Famous People with Name Daniel

Daniel "Danny" Lloyd            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Daniel "Danny" Lloyd: His first and best-known role is Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, with Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. He was selected for the role of Danny Torrance due to his ability to maintain his concentration for extended periods of time. In the DVD commentary by Garrett Brown and John Baxter, they state that Kubrick was able to film all of Danny's parts without the six year old actor realizing he was in a horror movie.

Daniel Carl Wuerffel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Daniel Carl Wuerffel: a former American football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy while playing quarterback at the University of Florida under coach Steve Spurrier. He later played for several NFL teams, retiring in 2002.Since retiring from football Wuerffel has been engaged in charitable work in New Orleans.His National Football League career was significantly less successful. After playing seven seasons in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, and Washington Redskins, Wuerffel retired. One highlight of his professional career was winning the MVP award in World Bowl 2000 while playing for Rhein Fire in NFL Europe (the game was won by Fire 13-10 over the Scottish Claymores).

Daniel Patrick Adair            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Daniel Patrick Adair: self-taught drummer best known for currently drumming with Canadian rock band Nickelback as the replacement for Ryan Vikedal. Adair's other projects include his previous work with American rock band 3 Doors Down and continuous work with Canadian bands Suspect, instrumental fusion band Martone among others.Daniel often uses the quote "The harder you work, the luckier you get.", coined by Gary Player, to describe his career.

Daniel John Pintauro            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Daniel John Pintauro: Pintauro first appeared on the television soap opera As the World Turns and in the movie Cujo. He first came to prominence on the television series Who's the Boss?.[1]After the conclusion of that series, he was less frequently cast. In 1994, he took time off from professional acting and attended Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, and later Stanford University to study English and theater. He graduated in 2001.Pintauro has since returned to the stage in more mature roles including that of the title character in the stage version of The Velocity of Gary.

Daniel BriFre            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Daniel BriFre: BriFre went to CollFge Saint-Alexandre, a private high school in Gatineau.BriFre's number 14 was retired by his hockey team in his hometown of Gatineau, Quebec. In his 3 seasons with Drummondville in the QMJHL he recorded 170 goals and 246 assists.BriFre was drafted by the newly christened Phoenix Coyotes in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft in the first round, twenty-fourth overall. However, he spent the majority of the next three years with their minor league affiliates, Springfield Falcons and Las Vegas Thunder, but played 64 games for the Coyotes in the 1998-99 season recording 8 goals and 14 assists. He moved up to the the ranks of a regular Coyotes player in the second half of the 2000-2001 season. BriFre's training regimen became newsworthy in 2001 when it became known that, in order to overcome his diminutive size, he had begun off-season strength training with Canadian World's Strongest Man competitor Hugo Girard

William (Bill) Partlow Daniel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William (Bill) Partlow Daniel: was a Governor of Guam and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. Born in Dayton, Texas, and a graduate of Baylor University, he spent the majority of his life working as a lawyer in Liberty County, Texas. From 1949 to 1953 he served as

John Warwick Daniel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Warwick Daniel: was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in both the U.S. House and then five terms in the Senate. Daniel was known as the Lame Lion of Lynchb

Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel: was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, USA. As a veteran of the Second World War, Daniel was elected State commander of the American Legion in 1951, and became national commander in 1956. Daniel was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates from 1959 t

John Waterhouse Daniel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Waterhouse Daniel: was a Canadian physician and Conservative politician. After a three year term as an Alderman in Saint John, New Brunswick, he was elected Mayor, a post he held from 1900 to 1902. Elected to the House of Commons four times, Daniel represented Saint John federally from 1904 to 1911. Less than a month after his final election in 1911, Daniel resigned, triggering a by-election which John Douglas Hazen won by acclamation. In 1912 Daniel was appointed to the Canadian Senate, where he sat until his death.

Kenneth Roy Daniel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenneth Roy Daniel: was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Ingersoll, Ontario and became a farmer by career. He was first elected to Parliament at the Oxford riding in the 1945 general election then defeated in the 1949 election by Alexander Clark Murray of the Liberal party.