Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
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Dablon, Claude (French Jesuit missionary) 1618-1697
Dabrowska (or Dombrowska), Maria (Polish writer, critic) 1889-1965
Dabrowski, Jan Henryk (Polish general) 1755-1818
D'Abruzzo, Stephanie (American actor, puppeteer) b.1971
Dach, Simon (Prussian poet; member of Konigsberg group) 1605-1659
Dachlan, Kijai Hadji Ahmad (Indonesian reformer) 1868-1923
Dacier, Andre (French classical scholar; husband of Anne) 1651-1722
Dacier, Anne née Lefebvre (French scholar, translator, editor) 1654-1720
Dacres, James Richard (British naval officer) 1788-1853
Dadie, Bernard Binlin (Ivorian poet, dramatist, administrator) b.1916
Dadu (Hindu religious reformer, poet) 1544-1603
Daendels, Herman Willem (Dutch soldier) 1762-1818
Dafoe, Allan Roy (Canadian physician) 1883-1943
Dafoe, John Wesley (Canadian journalist) 1866-1944
Dafoe, William J. "Willem" (American film & stage actor) b.1955
Daft, Leo (English-born American electrical engineer) 1843-1922
Dafydd ab Edmwnd (Welsh poet) fl. c.1450-1480
Dafydd ap Gruffydd (Welsh prince) d.1283
Dafydd ap Gwilym (Welsh poet) c.1320-c.1380
Dafydd ap Llywelyn (Welsh prince) c.1208-1246
Dafydd Nanmor (Welsh poet) fl. c.1450-1480
Dagerman, Stig (Swedish writer, playwright, editor) 1923-1954
Daghlian, Harry Krikor Jr. (American physicist) 1921-1945
d'Agincourt, Francois (Fr. composer, harpsichordist, organist) 1684-1758
Dagly, Gerhard (Flemish artist) c.1653-1714?
Daguerre, Louis-Jacques-Mande (French painter, inventor) 1789-1851
Dahl, Anders (Swedish botanist; eponym of genus Dahlia) 1751-1787
Dahl, Gary Ross (American advertiser; invented Pet Rock) 1936-2015
Dahl, Johan Christian Clausen (Norwegian painter) 1788-1857
Dahl, Michael (Swedish painter) 1656-1743
Dahl, Ole-Johan (Norwegian computer scientist, teacher) 1931-2002
Dahl, Roald (Welsh-born American writer) 1916-1990
Dahlberg, Edward (American critic, writer, poet) 1900-1977
Dahlberg, Eilert "Eilert Pilarm" (Swedish Elvis impersonator) b.1953
Dahlberg (or Dahlbergh), Eric (Swedish military engineer) 1625-1703
Dahldren, Fredrik August (Swedish poet) 1816-1895
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard (American naval officer) 1809-1870
Dahlgren, Karl Fredrik (Swedish clergyman, poet) 1791-1844
Dahlmann, Friedrich Christoph (German politician, historian) 1785-1860
Dahlstierna, Gunno (orig. surname Eurelius; Swedish poet) 1661-1709
Dahn, Julius Sophus Felix (German hist., legal scholar, poet) 1834-1912
Daiches, David (Scottish literary critic) 1912-2005
Daigak Gukso (secular name Uich'on; Korean Buddhist priest) 1055-1101
Daigo (Japanese emperor 897-930) 885-930
Daigo II (Japanese emperor 1318-1339) 1287-1339
Daimbert (or Dagobert; Frankish prelate) d.1107
Daimler, Gottlieb Wilhelm (German automotive manufacturer) 1834-1900
Daing Parani (Malay leader) d.c.1726
Dakin, Henry Drysdale (English chemist) 1880-1952
Dal (or Dahl), Vladimir Ivanovich (Russian physician, writer) 1801-1872
Daladier, Edouard (French politician) 1884-1970
Dalai Lama (1st; Gendun Drup; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1391-1474
Dalai Lama (2nd; Gendun Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1475-1541
Dalai Lama (3rd; Sonam Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1543-1588
Dalai Lama (4th; Yonten Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1589-1616
Dalai Lama (5th; Lobsang Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1617-1682
Dalai Lama (6th; Tsangyang Gyatso; Indian Buddhist leader) 1683-1706
Dalai Lama (7th; Kelzang Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1708-1757
Dalai Lama (8th; Jamphel Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1758-1804
Dalai Lama (9th; Lungtok Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1806-1815
Dalai Lama (10th; Tsultrim Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1816-1837
Dalai Lama (11th; Khendrup Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1838-1856
Dalai Lama (12th; Trinley Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1857-1875
Dalai Lama (13th; Thubten Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1876-1933
Dalai Lama (14th; Tenzin Gyatso; Tibetan Buddhist leader) b.1935
d'Albert, Eugen Francis Charles (Scottish pianist, composer) 1864-1932
Dale, David (Scottish industrialist, philanthropist) 1739-1806
Dale, Sir Henry Hallett (English biochemist, physiologist) 1875-1968
Dale, Richard (American naval officer) 1756-1826
Dale, Sir Thomas (English naval commander, col. administrator) d.1619
Dalen, Nils Gustaf (Swedish industrialist, inventor) 1869-1937
Daley, Richard Joseph (American politician; Chicago mayor) 1902-1976
Dalgarno, George (Scottish educator) 1626?-1687
Dali i Domenech, Salvador Felipe Jacinto (Spanish painter) 1904-1989
Dalin, Olof von (Swedish poet, historian) 1708-1763
Dallan Forgaill (Irish poet) 6th cent.
Dallapiccola, Luigi (Italian composer, teacher) 1904-1975
Dallas, Alexander James (American lawyer, public official) 1759-1817
Dallas, George Mifflin (American diplomat; vice-pres. 1845-49) 1792-1864
Dallin, Cyrus Edwin (American sculptor) 1861-1944
Dallmeyer, John Henry (German-born British optician) 1830-1883
Dall'Ongaro, Francesco (Italian writer) 1808-1873
Dalou, Aime-Jules (French sculptor) 1838-1902
Dalrymple, Sir David (Scottish jurist, antiquary) 1726-1792
Dalrymple, Sir James (Scottish lawyer, jurist) 1619-1695
Dalrymple, Sir John (British general, diplomat) 1673-1747
Dalton, Edward Hugh John Neale (Welsh-born British politician) 1887-1962
Dalton, John (English meteorologist, chemist, physicist) 1766-1844
Dalton, Robert (American outlaw) 1867-1892
Dalton, Roque (Salvadoran writer, revolutionary) 1935-1975
Daltrey, Roger Harry (English singer, musician) b.1944
Daly, Herman Edward (American economist) b.1938
Daly, John Augustin (American playwright, theatrical manager) 1838-1899
Daly, Marcus (Irish-born American mine owner) 1841-1900
Daly, Peter Christopher Arnold (American actor, producer) 1875-1927
Daly, Reginald Aldworth (Canadian-born American geologist) 1871-1957
Dalyell (or Dalzell), Thomas (Scottish Royalist soldier) 1599?-1685
Dalziel, James Henry (British newspaper proprietor) 1868-1935
Dam, Carl Peter Henrik (Danish biochemist, physiologist) 1895-1976
Damas, Leon Gontran (Guyanese poet, anthropologist) 1912-1978
Damascius (Greek Neoplatonist philosopher) c.480-c.550
Damaskinos (born Dimitrios Papandreou; Greek prelate, polit.) 1891-1949
d'Amboise, Jacques (born Joseph Jacques Ahearn; Am. dancer) b.1934
Damian, Saint (Christian martyr; brother of Saint Cosmas) 3rd cent.
Damiani, Saint Pier (aka Peter Damian; Italian ecclesiastic) 1007-1072
D'Amico, Oskar (Italian painter, sculptor) 1923-2003
Damien, Father Joseph de Veuster (Belgian missionary in Hawaii) 1840-1889
Damiens, Robert-Francois (French servant, criminal) 1715-1757
Damiri, Muhammad ibn Musa Kamal ad-Din ad- (Arab jurist,theol.) 1341-1405
Damjanich, Janos (Hungarian general, patriot of Serbian origin) 1804-1849
Damon of Athens (Greek musician, philosopher) 5th cent. BC
Dampier, William (English buccaneer, navigator) 1652-1715
Damrosch, Frank Heino (German musical director; son of Leopold) 1859-1937
Damrosch, Leopold (German-born American musical conductor) 1832-1885
Damrosch, Walter Johannes (Ger. conductor, composer; son of L.) 1862-1950
Dana, Charles Anderson (American newspaper editor) 1819-1897
Dana, Francis (American diplomat, jurist) 1743-1811
Dana, James Dwight (American geologist) 1813-1895
Dana, John Cotton (American librarian) 1856-1929
Dana, Richard Henry (American sailor, writer, lawyer) 1815-1882
Danby, Francis (Irish historical & landscape painter) 1793-1861
Dance, George (English architect) 1700-1768
Dance, George (the Younger; English architect, artist) 1741-1825
Dance-Holland, Sir Nathaniel (English painter; son of George) 1735-1811
D'Ancona, Alessandro (Italian critic, historian) 1835-1914
Dancourt, Florent (orig. surname Carton; Fr. actor, playwright) 1661-1725
Dandin (Sanskrit writer, poet) 6th-7th cent.
