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D Paul D’Amour, bass player Willem Dafoe, actor Roald Dahl, writer Patrick Dahlheimer, bassist Timothy Dalton, actor Roger Daltrey, vocalist; guitarist John Daly, golfer Mary Daly, philosopher, theologian Jean-Claude Van Damme, actor Matt Damon, actor Claire Danes, actor Rodney Dangerfield, comedian, actor Anthony Daniels, actor Lee Daniels, film director Jeff Daniels, actor Blythe Danner, actress Paul Dano, actor Ted Danson, actor Arthur C. Danto, philosopher and art critic Chloe Dao, fashion designer Darcy Fitzwilliam, fictional heartthrob Bobby Darin, singer Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, TV personality James Darren, actor, singer Tom Daschle, political figure Larry David, comedian Harold Davidson, clergyman, sideshow figure Donald Davies, inventor Marion Davies, actress Peter Ho Davies , author Robertson Davies, writer Al Davis, coach, business personality Angela Davis, political activist, author Ann B. Davis, actor Bette Davis, actor Donald Davis, actor Geena Davis, actor Hannah Davis, model Jimmie Davis, country singer, state governor Judy Davis, actress Mac Davis, singer, songwriter Miles Davis, trumpeter Ossie Davis, actor, filmmaker, activist Sammy Davis, Jr., actor, dancer, singer Viola Davis, actor Wendy Davis, political figure Nina Davuluri, beauty contestant Edward Davy, physician, scientist Richard Dawson, actor, game show Host William Levi Dawson , American musician and conductor Doris Day, singer, actor Dorothy Day, social activist, journalist, and cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement Daniel Day-Lewis, actor The Grateful Dead, psychedelic, country rock band Howard Dean, political figure James Dean, actor John Dean, Lawyer, writer Louis de Branges, mathematician Brooklyn Decker, model Midge Decter, journalist, writer Ruby Dee, actor, writer, activist Sandra Dee, actor Paula Deen, celebrity chef Mos Def, rapper, actor The Defeo Family, murder victims Misha Defonseca, fraud Deganawidah, Native American spiritual leader Edgar Degas, artist Ellen DeGeneres, actor, comedian Olympe de Gouges, feminist, writer Dane DeHaan, actor Olivia De Havilland, actress Dana Delany, actor Samuel R. Delany, writer Tom DeLay, politician Oscar De La Renta, fashion designer Dino De Laurentiis, film producer Rebecca De Mornay, actor Portia De Rossi, actor Don DeLillo, writer Michael Dell, entrepreneur, founder of Dell Computer Corporation George De Long, explorer John DeLorean, car designer Vine Deloria, Jr. , Leading Standing Rock Sioux scholar, writer and activist Julie Delpy, actor Dolores Del Rio, actor Benicio Del Toro, actor Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian William Demarest, comedic actor Dr. Demento, radio personality Cecil B. DeMille, director, producer, screenwriter William Edwards Deming, statistician, management consultant Jonathan Demme, director, producer, screenwriter Jacques le Moyne de Morgues , artist, cartographer Patrick Dempsey, actor Dame Judi Dench, actor Catherine Deneuve, actor Robert DeNiro, actor, filmmaker Anthony Denison, actor Brian Dennehy, actor Kat Dennings, actor John Densmore, drummer Bob Denver, actor John Denver, singer, songwriter, actor Brian De Palma, director, screenwriter Gerard Depardieu, actor Johnny Depp, actor Elias Hasket Derby, merchant, shipowner Bo Derek, actor Bruce Dern, actor Laura Dern, actor Anita Desai, writer Kiran Desai, writer Zooey Deschanel, actor Destiny’s Child, R&B band Phoolan Devi, gangster, political figure Danny DeVito, actor, director, producer Melvil Dewey, Librarian Thomas Dewey, politician Colleen Dewhurst, actor Lorenzo de Zavala, politician Laurie Dhue, TV newscaster Neil Diamond, singer, songwriter Diana, Princess of Wales, royalty Cameron Diaz, actor Junot Dí­az, writer Yamila Diaz-Rahi, model Leonardo DiCaprio, actor Andy Dick, actor, comedian Philip K. Dick, writer Angie Dickinson, actor Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson , survivor of the Alamo Bo Diddley, rock musician, guitarist Joan Didion, writer, screenwriter Dido, singer Rudolf Diesel, engineer, inventor Vin Diesel, actor, filmmaker Marlene Dietrich, actor, singer Ani DiFranco, singer and songwriter Barry Diller, media mogul, business personality