Dana
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Dana may refer to:
[edit] People
- See Dana (name)
[edit] Given names
- Dana Rosemary Scallon, an Irish singer and ex-Euro MP
- Dana (Korean singer), a South Korean pop singer who is part of girl group TSZX the Grace
- Dana International, Eurovision Song Contest winner and Israeli transsexual singer
- DJ Lady Dana, a Dutch DJ
- Dana Perino, White House Press Secretary
- Dana Plato, an American actress
- Dana Halabi, a Lebanese singer
[edit] Surnames
- Bill Dana, an 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), a New York State legislator, industrialist, and philanthropist
- Daniel Dana, American educator, the president of Dartmouth College
- Francis Dana, an American lawyer
- Henry Dana, founder of the Native Police force in Victoria, Australia in the nineteenth century
- James Dwight Dana, an American zoologist and geologist
- John Cotton Dana, a highly influential American librarian and museum director
- Mazen Dana, a Reuters cameraman who was shot to death by U.S. soldiers
- Paul Dana, a former American race car driver in the Indy Racing League, who died in a crash in March 2006
- Richard Henry Dana, Jr., an American lawyer and politician , most famous for his classic book Two Years Before the Mast
- Samuel Dana Horton, an American writer on bimetallism
- Samuel W. Dana, an American lawyer and politician
- Sophia Dana, a nineteenth-century feminist, a Transcendentalist and later a Catholic
- Vic Dana, an American dancer and singer
- Viola Dana, (also known as Viola Flugrath, born Virginia Flugrath) a silent movie actress
- William H. Dana, a retired American astronaut
[edit] In fiction
- Dana, a character on the television show Angel
- Dana, a main character of the children's television series Wayside
- Dana Cruz, a character on Zoey 101
- 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
[edit] In mythology
- King Dana, a Corinthian king, son of Sysiphus and Merope
[edit] See also
[edit] Organizations/companies
- 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
- Dana Corporation, a USA based auto parts firm
- Dana Design, a small manufacuter of backpacks for mountain climbing
- Aes Dana, a French black metal and pagan metal band
- Dana College, an accredited baccalaureate college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, located in Blair, Nebraska
- Dana Centre, opened in 2003, an event venue in London, England
- Dana (weapon), a brand of artillery gun
[edit] Places
- Ancient Dana or Tyana in Cappadocia
- Dhanna, Jordan, a town in Jordan
- Dana reserve, one of the biosphere reserves located in Jordan
- United States
- Dana Point, California, a town
- Dana, Illinois, a town
- Dana, Indiana, a town
- Dana, Iowa, a town
- Dana, Massachusetts, United States, 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
- Richard Henry Dana Middle School, one of the three middle schools in Arcadia, California
[edit] Spirituality
- Dana (Buddhism), the practice of generosity or giving in Buddhism
- Dana (Sikhism), the material virtue of charity in Sikhism
- Danu (Irish goddess), the Celtic mother goddess
[edit] Other
- Dana (software), a German IRC client (computer software)
- ZAZ Dana, a model of ZAZ automobile
- AlphaSmart Dana, a personal digital assistant made by AlphaSmart
- DANA (weapon), a Czech made self-propelled artillery gun