Dandolo, Vincenzo (Italian chemist, politician) 1758-1819
Dandrieu, Jean-Francois (French composer, harpsichordist) c.1682-1738
Dandurand, Raoul (Canadian politician) 1861-1942
Dane, Clemence (pseudonym of Winifred Ashton; English writer) 1888-1965
Dane, Nathan (American jurist) 1752-1835
Danenhower, John Wilson (American explorer of Arctic) 1849-1887
Daneshvar, Simin (Iranian writer) b.1921
Danev, Stoyan Petrov (Bulgarian politician) 1858-1949
Dangarembga, Tsitsi (Zimbabwean writer, playwright) b.1959
Dangerfield, Rodney (born Jacob Cohen; Jack Roy; Am. comedian) 1921-2004
Dangerfield, Thomas (English informer) 1650-1685
d'Anglebert, Jean-Henri (French composer, harpsichordist) 1629-1691
Danican, Michel "Philidor" (French composer) d.c.1659
Daniel (Danilo Romanovich; aka Daniel of Galicia; Rus. prince) 1202-1264
Daniel (or Danil; aka Daniel of Liev; Russian ecclesiastic) d.1122
Daniel, Antoine (French Jesuit missionary in America) 1601-1648
Daniel, Gabriel (French Jesuit historian) 1649-1728
Daniel, Peter Vivian (American Supreme Court justice 1841-1860) 1784-1860
Daniel, Samuel (English poet; unofficial Brit. poet laureate) 1562?-1619
Daniel, Yuly Markovich (pseud. Nikolay Arzhak; Soviet writer) 1925-1988
Daniell, John Frederic (English chemist, physicist) 1790-1845
Daniels, Frank Albert (American comedian) 1856-1935
Daniels, Josephus (American journalist, statesman) 1862-1948
Daniels, Richard Jr. (American actor: Our Gang: "Mickey") 1914-1970
Danielson, Anders (Swedish peasant leader) 1784-1839
Danielsson, Olof August (Swedish scholar) 1852-1933
Danilevsky, Nikolay Yakovlevich (Rus. naturalist, philosopher) 1822-1865
Danilova, Aleksandra Dionisyevna (Russian-born American dancer) 1903-1997
Danishefsky, Samuel J. (American chemist, educator) b.1936
Danjon, Andre-Louis (French astronomer) 1890-1967
Dankl, Viktor (Graf von Krasnik; Austrian general) 1854-1941
Danks, Hart Pease (American hymn, song composer) 1834-1903
Dannay, Frederic (pseud. Ellery Queen w/M.B. Lee; Am. writer) 1905-1982
Dannecker, Johann Heinrich von (German sculptor) 1758-1841
Danner, Mark David (American journalist) b.1958
D'Annunzio, Gabriele (It. writer, soldier, political leader) 1863-1938
Danquah, Joseph Kwame Kyeretwi Boakye (Ghanaian politician) 1895-1965
Dan Takuma (Japanese businessman) 1858-1932
Dantan, Antoine-Laurent (French sculptor) 1798-1878
Dantan, Jean-Pierre (Dantan the Younger; French sculptor) 1800-1869
Dante Alighieri (Italian poet) 1265-1321
Dantiscus, Johannes (Polish courtier, Humanist) 1485-1548
Danto, Arthur Coleman (American art critic) b.1924
Danton, Georges-Jacques (French revolutionary leader) 1759-1794
Danzi, Franz Ignaz (German cellist, composer, conductor) 1763-1826
Da Ponte, Lorenzo (b.Emanuele Conegliano; It. poet, librettist) 1749-1838
Daqiqi, Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Ahmad ad- (Persian poet) d.c.976/81
Daquin, Louis-Claude (Fr. organist, harpsichordist, composer) 1694-1772
Daranyi, Kalman von (Hungarian politician) 1886-1939
Dara Shikoh (Persian prince, scholar; son of Shah Jahan) 1615-1659
Darazi, Muhammad ibn Isma'il ad- (Islamic religious leader) d.1019/20
Darboux, Jean-Gaston (French mathematician, geometer) 1842-1917
Darboy, Georges (French prelate) 1813-1871
Darby, Abraham (English ironmaster) 1678?-1717
Darby, John Nelson (English theological writer) 1800-1882
D'Arcangelo, Alan (American artist, printmaker, teacher) 1930-1998
Darcet, Jean (French chemist, physician) 1725-1801
Darcy, Henri-Philibert-Gaspard (French hydraulic engineer) 1803-1858
D'Arcy, William Knox (English businessman) 1849-1917
Dardenne, Jean-Pierre (Belgian filmmaker) b.1951
Dardenne, Luc (Belgian filmmaker; brother of Jean-Pierre) b.1954
Dare, Virginia (first English child born in America) 1587-1591?
Dareste de la Chavanne, Antoine-Elisabeth-Cleophas (Fr. hist.) 1820-1882
Dargomyzhsky, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (Russian composer) 1813-1869
Darlan, Jean-Louis-Xavier-Francois (French admiral, politician) 1881-1942
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr (American illustrator) 1822-1888
Darley, George (Irish poet, dramatist, critic) 1795-1846
Darling, Grace Horsley (English heroine) 1815-1842
Darling, Jay Norwood "Ding" (American cartoonist) 1876-1962
Darling, Jean (born Dorothy Jean LeVake; Am. actor: Our Gang) b.1922
Darmesteter, Arsene (French philologist) 1846-1888
Darmesteter, James (French Orientalist; brother of Arsene) 1849-1894
Darnton, Robert Choate (American cultural historian) b.1939
Darracq, Pierre-Alexandre (French automobile manufacturer) 1855-1931
d'Arrest, Heinrich Louis (Prussian astronomer; asteroid) 1822-1875
Darrow, Clarence Seward (American lawyer, writer) 1857-1938
Daru, Pierre-Antoine-Noel-Bruno (French military admin., hist.) 1767-1829
Darwin, Charles Robert (English naturalist) 1809-1882
Darwin, Erasmus (Eng. physician, poet; grandfather of Charles) 1731-1802
Darwin, Sir Francis (English botanist; son of Charles) 1848-1925
Darwin, George Howard (Eng. math., astronomer; son of Charles) 1845-1912
Darwin, Sir Horace (English civil engineer; son of Charles) 1851-1928
Darwin, Leonard (Eng. eng., econ., eugenist; son of Charles) 1850-1943
Das, Chitta Ranjan (Indian politician; mayor of Calcutta) 1870-1925
Das, Kamala (Indian writer; daughter of Balamani Nalapat Amma) b.1934
Dasent, Sir George Webbe (English Scandinavian scholar) 1817-1896
Dasgupta, Surendranath (Indian philosopher) 1855-1952
Dashkova, Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova (Russian scholar) 1744-1810
Dashwood, Elizabeth Monica née de la Pasture (English writer) 1890-1943
Dashwood, Francis (15th Baron le Despencer; English profligate) 1708-1781
Dass, Petter (Norwegian clergyman, poet) 1647-1707
Dasvant (Mughal artist) 16th cent.
Daszynski, Ignacy (Polish politician) 1866-1936
Dati, Carlo Roberto (Italian scholar, writer) 1619-1676
Datini, Francesco di Marco da Prato (Italian merchant, banker) c.1335-1410
Dato Iradier, Eduardo (Spanish politician) 1856-1921
Datta (or Dutt), Michael Madhusudan (Bengali poet, dramatist) 1824-1873
Daubechies, Ingrid (Belgian-born Am. physicist, mathematician) b.1954
Daubenton (or d'Aubenton), Louis-Jean-Marie (French naturalist) 1716-1800
Dauberval (or D'Auberval), Jean (French dancer, choreographer) 1742-1806
Daubigny, Charles-Francois (French landscape painter) 1817-1878
Daubler, Theodor (German poet, writer, essayist) 1876-1934
Daubree, Gabriel-Auguste (French geologist, mineralogist) 1814-1896
Daudet, Alphonse (French writer, poet) 1840-1897
Daudet, Alphonse-Marie-Leon (French journalist, writer) 1867-1942
Daudet, Leon (French journalist, writer; son of Alphonse) 1867-1942
Daud Khan, Sardar Mohammad (Afghan politician) 1909-1978
Daugherty, Harry Micajah (American politician) 1860-1941
Daukantas, Simanas (Lithuanian historian) 1793-1864
Daulat (Mughal painter) 16th-17th cent.
