Dunn (surname)
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Dunn is a surname in the English language
. The name has several different origins. In some cases it is an Anglicised form of the Irish
surname Ó Duinn, meaning "descendant of Donn
"; the Gaelic Donn was originally a byname, meaning "brown-haired" or "chieftain". Another origin of the surname Dunn is from the Middle English
dunn, meaning "dark-coloured"; this name originated as a nickname
for someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion
. Another origin of Dunn is from a habitational name
, derived from Dun
in Angus
, Scotland
; this place name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic dùn
, meaning "fort". Another origin of the surname Dunn is from the Gaelic donn, meaning "brown".
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. The name has several different origins. In some cases it is an Anglicised form of the Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
surname Ó Duinn, meaning "descendant of Donn
Donn (given name)
Donn is a given name in the Irish language. Donn was originally a byname, which had two meanings: one of the meanings was "brown"; the other was "chief" or "noble". Its use as a given name today is represents a short form of any of the various of Gaelic names that begin with the first element donn-...
"; the Gaelic Donn was originally a byname, meaning "brown-haired" or "chieftain". Another origin of the surname Dunn is from the Middle English
Middle English
Middle English is the stage in the history of the English language during the High and Late Middle Ages, or roughly during the four centuries between the late 11th and the late 15th century....
dunn, meaning "dark-coloured"; this name originated as a nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
for someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion
Complexion
Complexion refers to the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially that of the face.-History:The word "complexion" is derived from the Late Latin complexi, which initially referred in general terms to a combination of things, and later in physiological terms, to the balance of...
. Another origin of Dunn is from a habitational name
Habitational name
A habitational name is a type of name. These names denote the starting inhabited location. Such locations can be any type of settlement, such as: homesteads, farms, enclosures, villages, hamlets, strongholds or cottages. The second element of a habitational name describes the type of settlement...
, derived from Dun
Dun, Angus
Dun is a rural parish in Angus, Scotland. It contains the House of Dun, home of the Erskine family and is a stop on the Caledonian Railway. It is located on the river South Esk, east of Montrose and west of Brechin. In 1785-7 a bridge was built there across the South Esk. The writer Violet Jacob...
in Angus
Angus
Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
; this place name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic dùn
Dun
Dun is now used both as a generic term for a fort and also for a specific variety of Atlantic roundhouse...
, meaning "fort". Another origin of the surname Dunn is from the Gaelic donn, meaning "brown".
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- Aaron Dunn (1851)Aaron Dunn (1851)Aaron Dunn, one of the pioneers of the northwest was a prominent citizen of Deadwood. He was a native of the province of Ontario, Canada; having been born on the banks of the St...
, Canadian pioneer - Adam DunnAdam DunnAdam Troy Dunn , nicknamed "Big Donkey", is an American Major League Baseball first baseman, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed....
, American baseball player - Alexander Roberts DunnAlexander Roberts DunnAlexander Roberts Dunn VC was the first Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, Canadian soldier - Amanda Dunn, Canadian broadcaster Billie HolidayBillie Holiday (broadcaster)Billie Holiday is the professional name of Canadian radio and television personality Amanda Dunn.The daughter of a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, Holiday first became involved in radio at the age of 15....
- Anne DunnAnne DunnAnne Dunn is an English artist associated with the second generation of the School of London.-Background and education:...
, British artist, daughter of James Hamet DunnJames Hamet DunnSir James Hamet Dunn, 1st Baronet was a major Canadian financier and industrialist during the first half of the 20th century.-Early life:...
B
- Ben DunnBen DunnBen Dunn is an American comic book artist. Although born in Taiwan, he grew up in Kentucky, Taiwan and San Antonio, Texas. It was in Taiwan that he was first exposed to Japanese manga. In 1984 he founded Antarctic Press, an American comic book company specializing in Manga-style titles...
