Daniel James Howell (born 11 June 1991) is an English YouTuber and presenter. He is best known for his YouTube channels Daniel Howell (formerly known as danisnotonfire), which has reached over six million subscribers, and DanAndPhilGAMES. Together with frequent collaborator and best friend Phil Lester, Howell presented Sunday night entertainment show Dan and Phil on BBC Radio 1 from January 2013 until August 2014, and presented the station's Internet Takeover slot from September 2014 until April 2016.
Howell is from Wokingham, Berkshire. He has a younger brother, Adrian, who started a YouTube channel of his own in 2018.
He worked for retail chain Focus DIY at the age of 16 and later at the supermarket Asda. After graduating from The Forest School in 2009, Howell took a gap year, during which he started posting videos to his channel as a hobby. He then went to the University of Manchester in 2010 to study law, but dropped out in 2011 because of a lack of interest in the subject, instead going on to pursue radio presenting and video blogging as a full-time profession.