Daumer, Georg Friedrich (German writer) 1800-1875
Daumier, Honore (French caricaturist, painter) 1808-1879
Daun (or Dhaun), Leopold Joseph von (Austrian soldier) 1705-1766
Daunou, Pierre-Claude-Francois (French politician, historian) 1761-1840
Dausset, Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim (French physician) 1916-2009
Dauthendey, Max (German poet) 1867-1918
Dauzat, Albert (French linguist) 1877-1955
Davaine, Casimir-Joseph (French physician) 1812-1882
Davel, Jean Abraham Daniel (Swiss patriot) 1670-1723
Davenant (or D'Avenant), Sir William (English poet, dramatist) 1606-1668
Davenport, Charles Benedict (American zoologist, eugenicist) 1866-1944
Davenport, Christopher (English cleric, theologian) 1598-1680
Davenport, Edward Loomis (American actor) 1815-1877
Davenport, George (English-born American fur trader) 1783-1845
Davenport, Guy Mattison (American writer, translator, painter) 1927-2005
Davenport, Ira Erastus (American spiritualistic medium) 1839-1911
Davenport, John (English-born American clergyman) 1597-1670
Davenport, Robert (English dramatist) fl. 1623-1639
Davenport, Thomas (American inventor) 1802-1851
Davenport, William Henry Harrison (Am. spiritualistic medium) 1841-1877
Davey, John (English-born American tree surgeon) 1846-1923
David of Dinant (Belgian Scholastic philosopher) fl. 1200
David, Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth (Australian geologist) 1858-1934
David, Eduard Heinrich Rudolph (German politician) 1863-1930
David, Felicien-Cesar (French composer) 1810-1876
David, Ferenc (Franciscus Davidis; Hung. cleric, theologian) 1510-1579
David, Gerard (Dutch painter) c.1460-1523
David, Jacques-Louis (French painter) 1748-1825
David d'Angers, Pierre-Jean (French sculptor) 1788-1856
David de Mayrena, Marie-Charles (French adventurer) 1842-1890
Davidescu, Nicolae (Romanian poet, writer) 1888-1954
Davidovic, Ljubomir (Yugoslav politician) 1863-1940
Davids, Thomas William Rhys (English Orientalist) 1843-1922
Davidson, Donald Grady (American poet, essayist, teacher) 1893-1968
Davidson, Israel (Russian-born American Hebrew scholar) 1870-1939
Davidson, Jo (American sculptor) 1883-1952
Davidson, John (Scottish poet, playwright) 1857-1909
Davidson, Leon (American chemical engineer, UFO researcher) 1922-2007
Davidson, Randall Thomas (Scottish-born British prelate) 1848-1930
Davidson, Thomas (British paleontologist) 1817-1885
Davie, Donald Alfred (British poet, critic, teacher) b.1922
Davie, William Richardson (English-born Am. soldier, lawyer) 1756-1820
Daviel, Jacques (French oculist) 1696-1762
Davies, Arthur Bowen (American painter; member of The Eight) 1862-1928
Davies, Clara Novello (Welsh-born British singing instructor) 1861-1943
Davies, David (Welsh industrialist) 1818-1890
Davies, David (Welsh soldier, politician) 1880-1944
Davies, Donald Watts (Welsh computer scientist) 1924-2000
Davies, Sir Henry Walford (Eng. organist, director, composer) 1869-1941
Davies, Hubert Henry (English playwright) 1876-1917
Davies of Hereford, John (English poet, writer) 1565?-1618
Davies, Sir John (English jurist, poet) 1569-1626
Davies, Joseph Edward (American lawyer, diplomat) 1876-1958
Davies, Sir Louis Henry (Canadian jurist) 1845-1924
Davies, Paul Charles William (English physicist, writer) b.1946
Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell "Max" (English composer, conductor) b.1934
Davies, Vivian Rees "Rhys" (Welsh writer) 1901-1978
Davies, Richard (Welsh prelate, scholar) 1501?-1581
Davies, Samuel (American educator) 1723-1761
Davies, Sarah Emily (English educator) 1830-1921
Davies, Thomas (Scottish actor, bookseller) 1721?-1785
Davies, William Henry (Welsh poet, adventurer, peddler) 1871-1940
Davies, William Robertson (Canadian playwright, writer, critic) 1913-1995
Davies, William W. (Latter Day Saint schismatic leader) 1833-1906
Davila, Carlos Guillermo (Chilean journalist, politician) 1887-1955
Davila, Enrico Caterino (Italian soldier, historian) 1576-1631
Davila, Miguel R. (Honduran politician) d.1927
Davila Andrade, Cesar (Ecuadorian poet, writer, essayist) 1918-1967
Davila Padilla, Agustin (Mexican monk, historian) 1562-1604
Davioud, Gabriel-Jean-Antoine (French architect) 1823-1881
Davis, Alexander Jackson (American architect) 1803-1892
Davis, Andrew Jackson (American Spiritualist) 1826-1910
Davis, Anthony (American composer, musician, educator) b.1951
Davis, Arthur Hoey (pseudonym Steele Rudd; Australian writer) 1868-1935
Davis, Benjamin Oliver (American army officer) 1877-1970
Davis, Benny (American songwriter) 1895?-1979
Davis, Bette (born Ruth Elizabeth Davis; American actor) 1908-1989
Davis, Charles Henry (American naval officer) 1807-1877
Davis, David (American jurist; Supreme Court justice 1862-1877) 1815-1886
Davis, Dwight Filley (American statesman; eponym of Davis Cup) 1879-1945
Davis, Edwin Hamilton (American archaeologist) 1811-1888
Davis, Elmer Holmes (American writer, radio news commentator) 1890-1958
Davis, Erik (American writer) b.1967
Davis, Harold Lenoir (American writer, poet, cowboy) 1896-1960
Davis, Henry Gassett (American physician) 1807-1896
Davis, Henry William Carless (English historian) 1874-1928
Davis, Henry Winter (American politician) 1817-1865
Davis, Herbert John (English educator) 1893-1967
Davis, Jefferson (American Confederate president 1861-1865) 1808-1889
Davis (or Davys), John (English navigator) c.1550-1605
Davis, John H. "Jack" (American physician, actor: Our Gang) 1914-1992
Davis, John William (American lawyer, politician) 1873-1955
Davis, Joe (English billiards player) 1901-1978
Davis, Lydia (American writer, translator) b.1947
Davis, Marc Fraser (Am. artist, animator: Disney Nine Old Men) 1913-2000
Davis, Michael Earl (American puppeteer, actor, writer, singer) b.1959
Davis, Miles Dewey III (American jazz musician) 1926-1991
Davis, Nathan Smith (American physician) 1817-1904
Davis, Norman Hezekiah (American financier, diplomat) 1878-1944
Davis, Owen Gould (American playwright) 1874-1956
Davis, Raiford Chatman "Ossie" (Am. actor, writer, activist) 1917-2005
Davis, Raymond (American chemist, physicist) 1914-2006
Davis, Rebecca Blaine née Harding (American writer) 1831-1910
Davis, Richard Harding (American newspaperman, writer) 1864-1916
Davis, Samuel George Jr. "Sammy" (American entertainer) 1925-1990
Davis, Stuart (American artist) 1894-1964
Davis, Thomas James "Tom" (American writer, comedian) 1952-2012
Davis, Thomas Osborne (Irish poet, writer, politician) 1814-1845
Davis, Varina Anne Jefferson (Am. writer; daughter of Jeff.) 1864-1898
Davis, William Augustine (American postal authority) 1809-1875
Davis, William Morris (American geographer, geologist) 1850-1934
Davison, Peter Hubert (American poet, editor) 1928-2004
Davisson, Clinton Joseph (American physicist) 1881-1958
Davisson, Richard Joseph "Dick" (American physicist, teacher) 1922-2004
Davitt, Michael (Irish nationalist leader) 1846-1906
Davout, Louis-Nicolas (French marshal) 1770-1823
Davy, Edward (English physician, chemist) 1806-1885
Davy, Sir Humphry (English chemist, gas huffer) 1778-1829
Daw Amar, Ludu (Myanmar journalist, dissident) 1915-2008
Dawani, Muhammad ibn Jalal ad-Din (Iranian jurist, philosopher) 1427-1502/3
Dawes, Charles Gates (American financier; vice-pres. 1925-29) 1865-1951
Dawes, Henry Laurens (American politician) 1816-1903
Dawes, Rufus Cutler (American public utility executive) 1867-1940
Dawes, William (American patriot; rode with Paul Revere) 1745-1799
Dawes, William Rutter (English astronomer, physician) 1799-1868
Dawkins, Sir William Boyd (Welsh-born British geologist) 1837-1929
Dawson, Bertrand Edward (English physician) 1864-1945
Dawson, Christopher Henry (British Catholic theologian) 1889-1970
Dawson, Fielding (American writer, painter, collagist, teacher) 1930-2002
Dawson, George Geoffrey (English journalist) 1874-1944
Dawson, George Mercer (Canadian geologist) 1849-1901
Dawson, Henry (English landscape painter) 1811-1878
Dawson, James (English Jacobite) 1717?-1746
Dawson, Sir John William (Canadian geologist) 1820-1899
Dawson, Velma Wayne (Am. puppeteer: Howdy Doody Show) 1912-2007
Day, Arthur Louis (American geophysicist) 1869-1960
Day, Benjamin (American printer; son of Benjamin Henry) 1838-1916
Day, Benjamin Henry (American newspaperman) 1810-1889
Day, Clarence Shepard Jr. (American writer, humorist) 1874-1935
Day, Dorothy (American journalist, social activist) 1897-1980
Day, Edmund Ezra (American economist, educator) 1883-1951
Day, Holman Francis (American writer) 1865-1935
Day, John (English playwright) 1574-1640?