, American comic book artist - Bill Newton DunnBill Newton DunnWilliam "Bill" Newton Dunn is a British politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands for the Liberal Democrats.-Early life:...
, British politician - Bob Dunn (disambiguation)
- Bob Dunn (politician)Bob Dunn (politician)Robert John Dunn , known as Bob Dunn, was a British Conservative Party politician.Having been involved in the Conservative Party in his home-constituency of Eccles, near Manchester, Dunn was elected a councillor in the London Borough of Southwark in May 1974...
, British politician - Bob Dunn (cartoonist)Bob Dunn (cartoonist)Bob Dunn was an American cartoonist, entertainer and gagwriter who drew several comic strips.In addition to his own strips, Dunn was known for his work on Jimmy Hatlo's Little Iodine and They'll Do It Every Time.King Features syndicated Dunn's Just the Type from May 5, 1946 to November 24, 1963...
, American cartoonist
- Bob Dunn (politician)
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- Carola DunnCarola DunnCarola Dunn is an English-American writer. She began by writing historical romances but later switched to crime stories. Today she lives and works in Eugene, Oregon. The hero of her crime novels is the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple, a freelance writer, sometimes known as "Miss Daisy". Daisy's beau...
, British-American crime writer - Charles DunnCharles DunnCharles Dunn was a United States jurist and politician.Born in Bullitt's Lick, Bullitt County, Kentucky, Dunn was educated in Kentucky and Illinois. Dunn read law under Nathaniel Pope in Illinois and was admitted to the Illinois bar. During the Black Hawk War of 1832, Dunn served in the Illinois...
, American politician - Christopher Dunn (author)Christopher Dunn (author)Christopher P. Dunn, born 1946 in Manchester, England, is an English revisionist history author known for the book The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt, which claims that precision machining is evident in ancient Egyptian structures, particularly in the Giza pyramid...
, British author - Clive DunnClive DunnClive Robert Benjamin Dunn OBE is a retired English actor, comedian and author, best known for his role as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army.-Early life:...
, British actor
D
- Danny DunnDanny DunnDanny Dunn is the name of a fictional character and protagonist of a series of juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams, in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s...
, fictional character of Raymond AbrashkinRaymond AbrashkinRaymond Abrashkin was an American writer best known for writing, co-producing, and co-directing the acclaimed movie, The Little Fugitive, and for co-creating and co-authoring the highly successful Danny Dunn series of science fiction books for children with Jay Williams.-Family:Raymond's parents...
and Jay WilliamsJay Williams (author)Jay Williams was an American author born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Max and Lillian Jacobson. He cited the experience of growing up as the son of a vaudeville show producer as leading him to pursue his acting career as early as college... - David DunnDavid DunnDavid John Ian Dunn is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers.-Blackburn Rovers:...
, British football player - Dick DunnDick DunnRichard 'Dick' Dunn OAM was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership .Dunn played 134 matches for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years...
, Australian rugby league footballer - Donald "Duck" Dunn, bass player
- Douglas DunnDouglas DunnDouglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBE is a Scottish poet, academic, and critic. He currently lives in Scotland.-Background:Dunn was born in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire. He was educated at the Scottish School of Librarianship, and worked as a librarian before he started his studies in Hull...
, British poet
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- Edward John DunnEdward John DunnEdward John Dunn was an Australian geologist, winner of the 1905 Murchison Medal.-Early life:Dunn was born at Bedminster near Bristol, England, the son of Edward Herbert Dunn and his wife Betsy, née Robinson. The family emigrated to New South Wales in 1849, initially living near Goulburn, New...
, Australian geologist - Edward Wilkes Dunn, American actor
- Edwina Dunn, fictional character from EastEndersEastEndersEastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
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- Fayette S. DunnFayette S. DunnFayette S. Dunn was president and chairman of the board of the Otis Elevator Company starting in 1964.-See also:*Elevator...
