Cynthia:
You started the idea in Mar. 1996, when did the SOG formally establish?
I searched for some famous names with "Dan", here are some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoya_Kosmodemyanskaya
http://www.rian.ru/zabytoe/20061116/55692377.html
and a folklore hero written by Gorky:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Gorky