Phyllis Diller, comedian John Dillinger, gangster John Herbert Dillinger, bank robber, murderer Matt Dillon, actor Joe DiMaggio, baseball player Peter Dinklage, actor Peter Doig, painter Kara DioGuardi, songwriter, TV personality Celine Dion, singer Walt Disney, animator, business personality Joy Division, rock band Dixie Chicks, country-music group Jeane Dixon, columnist, prognosticator Novak Djokovic, tennis player DMX, rapper Lou Dobbs, television/radio personality James Dobson, author, radio personality E.L. Doctorow, novelist Chris Dodd, U.S. Senator, politician Henry Chee Dodge, Navajo political leader Snoop Doggy Dogg, musician Shannen Doherty, actress Bob Dole, political figure Elizabeth Dole, political figure Sandford Dole, political figure, jurist Dolly the Sheep, cloning subject Creflo Dollar, evangelist Eric Dolphy, jazz musician Placido Domingo, operatic tenor Fats Domino, pop musician Phil Donahue, TV talk show host Troy Donahue, actor Robert Donat, actor, director Richard Donner, director, producer Vincent D’Onofrio, actor Shaun Donovan, government official Scooby Doo, animated character James Doohan, actor James Doolittle, aviator, military leader, world war II figure The Doors, rock group Christian Doppler, mathematician Ariel Dorfman, writer Michael Dorn, actor Jamie Dornan, actor Howard Dorough, guitarist Michael Dorris, anthropologist, writer Nannie Doss, murderer Pillsbury Doughboy, animated character, corporate icon Gabby Douglas, gymnast Kirk Douglas, actor, movie producer Marjory Stoneman Douglas, pioneering conservationist Michael Douglas, actor, movie producer Frederick Douglass, antislavery activist, orator Rita Dove, poet Maureen Dowd, columnist, journalist Robert Downey, Jr., actor Lesley-Anne Down, actress Hugh Downs, TV personality Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer David Doyle, actor Roddy Doyle, Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Don Draper, fictional character Dr. Dre, rapper, music producer Paul Dresser, songwriter Charles Drew, physician Daniel Drew, entrepreneur John Drew, actor Katharine Drexel , Roman Catholic nun and saint Richard Dreyfuss, actor Minnie Driver, actress Joanne Dru, actress Peter Drucker, writer, management consultant Matt Drudge, columnist Alexander Dubcek, Czechoslovakian statesman W. E. B. Du Bois, writer, teacher Andre Dubus, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Duchovny, actor Hilary Duff, actor, singer Carol Ann Duffy, poet Jean Dujardin, actor Michael Dukakis, political figure, former U.S. state governor Olympia Dukakis, actress Daisy Duke, fictional hillbilly babe Patty Duke, actor Faye Dunaway, actor Arne Duncan, government official Harry Duncan, printer, editor Isadora Duncan, dancer, choreographer Sandy Duncan, actress R. G. Dun, merchant, financial services broker Lena Dunham, actor, filmmaker Dominick Dunne, journalist, novelist Kirsten Dunst, actor Coleman du Pont, chemical industry entrepreneur Henry Francis du Pont, businessman, museum founder Pierre S. du Pont, industrialist, philanthropist Ashley Dupré, political scandal figure Kevin Durant, basketball player William C. Durant, manufacturer Jimmy Durante, comedian, actor Albrecht Dí¼rer, artist Adam Duritz, musician, producer Charles Durning, actor Fred Durst, rock musician Robert Durst, murder suspect Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, founder of Chicago Eliza Dushku, actor David Duval, golfer Robert Duvall, actor, filmmaker Shelley Duvall, actress Ava DuVernay, filmmaker Andrea Dworkin, writer, activist Dick Van Dyke, actor Bob Dylan, folk musician Jakob Dylan, singer, songwriter, musician Michael Eric Dyson, writer, educator top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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  • Paul D’Amour, bass player
  • Willem Dafoe, actor
  • Roald Dahl, writer
  • Patrick Dahlheimer, bassist
  • Timothy Dalton, actor
  • Roger Daltrey, vocalist; guitarist
  • John Daly, golfer
  • Mary Daly, philosopher, theologian
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme, actor
  • Matt Damon, actor
  • Claire Danes, actor
  • Rodney Dangerfield, comedian, actor
  • Anthony Daniels, actor
  • Lee Daniels, film director
  • Jeff Daniels, actor
  • Blythe Danner, actress