(1903–1979), Otis Elevator - Francis J. DunnFrancis J. DunnFrancis J. Dunn was a Wisconsin politician.Francis Dunn was appointed secretary of the Wisconsin Territory by President Martin Van Buren on January 25, 1841. He continued in office until Alexander P. Field took office on April 23, 1841. Dunn served in the Wisconsin Territorial House of...
, American politician - Francis John DunnFrancis John DunnFrancis John Dunn was a bishop in the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque in the state of Iowa from 1969-1989.-Biography:...
, (1922–1989) Auxiliary Bishop of DubuqueRoman Catholic Archdiocese of DubuqueThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northeastern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States. It includes all the Iowa counties north of Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, and Clinton counties. ... - Frank DunnFrank DunnFrank A. Dunn is a Canadian business executive who was the Chief Executive Officer of Nortel Networks. In 2007, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges against him, and three former senior executives, in a wide-ranging financial fraud scheme.Dunn joined Nortel Networks...
, former NortelNortelNortel Networks Corporation, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and sometimes known simply as Nortel, was a multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada...
CEO
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- Harry "Cherries" Dunn, Irish-American Gangster, brother of John "Pudgy" Dunn
- Harvey DunnHarvey DunnHarvey Thomas Dunn was an American painter. He is best known for his prairie-intimate masterpiece, The Prairie is My Garden. In this painting, a mother and her son and daughter are out gathering flowers from the quintessential prairie of the Great Plains.-Early life:Dunn was born on a homestead...
, American artist - Herbert O. DunnHerbert O. DunnHerbert Omar Dunn was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy.-Biography:In 1877, as a cadet, Dunn sailed on the sloop-of-war on a voyage to the South Atlantic....
, American admiral - Holly DunnHolly DunnHolly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled début album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot.Dunn is the daughter of a minister father...
, American country musicCountry musicCountry music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer - Hugh Alexander DunnHugh Alexander DunnHugh Alexander Dunn was a diplomat who served as Australian ambassador in Taiwan and China.Dunn was a classical Chinese scholar. He was born in Rockhampton, Queensland and died in Brisbane.-External links:*...
, Australian diplomat
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- Ian Dunn, fictional character in the radio sitcom KnockerKnocker (radio series)Knocker is a British radio situation comedy broadcast on digital radio station BBC 7, recorded before a live audience. It is written by and stars Neil Edmond as Ian Dunn, a long suffering market researcher. The series also co-stars Paula Wilcox as Ian's boss, Mary...
- Ian Campbell DunnIan Campbell DunnIan Campbell Dunn was a gay rights campaigner who lived and worked in Scotland.-Life and career:Dunn began his work in gay rights activism after finding that the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalized homosexual relations between adult men, applied only to England and Wales and...
, Scottish gay rights campaigner
J
- Jack DunnJack DunnJohn Joseph Dunn was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century who later went on to become a minor league baseball club owner....
, American baseball player - James Dunn (disambiguation)
- James Dunn (actor)James Dunn (actor)James Howard Dunn was an American film actor.-Biography:Born in New York City of Irish descent, Dunn was the son of a Wall Street stockbroker who, according to Dunn, "either had a million or nothing." He joined his father in his business for three years...
, American actor - James Dunn (theologian)James Dunn (theologian)James D. G. Dunn was for many years the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the Department of Theology at the University of Durham. Since his retirement he has been made Emeritus Lightfoot Professor. He is a leading British New Testament scholar, broadly in the Protestant tradition. Dunn is...
, Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham - James Hamet DunnJames Hamet DunnSir James Hamet Dunn, 1st Baronet was a major Canadian financier and industrialist during the first half of the 20th century.-Early life:...
, Canadian industrialist
- James Dunn (actor)
- Jamie DunnJamie DunnJamie Dunn is an Australian comedian.Starting his entertainment career as a singer, Jamie Dunn moved into television, working the puppet Agro on Agro's Cartoon Connection.- Radio :Up until 2005, Dunn was a member of a radio breakfast show in Brisbane...
