Selected Biographies: D
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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 DÃÂaz, 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 Dürer, 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