Day, Mary (Am. ballet teacher; fd. Washington School of Ballet) 1910-2006
Day (or Daye), Stephen (English-born American printer) c.1594-1668
Day, Thomas (English philanthropist, writer) 1748-1789
Day, William Rufus (American Supreme Court justice 1903-1922) 1849-1923
Dayan, Moshe (Israeli soldier, politician) 1915-1981
Dayananda Sarasvati (born Mula Sankara; Indian Hindu reformer) 1824-1883
Day-Lewis, Cecil (Irish-born Brit. poet, poet laureate 1968) 1904-1972
Dayton, Warren Lloyd (American illustrator, graphic designer) b.1940
Dayton, Elias (American Revolutionary officer) 1737-1807
Daza, Hilarion (orig. surname Grosole; Bolivian general) 1840-1894
Dazai Osamu (pseudonym of Tsushima Shuji; Japanese writer) 1909-1948
Dazey, Charles Turner (American playwright) 1855-1938
Deak, Ferenc (Hungarian politician) 1803-1876
Deakin, Alfred (Australian politician) 1856-1919
Deakin, Arthur (English trade unionist) 1890-1955
De Amicis, Edmondo (Italian traveler, writer) 1846-1908
Dean, Elton (English musician, composer) 1945-2006
Dean, James Byron (American actor) 1931-1955
Dean, Jay Hanna "Dizzy" (American baseball player) 1911-1974
Dean, Paul Dee "Daffy" (American baseball player) 1913-1981
Dean, Man Mountain (born Frank Simmons Leavitt; Am. wrestler) 1891-1953
Dean, Sir Patrick (British diplomat) 1909-1994
Deane, Richard (English military & naval commander, regicide) 1610-1653
Deane, Silas (American lawyer, diplomat) 1737-1789
Dearborn, Henry (American soldier) 1751-1829
Dearie, Blossom Margrete (Am. musician, singer, songwriter) 1924-2009
Deat, Marcel (French politician) 1894-1955
DeBakey, Michael Ellis (Am. heart surgeon, medical educator) 1908-2008
De Bardeleben, Henry Fairchild (American industrialist) 1840-1910
de Bary, Heinrich Anton (German botanist) 1831-1888
de Basil, Colonel W. (born V.G. Voskresensky; Rus. impresario) 1888-1951
Debeney, Marie-Eugene (French general) 1864-1943
Debidour, Elie-Louis-Marc-Marie-Antoine (French historian) 1847-1917
Debierne, Andre-Louis (French chemist; discovered actinium) 1874-1949
De Bono, Emilio (Italian general, politician) 1866-1944
DeBorba, Dorothy (American actor; Our Gang: "Echo") b.1925
Debord, Guy Ernest (French Situationist philosopher) 1931-1994
De Bow, James Dunwoody Brownson (American editor) 1820-1867
Debrett, John (English publisher) d.1822
Debreu, Gerard (French-born American economist) 1921-2004
de Brito, Estevao (Portuguese composer) 1575-1641
Debs, Eugene Victor (American union leader; IWW founder) 1855-1926
Debucourt, Philibert-Louis (French painter, engraver) 1755-1832
Deburau, Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard (born Jan K. Dvorak; Fr. mime) 1796-1846
Debussy, Achille-Claude (French composer) 1862-1918
Debye, Peter Joseph William (Dutch-born Am. physicist, chemist) 1884-1966
Decaen, Charles-Mathieu-Isidore (French general) 1769-1832
Decaen, Claude-Theodore (French general; son of Charles) 1811-1870
Decaisne, Henri (Belgian painter; brother of Joseph) 1799-1852
Decaisne, Joseph (Belgian botanist; brother of Henri) 1807-1882
Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel (French painter) 1803-1860
De Carlo, Giancarlo (Italian architect, teacher) 1919-2005
Decatur, Stephen (American naval officer, war hero) 1779-1820
Decauville, Paul (French industrialist, inventor) 1846-1922
Decazes et de Glucksberg, Elie (French politician) 1780-1860
Decebalus (King of the Dacians) d.106
De Celles, Alfred Duclos (Can. journalist, librarian, hist.) 1843-1925
Decembrio, Pier Candido (Italian Humanist) 1392-1477
De Chair, Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford (British naval officer) 1864-1958
Dechelette, Joseph (French archaeologist) 1862-1914
Dechet, Louis-Alexandre (aka Jenneval; French actor, poet) 1801-1830
De Chirico, Giorgio (Greek painter, writer) 1888-1978
Decius, Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus (Roman emperor 249-251) c.201-251
Deck, Joseph-Theodore (French ceramist) 1823-1891
Decken, Karl Klaus von der (German explorer in Africa) 1833-1865
Decker, Sir Matthew (English merchant, economist) 1679-1749
de Coppet, Edward J. (American banker, music patron) 1855-1916
Decourcelle, Pierre (French playwright, writer; son of Pierre) 1856-1926
Decourcelle, Pierre-Henri-Adrien (French writer) 1821-1892
Dedekind, Friedrich (German poet, playwright) 1525?-1598
Dedekind, Julius Wihelm Richard (German mathematician) 1831-1916
DeDomenico, Vincent (Am. entrepreneur: co-inv. Rice-A-Roni) 1915-2007
Dee, John (English mathematician, astrologer) 1527-1608
Deems, Charles Force (American clergyman) 1820-1893
Deeping, George Warwick (English writer) 1877-1950
Deere, John (American inventor, farm equipment manufacturer) 1804-1886
Deering, William (American industrialist) 1826-1913
Defauw, Deire (Belgian violinist, orchestra conductor) 1855-1960
Deffand, Marie de Vichy-Chamrond (French woman of letters) 1697-1780
Defoe, Daniel (born Daniel Foe; English journalist, writer) 1660-1731
DeForest, Calvert (aka Larry "Bud" Melman; American actor) 1921-2007
De Forest, John William (American writer) 1826-1906
De Forest, Lee (American inventor, "father of radio") 1873-1961
De Forest, Robert Weeks (American lawyer) 1848-1931
Defreger, Franz von (Austrian painter) 1835-1921
de Freitas Branco, Luis (Portuguese composer, academic) 1890-1955
Degas, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar (French painter) 1834-1917
De Gasperi, Alcide (Italian politician) 1881-1954
de Gennes, Pierre-Gilles (French physicist, educator) 1932-2007
De Giorgi, Ennio (Italian mathematician) 1928-1996
De Golyer, Everette Lee (American geophysicist) 1886-1956
Degoutte, Jean-Marie-Joseph (French general) 1866-1938
De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey (British aeronautical engineer) 1882-1965
Dehel, Andrew Grant (American) b.1967
Dehmel, Richard (German poet, playwright) 1863-1920
Dehmelt, Hans Georg (German-born American physicist) b.1922
Dehn, Adolf Arthur (American artist) 1895-1968
Dehodencq, Edme-Alfred-Alexis (French painter) 1822-1882
Dehon, Leon Gustave (John of the Heart of Jesus; French cleric) 1843-1925
Deighton, Leonard Cyril "Len" (English writer) b.1929
Deinhardstein, Johann Ludwig (Austrian playwright) 1794-1859
Deisenhofer, Johann (German biochemist, administrator) b.1943
Deitch, Eugene Merril "Gene" (American illustrator, animator) b.1924
Deja, Andreas (Polish-born German animator) b.1957
Dejazet, Eugene (French composer, theater director; son of P.) 1820-1880
Dejazet, Pauline-Virginie (French actor) 1798-1875
Dejean, Jean-Francois-Aime (French general) 1749-1824
Dejerine, Joseph-Jules (French neurologist) 1849-1917
de Jesus Miranda, Jose Luis (Puerto Rican preacher, messiah) b.1946
DeJohnette, John (American drummer, composer, arranger) b.1942
Deken, Agatha "Aagje" (Dutch poet, writer) 1741-1804
Dekker, Desmond (b. Desmond Adolphus Dacres; Jamaican musician) 1941-2006
Dekker, Thomas (English dramatist, writer) 1572?-1632?
de Klerk, Frederik Willem (South African president 1989-1994) b.1936
de Kooning, Elaine Marie née Fried (American painter, critic) 1918-1989
de Kooning, Willem (Dutch-born American painter) 1904-1997
De Koven, Henry Louis Reginald (American composer) 1859-1920
de Kruif, Paul Henry (American bacteriologist, writer) 1890-1971
De la Beche, Sir Henry Thomas (English geologist) 1796-1855
Delaborde, Benigne-Marie-Henri-Francois (French historian) 1854-1927
Delaborde, Henri (French painter, art critic) 1811-1899
Delacroix, Ferdinand-Victor Eugene (French painter) 1798-1863
Delafield, Edward (American physician) 1794-1875
Delafield, Francis (American physician; son of Edward) 1841-1915
De la Gardie, Jacob Pontusson (Swedish soldier, statesman) 1583-1652
De la Gardie, Magnus Gabriel (Swedish diplomat; son of Jacob) 1622-1686
Delage, Yves (French zoologist) 1854-1920
De la Mare, Walter John (English poet, writer) 1873-1956
Delamater, Cornelius Henry (American mechanical engineer) 1821-1889
Delambre, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph (French astronomer) 1749-1822
De Lancey, James (American colonial administrator) 1703-1760
De Lancey, Oliver (American general; brother of James) 1718-1785
Deland, Margaretta Wade née Campbell "Margaret" (Am. writer) 1857-1945
Delane, John Thadeus (English journalist) 1817-1879
Delaney, Beauford (American painter) 1901-1979
Delaney, Bessie (American dentist) 1889-1995
Delaney, Sadie (American home economics teacher) 1891-1999
Delaney, Shelagh (British playwright, writer) b.1939
Delannoy, Jean (French actor, film editor, screenwriter) 1908-2008
Delano, Jane Arminda (American nurse) 1862-1919
Delany, Martin Robinson (American physician, social reformer) 1812-1885
Delany, Mary née Granville (English literary correspondent) 1700-1788
Delany, Patrick Bernard (Irish-born American electrical eng.) 1845-1924
Delany, Samuel Ray (American writer, critic) b.1942
Delaplanche, Eugene (French sculptor) 1836-1891
De La Rey, Jacobus Hercules (Boer general, statesman) 1847-1914
de la Roche, Mazo (Canadian writer, dramatist) 1879-1961
Delaroche, Hippolyte-Paul (French painter) 1797-1856
De la Rue, Warren (English astronomer, inventor) 1815-1889
Delaunay, Charles-Eugene (French astronomer, mathematician) 1816-1872
Delaunay, Jules-Elie (French painter) 1828-1891
Delaunay, Robert (French painter) 1885-1941
Delaunay, Sonia née Stern (Russian-born French artist) 1885-1979
Delaune (or Delaulne), Etienne (French goldsmith, engraver) c.1519-1583
Delavigne, Jean-Francois-Casimir (French poet, playwright) 1793-1843
De La Warr, Thomas West, Lord (English colonial administrator) 1577-1618
Delblanc, Sven Axel Herman (Canadian-born Swedish writer) 1931-1992
Delboeuf, Joseph-Remy-Leopold (Belgian philosopher, psychol.) 1831-1896
Delbos, Yvon (French politician) 1885-1956
Delbruck, Berthold (German linguist) 1842-1922
Delbruck, Clemons von (German government official) 1856-1921
Delbruck, Hans (German historian) 1848-1929
Delbruck, Martin Friedrich Rudolph von (Prussian politician) 1817-1903
Delbruck, Max Ludwig Henning (German-born American biologist) 1906-1981
Delcasse, Theophile (French politician) 1852-1923
Deleboe, Franz (German physician, anatomist, chemist) 1614-1672
Delecluze, Etienne-Jean (French painter, art critic) 1781-1863
Deledda, Grazia (pseudonym Grazia Madesani; Italian writer) 1871-1936
De Lee, Joseph Bolivar (American obstetrician) 1869-1942
Delehaye, Hippolyte (Belgian Jesuit scholar) 1859-1941
De Leon, Daniel (Curacao-born American political radical) 1852-1914
Delescluze, Louis-Charles (French politician) 1809-1871
Delessert, Etienne (French banker; father of Benjamin) 1735-1816
Delessert, Jules-Paul-Benjamin (French industrialist) 1773-1847
Deleuze, Gilles (French philosopher, essayist) 1925-1995
Delgado, Jose Matias (Salvadorean cleric, political leader) 1768-1832
Delgado Chalbaud, Carlos (Venezuelan soldier) 1909-1950
Delibes, Clement-Philibert-Leo (French composer) 1836-1891
Delibes Setien, Miguel (Spanish writer, essayist) b.1920
Deligne, Pierre Rene (Belgian mathematician) b.1944
Delille, Jacques "Abbe" (French classicist, poet) 1738-1813
DeLillo, Don (American writer) b.1936
Delisle, Guillaume (French geographer) 1675-1726
Delisle, Joseph-Nicolas (French astronomer) 1688-1768
Delisle, Leopold-Victor (French scholar) 1826-1910
De Lisser, Herbert George (Jamaican writer, editor) 1878-1944
Delius, Frederick Theodore Albert (English composer) 1862-1934
Delius, Nikolaus (German Shakespearean scholar) 1813-1888
Dell, Ethel Mary (English writer) 1881-1939
Dell, Floyd (American editor, writer, journalist) 1887-1969
Dell, Michael Saul (American businessman; founded Dell, Inc.) b.1965
Della Robbia, Andrea di Marco di Simone (Italian sculptor) 1435-1525
Della Robbia, Luca di Simone di Marco (Italian sculptor) 1399-1482
Della Valle, Federico (Italian dramatist, poet) c.1560-1628
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel (American painter, writer) 1853-1935
Dellinger, David (American activist, pacifist) 1915-2004
Delluc, Louis (French film director, screenwriter, critic) 1890-1924
Delmedigo, Elijah (Cretan philosopher) 1460?-1497?
