Dare (name)

Dare or Daré is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Airton Daré (born 1978), Brazilian race car driver
• Alison Dare (born 1965), South African field hockey player
• Ananias Dare (c.1560– c.1587?), British tiler and bricklayer, member of the Roanoke Colony; husband of Eleanor Dare and father of Virginia Dare
• Arthur N. Dare (1850–1923), American Republican politician of Minnesota
• Barbara Dare (born 1963), American pornographic actress
• Bill Dare, British radio writer
• Billy Dare (1927–1994), English footballer
• Danny Dare (1905–1996), American choreographer, actor, director, writer
• Dorothy Dare (1911–1981), American actress and singer
• Eleanor Dare (c.1563–c.1599?), English colonist and member of the Roanoke Colony; mother of Virginia Dare
• Elkanah Kelsey Dare (1782–1826), American composer
• Johnny Dare, American radio personality
• Joseph Dare (footballer) (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
• Joseph Dare (minister) (1831–1880), Australian Wesleyan Church leader
• Kevin Dare (born 1959), English footballer
• Leona Dare (1854/55–1922), American circus performer
• Michael Dare (born 1917), Canadian general
• Norm Dare (born 1948), Australian rules footballer
• Phyllis Dare (1890–1975), English singer and actress
• Reginald Dare (1921–1993), English cricketer and footballer
• Tessa Dare, American writer, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling historical romance novelist
• Virginia Dare (1587-?), first child born in the Americas to English parents
• Yinka Dare (1972–2004), Nigerian National Basketball Association player
• Zena Dare (1887–1975), English singer and actress; sister of Phyllis Dare
• Dan Dare (disambiguation), several fictional characters

Given name:

• Daré Nibombé (born 1980), footballer from Togo
• Dare Vršič (born 1984), Slovenian footballer