspaper published in Montenegro
• Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia
• Dan rank in Japanese, Chinese and Korean fine and martial arts.
• DJ Dan, an electronic music artist who uses the singular name "Dan"
• Dan Dierdorf, a former American football player and current television sportscaster
• Dan Bălan, a Moldovan musician

Organizations which may be referred to as Dan or DAN include:

• Dan Bus Company, a public transport company in Israel
• Divers Alert Network, a non-profit organization for Scuba diving
• Dorsal attention network, a sensory orienting system in the brain

Persons with the surname Dan include:

• Fedor Dan, Russian Marxist revolutionary

Fictional characters named Dan include:

• Dan Hibiki, from the Street Fighter video game series.
• Dan (aka TriceraRanger), from the Japanese television series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger.
• Dan (Salamander anime), one of the main protagonists who pilots the Vic Viper.
• Dan Dare, pilot of the future.
• Desperate Dan, regular in The Dandy since 1937.

Places which may be referred to as Dan include:

• Gush Dan, metropolitan area in central Israel
• Tel Dan, an archaeological site in Israel
• Dan (biblical city), the biblical location also called Dan, and identified with Tel Dan
• Dan (kibbutz), a Kibbutz in northern Israel
• Dan River, a river in North Carolina and Virginia, USA

[edit] See also

• Daniel (disambiguation)
• daN (decanewton), unit of force - see newton, kilogram-force