Famous People with Name Dana

Dana Kirk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dana Kirk: is an Olympic swimmer in the United States. She qualified for the 2004 Olympics in the 200m fly, however finished with no medals. Kirk swam for Stanford University, and graduated in the spring of 2006. During her 4 year stint at Stanford, she amassed 17 N

Dana Vollmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dana Vollmer: is an is an American swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Though born in New York, she was raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex suburb of Granbury, Texas. As a child, Vollmer swam for coach Ron Forrest at the Fort Worth Area Swim

Dana Kunze            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dana Kunze: is a champion high-diver. He has held the world records for the highest dives. Dana Kunze began his professional high diving career in 1974 at the age of 13. Dana now maintains a company that produces High Dive Shows. He was tied with the world record fo

Dana Brown            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dana Brown: is an American surfer, filmmaker, and oldest son of filmmaker Bruce Brown. His films include The Endless Summer Revisited (2000) which is made up of unused footage from The Endless Summer (1964) and The Endless Summer II (1994), as well as some original i

Dana Lofland Dormann            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dana Lofland Dormann: is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She also played under her maiden name Dana Lofland and as Dana Lofland-Dormann.

Paul Dana            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul Dana: In 1996 Dana was working as a mechanic at the Bridgestone Racing School in Ontario when he won his first races there. In 1998 he moved to Indianapolis and began competing in Barber Dodge Pro Series, and his top 20 finish earned him an invitation to the inaugural Formula Dodge National Championship. He then competed in the Infiniti Pro Series where he captured one race win and placed second in the 2004 championship. He then secured sponsorship to run in the IndyCar Series with sponsorship from Ethanol suppliers, which he brought to Hemelgarn Racing.

James Dwight Dana            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Dwight Dana: was an American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist. He made important studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans.In 1836 and 1837 he was assistant to Professor Silliman in the chemical laboratory at Yale, and then, for four years, acted as mineralogist and geologist of the United States Exploring Expedition, commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, in the Pacific Ocean. His labors in preparing the reports of his explorations occupied parts of thirteen years after his return to America in 1842. His notebooks from the four years of travel contained fifty sketches, maps, and diagrams, including views of both Mount Shasta and Castle Crags. Dana's sketch of Mount Shasta was engraved in 1849 for publication in the American Journal of Science and Arts (which Silliman had founded in 1818), along with a lengthy article based on Dana's 1841 geological notes. In the article he described in scientific terms the rocks, minerals, and geology of the Shasta region. As far as is known, his sketch of Mount Shasta became the second view of the mountain ever published.

Samuel Whittlesey Dana            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Whittlesey Dana: was an American lawyer and politician from Middletown, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1778, and practiced in Middletown, Connecticut. He was a member

John W. Dana            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John W. Dana: was the 19th and 21st Governor of Maine.Dana became a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1841 to 1842. He also served as a member of the Maine State Senate from 1843 to 1844. Later, he also became the president of the Maine State Senate.Dan