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David Fincher
David Fincher went from being a director of flashy TV commercials and music videos in the 1980s and '90s to being one of Hollywood's best-known auteur filmmakers, with Oscar nominations for directing…David Farragut
Name at birth: James Glasgow FarragutAmerican naval officer David Farragut is remembered for his Civil War victory at Mobile Bay and his rallying cry, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"…David Letterman
David Letterman was a late-night TV show host for more than 30 years. His show Late Night With David Letterman premiered in 1982 on NBC, where it followed the famed Tonight Show hosted by Johnny…David Lean
Sir David Lean was an English film director known especially for the Oscar-adorned spectacles The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Dr. Zhivago (1965). Lean worked his…David Koresh
Name at birth: Vernon Wayne HowellVernon Howell was an aspiring rock guitarist who became the charismatic leader of the Branch Davidian sect, an offshoot of the Seventh Day Adventists. The Branch…David Hockney
David Hockney became internationally famous in the early 1960s as one of the leaders of the pop art movement in the United Kingdom. He emigrated to the United States and was known for his "swimming…David Niven
For four decades David Niven was the very image of the urbane British gentleman in films like Raffles (1940), Around the World in 80 Days (1956, based on the book by Jules Verne) and The Pink Panther…David Mitchell
Novelist David Mitchell earns heaps of critical praise for his ambitious, structurally complex novels, including 2001's number9dream and 2004's Cloud Atlas. Educated at the University of Kent,…David McCallum
Actor David McCallum was a 1960s TV sex symbol thanks to his performance as Russian superspy Illya Kuryakin in the semi-spoof TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. In the 2000s television audiences knew…David Mamet
Name at birth: David Alan MametDavid Mamet is a playwright and filmmaker, best known for the plays American Buffalo and Glengarry Glen Ross. Raised in Chicago, Mamet graduated in 1969 from Vermont's…Trending
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