, Australian comedian - Jancee DunnJancee DunnJancee Dunn is a journalist, author and former VJ. She is now a contributing editor at O, The Oprah Magazine but is mostly known for her work at Rolling Stone, where she worked from 1989 to 2003.- Background :...
, American journalist - Jason Dunn (disambiguation)
- Jennifer DunnJennifer DunnJennifer Blackburn Dunn was a prominent Republican member of the United States House of Representatives 1993–2005, representing .-Early life:...
, American politician - Jody Dunn, British politician
- John Churchill Dunn, British radio personality
- John "Pudgy" Dunn, Irish-American Gangster, brother of Harry "Cherries" Dunn
- John DunnJohn Dunn (political scientist)John Montfort Dunn is a emeritus Professor of Political Theory at King's College, Cambridge, and Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Chiba University, Japan.-Biography:...
, British political theorist - John M. "Cockeye" DunnJohn M. DunnJohn M. "Cockeye" Dunn was a New York mobster involved in the numbers racket and labor racketeering as a top enforcer for his brother-in-law Eddie McGrath...
, Irish-American Gangster - John Thomas Dunn, Irish-American Politician
- John Robert Dunn (1834–1895), South African pioneer
- John Asher DunnJohn Asher DunnJohn Asher Dunn is an American linguist who created the first academic dictionary and grammar of the Tsimshian language, an American Indian language of northwestern British Columbia and southeast Alaska....
, American linguist - John W. DunnJohn W. DunnJohn W. Dunn was a Scottish writer and animator for animated cartoons from 1955 to 1983.Dunn began his career at the Walt Disney cartoon studio, where his first story credit—Man in Space—received an Oscar nomination...
, Scottish animator
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- Lin DunnLin DunnLin Dunn is an American longtime women's basketball coach. She is most known for being the first coach and general manager for the Seattle Storm. She has more than 500 wins to her name....
, American basketball coach - Linwood G. DunnLinwood G. DunnLinwood G. Dunn, A.S.C. was a pioneer of visual special effects in motion pictures and inventor of related technology...
, American pioneer of visual special effects in motion pictures and inventor of related technology - Louis DunnLouis DunnLouis G. Dunn was a South African-born engineer who played a key role in the development of early American missiles and launch vehicles.- Caltech :...
, South African engineer - Lydia Dunn, Baroness DunnLydia Dunn, Baroness DunnLydia Selina Dunn, Baroness Dunn, DBE, JP was the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in Hong Kong in 1985-1988 and 1988-1995, after Rogerio Hyndman Lobo and Chung Sze Yuen respectively...
, Hong Kong born Legislative Councillor, politician, banker, now resides in the UK.
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- Margaret DunnMargaret DunnMargaret Dunn is an Irish bagpiper, originally from Cullen, Co. Cork, now living in Scotland. She started learning the pipes when she was 9 years old and was initially taught by her father Con Houlihan. She later received lessons from Stephen Power and moved to Scotland when she was 17 to study...
, Irish piper - Mark DunnMark DunnMark Dunn is an American author and playwright. He studied film at Memphis State University followed by post-graduate work in screenwriting at the University of Texas moving to New York in 1987 where he worked in the New York Public Library whilst writing plays in his free time.Among the...
, American author and playwright - Mary Bickford Dunn, the Canadian actress Marie PrevostMarie PrevostMarie Prevost was a Canadian-born actress of the early days of cinema. During her twenty year career, she made 121 silent and talking pictures.-Early life:...
- Mary Josephine Dunn, the British writer Jo BeverleyJo BeverleyJo Beverley, née Mary Josephine Dunn is a prolific British-Canadian writer of popular historical romance novels....
- Matthew DunnMatthew DunnMatthew Dunn is a former Olympic freestyle and medley swimmer swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992....