  • Paul Dano, actor
  • Ted Danson, actor
  • Arthur C. Danto, philosopher and art critic
  • Chloe Dao, fashion designer
  • Darcy Fitzwilliam, fictional heartthrob
  • Bobby Darin, singer
  • Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, TV personality
  • James Darren, actor, singer
  • Tom Daschle, political figure
  • Larry David, comedian
  • Harold Davidson, clergyman, sideshow figure
  • Donald Davies, inventor
  • Marion Davies, actress
  • Peter Ho Davies , author
  • Robertson Davies, writer
  • Al Davis, coach, business personality
  • Angela Davis, political activist, author
  • Ann B. Davis, actor
  • Bette Davis, actor
  • Donald Davis, actor
  • Geena Davis, actor
  • Hannah Davis, model
  • Jimmie Davis, country singer, state governor
  • Judy Davis, actress
  • Mac Davis, singer, songwriter
  • Miles Davis, trumpeter
  • Ossie Davis, actor, filmmaker, activist
  • Sammy Davis, Jr., actor, dancer, singer
  • Viola Davis, actor
  • Wendy Davis, political figure
  • Nina Davuluri, beauty contestant
  • Edward Davy, physician, scientist
  • Richard Dawson, actor, game show Host
  • William Levi Dawson , American musician and conductor
  • Doris Day, singer, actor
  • Dorothy Day, social activist, journalist, and cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement
  • Daniel Day-Lewis, actor
  • The Grateful Dead, psychedelic, country rock band
  • Howard Dean, political figure
  • James Dean, actor
  • John Dean, Lawyer, writer
  • Louis de Branges, mathematician
  • Brooklyn Decker, model
  • Midge Decter, journalist, writer
  • Ruby Dee, actor, writer, activist
  • Sandra Dee, actor
  • Paula Deen, celebrity chef
  • Mos Def, rapper, actor
  • The Defeo Family, murder victims
  • Misha Defonseca, fraud
  • Deganawidah, Native American spiritual leader
  • Edgar Degas, artist
  • Ellen DeGeneres, actor, comedian
  • Olympe de Gouges, feminist, writer
  • Dane DeHaan, actor
  • Olivia De Havilland, actress
  • Dana Delany, actor
  • Samuel R. Delany, writer
  • Tom DeLay, politician
  • Oscar De La Renta, fashion designer
  • Dino De Laurentiis, film producer
  • Rebecca De Mornay, actor
  • Portia De Rossi, actor
  • Don DeLillo, writer
  • Michael Dell, entrepreneur, founder of Dell Computer Corporation
  • George De Long, explorer
  • John DeLorean, car designer
  • Vine Deloria, Jr. , Leading Standing Rock Sioux scholar, writer and activist
  • Julie Delpy, actor
  • Dolores Del Rio, actor
  • Benicio Del Toro, actor
  • Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian
  • William Demarest, comedic actor
  • Dr. Demento, radio personality
  • Cecil B. DeMille, director, producer, screenwriter
  • William Edwards Deming, statistician, management consultant
  • Jonathan Demme, director, producer, screenwriter
  • Jacques le Moyne de Morgues , artist, cartographer
  • Patrick Dempsey, actor
  • Dame Judi Dench, actor
  • Catherine Deneuve, actor
  • Robert DeNiro, actor, filmmaker
  • Anthony Denison, actor
  • Brian Dennehy, actor
  • Kat Dennings, actor
  • John Densmore, drummer
  • Bob Denver, actor
  • John Denver, singer, songwriter, actor
  • Brian De Palma, director, screenwriter
  • Gerard Depardieu, actor
  • Johnny Depp, actor
  • Elias Hasket Derby, merchant, shipowner
  • Bo Derek, actor
  • Bruce Dern, actor
  • Laura Dern, actor
  • Anita Desai, writer
  • Kiran Desai, writer
  • Zooey Deschanel, actor
  • Destiny’s Child, R&B band
  • Phoolan Devi, gangster, political figure
  • Danny DeVito, actor, director, producer
  • Melvil Dewey, Librarian
  • Thomas Dewey, politician
  • Colleen Dewhurst, actor
  • Lorenzo de Zavala, politician
  • Laurie Dhue, TV newscaster
  • Neil Diamond, singer, songwriter
  • Diana, Princess of Wales, royalty
  • Cameron Diaz, actor
  • Junot Dí­az, writer
  • Yamila Diaz-Rahi, model
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, actor
  • Andy Dick, actor, comedian
  • Philip K. Dick, writer
  • Angie Dickinson, actor
  • Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson , survivor of the Alamo
  • Bo Diddley, rock musician, guitarist
  • Joan Didion, writer, screenwriter
  • Dido, singer
  • Rudolf Diesel, engineer, inventor
  • Vin Diesel, actor, filmmaker
  • Marlene Dietrich, actor, singer
