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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Danielle Etienne

2001–

Danielle Monique Etienne (born 16 January 2001) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southern Conference team The Citadel Bulldogs. Born in the United States, she represents Haiti at international level.

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Literature

Danielle Evans

1983–

Danielle Valore Evans is an American fiction writer. She is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Iowa. In 2011, she was honored by the National Book Foundation as one of its "5 Under 35" fiction writers.

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Arts & Performance

Danielle Fiamanya

Biography

Danielle Fiamanya is a Scottish actress. She is known for her work in musical theatre, earning a Laurence Olivier Award nomination and a Stage Debut Award.

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Science & Inventions

Danielle Hairston

Biography

Danielle Hairston is an American psychiatrist who is Director of Residency Training in the Department of Psychiatry at Howard University College of Medicine, and a practicing psychiatrist in the Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at the University…

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History & Culture

Danielle Hayden

1998–

Danielle Hayden (born 11 August 1998) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Rayo Vallecano.

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Arts & Performance

Danielle Henry

Biography

Danielle Henry (born 1985/1986) is a British actress, known for playing Mandy Marquez in the BBC soap opera Doctors. She has also appeared as Latisha Daggert in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, as well as Mary Oliver in the CBBC series My Mum Tracy Beaker.

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Biography & Culture

Danielle Herrington

1993–

Danielle Nicole Herrington (born May 26, 1993) is an American model known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including the cover of the 2018 edition where she became the third African-American woman to appear on the cover — after…

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Education & Scholarship

Danielle Holley

Biography

Danielle R. Holley (born c. 1974) is an American academic administrator who has been the 20th president Mount Holyoke College since 2023. She is the first Black woman in the position.

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Literature

Danielle Jawando

1988–

Danielle Nadine Jawando (born June 1988) is an English writer best known for her young adult novels. Her second novel When Our Worlds Collided (2022) won the Jhalak Prize and the YA Book Prize.

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Science

Danielle N. Lee

Biography

Danielle N. Lee is an American assistant professor of biology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, best known for her science blogging and outreach efforts focused on increasing minority participation in STEM fields. Her research interests focus…

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Film & Television

Danielle Nicolet

1973–

Danielle Nicolet (born Danielle Diggs; November 24, 1973) is an American actress known for roles on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), Second Time Around (2004–05), The Starter Wife (2008), Family Tools (2013), Born Again Virgin (2015–16), and The Flash…

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Biography & Culture

Danielle Outlaw

1975–

Danielle Outlaw (née Bowman; born September 1976) is an American former law enforcement officer. She served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department in Philadelphia from 2020 to 2023, chief of police of the Portland Police Bureau in Oregon…

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Arts & Performance

Danielle Perez

Biography

Danielle Perez (born 1984 or 1985) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. She participated in CBS's 2020 Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase and has credits on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, MTV's Decoded, NBC's StandUp, and A Little Late with Lilly…

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Sports

Danielle Perkins

1982–

Danielle Perkins (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional boxer, who has held the WBA female light-heavyweight title since February 2026. As an amateur she won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships and gold the following year.

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Arts & Performance

Danielle Pinnock

1988–

Danielle Pinnock (born May 11, 1988) is an American actress, writer, and comedian. Pinnock won an Astra Television Award and an NAACP Image Award for her performance as a main cast member on the CBS comedy Ghosts (2021–present), where she plays the 1920s…

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Music

Danielle Ponder

1982–

Danielle Ponder is an American musician and lawyer. Before becoming a musician, she worked as a public defender. She released her debut album, Some of Us are Brave, in 2022.

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Danielle Slaton

1980–

Danielle Victoria Slaton (born June 10, 1980) is an American retired professional soccer player. She is currently a soccer analyst for MLS Season Pass, Fox Sports and the Pac-12 Network. A five-year member of the United States women's national soccer team…

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Music

Danielle Vega

1986–

Danielle Vega (nee; Erica Rhodes) is an American actress. Vega made her TV debut as Kim on the PBS television series Barney & Friends; before earning worldwide acclaim as Ceci Camayo on Hulu's drama series East Los High.

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Arts & Performance

Danielle Vitalis

Biography

Danielle Vitalis is a British actress and writer. She has lead roles in series such as Sliced (2019) and Smothered (2023), and made appearances in films like Attack the Block (2011) and The Great Escaper (2023).

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Science & Inventions

Danielle Wood

Biography

Danielle Wood is an associate professor in the MIT Media Lab, where she directs the research group Space Enabled. Prior to joining MIT, Wood worked as special assistant to Dava Newman at NASA. Wood looks to advance justice using technology created in space.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Danira Afegbua, Anogiri Akpala Masquerade Costume, Ogute, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Danira Afegbua, Anogiri Akpala Masquerade Costume, Ogute, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2852
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Danish Free Black Citizenship Commemorative Medal

April 18, 1834

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A Danish Free Black Citizenship Commemorative Medal, issued by the Free Blacks of Saint Thomas, to commemorate the royal edict passed by Frederick VI on April 18, 1834. The medal is round, and bronze toned. The obverse of the medal is edged with thin a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.112.1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Danish Free Black Citizenship Commemorative Medal

April 18, 1834

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A Danish Free Black Citizenship Commemorative Medal, issued by the Free Blacks of Saint Thomas, to commemorate the royal edict passed by Frederick VI on April 18, 1834. The medal is round, and bronze toned. The obverse of the medal is edged with thin a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.112.2
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BIOGRAPHY
Arts & Performance

Danitra Vance

1954–1994

Danitra Vance (July 13, 1954 – August 21, 1994) was an American comedian and actress who was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) during its eleventh season in 1985. Raised in Chicago's South Side, Vance performed for The…

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