Danny

For other uses, see Danny (disambiguation).

Danny

Actor Danny DeVito
Pronunciation	/dæn.i/
Gender	Male
Other names
Related names	Daniel, Dennis, Danielle, Dan

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

• 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

• 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

• 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"
• Danny Douglas, in the 2016 animated television series Future-Worm!

See also

• 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

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