Delmonico, Loenzo (Swiss-born American restaurateur) 1813-1881
Delolme, Jean Louis (Swiss jurist) 1740-1806
Deloney, Thomas (English writer, silk weaver) 1543?-1600
De Long, George Washington (American naval officer, explorer) 1844-1881
Delorme, Marion (French courtesan) 1613-1650
Delorme (or de l'Orme), Philibert (French architect) 1515?-1570
Delsarte, Jean Frederic Auguste (Fr. math.; co-fd. Bourbaki Group) 1903-1968
Delsarte, Francois-Alexandre-Nicolas (French singing teacher) 1811-1871
Del Tredici, David (American composer, pianist, educator) b.1937
Deluc, Jean Andre (Swiss geologist, meteorologist) 1727-1817
Delvaux, Laurent (Flemish sculptor) 1695-1778
Delvigne, Henri-Gustave (French soldier, inventor) 1799-1876
Demades (Athenian orator, politician) c.380-319 BC
Demaine, Erik D. (Canadian-born Can./Am. computer scientist) b.1981
De Man, Paul (Belgian-born American literary critic) 1919-1983
Demangeon, Albert (French geographer) 1872-1940
Demantius, Johann Christoph (German composer, music theorist) 1567-1643
Demaratus (King of Sparta c.510-491 BC) 6th-5th cent. BC
Demarcay, Eugene-Anatole (French chemist) 1852-1903
Dembinski, Henryk (Polish soldier) 1791-1864
Dement, William Charles (American psychiatrist) b.1928
Demetrius (Greek sculptor) 4th cent. BC
Demetrius (Greek Cynic philosopher) 1st cent.
Demetrius Chalcondyles (Greek teacher) 1424-1511
Demetrius Cydones (or Kydones; Byzantine scholar, statesman) c.1324-c.1398
Demetrius Plalereus (Athenian orator, statesman) 350?-283 BC
Demetz, Frederic-Auguste (French jurist) 1796-1873
de Mille, Agnes George (American dancer, choreographer) 1905-1993
DeMille, Cecil Blount (American film director, producer) 1881-1959
DeMille, Henry Churchill (American playwright) 1853-1893
De Mille, James (Canadian writer, teacher) 1836-1880
deMille, William Churchill (American playwright; son of Henry) 1878-1955
Demme, Robert Jonathan (pseud. Pablo Ferro; Am. film director) b.1944
Democedes (Greek physician) 6th cent. BC
Demochares (Athenian orator, politician) c.355-275 BC
Democritus of Abdera (Greek philosopher, geometer) c.460-c.370 BC
De Moivre, Abraham (French mathematician in England) 1667-1754
Demolder, Eugene (Belgian writer) 1862-1919
Demonax (Greek Cynic philosopher) d.c.176 BC
De Morgan, Augustus (Indian-born English mathematician) 1806-1871
De Morgan, William Frend (English artist, writer) 1839-1917
Demosthenes (Athenian general) d.413 BC
Demosthenes (Athenian orator, statesman) 384-322 BC
Dempsey, William Harrison "Jack" (American heavyweight boxer) 1895-1983
Dempster, Arthur Jeffrey (Canadian-born American physicist) 1886-1950
Dempster, Stuart (American musician, composer, educator) b.1936
Demuth, Charles (American painter) 1883-1935
Demy, Jacques (French director, filmmaker) 1931-1990
Denby, Edwin (American politician) 1870-1929
Denck (or Denk), Hans (German theologian) c.1495-1527
Deneuve, Catherine Fabienne née Dorleac (French actor) b.1943
Denfert-Rochereau, Pierre-Marie-Philippe-Aristide (Fr. soldier) 1823-1878
Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-Ping; Chinese Communist leader) 1904-1997
Denham, Dixon (English explorer in Africa) 1786-1828
Denham, Sir John (Irish-born English poet, translator) 1615-1669
Denhardt, Gustav (German explorer; brother of Clemens) 1856-1917
Denhardt, Gustav Clemens Andreas (German explorer) 1852-1928
Deniau, Jean-Francois (French diplomat, writer) 1928-2007
Denifle, Heinrich Seuse (Austrian theologian, historian) 1844-1905
Deniker, Joseph (French anthropologist) 1852-1918
Denikin, Anton Ivanovich (Russian soldier) 1872-1947
Denio, Amy (American musician, composer) b.1961
Denis, Jean-Baptiste (French physician) 1643-1704
Denis, Maurice (French painter) 1870-1943
Denis of Portugal "The Farmer King" (Portuguese king 1279-1325) 1261-1325
Denison, George Taylor (Canadian soldier, historical writer) 1839-1925
Denisov, Edison Vasilievich (Russian composer, teacher) 1929-1996
Denman, Thomas (1st Baron Denman; English judge) 1779-1854
Denner, Johann Christoph (German manufacturer of wood-winds) 1655-1707
Dennery (later d'Ennery), Adolphe-Philippe (French playwright) 1811-1899
Dennett, Richard Edward (English writer) 1857-1921
Dennett, Tyler Wilbur (American historian) 1883-1949
Dennie, Joseph (American essayist, editor; Colon and Spondee) 1768-1812
Dennis, Clarence (American cardiologist, inventor) 1909-2005
Dennis, Geoffrey Pomeroy (English writer) 1892-1964
Dennis, John (English critic, dramatist) 1657-1734
Dennis, Nigel Forbes (English writer, critic) 1912-1989
Dennison, Aaron, Lufkin (American watch manufacturer) 1812-1895
Denny, Alexandra Elene McLean "Sandy" (Eng. singer, musician) 1947-1978
Denny, Martin (American musician, composer) 1911-2005
Denon, Dominique-Vivant (Fr. illustrator, government official) 1747-1825
Densmore, Frances (American ethnologist) 1867-1957
Densusianu, Ovidiu (Romanian folklorist, philologist) 1873-1938
Dent, Joseph Malaby (English publisher) 1849-1926
Dentatus, Manius Curius (Roman general) d.270 BC
Denver, James William (American politician) 1817-1892
Denza, Luigi (Italian musician) 1846-1922
Deo van Tri (aka Cam Oum or Kan Oum; Tai tribal chief) c.1849-1908
Deparcieux, Antoine (French mathematician, statistician) 1703-1768
De Pauw, Washington Charles (American banker, industrialist) 1822-1887
Depestre, Rene (Haitian poet, writer, essayist) b.1926
Depew, Chauncey Mitchell (American lawyer, politician) 1834-1928
De Peyster, Abraham (American merchant, ship owner) 1657-1728
Depretis, Agostino (Italian politician) 1813-1887
Deprez, Marcel (French engineer, pioneer electrician) 1843-1918
De Quincey, Thomas (English writer, critic, essayist) 1785-1859
Derain, Andre (French painter) 1880-1954
Derby, George Horatio (pseudonym John Phoenix; Am. humorist) 1823-1861
Derbyshire, Delia Ann (English musician, composer) 1937-2001
Dercyllidas (Spartan general, diplomat) 5th-4th cent. BC
Deren, Maya (b. Eleanora Derenkowsky; Am. filmmaker, theorist) 1917-1961
Derennes, Charles (French writer, poet) 1882-1930
Derfflinger, Georg von (Brandenburg soldier) 1606-1695
Dering, Lady Mary née Harvey (English composer) 1629-1704
Dering (or Deering), Richard (English organist, composer) c.1580-1630
Deringer, Henry (American gun maker) 1786-1869
Dermot MacMurrough (Diarmaid Macmurchada; Irish ruler) d.1171
Dermout-Ingermann, Helena Antonia Maria Elisabeth (Du. writer) 1888-1962
Dern, George Henry (American mining executive, politician) 1872-1936
De Roberto, Federico (Italian writer, critic) 1866-1927
Derome, Jean (Canadian musician, composer, arranger, singer) b.1955
Derosne, Louis-Charles (French chemist) 1780-1846
Deroulede, Paul (French writer, politician) 1846-1914
Derrida, Jacques (Algerian-born French philosopher, critic) 1930-2004
Derwinski, Edward Joseph (American politician) b.1926
Derzhavin, Gavrila Romanovich (Russian lyric poet) 1743-1816
Desaguliers, John Theophilus (English inventor) 1683-1744
Desai, Anita née Mazumdar (Indian writer) b.1937
Desai, Morarji Ranchhodji (Indian prime minister 1977-1979) 1896-1995
Desaix de Veygoux, Louis-Charles-Antoine (French general) 1768-1800
De Sanctis, Francesco (Italian literary critic, scholar) 1817-1883
Desargues, Gerard (or Girard; French mathematician) 1591-1661
Desaugiers, Marc-Antoine (French composer; father of M.A.M.) 1742-1793
Desaugiers, Marc-Antoine-Madeleine (French singer, vaud. actor) 1772-1827
Desault, Pierre-Joseph (French surgeon) 1738-1795
Desbarres, Joseph Frederick Walsh (English military engineer) 1722-1824
Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline-Felicite-Josephe (French poet) 1786-1859
Desborough (or Desborow; Disbrowe), John (English soldier) 1608-1680
