Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: D

Selected Biographies A to 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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