Famous People with Name Dana

Dana Elizabeth Levin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dana Elizabeth Levin: an American Classical Realism painter. Classical Realism is also known as academic art. Levin is a portrait, landscape, still life, figurative, and interior painter.She works in the revival of the Classical Realism (arts) and representational painting tradition.At age 14, Levin attended the fine arts summer program in Lenox, Massachusetts, and in high school the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. She continued her studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where her achievements earned her an early graduation[citation needed] with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Levin moved to Italy to train under painter Daniel Graves and learn the techniques of the European masters at the Florence Academy of Art for three years. On graduation she was asked to join the school’s drawing and oil painting faculty for the next five years.[citation needed] Levin has taught academic art and classical realism for eight years.

Dana Stewart Scott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dana Stewart Scott: is the emeritus Hillman University Professor of Computer Science, Philosophy, and Mathematical Logic at Carnegie Mellon University; he is now retired and lives in Berkeley, California. His research career has spanned computer science, mathematics, and philosophy, and has been characterized by a marriage of a concern for elucidating fundamental concepts in the manner of informal rigor, with a cultivation of mathematically hard problems that bear on these concepts.

Dana Gould            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dana Gould: is an American comedian and comedy writer born and raised in Hopedale, Massachusetts. His upbringing in the "weird little" factory town and the backward eccentricities of his extended family lent themselves to his stand-up routine, which has been seen on

Dana Dawson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dana Dawson: is an American singer and actress. She made her acting debut at the age of 7 in a national tour of Annie. She was an understudy of the character Mimi, in the national tour of Rent in 2000 and joined the Broadway cast in 2001 as an understudy/swing.[

Dana Fuchs            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dana Fuchs: is an American singer, songwriter, actress and voice over talent most famous for her role as Sadie in the 2007 film Across the Universe.The Dana Fuchs Band put out a CD, Lonely For A Lifetime in 2003. Fuchs has claimed that she "wanted to capture a soulfu

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