, Australian swimmer - Max Dunn (poet)Max Dunn (poet)Maxell Walter Dumont Dunn was an Australian editor, publisher, poet, and literary translator.-Biography:Born in Dublin, Ireland, Dunn's early life remains obscure, though he claimed to have been educated at the University of Edinburgh, and in France and the United States, before moving to...
, Irish-Australian poet - Michael Dunn (actor), American actor
- Michael G. DunnMichael Dunn (baseball)Michael G. Dunn is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins.-Baseball career:Dunn played collegiate baseball for the Community College of Southern Nevada from 2003 to 2005...
, American baseball player - Mother Dunn (disambiguation)
- Francis A. "Mother" DunnFrancis DunnFrancis A. "Mother" Dunn a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was an American football player as well as head football coach for the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. While coaching at Dickinson he also played professional football for the Canton Bulldogs...
, American football player for the Canton BulldogsCanton BulldogsThe Canton Bulldogs were a professional American football team, based in Canton, Ohio. They played in the Ohio League from 1903 to 1906 and 1911 to 1919, and its successor, the National Football League, from 1920 to 1923 and again from 1925 to 1926. The Bulldogs would go on to win the 1917, 1918... - Dr. William Thomas "Mother" DunnW. T. DunnWilliam Thomas "Mother" Dunn was a collegiate American football player, who played linebacker and center for Penn State University. Dunn captained the 1906 Penn State Nittany Lions football team and that year became the first player outside of the Ivy League to be selected as an All-American by...
, Penn State All-American football player and physician
- Francis A. "Mother" Dunn
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- Nell DunnNell Dunn-Early years:Dunn was born in London and educated at a convent, which she left at the age of fourteen. Although she came from an upper class background, in 1959 she moved to Battersea and made friends in the neighbourhood and worked for a time in a sweets factory...
, British playwright and novelist, daughter of Philip - Nora DunnNora DunnNora Eloise Dunn is an American actress and comedian, perhaps best known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live.-Early life:...
, American actress
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- Patricia C. DunnPatricia C. DunnPatricia Cecile Dunn , aka Patricia Cecile Dunn-Jahnke, is the former non-executive chairman of the board of Hewlett-Packard , a position she held from February 2005 until September 22, 2006, when she resigned her position. On October 4, 2006 Bill Lockyer, the California attorney general, charged...
, former chairwoman of Hewlett Packard - Paul Dunn (disambiguation)
- Peter DunnPeter DunnPeter James Dunn AO is a former Commissioner for the ACT Emergency Services Authority responsible for the ACT Fire Brigade, ACT Ambulance Service, Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service. He was appointed to this position in 2003 by Chief Minister Jon Stanhope...
, Australian soldier and emergency services administrator - Parker F. DunnParker F. DunnParker F. Dunn was an American soldier serving in the United States Army during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.-Biography:...
, American World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient
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- Richard Dunn, British boxer
- Robert Dunn (disambiguation)
- Ronnie DunnRonnie DunnRonnie Gene Dunn is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn. In 2011, Dunn began working as a solo artist following the breakup of Brooks & Dunn...
, half of the country music duo Brooks and Dunn - Ryan DunnRyan DunnRyan Matthew Dunn was an American reality television personality and daredevil best known for being a member of the Jackass and Viva La Bam crew. He hosted Homewrecker and Proving Ground...
(1977-2011), (aka Random Hero) member of CKY CrewCKY CrewThe Camp Kill Yourself Crew are a group of friends and relatives centered around Bam Margera, many of whom are from or located in and around West Chester, Pennsylvania...
and alumni of Jackass, Viva La BamViva La BamViva La Bam is an American reality television series that stars Bam Margera and his friends and family. The show was a spin-off from MTV's Jackass, in which Margera and most of the main cast had appeared...
