Dana

Dana may refer to:

People

See Dana (name)

Given names

Dana (Korean singer), a South Korean pop singer who is part of girl group TSZX the Grace
Dana Halabi, a Lebanese singer, usually referred to simply as Dana
Dana International, Israeli singer
Dana Rosemary Scallon, better known as Dana, Irish singer and former politician
Dana van Dreven, also known as DJ Lady Dana, a Dutch DJ
Dana Finisikawayneperkowski, perhaps better known as T-Ricky the "notorious" rapper

Surnames

Bill Dana, 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), New York State legislator, industrialist, and philanthropist
Daniel Dana, American educator, the president of Dartmouth College
Francis Dana, American lawyer
Henry Dana, founder of the Native Police force in Victoria, Australia in the nineteenth century
James Dwight Dana, American zoologist and geologist
John Cotton Dana, influential American librarian and museum director
Mazen Dana, Reuters cameraman who was shot to death by U.S. soldiers
Paul Dana, former American race car driver in the Indy Racing League, who died in a crash in March 2006
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician, most famous for his classic book Two Years Before the Mast
Samuel W. Dana, American lawyer and politician
Sophia Dana, nineteenth-century feminist, a Transcendentalist and later a Catholic
Vic Dana, American dancer and singer
Viola Dana (also known as Viola Flugrath, born Virginia Flugrath), silent movie actress
Walter Dana Polish-American musician
William H. Dana, retired American astronaut
Mrs. William Starr Dana (Frances Theodora Parsons), American botanist and author

In fiction

Dana, the lover of the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal known as Sadistik in the photo comic
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

In mythology

King Dana, a Corinthian king, son of Sisyphus and Merope

Organizations/companies

Aes Dana (band), a French black metal and pagan metal band
Dana Centre, opened in 2003, an event venue in London, England
Dana College, an accredited baccalaureate college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, located in Blair, Nebraska
Dana Corp., a USA based auto parts firm
Dana Design, a small manufacturer of backpacks for mountain climbing
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
the House of Dana, a perfumery founded in Barcelona, Spain, by Javier Serra in 1932

Places

Ancient Dana or Tyana in Cappadocia
Dana, Jordan, a town in Jordan
Dana, Nepal
Dana Nature Reserve, one of the biosphere reserves located in Jordan
Richard Henry Dana School (disambiguation)

United States
Dana Point, California, a town
Dana Hills High School
Dana, Illinois, a town
Dana, Indiana, a town
Dana, Iowa, a town
Dana, Massachusetts, 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

Spirituality

Dana (Buddhism), the practice of generosity or giving in Buddhism
Dana (Sikhism), the material virtue of charity in Sikhism
Danu, the Celtic mother goddess

Other

ZAZ Dana, a model of ZAZ automobile
152mm SpGH DANA, a brand of artillery gun
"Dana" is the standard abbreviation for zoologist James Dwight Dana
Dana Octopus Squid, a deep sea dwelling squid

Translation

The word "Dana" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Danish, German, Spanish, Esperanto, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Volapük.

Translation(s) in other languages: French: Dana (homonymie), Japanese: ダナ, Romanian: Dana (dezambiguizare), Russian: Дана.