Daniel Howell



Daniel James Howell (born  June 11th, 1991)   known as D anisnotonfire is a popular English youtuber. He was born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England. He currently lives in London, England with best friend, and fellow Youtuber, Philip Michael Lester (aka AmazingPhil ). Dan is 6'3" tall (6ft 3in).

Dan uploaded his first YouTube video on 16th October 2009, named "HELLO INTERNET " having previously watched YouTubers for three years. He started making videos when a few friends, including Phil Lester, convinced him to upload videos to his own channel.

Dan attended Manchester University in 2010, studying law, but dropped out after a year to pursue video blogging as a profession.

As of December 2013, his channel has over 3 million subscribers and o ver 165 million video views.

One of his favorite bands is Muse, although he has stated that he can't choose one favourite band or song. He has said that both his and Phil's favourite album is 'Origin of Symmetry' by Muse.

He was elected Sugarscape Hottest Lad of 2012.

As of January 2013, Dan and Phil have their own radio request show on BB C Radio 1, which airs every Sunday from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.

In April 2013, Dan and Phil travelled to New York on behalf of Fuse, where they interviewed Fall Out Boy during their comeback tour.

In May 2013 Dan and Phil received a Sony Golden Headphones Award for the UK's favourite Radio Presenter, which was voted for by members of the public.

Dan's Schedule

 * Tuesday - Live Show on YouNow, 9:00pm, GMT (4pm EST.)
 * Friday/Saturday/Sunday (or later, as he is a self-proclaimed sufferer of procrastination.) - Upload new vlog/video on his main channel.
 * Sunday, 7.00pm- 9.00pm, Radio 1 Request Show with AmazingPhil

Radio career
It was announced in November 2012 that both Phil and Dan will host BBC Radio 1's request show, on Sundays 7pm-9pm, starting on 13th January 2013. The show is fully interactive, allowing listeners to call in to request a song and doing challenges to get it played ("fan wars"). On the website, music videos are shown which fans have made and emailed  to Dan and Phil. The entire show is streamed in video, live on the BBC Radio 1 website.

In August 2013 Dan and Phil recieved a Sony Golden Headphones Award for the UK's favourite Radio Pres enters, voted for by the fans.