  • Ani DiFranco, singer and songwriter
  • Barry Diller, media mogul, business personality
  • Phyllis Diller, comedian
  • John Dillinger, gangster
  • John Herbert Dillinger, bank robber, murderer
  • Matt Dillon, actor
  • Joe DiMaggio, baseball player
  • Peter Dinklage, actor
  • Peter Doig, painter
  • Kara DioGuardi, songwriter, TV personality
  • Celine Dion, singer
  • Walt Disney, animator, business personality
  • Joy Division, rock band
  • Dixie Chicks, country-music group
  • Jeane Dixon, columnist, prognosticator
  • Novak Djokovic, tennis player
  • DMX, rapper
  • Lou Dobbs, television/radio personality
  • James Dobson, author, radio personality
  • E.L. Doctorow, novelist
  • Chris Dodd, U.S. Senator, politician
  • Henry Chee Dodge, Navajo political leader
  • Snoop Doggy Dogg, musician
  • Shannen Doherty, actress
  • Bob Dole, political figure
  • Elizabeth Dole, political figure
  • Sandford Dole, political figure, jurist
  • Dolly the Sheep, cloning subject
  • Creflo Dollar, evangelist
  • Eric Dolphy, jazz musician
  • Placido Domingo, operatic tenor
  • Fats Domino, pop musician
  • Phil Donahue, TV talk show host
  • Troy Donahue, actor
  • Robert Donat, actor, director
  • Richard Donner, director, producer
  • Vincent D’Onofrio, actor
  • Shaun Donovan, government official
  • Scooby Doo, animated character
  • James Doohan, actor
  • James Doolittle, aviator, military leader, world war II figure
  • The Doors, rock group
  • Christian Doppler, mathematician
  • Ariel Dorfman, writer
  • Michael Dorn, actor
  • Jamie Dornan, actor
  • Howard Dorough, guitarist
  • Michael Dorris, anthropologist, writer
  • Nannie Doss, murderer
  • Pillsbury Doughboy, animated character, corporate icon
  • Gabby Douglas, gymnast
  • Kirk Douglas, actor, movie producer
  • Marjory Stoneman Douglas, pioneering conservationist
  • Michael Douglas, actor, movie producer
  • Frederick Douglass, antislavery activist, orator
  • Rita Dove, poet
  • Maureen Dowd, columnist, journalist
  • Robert Downey, Jr., actor
  • Lesley-Anne Down, actress
  • Hugh Downs, TV personality
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer
  • David Doyle, actor
  • Roddy Doyle, Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
  • Don Draper, fictional character
  • Dr. Dre, rapper, music producer
  • Paul Dresser, songwriter
  • Charles Drew, physician
  • Daniel Drew, entrepreneur
  • John Drew, actor
  • Katharine Drexel , Roman Catholic nun and saint
  • Richard Dreyfuss, actor
  • Minnie Driver, actress
  • Joanne Dru, actress
  • Peter Drucker, writer, management consultant
  • Matt Drudge, columnist
  • Alexander Dubcek, Czechoslovakian statesman
  • W. E. B. Du Bois, writer, teacher
  • Andre Dubus, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
  • David Duchovny, actor
  • Hilary Duff, actor, singer
  • Carol Ann Duffy, poet
  • Jean Dujardin, actor
  • Michael Dukakis, political figure, former U.S. state governor
  • Olympia Dukakis, actress
  • Daisy Duke, fictional hillbilly babe
  • Patty Duke, actor
  • Faye Dunaway, actor
  • Arne Duncan, government official
  • Harry Duncan, printer, editor
  • Isadora Duncan, dancer, choreographer
  • Sandy Duncan, actress
  • R. G. Dun, merchant, financial services broker
  • Lena Dunham, actor, filmmaker
  • Dominick Dunne, journalist, novelist
  • Kirsten Dunst, actor
  • Coleman du Pont, chemical industry entrepreneur
  • Henry Francis du Pont, businessman, museum founder
  • Pierre S. du Pont, industrialist, philanthropist
  • Ashley Dupré, political scandal figure
  • Kevin Durant, basketball player
  • William C. Durant, manufacturer
  • Jimmy Durante, comedian, actor
  • Albrecht Dí¼rer, artist
  • Adam Duritz, musician, producer
  • Charles Durning, actor
  • Fred Durst, rock musician
  • Robert Durst, murder suspect
  • Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, founder of Chicago
  • Eliza Dushku, actor
  • David Duval, golfer
  • Robert Duvall, actor, filmmaker
  • Shelley Duvall, actress
  • Ava DuVernay, filmmaker
  • Andrea Dworkin, writer, activist
  • Dick Van Dyke, actor
  • Bob Dylan, folk musician
  • Jakob Dylan, singer, songwriter, musician
  • Michael Eric Dyson, writer, educator

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