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Dana International

Israeli singer
Person Human Q201204

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
trans woman (1993–present)[12]
Date of birth
February 2, 1969, February 2, 1972[7]
Place of birth
Tel Aviv
Country of citizenship
Israel[8]
Occupation
singer-songwriter, recording artist, singer, musician
Educated at
Ironi Alef High School[9]
Award received
First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest (1998), torchlighter (2025)[10][11]
Genre
pop music[13]
Official website
www.danainternational.co.il (?–2016)
Languages spoken, written or signed
Hebrew, English, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Russian, French[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
Birth name
ירון כהן[37]
Discography
Dana International discography[15]
Family name
Cohen, International[17][18]
Given name
Sharon, Dana[19][20]
Instrument
voice, double bass[26][27]
Name in native language
דנה אינטרנשיונל[38]
Participant in
Eurovision Song Contest 1998 (1998), Eurovision Song Contest 2011 (2011)[28][29]
Pseudonym
דנה אינטרנשיונל, Dana International[21][22]
Record label
Hed Arzi Music[14]
Significant event
feminizing surgery, winner, received gender affirming surgery[23][24][25]
Social media followers
22k (2.1k–22k, n=9)
Start of work period
1993[39]
Voice type
contralto[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dana Internacional en Dana International en Sharon Cohen en Dana ar دانا إنترناشيونال cs Sharon Cohen cs Yaron Cohen de Yaron Cohen el Ντάνα Ιντερνάσιοναλ es Dana Internacional es Sharon Cohen fa دانا اینترنشنال fi Danna International fr Sharon Cohen fr Yaron Cohen he דנה אינטרנשיונל he ירון כהן he שרון כהן id Sharon Cohen id Yaron Cohen
🔖 Identifiers · 57
ISNI
0000000059587804
VIAF cluster ID
348149106302268492576
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr2001007458
GND ID
135107539
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dana International (cropped).png ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000499856
Apple Music artist ID
121676788
BBC Things ID
a436779c-e837-4adc-a6fe-49a72290b470
BIBSYS ID
9049637
Bait La Zemer Ha-Ivri artist ID
987007308080605171
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
140251625
Billboard artist ID
dana-international
Show all 57 identifiers +45
DBC author ID
87097919105628
Deezer artist ID
3556
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135107539
Discogs artist ID
104484
Europeana entity
agent/base/62431
Facebook username
danainternational
Fandom article ID
eurosong-contest:Dana_International, eurovisionsongcontest:Dana_International
Film.ru person ID
dana-international
Freebase ID
/m/01vvzbb
GTAA ID
91447
Geni profile ID
6000000015774834033
Genius artist ID
Dana-international
HAND ID
2450-42F4-5BFE-5BEC-75E8
IMDb ID
nm0969363
Instagram username
danainternational
Ishim ID
דנה אינטרנשיונל
J9U entity ID
987007308080605171
Jaxsta profile ID
d1751d6a-ee5c-482d-9b72-9faddffc0d00
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
135107539
LyricsTranslate ID
dana-international-lyrics.html
MOOMA artist ID
1487
MusicBrainz artist ID
f92469be-f755-433a-be19-8bd0c9040e5a
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
49683
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000063076
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000164794
National Library of Latvia ID
000097882
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BJKJ;=zW
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX6231179
Official Charts artist ID
4719
PORT person ID
552637
RILM ID
1644
Rate Your Music artist ID
dana_international
SecondHandSongs artist ID
22520
Setlist.fm artist ID
13d78161
Shironet artist ID
306
Sinemalar person ID
145165
Spotify artist ID
03IVYRlAC972SOHPb86Usr
Stereo Ve Mono artist ID
דנה אינטרנשיונל
Tab4u artist ID
79
Tidal artist ID
3530939
Topic's main category
Category:Dana International
WhoSampled artist ID
Dana-International
X (Twitter) username
dana_inter (2011–present)
Yandex Music artist ID
142625
YouTube channel ID
UC8eC4-NZErDFqBFx5Ur1d9Q (2013–present)

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 9
Free, Danna International, Umpatampa, Diva (English Version) / Diva (Hebrew Version), Diva – The Hits, HaHalom HaEfshari, Hakol Ze Letova, Yoter VeYoter +1 more
← Performer 8
Diva, Ding Dong, Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Free, Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, Danna International, Loca (Dana International song), Maganuna
Languages spoken, written or signed 7
English, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Italian, Hebrew
Compositions 4
Ding Dong, The Fire in Your Eyes, Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Loca (Dana International song)
Occupation 3
singer, singer-songwriter, recording artist
← Lyricist 3
Ding Dong, The Fire in Your Eyes, Loca (Dana International song)
Instrument 2
double bass, voice
Mb:composer 2
סרט הודי (שיר), סרט הודי (שיר)
Mb:lyricist 2
סרט הודי (שיר), סרט הודי (שיר)
Participant in 2
Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Participated in 2
Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Significant event 2
feminizing surgery, winner
Country of citizenship 1
Israel
Family name 1
Cohen
Genre 1
pop music
Given name 1
Sharon
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Tel Aviv
Record label 1
Hed Arzi Music
Sex or gender 1
trans woman
Topic's main category 1
Category:Dana International
Voice type 1
contralto
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Dana International
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Summary

Dana International was born on February 2, 1969[1], in Tel Aviv[2]. She has worked as a singer-songwriter[3], recording artist[4], singer[5], and musician[6].

FAQs

Where was Dana International born?

Dana International was born in Tel Aviv[2].

What did Dana International do for work?

Dana International worked as a singer-songwriter[3], recording artist[4], singer[5], and musician[6].

Where did Dana International go to school?

Dana International was educated at Ironi Alef High School[9].

What awards did Dana International receive?

Honors received include First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest[10] and torchlighter[11].

Related Entities

Israel Tel Aviv

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . forward.com. Retrieved . forward.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . eurovisionworld.com. Retrieved . eurovisionworld.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [1] ↑ . israelhayom.co.il. israelhayom.co.il. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [7] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [21] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 3530939
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  2. 7w ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    PORT person ID → 552637
    "Created claim: PORT person ID: 552637, batch #275236"
  3. 10w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 145165
    HAND ID → 2450-42F4-5BFE-5BEC-75E8
    "Created claim: Sinemalar person ID: 145165, batch #270112"
  4. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Cohen, International
    Given name → Jaron, Sharon, Dana
    Pseudonym → דנה אינטרנשיונל, Dana International
    Occupation → singer-songwriter, recording artist, singer +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32080: import P21 and P106 from GND (22)"
  5. 27w ago · Wolverène · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Jaron, Sharon, Dana
    "Changing order of values for P735"
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