Dan Connally (b. 1956), also known as Danny Connally, is a painter and educator whose career has combined artistic practice, exhibition-making and teaching. Born in Athens, Georgia, Connally studied art at the University of Georgia before receiving a fellowship to spend a year in Italy. He subsequently earned an M.F.A. in 1981 from the University of California, Davis. Moving to Santa Barbara in 1984, Connally established himself as a painter and influential educator. His work has been included in multiple exhibitions at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Connally taught for more than three decades at UC Santa Barbara's College of Creative Studies, where he also directed the college's art gallery, before retiring in 2023.