Dawn (name)

Dawn is a feminine given name. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is the first appearance of light, daybreak. It is also used as a comparatively rare surname.

People

• Dawn Black (born 1943), politician in British Columbia, Canada
• Dawn Brancheau (1969-2010), SeaWorld trainer killed by Tilikum, the orca in 2010.
• Dawn Butler (born 1969), Labour Member of Parliament for Brent South
• Dawn Burrell (born 1973), American long jumper
• Dawn Ellerbe (born 1974), American hammer thrower
• Dawn Evelyn Paris (1918–1993), Oscar-nominated American actress
• Dawn Fraser (born 1937), Australian champion swimmer
• Dawn French (born 1957), British comedian
• Dawn Hudson (born c. 1957), CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
• Dawn Langstroth (born 1979), Canadian singer/songwriter and painter
• Dawn Lake (1927-2006), Australian entertainer
• Dawn Marie (born 1970), American former professional wrestler and former WWE Diva
• Dawn Penn (born 1952), Jamaican singer
• Dawn Porter (born 1979), British television presenter
• Dawn Powell (1896–1965), American writer of satirical novels
• Dawn Primarolo (born 1954), British Member of Parliament for Bristol South
• Dawn Angelique Richard (born 1983), member of the musical girl group Danity Kane
• Dawn Robinson (born 1968), former lead singer of supergroup En Vogue and Lucy Pearl
• Dawn Rossi (born 1971), radio personality heard on The Rob, Arnie, and Dawn Show
• Dawn Silva (born 1954), American funk vocalist
• Dawn Staley (born 1970), US-American basketball player and coach
• Dawn Steel (1946–1997), first woman to run a major Hollywood film studio
• Dawn Wells (born 1938), American actress

Characters

• Dawn, a character in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, the fourth season of the Total Drama series
• Dawn (Pokémon), a video game character in the Pokémon franchise
• Dawn Bellwether, a character in Zootopia
• Dawn, a character from the episode A Nut in every Bite in KaBlam!
• Dawn Green, the second victim of the serial killer on True Blood
• Dawn Schafer, a character in The Baby-sitters Club and California Diaries
• Dawn Summers, a character in the popular television and comic book series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Dawn Swann, a character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Dawn Tartikoff, the character released and portrayed by Caitlin Mowrey on the NBC sitcom, City Guys
• Dawn Tinsley, the receptionist in the British situation comedy The Office
• Dawn Wiener, the main character in the film Welcome to the Dollhouse
• Dawn Woods, a character in Emmerdale
• Eos, Greek goddess of the dawn
• Prairie Dawn, a muppet character in Sesame Street

Surname

• Elizabeth Dawn (born Sylvia Butterfield 1939), British actress
• Jeff Dawn, American makeup artist
• Marva Dawn (born 1948), Christian theologian, author, musician and educator
• Pieretta Dawn (born 1994), English-writing Thai author

Spacecraft

• Dawn (spacecraft), which is exploring 4 Vesta and later Ceres in the Asteroid belt.

External links

• Genealogy of the Surname Dawn.