, and his own Homewrecker
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- Sheila DunnSheila DunnSheila Mary Dunn was an actor who worked primarily on television.She appeared in two editions of The Wednesday Play in the early part of her career...
, British actress - Samuel Dunn (disambiguation)
- Stephen DunnStephen DunnStephen Dunn is an American poet. Dunn has written fifteen collections of poetry. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 2001 collection, Different Hours and has received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Dunn completed his B.A. in English at...
, American poet - Steve Dunn (baseball 1990s), American baseball player
- Steve Dunn (1880s first baseman), Canadian baseball player
- Susan DunnSusan DunnSusan Dunn is an award winning American spinto soprano who has graced many of the world's finest opera houses, concert halls, and theaters in operas, oratorios, and concert performances. Dunn is particularly admired for her portrayals of Verdi heroines...
, American opera soprano - Sarah Jayne DunnSarah Jayne DunnSarah Jayne Dunn is an English actress best known for playing Mandy Richardson in Hollyoaks.-Biography:Dunn was born in Leigh, Lancashire and educated at Lowton High School, excelling in drama and performing arts, and a part time career as a model...
, British actress
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- Teddy DunnTeddy DunnEdward Wilkes "Teddy" Dunn is an Australian actor known for his portrayal of Duncan Kane in the Rob Thomas television series Veronica Mars which he portrayed for 44 episodes.-Personal life:...
, American actor - Terry DunnTerry DunnTerry Dunn was the head men's basketball coach at Dartmouth College from 2004 through January 9, 2010, when he resigned his position effective immediately.-Head coaching record:-References:...
, men's basketball coach at Dartmouth College - Thomas Dunn (lieutenant-governor), Lieutenant-Governor of Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
- Thomas Dunn (musician)Thomas Dunn (musician)Thomas Dunn was an American musician and music editor known for his performances of Baroque music. He is considered an important figure in the development of the modern Early Music Revival and Historically informed performance in the United States.-Early years:He was born in Aberdeen, South...
(born 1925), American musician - Thomas B. DunnThomas B. DunnThomas Byrne Dunn was an American businessman and politician.-Life:...
(1853–1924), Congressman from NY - Tim DunnTim DunnTim Dunn is a former 2006 United States Congressional candidate for the 8th District of North Carolina. Dunn is a Democrat who ran against the current Republican incumbent, Robin Hayes. Dunn is an Iraq War Veteran, a former active duty United States Marine and is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in...
, Irish-American politian - Todd DunnTodd DunnTodd Kent Dunn was a Major League Baseball player. Dunn played for the Milwaukee Brewers in the and seasons. In 50 career games, Dunn had 30 hits, three home runs, six doubles, and a .234 batting average. He batted and threw right-handed.-External links:*...
, baseball player - Trevor DunnTrevor DunnTrevor Roy Dunn is an American composer, bass guitarist and double bassist.Dunn came to prominence in the 1990s with the experimental band Mr. Bungle. He has since worked in an array of musical styles, notably with singer and Mr...
, American musician
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- Warrick DunnWarrick DunnWarrick De'Mon Dunn is a former American football running back, and current minority owner of the Atlanta Falcons. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12th overall in the 1997 NFL Draft, after playing college football at Florida State...
, American football player - Wendell E. Dunn, Jr.Wendell E. Dunn, Jr.Wendell Earl Dunn, Jr. was a chemical engineer, metallurgist, and inventor. His technologies for high temperature chlorination, gold extraction, tantalum and titanium extraction are still widely used.-Early years:Dunn was the first son of educator Wendell E...
, American Chemist and Inventor - William Dunn (disambiguation)
- Winfield DunnWinfield DunnBryant Winfield Culberson Dunn was the 43rd Governor of Tennessee, from 1971 to 1975.-Biography:Dunn was born in Meridian, Mississippi. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1950 with a B.B.A., and from the University of Tennessee Medical Units in Memphis in 1955 with a D.D.S. Dunn...
, governor of Tennessee