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Filson, John

(Encyclopedia) Filson, John, c.1753–1788, Kentucky pioneer, b. Chester co., Pa. In 1783 he acquired land in Kentucky, taught school, and wrote Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucke (…

Updike, Daniel Berkeley

(Encyclopedia) Updike, Daniel BerkeleyUpdike, Daniel Berkeleyŭpˈdīkˌ [key], 1860–1941, American printer and historian of typography, b. Providence, R.I. At the Merrymount Press, which he founded in…

Lohenstein, Daniel Caspar von

(Encyclopedia) Lohenstein, Daniel Caspar vonLohenstein, Daniel Caspar vondäˈnēĕl käsˈpär fən lōˈənshtīn [key], 1635–83, German dramatist, novelist, and poet. Lohenstein is credited with having…

Daniels, Bebe

(Virginia Daniels) actressBirthplace: DallasBorn: 1901Died: 1971

Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Kaluuya is the English actor who shot to stardom as the protagonist in Jordan Peele's 2017 movie, Get Out. A few years later, he won the best supporting actor Oscar for playing a Black Panther…

Stormy Daniels

Name at birth: Stephanie GregoryStormy Daniels is the adult film star who in 2016 accepted a $130,000 payment not to talk about her alleged affair with future president Donald Trump. That payment led…

Daniel Johnston

Singer-songwriter and would-be cartoonist Daniel Johnston was a local music act in Austin, Texas when Nirvana's Kurt Cobain made him nationally famous in 1992 by wearing Johnston's t-shirt at the MTV…

Daniel Clowes

Daniel Clowes is the writer and illustrator whose underground comics were made into the films Ghost World (2001) and Art School Confidential (2006). A graduate of New York's Pratt Institute, Clowes…