Daniil Pokras was born on November 30, 1905 in Kiev, Russian Empire as Daniil Yakovlevich Pokrass. He was a composer, known for Traktoristy (1939), Esli zavtra voyna (1938) and Devushka s kharakterom (1939). He died on April 16, 1954 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.