Name: Daniel James Howell
Date Of Birth: 11th June 1991
Age: 25
Born in: Wokingham, Berkshire
Dan Howell is a British video blogger and radio personality. He is best known for his YouTube channel danisnotonfire, which has over 5 million subscribers.
Along with Phil Lester, he presented the Sunday night entertainment show Dan and Phil on BBC Radio 1 from January 2013 until August 2014, and has since been the monthly host on the stations Internet Takeover slot.
Personal Life
Dan was born and raised in Wokingham. He has a younger brother named Adrian.
Before starting his channel, Dan worked in Focus DIY at the age of 16, and later worked in Asda. He went to The Forest School in Winnersh, Berkshire before studying Law at the University of Manchester, but dropped out after a year to vlog professionally.
He lives with his best friend and fellow YouTuber Phil Lester since 2011, and they moved to London together in July 2012.
Career
YouTube
Dan Uploaded his first YouTube video on 16th October 2009, title HELLO INTERNET. Phil and some other friends of Dan encouraged him to continue with his videos.
He also has a second channel called danisnotinteresting which has over 1.5 million subscribers.
In 2010 and 2011, Howell and Lester took part in the live, annual 24-hour internet broadcast "Stickaid" which is a fundraiser that encourages viewers to donate to the charity UNICEF.In 2012, Howell won the YouTube competition "SuperNote" run by Rhett and Link. Howell also featured in the weekly video series Becoming YouTube created by Benjamin Cook which looked at the different aspects to becoming an internet celebrity. He also wrote a blog for The Huffington Post, in which he wrote about the creative process behind making his videos.
In November 2014, Howell won the Lovie Internet Video Personality of the Year, and accepted his award at the ceremony in London.
On 12 September 2014, Phil Lester and Dan Howell posted the first video on their new gaming YouTube channel, DanandPhilGAMES. On 8 March 2015 the channel hit 1 million subscribers. It was officially the fastest growing channel on YouTube.
On 1 April 2015, Howell and Lester launched a spin-off channel, DanAndPhilCRAFTS, as an April Fools joke. It features a single video of them creating square snowflakes out of paper, with an amateur editing style and humour throughout. It reached over 154,000 subscribers and 500,000 total video views in one week.As of August 2015, his main YouTube channel, danisnotonfire, has 5 million subscribers and 344 million video views.
BBC Radio 1
In January 2013, Dan and Phil became presenters of the BBC Radio 1's Sunday evening entertainment and request show. They had occasionally worked with the station before, producing videos for the station's YouTube channel for Edinburgh Festival Fringe and presenting two Christmas broadcasts. The show was designed to be interactive with the audience, featuring amateur music videos from listeners, challenges performed on air by the presenters and song requests. Four months after starting the show, it won the Sony Golden Headphones award.
TV & Film
Since 2014 Howell and Lester have hosted the worldwide YouTube livestream of the Brit Awards as well as making backstage videos for their channel.
In 2015, Howell, along with Lester, had voice cameo appearances in the UK cinema release of Disney's movie Big Hero 6 as Technician 1 & 2. However, this version is not in the UK home release.
On 2 February 2016 his BBC Three esports documentary The Supergamers aired.
The Amazing Book Is Not On Fire and The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire
On 26 March 2015, Howell and Lester announced they had written a book through a trailer on his channel called The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire. It was released in the UK on 8 October 2015 and worldwide on 15 October 2015, published by Ebury Press and Random House Children's Books. In relation to this, the pair embarked on a virtually sold out tour travelling around the UK during October and November 2015, named "The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire". On 22 April 2016 they are taking the tour to the US beginning at Playlist Live in Orlando, Florida.
The book topped the General Hardbacks Sunday Times Bestsellers list having sold 26,745 copies in the UK in the first week of its release. It also became a #1 New York Times Bestseller in the young adult hardcover list.
Date Of Birth: 11th June 1991
Age: 25
Born in: Wokingham, Berkshire
Dan Howell is a British video blogger and radio personality. He is best known for his YouTube channel danisnotonfire, which has over 5 million subscribers.
Along with Phil Lester, he presented the Sunday night entertainment show Dan and Phil on BBC Radio 1 from January 2013 until August 2014, and has since been the monthly host on the stations Internet Takeover slot.
Personal Life
Dan was born and raised in Wokingham. He has a younger brother named Adrian.
Before starting his channel, Dan worked in Focus DIY at the age of 16, and later worked in Asda. He went to The Forest School in Winnersh, Berkshire before studying Law at the University of Manchester, but dropped out after a year to vlog professionally.
He lives with his best friend and fellow YouTuber Phil Lester since 2011, and they moved to London together in July 2012.
Career
YouTube
Dan Uploaded his first YouTube video on 16th October 2009, title HELLO INTERNET. Phil and some other friends of Dan encouraged him to continue with his videos.
He also has a second channel called danisnotinteresting which has over 1.5 million subscribers.
In 2010 and 2011, Howell and Lester took part in the live, annual 24-hour internet broadcast "Stickaid" which is a fundraiser that encourages viewers to donate to the charity UNICEF.In 2012, Howell won the YouTube competition "SuperNote" run by Rhett and Link. Howell also featured in the weekly video series Becoming YouTube created by Benjamin Cook which looked at the different aspects to becoming an internet celebrity. He also wrote a blog for The Huffington Post, in which he wrote about the creative process behind making his videos.
In November 2014, Howell won the Lovie Internet Video Personality of the Year, and accepted his award at the ceremony in London.
On 12 September 2014, Phil Lester and Dan Howell posted the first video on their new gaming YouTube channel, DanandPhilGAMES. On 8 March 2015 the channel hit 1 million subscribers. It was officially the fastest growing channel on YouTube.
On 1 April 2015, Howell and Lester launched a spin-off channel, DanAndPhilCRAFTS, as an April Fools joke. It features a single video of them creating square snowflakes out of paper, with an amateur editing style and humour throughout. It reached over 154,000 subscribers and 500,000 total video views in one week.As of August 2015, his main YouTube channel, danisnotonfire, has 5 million subscribers and 344 million video views.
BBC Radio 1
In January 2013, Dan and Phil became presenters of the BBC Radio 1's Sunday evening entertainment and request show. They had occasionally worked with the station before, producing videos for the station's YouTube channel for Edinburgh Festival Fringe and presenting two Christmas broadcasts. The show was designed to be interactive with the audience, featuring amateur music videos from listeners, challenges performed on air by the presenters and song requests. Four months after starting the show, it won the Sony Golden Headphones award.
TV & Film
Since 2014 Howell and Lester have hosted the worldwide YouTube livestream of the Brit Awards as well as making backstage videos for their channel.
In 2015, Howell, along with Lester, had voice cameo appearances in the UK cinema release of Disney's movie Big Hero 6 as Technician 1 & 2. However, this version is not in the UK home release.
On 2 February 2016 his BBC Three esports documentary The Supergamers aired.
The Amazing Book Is Not On Fire and The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire
On 26 March 2015, Howell and Lester announced they had written a book through a trailer on his channel called The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire. It was released in the UK on 8 October 2015 and worldwide on 15 October 2015, published by Ebury Press and Random House Children's Books. In relation to this, the pair embarked on a virtually sold out tour travelling around the UK during October and November 2015, named "The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire". On 22 April 2016 they are taking the tour to the US beginning at Playlist Live in Orlando, Florida.
The book topped the General Hardbacks Sunday Times Bestsellers list having sold 26,745 copies in the UK in the first week of its release. It also became a #1 New York Times Bestseller in the young adult hardcover list.