Danny

For other uses, see Danny (disambiguation).

Danny

Actor Danny DeVito

Pronunciation| /dæn.i/
Gender| Male
Other names
Related names| Daniel, Dennis, Danielle, Dan

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Danny is a masculine given name. It is often a diminutive form of the given name Daniel.[1]

Notable people with the name include:

## People

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* Danny Altmann, British immunologist
* Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer
* Danny Baker (born 1957), English journalist, radio and TV presenter
* Danny Banda (born c. 1938), Canadian footballer
* Danny Barnes (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Bentley, American politician and pharmacologist
* Danny Bonaduce (born 1959), American radio/television personality, comedian
* Danny Brown (born 1981), American rapper
* Danny Joe Brown (1951–2005), American singer, Molly Hatchet
* Danny Burawa (born 1988), American baseball player
* Danny Carey (born 1961), American drummer, Tool
* Danny Chan (1958–1993), Hong Kong singer and actor
* Danny Chan (born 1975), Hong Kong actor, martial artist, dance choreographer, and singer
* Danny Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Collins (footballer) (born 1980), Welsh footballer
* Danny Boy Collins (born 1967), English wrestler
* Danny Costain, American politician
* Danny Coulombe (born 1989), American baseball player
* Danny Cox (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Denzongpa (born 1948), Indian actor
* Danny DeVito (born 1944), Italian-American actor, comedian, producer and director
* Danny Donnelly (politician), Northern Irish politician
* Danny Drinkwater (born 1990), English footballer
* Danny Duffy (born 1988), American baseball player
* Danny Duncan (musician) (born 1986), musician, We the Kings
* Danny Dyer (born 1977), English actor and presenter
* Danny Elfman (born 1953), American composer, singer, songwriter and record producer
* Danny Etling (born 1994), American football player
* Danny Fingeroth, American comic book writer and editor
* Danny Franco (born 1973), Israeli basketball coach
* Danny Glover (born 1946), American actor
* Danny Gonzales (born 1976), American football coach and former player
* Danny Gonzalez (born 1994), American YouTube personality
* Danny Graham (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Gray (rugby union) (born 1983), English rugby union footballer
* Danny Gray (American football) (born 1999), American football player
* Danny Green (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Hutton (born 1942), Irish-American singer and songwriter
* Danny Ings (born 1992), English footballer
* Danny Isidora (born 1994), American football player
* Danny Jansen (born 1995), American baseball player
* Danny Javier (1947–2022), Filipino actor, singer and member of APO Hiking Society
* Danny Johnson (American football) (born 1995), American football player
* Danny Kaye (1911–1987), American entertainer
* Danny Kirwan (1950–2018), English singer-songwriter, guitarist, Fleetwood Mac
* Danny Lee (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Lewis (basketball) (born 1970), American-English basketball player
* Danny Lopez (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Meddings (born 1968), English professional squash player
* Danny Mendick (born 1993), American baseball player
* Danny Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Morseu (born 1958), Australian basketball player
* Danny Murphy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Noonan (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny O'Brien (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Ozark (1923–2009), American baseball manager
* Daniel Pearl (1963–2002), American murder victim
* Danny Pearson (musician) (1953–2018), American composer and singer-songwriter
* Danny Pinter (born 1996), American football player
* Danny Pittman (born 1958), American football player
* Danny Pudi (born 1979), American actor
* Danny Roberts (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Rose (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Rubin (basketball) (born 1991), American-Israeli basketball player
* Danny Saucedo (born 1986), Swedish singer-songwriter
* Danny Schayes (born 1959), American basketball player, son of Dolph
* Danny Vargas Serrano (born 1979), member of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
* Danny Simpson (born 1987), English footballer
* Danny Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Smythe (1948–2016), American drummer, The Box Tops
* Danny Stutsman (born 2003), American football player
* Danny Striggow (born 2002), American football player
* Danny Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Trejo (born 1944), American actor
* Danny Valencia (born 1984), American baseball player
* Danny Vukovic, Australian footballer
* Danny Wallace (footballer) (born 1964), English footballer
* Danny Wallace (humorist) (born 1976), British author and television presenter
* Danny Ward (footballer, born 1993) (born 1993), Welsh football player
* Danny Webb (actor) (born 1958), English actor
* Danny Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danny Wolf (born 2004), American-Israeli college basketball player for the Michigan Wolverines
* Danny Woods (1942–2018), American singer, member of the group Chairmen of the Board
* Danny Worsnop (born 1990), English singer, Asking Alexandria
* Danny Young (disambiguation), multiple people