Descartes, Rene (French mathematician, philosopher) 1596-1650
Descaves, Lucien (French writer) 1861-1949
Deschamps de Saint Amand, Emile (French poet) 1791-1871
Deschamps, Eustache "Morel" (French poet, writer) c.1346-c.1406
Deschanel, Emile-Auguste-Etienne-Martin (French critic, writer) 1819-1904
Deschanel, Paul-Eugene-Louis (French politician; pres. 1920) 1855-1922
Desclot, Bernat (Catalan historian) fl. 1285
De Seversky, Alexander Procofieff (Rus.-b. Am. aerospace eng.) 1894-1974
Desfontaines, Rene-Louiche (French botanist) 1750-1833
Desgabets, Robert (French religious) 1620-1678
Desgarcins, Magdeleine-Marie (born Louise; French actor) 1769-1797
Deshayes, Gerard-Paul (French naturalist) 1795-1875
Deshoulieres, Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde (French poet) 1638-1694
De Sica, Vittorio (Italian film director, actor) 1901-1974
Desiderio da Settignano (Florentine sculptor) c.1430-1464
Desio, Alfred (Am. dancer, choreographer; invented Tap-Tronics) 1932-2007
Desjardins, Marie-Catherine (pseud. Mme. de Villedieu; Fr. wtr) 1640?-1683
Desjardins, Martin (born van den Bogaert; Dutch sculptor) 1640-1694
Deslandres, Henri-Alexandre (French astrophysicist) 1853-1948
Desmarest, Nicolas (French geologist) 1725-1815
Desmarets (or Des Marets), Nicolas (French financier) 1648-1721
Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean (French writer) 1595-1676
De Smet, Pierre-Jean (Belgian-born American Jesuit missionary) 1801-1873
Desmoulins, Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoit (Fr. revolutionary) 1760-1794
Desnos, Robert (French poet, scriptwriter, critic) 1900-1945
Desnoyers, Louis-Claude-Joseph-Florence (French writer) 1802-1868
Despard, Edward Marcus (Irish conspirator) 1751-1803
Des Periers, Bonaventure (French Humanist) c.1500-c.1544
Despiau, Charles (French sculptor) 1874-1946
Desportes, Alexandre-Francois (French painter) 1661-1743
Desportes, Philippe (French poet, translator) 1546-1606
Desrosiers, Leo-Paul (French-Canadian writer, journalist) 1896-1967
Dessaix, Joseph-Marie (French general) 1764-1834
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques (Haitian president, emperor) 1758?-1806
Dessoir, Ludwig (German actor) 1810-1874
De Stefani, Alberto (Italian economist) 1879-1969
Destinn, Emmy (born Ema Kittl; Bohemian operatic soprano) 1878-1930
Destouches, Andre-Cardinal (French composer) 1669-1749
Destouches, Louis-Ferdinand (French physician, writer) 1894-1961
Destouches, Philippe (orig. surname Nericault; Fr. playwright) 1680-1754
Destutt de Tracy, Antoine-Louis-Claude (French philosopher) 1754-1836
Desvallieres, Georges-Olivier (French painter) 1861-1950
Detaille, Jean-Baptiste-Edouard (French painter) 1848-1912
Deterding, Sir Henri Wilhelm August (Dutch oil magnate) 1866-1939
De Tham (aka Hoang Hoa Tham; Vietnamese nationalist) c.1860-1913
Dett, Robert Nathaniel (Canadian-born Am. conductor, composer) 1882-1943
Deucher, Adolf (Swiss politician; pres. 1886, 1897, 1903, 1909) 1831-1912
Deus Nogueira Ramos, Joao de (Portuguese poet) 1830-1896
Deus Ramos, Joao de (Portuguese poet) 1830-1896
Deussen, Paul (German philosopher, Sanskrit scholar) 1845-1919
Deutsch, Babette (American poet, critic, translator, writer) 1895-1982
Deutsch, Martin (Austria-Hungarian-born American physicist) 1917-2002
Deutscher, Isaac (Polish-born British historian) 1907-1967
Devadatta (Indian religious leader; cousin of the Buddha) 6th cent. BC
De Valera, Eamon (American-born Irish politician) 1882-1975
Devant, David (orig. surname Wighton; English magician) 1868-1941
Devaux, Paul (Belgian politician) 1801-1880
Devay (or Devai), Matyas Biro (Hungarian church reformer) 1500?-1545?
Deventer, Conrad Theodor van (Dutch jurist, politician) 1857-1915
Deventer, Sir Jacob Louis van (South African soldier) 1874-1922
De Vere, Aubrey Thomas (Irish poet, critic) 1814-1902
Devereux, Robert (Earl of Essex; English soldier, courtier) 1566-1601
Devers, Jacob Loucks (American army officer) 1887-1979
De Veuster, Joseph (Father Damien; Belgian priest) 1840-1889
Devey, George (English architect) 1820-1886
Devienne, Francois (French composer, musician, teacher) 1759-1803
Deville, Edouard-Gaston (French-born Canadian surveyor) 1849-1924
Deville, Jean (Belgian artist) 1867-1953
De Villiers, John Henry (South African judge) 1842-1914
Devine, Edward Thomas (American social worker) 1867-1948
De Vinne, Theodore Low (American printer) 1828-1914
Devos, Raymond (Belgium-born French humorist, comedian, clown) 1922-2006
De Voto, Bernard Augustine (American writer, historian) 1897-1955
Devrient, Gustav Emil (German actor; nephew of Ludwig) 1803-1872
Devrient, Karl August (German actor; nephew of Ludwig) 1797-1872
Devrient, Ludwig (German actor) 1784-1832
Devrient, Max (German actor; son of Karl) 1857-1929
Devrient, Otto (German actor; son of Eduard) 1838-1894
Devrient, Philipp Eduard (German actor; nephew of Ludwig) 1801-1877
De Vries, David Pietersen (Fr.-born Dutch colonizer in America) 1592?-1655?
De Vries, Klaas (Dutch composer, teacher) b.1944
De Vries, Peter (American editor, writer) 1910-1993
Dewantoro, Ki Hadjar (Indonesian educator) 1889-1959
Dewar, Sir James (Scottish chemist, physicist) 1842-1923
Dewar, Thomas Robert (Scottish-born Brit. distiller, sportsman) 1864-1930
D'Ewes, Sir Simonds (English antiquarian) 1602-1650
De Wette, Wilhelm Martin Leberecht (Ger. Protestant theologian) 1780-1849
Dewey, George (American naval officer) 1837-1917
Dewey, John (American philosopher, educator, psychologist) 1859-1952
Dewey, Melvil (American librarian; inv. Dewey Decimal system) 1851-1931
Dewey, Thomas Edmund (American lawyer, politician) 1902-1971
Dewing, Thomas Wilmer (American painter) 1851-1938
De Wint, Peter (English landscape painter) 1784-1849
De Wolfe, Ella Anderson "Elsie" (American decorator) 1865-1950
Dexippus, Publius Herennius (Greek general, historian) c.210-270?
Dexter, Timothy (American merchant, eccentric) 1747-1806
de Young, Michel Harry (American journalist, newspaperman) 1849-1925
Deyssel, Lodewijk van (K.J.L.A. Thijm; Dutch writer, critic) 1864-1952
Dezhnyov, Demyon Ivanov (Russian explorer) 1605-1672/3
Dga'ldan (Mongol leader) 1644?-1697
D'Haenens, Irnee J. (American physicist) 1934-2007
Dharmakirti (Indian Buddhist philosopher) 7th cent.
Dharmavamsa (Javanese ruler) d.1007
Dhiliyiannis (or Diliyiannis), Theodoros (Greek politician) 1826-1905
Dhlomo, Rolfus Reginald Raymond (South African writer, editor) 1901-1971
Diabelli, Anton (Austrian composer, music publisher) 1781-1858
Diaconis, Persi Warren (American statistician, magician) b.1945
Diadochus of Photice (Greek religious) 5th cent.
Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich (Russian art critic, impresario) 1872-1929
Diagoras the Atheist (Greek Sophist, poet) 5th cent. BC
Diallo, Nafissatou (Senegalese autobiographer, writer,activist) 1941-1982
Diamante, Juan Bautista (Spanish dramatist) 1625-1687
Diamond, David Leo (American composer, teacher) 1915-2005
Diamond, Jared Mason (American biologist, physiologist, writer) b.1937
Dias, Bartholomeu (Portuguese navigator) c.1450-1500
Dias, Dinis (Portuguese navigator) 15th cent.
Dias, Henrique (Brazilian soldier) 1600?-1662
Dias de Novais, Paulo (Portuguese official) d.1589
Diaz, Adolfo (Nicaraguan politician) 1874-1964
Diaz, Armando (Italian general, marshal) 1861-1928
Diaz, Jorge (Argentinian-born Chilean playwright) b.1930
Diaz, Porfirio (Mexican general, president 1877-80, 1884-1911) 1830-1915
Diaz de La Pena, Eugene (French composer; son of Narcisse) 1837-1901
Diaz de La Pena, Narcisse-Virgile (French landscape painter) 1808-1876
Diaz del Castillo, Bernal (Spanish soldier, historian) 1492-1581?
