Editing Dann

{{Infobox surname
| name     = Dann
| language = [[Middle English]]
| origin   = [[Dene (valley)|Dene]]
| meaning  = Valley
| variant  = [[Dan (name)|Dan]], [[Dane (name)|Dane]]
}}

'''Dann''' is an [[English surname]]. It is a [[toponymic surname]] which came from [[Middle English]] {{wikt-lang|enm|dene}} and [[Old English]] {{wikt-lang|ang|denu}}, "valley". Variant spellings include [[Dan (name)|Dan]] and [[Dane (name)|Dane]].<ref name="Hanks2016">{{cite book|editor-first=Patrick|editor-last=Hanks|editor2-first=Richard|editor2-last=Coates|editor3-first=Peter|editor3-last=McClure|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2016|isbn=9780192527479|page=668|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA668}}</ref>

According to statistics compiled by [[Patrick Hanks]] on the basis of the [[2011 United Kingdom census]] 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]] there had been 1,858 people with the surname Dann, primarily at [[Kent]], [[Sussex]], [[London]], and [[Norfolk]].<ref name="Hanks2016"/> The [[2010 United States census]] 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 United States census|2000 census]]. In both censuses, nearly nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as [[non-Hispanic white]], and about six percent as non-Hispanic [[Black or African-American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://projects.newsday.com/databases/long-island/census-last-names/?where=name^Dann&offset=0|title=How common is your last name?|newspaper=Newsday|location=Long Island|access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref>

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]] ({{fl.|1994–present}}), 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]] (1958–2021), Australian rugby league footballer
* [[Scott Dann (boxer)]] (born 1974), English amateur boxer
* [[Scott Dann]] (born 1987), English football centre-back
* [[Thomas Dann]] (born 1981), English cricketer
* [[Walter Dann]] ({{fl.|1968–1976}}), Canadian Paralympic athlete

==Writers==
* [[George Landen Dann]] (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
* [[Lotta Dann]], New Zealand journalist
* [[Trevor Dann]] (born 1951), British writer and broadcaster
* [[Patty Dann]] (born 1953), American novelist and nonfiction writer

==Others==
* [[Christian Adam Dann]] (1758–1837), German Lutheran pastor
* [[Wallace Dann]] (1847–1934), American local politician in Norwalk, Connecticut
* [[Alf Dann]] (1893–1953), British trade union leader
* [[Belinda Dann]] (1900–2007), Indigenous Australian woman known as a member of the Stolen Generation
* [[Bob Dann]] (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]] (1957–1988), American murderer
* [[Marc Dann]] (born 1962), American politician
* [[Tim Dann]], British voice actor

==See also==
* [[Dan (disambiguation)]]
* [[Danu (disambiguation)]]
* [[Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods]], a Russian food producer

==References==
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