## Stage name

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* Danny (footballer), Portuguese footballer, Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes
* Danny!, stage name of American recording artist and producer Danny Swain
* Danny, stage name of Finnish singer Ilkka Lipsanen
* Danny, Daniel Murillo, lead vocalist of the band Hollywood Undead and formerly Lorene Drive
* Danny Romero, stage name of Daniel Ramírez Romero, Spanish singer
* Danny Saucedo, aka "Danny," Swedish singer
* Danny Sexbang, stage name of Leigh Daniel Avidan, singer of musical comedy duo, Ninja Sex Party

## Fictional characters

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* Danny Baker (character), in the comedy TV show 30 Rock
* Danny Baldwin, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
* Danny Burke, a character in the 1984 American teen sex comedy movie Revenge of the Nerds
* Danny Collins, in the film of the same name
* Danny Dallas, in TV series Soap
* Danny Dog, in Peppa Pig
* Danny Fatfuck, in the Adult Swim television pilot Paid Programming
* Danny Madigan, played by Austin O'Brien in the 1993 American fantasy meta action comedy movie Last Action Hero
* Danny Messer, in the TV crime drama CSI: NY
* Danny Mitchell (EastEnders), in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Danny Moon, in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Danny Noonan, the main protagonist in the movie Caddyshack
* Danny O'Neil, in the 1988 movie 14 Going on 30
* Danny Pennington, a character in the 1990 live-action film adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* Danny Phantom (character), alter-ego of Daniel "Danny" Fenton and the title character of the Nickelodeon cartoon series Danny Phantom
* Danny Pink, in Doctor Who
* Danny Rand, also known as Iron Fist, a Marvel superhero
* Danny Rebus, from the TV series The Electric Company
* Danny Reilly, a fictional character in the Millarworld, as the co-inventor of time travel
* Danny Rayburn, in the Netflix series Bloodline
* Danny Tanner, in the TV sitcom Full House
* Danny Taylor, in the TV crime drama Without a Trace
* Danny the Street, a living, sentient street of DC Comics' Doom Patrol
* Danny Thornill, in the film Cyberbully
* Danny Torrance, in the 1977 novel The Shining
* Danny Van Zandt, in Degrassi: The Next Generation
* Danny Walker, in the 2001 film Pearl Harbor
* Danny Wheeler, a main character in the American sitcom Baby Daddy
* Danny "Danno" Williams, in the 1968–1980 television series Hawaii Five-O
* Danny "Danno" Williams, in the 2010 remake series Hawaii Five-0
* Danny Williams, in the TV series My Little Pony
* Danny Zuko, in the musical Grease
* Danny (Pokémon), in the Pokémon universe
* Danny, the main male orange cat in the film Cats Don't Dance
* Danny, in the Just! series of short story collections by Australian author Andy Griffiths
* Danny, nickname of Mrs. Danvers, the main antagonist of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca
* Danny, in the anime Sonic X
* Danny, the leader of The Bash Street Kids from the British comic The Beano
* Danny, in the martial arts action thriller Unleashed
* Danny, title character in the 2016 song cycle The Seven Doors of Danny
* Danny (Paw Patrol), a recurring character in Paw Patrol
* Danny, title character in the 1975 children's novel Danny, Champion of the World
* Danny, a character in the American 2001 thriller movie Good Neighbor
* Danny, in the 2002 animated film Return to Never Land
* Danny, in the 2005 American science fiction adventure Zathura: A Space Adventure
* Danny, in the 2012 American horror film Sloppy the Psychotic
* Danny, in the 2017 animated television series Adventure Time episode "Ring of Fire"

## See also

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* All pages with titles beginning with Danni
* All pages with titles beginning with Danny
* All pages with titles containing Danni
* All pages with titles containing Danny
* Dan (disambiguation)
* Daniel (disambiguation)
* Dany (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ "Meaning of the name Danny". Wisdom Library. 19 June 2025. Archived from the original on 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

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