Dane (name)
Dane is both a surname and a given name of Dutch, Irish, English, Danish and Hungarian origin. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Alexandra Dane, South African actress
- Barbara Dane, American singer
- Dana Dane, American hip-hop artist
- Elisabeth Dane, German biochemist
- Eric Dane, American actor
- Francis Dane, minister in colonial Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials
- Hugh Dane, American actor
- Jax Dane, American wrestler
- Jordan Dane, American novelist
- Joseph Dane, American congressman from Maine
- Karl Dane, Danish-American silent film actor
- Lloyd Dane, American race car driver
- Maxwell Dane, American advertising executive
- Nathan Dane, American lawyer and statesman representing Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787
- Patricia Dane, American film actress
- Warrel Dane, American singer
Given name
- Dane Acker, American baseball player
- Dane Anderson, Australian cricket player
- Dane Baptiste, British stand-up comedian and writer
- Dane Beesley, Australian photographer
- Dane Belton, American football player
- Dane Bird-Smith, Australian racewalking athlete
- Dane Blacker, Welsh rugby union player
- Dane Boedigheimer, American filmmaker, singer, and actress
- Dane Boswell, New Zealand rower
- Dane Bowers, British singer and member of 5th Story, formerly of Another Level
- Dane Byers, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Dane Cameron, American racing driver
- Dane Campbell, Australian rugby league administrator and former footballer
- Dane Carlaw, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
- Dane Chanase, American painter and printmaker
- Dane Chisholm, Australian Rugby League player
- Dane Clark, American character actor
- Dane Cleaver, New Zealand first-class cricketer
- Dane Coles, New Zealand rugby union player
- Dane Cook, American stand-up comic and actor
- Dane Coolidge, American author, naturalist, and photographer
- Dane Cruikshank, American football player
- Dane Currency, Barbadian cricketer
- Dane Damron, American football coach and former player
- Dane Dastillung, American football player
- Dane Davis, American sound editor
- Dane De La Rosa, American professional baseball player
- Dane DeHaan, American actor
- Dane DiLiegro, American actor, stuntman, and former professional basketball player
- Dane Dobbie, Canadian professional lacrosse player
- Dane Dorahy, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
- Dane Dukić, Serbian former footballer
- Dane Dunning, American professional baseball player
- Dane Eagle, American politician
- Dane Elkins, American professional racquetball player
- Dane Evans, American professional Canadian football player
- Dane Fife, American former college basketball player and current assistant coach
- Dane Fischer, American basketball coach
- Dane Fletcher, American former football player
- Dane Fox, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Dane Gagai, Australian professional rugby league footballer
- Dane Haylett-Petty, Australian retired rugby union footballer
- Dane Hogan, Australian professional rugby league footballer
- Dane Hussey, American weightlifter
- Dane Hutchinson, New Zealand cricketer
- Dane Hyatt, Jamaican sprinter
- Dane Ingham, New Zealand professional footballer
- Dane Iorg, American retired MLB player
- Dane Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dane Johnson, American former professional baseball coach and former pitcher
- Dane Kelly, Jamaican professional footballer
- Dane Korica, Serbian retired long-distance runner
- Dane Krager, American former football player
- Dane Kuprešanin, Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired footballer
- Dane Laffrey, American scenic designer and costume designer
- Dane Lanken, Canadian journalist and author
- Dane Lett, New Zealand field hockey player
- Dane Lloyd, Canadian politician
- Dane Looker, American former football player
- Dane Lovett, Australian artist
- Dane Lussier, American screenwriter
- Dane Manning, English professional rugby league footballer
- Dane Massey, Irish professional footballer
- Dane McDonald, Australian rugby league player
- Dane A. Miller, American business executive
- Dane Milovanović, Australian footballer
- Dane Morgan, Australian former rugby league footballer
- Dane Murphy, American retired soccer player
- Dane Murray, Scottish professional footballer
- Dane Neller, American businessman and entrepreneur
- Dane Nielsen, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
- Dane O'Hara, New Zealand former rugby league footballer
- Dane O'Neill, Irish jockey
- Dane Rampe, Australian rules footballer
- Dane Randolph, American former football player
- Dane Rauschenberg, American long-distance runner and author
- Dane Rawlins, Irish dressage rider
- Dane Reynolds, American professional surfer
- Dane Richards, Jamaican former professional footballer
- Dane Rudhyar, French-born American author, modernist composer, and humanistic astrologer
- Dane Rumble, New Zealand recording artist
- Dane Sampson, Australian sports shooter
- Dane Sanzenbacher, American former football player
- Dane Sardinha, American former professional baseball catcher
- Dane Scarlett, English professional footballer
- Dane Schadendorf, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Dane Searls, Australian BMX rider
- Dane Sharp (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dane Sorensen, New Zealand former rugby league footballer
- Dane Spencer, American former ski racer
- Dane Stojanović, Serbian commander
- Dane Strother, American Democratic political strategist, media commentator, and former reporter
- Dane Suttle, American former professional basketball player
- Dane Swan, Australian AFL player
- Dane Sweeny, Australian professional tennis player
- Dane Tilse, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
- Dane Trbović, Serbian footballer
- Dane Tudor, Australian-American freeskier
- Dane van Niekerk, South African cricketer
- Dane Vilas, South African cricketer
- Dane Waters, political strategist, elephant protection advocate, writer, and direct democracy advocate
- Dane Weston, Antiguan former cricketer
- Dane Whitehouse, English former footballer
- Dane Witherspoon, American actor
- Dane Zajc, Slovenian poet and playwright
- Dane Zander, Australian rugby union player
Fictional characters
- Dane (Wildstorm), a fictional character from WildStorm Productions, now owned by DC Comics
- Dane of Elysium, the Wonder Man from DC Comics and male version of Diana of Themyscira, the Wonder WomanThe Dane, a term for Prince Hamlet of Denmark, a character in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet
- Dane G Mouse, character played by Daran Norris in Danger Mouse
- Dane Havelok, a character in Mark Millar's Empress and Big Game
- Dane O'Neill, a character in Colleen McCulloch's book The Thorn Birds
- Saint Dane, a character in the Pendragon series
- Lorna Dane (Polaris), a mutant character in Marvel Comics