Diaz de Solis, Juan (Spanish navigator) 1470?-1516
Diaz de Vivar, Rodrigo "El Cid" (Spanish military leader) c.1043-1099
Diaz Ordaz, Gustavo (Mexican politician; president 1964-1970) 1911-1979
Dib, Mohammed (Algerian writer, poet, playwright) b.1920
Dibdin, Charles (English dramatist, actor, composer) 1745-1814
Dibdin, Charles (English theatrical manager, dramatist) 1768-1833
Dibdin, Thomas John (English dramatist, songwriter) 1771-1841
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (English bibliographer) 1776-1847
Dibelius, Martin (German theologian) 1883-1947
Dicaearchus (Greek Peripatetic philosopher, hist., geographer) fl. c.320 BC
Dicey, Albert Venn (English jurist) 1835-1922
DiCillo, Tom (Am. film director, screenwriter, cinematographer) b.1954
Dick, George Frederick (American physician) 1881-1967
Dick, Philip Kindred (American writer) 1928-1982
Dicke, Robert Henry (American physicist) 1916-1997
Dickens, Charles John Huffam (English writer) 1812-1870
Dickerson, Mahlon (American politician) 1770-1853
Dickey, James Lafayette (American poet, writer, critic) b.1923
Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth (American lecturer) 1842-1932
Dickinson, Clarence (American organist, composer) 1873-1969
Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth (American poet) 1830-1886
Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes (English historian, essayist) 1862-1932
Dickinson, John (American politician, patriot) 1732-1808
Dickinson, Michael H. (American neuroethologist) b.1963?
Dickinson, Philemon (American Revolutionary general) 1739-1809
Dickinson, Jonathan (American clergyman, educator) 1688-1747
Dickman, Joseph Theodore (American army officer) 1857-1927
Dick-Read, Grantly (British obstetrician) 1890-1959
Dicksee, Sir Francis Bernard "Frank" (English painter) 1853-1928
Dickson, Leonard Eugene (American mathematician) 1874-1954
Dickson, Samuel Henry (American physician) 1798-1872
Dicuil (Irish monk, scholar) fl. 825
Diddley, Bo (born Otha Ellas Bates; American musician) 1928-2008
Didelot, Charles-Louis (French dancer, choreographer) 1767-1837
Diderot, Denis "Pantophile" (French philosopher, encyclopedist) 1713-1784
Didion, Joan (American writer, essayist) b.1934
Didius Julianus, Marcus (Roman emperor 193) c.135-193
Didot, Firmin (Fr. printer, engraver, typefounder; son of F.A.) 1764-1836
Didot, Francois (French printer, publisher) 1689-1757
Didot, Francois-Ambroise (French printer, publisher; son of F.) 1730-1804
Didot, Pierre (French printer, publisher; son of F.A.) 1761-1853
Didot, Pierre-Francois (French printer, publisher; son of F.) 1731-1793
Didymus (surnamed Chalcenterus; Greek scholar) fl. c.80-10 BC
Didymus of Alexandria "the Blind" (Greek theologian) c.313-c.398
Diebitsch, Hans Karl Friedrich Anton von (German-born soldier) 1785-1831
Diefenbaker, John George (Canadian prime minister 1957-1963) 1895-1979
Dieffenbach, Johann Friedrich (German surgeon) 1792-1847
Diego, Eliseo (Cuban poet, writer) 1920-1994
Diego Cendoya, Gerardo (Span. anthologist, musicologist, poet) 1896-1987
Dielman, Frederick (German-born American painter, illustrator) 1847-1935
Diels, Otto Paul Hermann (German chemist) 1876-1954
Dieman, Anthony van (Dutch colonial) 1593-1645
Dientzenhofer, Christoph (German architect) 1655-1722
Dientzenhofer, George (German architect; brother of Christoph) 1643-1689
Dientzenhofer, Johann (German architect; brother of Christoph) 1663-1726
Dientzenhofer, Johann-Leonard (German architect; bro. of C.) 1660-1707
Dientzenhofer, Kilian Ignaz (Ger. architect; son of Christoph) 1689-1751
Dierx, Leon (French poet) 1838-1912
Dies, Martin (American politician) 1900-1972
Diesbach, Niklaus von (Swiss political leader) 1435-1475
Diesel, Rudolf (German mechanical engineer) 1858-1913
Dieskau, Ludwig August (German general in French service) 1701-1767
Diesterweg, Friedrich Adolf Wilhelm (German educator) 1790-1866
Dietrich, Albert Hermann (German composer) 1829-1908
Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst (German painter, engraver) 1712-1774
Dietrich, Marlene (German-born American actor, singer) 1901-1992
Dietrichson, Lorentz Henrik Segelcke (Norwegian historian) 1834-1917
Dietrich von Nieheim (German historian, church official) 1340-1418
Dietz, Johann Christian (German engineer) 1773-1849
Dietzenschmidt, Anton Franz (German playwright, writer, critic) 1893-1955
Dietzgen, Joseph (German Socialist) 1828-1888
Dieudonne, Jean-Alexandre-Eugene (Fr. math.; co-fd. Bourbaki Group) 1906-1992
Dieulafoy, Jeanne-Paule-Henriette-Rachel née Magre (Fr. writer) 1851-1916
Dieulafoy, Marcel-Auguste (French archaeologist, engineer) 1844-1920
Diez, Friedrich Christian (German philologist) 1794-1876
Digby, John (1st Earl of Bristol; English diplomat) 1580-1653
Digby, Sir Kenelm (English writer, naval commander, diplomat) 1603-1665
Digby, Kenelm Henry (English writer) 1800-1880
Digges, Sir Dudley (English diplomat; judge; son of Thomas) 1583-1639
Digges, Leonard (English mathematician) d.1571?
Digges, Thomas (English mathematician; son of Leonard) d.1595
Di Giacomo, Salvatore (Italian writer) 1860-1934
Di Giuseppe, Enrico (American tenor) 1932-2005
Dignaga (or Dinnaga; Buddhist philosopher) 5th cent.
Dijkstra, Edsger Wybe (Dutch computer scientist) 1930-2002
Dilke, Charles Wentworth (English critic, antiquary) 1789-1864
Dill, Sir John Greer (British general) 1881-1944
Dillard, Annie née Doak (American essayist, poet, writer) b.1945
Dillenius, Johann Jakob (German botanist in England) 1687-1747
Diller, Elizabeth (Polish-born American architect) b.1954
Dillinger, John (American outlaw) 1902-1934
Dillingham, Charles Bancroft (American theatrical manager) 1868-1934
Dillingham, William Paul (American politician) 1843-1923
Dillman, Christian Friedrich August (Ger. theologian, scholar) 1823-1894
Dillon, Emile Joseph (Irish-born British journalist) 1854-1933
Dillon, George Hill (American poet) 1906-1968
Dillon, John (Irish Nationalist politician) 1851-1927
Dillon, John Blake (Irish politician; father of John) 1816-1866
Dillon, Wentworth (Irish-born British poet) 1633?-1685
Dilly, Charles (English bookseller) 1739-1807
Dilthey, Wilhelm (German philosopher) 1833-1911
DiMaggio, Joseph Paul "Joe" (American baseball player) 1914-1999
DiMeola, Al (American musician) b.1954
Dimitri, Jakob aka "Dimitri" (Swiss clown, mime) b.1935
Dimitriev, Radko (Bulgarian soldier) 1859-1918
Dimitrijevic, Dragutin "Apis" (Serbian soldier, intriguer) 1876-1917
Dimitrov, Georgi Mikhailovich (Bulgarian Communist leader) 1882-1949
Dinarchus (or Deinarchus; Greek speech writer) 360?-292? BC
Dinawari, ad- (Persian astronomer, botanist, historian) c.815-c.895/902
d'India, Sigismondo (Italian composer) c.1582-c.1629
d'Indy, Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent (French composer, teacher) 1851-1931
Dine, Jim (American artist) b.1935
Dines, William Henry (English meteorologist) 1855-1927
Dinesen, Karen Christence (pseudonym Isak Dinesen; Dan. writer) 1885-1962
Dingane (or Dingaan; Zulu chieftain) d.1840
Dingelstedt, Franz Ferdinand (German poet, theater director) 1814-1881
Dinger, Klaus (German musician, songwriter) 1946-2008
Dingiswayo (Bantu chieftain) d.1817
Dingle, Herbert (English astrophysicist) 1890-1978
Dingley, Nelson (American politician) 1832-1899
Dinglinger, Johann Melchior (German goldsmith) 1664-1731
Dinh Bo Linh (aka Dinh Tien Hoang; Vietnamese emperor) d.979
Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Antonio (Portuguese poet) 1731-1799
Dinnyes, Lajos (Hungarian politician) 1901-1961
Dinocrates (or Deinocrates; Greek architect) 4th cent. BC
Dinsdale, Shirley (aka Shirley Layburn; Am. ventriloquist) 1926-1999
Dinter, Gustav Friedrich (German theologian, educator) 1760-1831
Dinwiddie, Robert (Scottish-born British administrator in Am.) 1693-1770
Dio Cassius (surnamed Cocceianus; Roman politician, historian) c.150-235
Dio Chrysostom (Dion Chrysostomus; Greek rhetorician in Rome) c.40-c.112
Diocles (Syracusan democratic statesman) 5th cent. BC
Diocles (Greek mathematician) 1st cent. BC?
Diocles of Carystus (Greek physician) 4th cent. BC
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Diocletianus; Roman emperor 284-305) 245/8-313/6
Diodati, Charles (Eng. physician, scholar; nephew of Giovanni) 1608?-1638
Diodati, Giovanni (Swiss Protestant theologian) 1576-1649
Diodore of Tarsus (Greek theologian) c.330-c.390
Diodorus of Tyre (Greek philosopher) 2nd cent. BC
Diodorus Cronus (Greek philosopher of Magarian school) 4th cent. BC
Diodorus Siculus (Greek historian) 1st cent. BC
Diogenes (Greek philosopher) d.c.320 BC
Diogenes of Apollonia (Greek philosopher) 5th cent. BC
Diogenes of Babylon (Greek Stoic philosopher) 2nd cent. BC
Diogenes Laertius (Greek writer) 3rd cent.
Diogenes of Sinope (Greek philosopher) c.410-c.320 BC
Diogenianus (Greek grammarian) 2nd cent.
Diomedes (Latin scholar) 4th cent.
Dion (Syracusan philosopher, politician) 408?-353 BC
Dionne, Annette (Canadian quintuplet) b.1934
Dionne, Cecile (Canadian quintuplet) b.1934
Dionne, Emilie (Canadian quintuplet) 1934-1954
Dionne, Marie (Canadian quintuplet) 1934-1970
Dionne, Yvonne (Canadian quintuplet) b.1934
Dionysius the Elder (Greek tyrant of Syracuse 405-367 BC) c.430-367 BC
Dionysius of Alexandria, Saint "the Great" (Greek theologian) c.200-c.265
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Greek scholar) fl. c.20 BC
Dionysius the Areopagite (Syrian? mystical, theological writer) c.500
Dionysius the Carthusian (Flemish theologian, mystic) 1402/3-1471
Dionysius Exiguus (Scythian Christian monk, scholar) c.500-c.560
Dionysius Periegetes (Greek geographer) 2nd/3rd cent.
Dionysius Telmaharensis (Syrian church patriarch) d.845
Dionysius Thrax (Greek grammarian) fl. 100 BC
Diop, Birago Ismael (Senegalese poet, recorder of folktales) 1906-1989
Diop, David (French-born Senegalese poet, teacher) 1927-1960
Diophantus of Alexandria (Greek mathematician) c.210-c.290
Dior, Christian (French fashion designer) 1905-1957
Dioscorides, Pedanius (Greek physician) c.40-c.90
Dioscorus (Greek prelate) d.454
Dioscorus (Alexandrian prelate) d.530
Diphilus (Athenian poet) 4th cent. BC
Dipo Negoro, Pangeran (Raden Mas Ontowirjo; Javanese leader) c.1785-1855
Dipoenus (Greek sculptor; collaborated with Scyllis) 6th cent. BC
Dippel, Johann Konrad (German Pietist theologian, alchemist) 1673-1734
DiPrima, Diane (American poet, writer, teacher) b.1934
Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice (English physicist) 1902-1984
Dirac, Wolfgang (Austrian-born American physicist) 1900-1958
Dirichlet, Peter Gustav Lejeune (German mathematician) 1805-1859
Dirks, Rudolph (German-born Am. cartoonist: Katzenjammer Kids) 1877-1968
Dirksen, Everett McKinley (American politician, orator) 1896-1969
Disch, Thomas Michael (American writer, poet) 1940-2008
Disney, Walter Elias (American film producer, director) 1901-1966
Disraeli, Benjamin "Dizzy" (English politician, writer) 1804-1881
D'Israeli, Isaac (English man of letters) 1766-1848
Dith Pran (Cambodian photojournalist) 1942-2008
Ditlevsen, Tove (Danish writer, poet, journalist) 1918-1976
Ditmars, Raymond Lee (American naturalist) 1876-1942
Ditters von Dittersdorf, Karl (Austrian violinist, composer) 1739-1799
Ditzen, Wilhelm Friedrich Rudolf (Hans Fallada; German writer) 1893-1947
Divakarapandita (born Divakara; Cambodian Brahmin) 1040-c.1120
Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead; American actor) 1945-1988
Divini, Eustachio (Italian instrument maker) 1610-1685
Divis, Vaclav Prokop (Czech theologian, natural scientist) 1698-1765
Divitis, Antonius (aka Anthonius Rycke; Flemish composer) c.1470-c.1530
Dix, Dorothea Lynde (American philanthropist, reformer) 1802-1887
Dix, John Adams (American army officer, politician) 1798-1879
Dix, Otto (German painter) 1891-1969
Dixon, George (English navigator) 1755?-1800?
Dixon, Henry Hall (pseudonym The Druid; Eng. sporting writer) 1822-1870
Dixon, Henry Horatio (Irish botanist) 1869-1953
Dixon, Jeremiah (English surveyor in America w/ Charles Mason) d.1777
Dixon, Joseph (American manufacturer, inventor) 1799-1869
Dixon, Richard Watson (English poet) 1833-1900
Dixon, Roland Burrage (American anthropologist) 1875-1934
Dixon, Thomas (Am. clergyman, writer, dramatist, legislator) 1864-1946
Dixon, William Hepworth (English journalist, historian) 1821-1879
Dixon, William Robert "Bill" (Am. musician, composer, lecturer) b.1925
Djebar, Assia (Algerian filmmaker, critical theorist, writer) b.1936
Djedefre (aka Redjedef; Egyptian king) 26th cent. BC
Djerassi, Carl (Austrian-born Am. chemist, writer, playwright) 1923-2015
Djoser (aka Zoser; Egyptian king) 27th cent. BC
Dlugosz, Jan (aka Johannes Longinus; Polish historian) 1415-1480
Dmowski, Roman (Polish statesman) 1864-1939
Dobbin, James Cochran (American politician) 1814-1857
Dobell, Bertram (English bookseller) 1842-1914
Dobell, Sydney Thompson (pseudonym Sydney Yendys; English poet) 1824-1874
Dobeneck, Johannes (Johannes Cochlaeus; Ger. Humanist, theol.) 1479-1552
Dober, Conrad K. (pseudonym Con Conrad; American songwriter) 1893-1938
Dobereiner, Johann Wolfgang (German chemist) 1780-1849
Dobie, James Frank (American folklorist) 1888-1964
Doblin, Alfred (German physician, writer, essayist) 1878-1957
Doblin, Rick (American public policy administrator) b.1953
Dobree, Bonamy (English scholar) 1891-1974
Dobrizhoffer, Martin (Austrian Jesuit missionary) 1717-1791
Dobrolyubov, Nikolay Aleksandrovich (Rus. journalist, critic) 1836-1861
Dobrovolsky, Georgy Timofeyevich (Russian astronaut) 1928-1971
Dobrovsky, Josef (Slavic Jesuit, philologist) 1753-1829
Dobson, Henry Austin (English poet, man of letters) 1840-1921
Dobson, Frank (English sculptor) 1888-1963
Dobson, William (English portrait painter) 1610-1646
Dobyns, Stephen (American poet, writer, essayist) b.1941
Dobzhansky, Theodosius (Ukrainian-born American geneticist) 1900-1975
Dockstader, Tod (American composer, audio-visual engineer) 1932-2015
Dockwra (or Dockwray), William (English merchant) d.1716
Doctorow, Edgar Lawrence (American writer, teacher) b.1931
Dodd, Frank Howard (American publisher) 1844-1916
Dodd, Lee Wilson (American writer) 1879-1933
Dodd, William (English cleric, forger) 1729-1777
Dodd, William Edward (American historian) 1869-1940
Doddridge, Philip (English nonconformist clergyman) 1702-1751
Dodds, Alfred-Amedee (French soldier, colonialist) 1842-1922
Dodds, Johnny (American musician) 1892-1940
Dodds, Warren "Baby Dodds" (American musician; brother of J.) 1898-1959
Doderer, Heimito von (Austrian writer, lumberjack) 1896-1966
Dodge, Augustus Caesar (American politician; son of Henry) 1812-1883
Dodge, David Low (American merchant, pacifist; father of W.E.) 1774-1852
Dodge, Grace Hoadley (American social worker) 1856-1914
Dodge, Grenville Mellen (American army officer, civil engineer) 1831-1916
Dodge, Henry (American army officer, politician) 1782-1867
Dodge, Mary Abigail (pseudonym Gail Hamilton; American writer) 1833-1896
Dodge, Mary Elizabeth née Mapes (American writer) 1831-1905
Dodge, Raymond (American psychologist) 1871-1942
Dodge, William Earl (Am. merchant, philanthropist; org. YMCA) 1805-1883
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (Lewis Carrol; English math., writer) 1832-1898
Dodoens, Junius Rembert (Dutch botanist) 1517-1585
Dodsley, Robert (English poet, playwright, bookseller) 1703-1764
Dodson, Owen Vincent (Am. poet, teacher, director, playwright) 1914-1983
Dodwell, Henry (Irish theologian, historian) 1641-1711
Does, Johan van der (aka Janus Dousa; Dutch political leader) 1545-1604
Dogen (aka Joyo Daishi, Kigen Dogen; Japanese Buddhist) 1200-1253
Doggett, Thomas (Irish actor) c.1670-1721
Doheny, Edward Laurence (American businessman) 1856-1935
Doherty, Charles Joseph (Canadian jurist, diplomat) 1855-1931
Doherty, Henry Latham (American businessman) 1870-1939
Doherty, Peter Charles (Australian veterinary surgeon) b.1940
Dohm, Ernst (German writer) 1819-1883
Dohna, Alexander (German field marshal in Prussia) 1661-1728
Dohna, Burggraf Fabian von (German soldier) 1550-1621
Dohna, Christoph (German general; brother of Alexander) 1665-1733
Dohnanyi, Erno (Hungarian musician, conductor, composer) 1877-1960
Dohrn, Anton (German zoologist) 1840-1909
Doihara Kenji (Japanese soldier) 1883-1948
Doisy, Edward Adelbert (American biochemist) 1893-1986
Dokuchayev, Vasily Vasilyevich (Russian geologist) 1846-1903
Dokyo (Japanese Buddhist priest) d.772
Dolabella, Publius Cornelius (Roman general) 70?-43 BC
Dolce, Lodovico (Italian writer, scholar) 1508-1568
Dolci, Carlo (or Carlino; Florentine painter) 1616-1686
Dole, Sanford Ballard (American lawyer, politician) 1844-1926
Dole, Vincent Paul (American physician, methadone researcher) 1913-2006
Dolenz, Mickey (American actor, Monkee) b.1945
Dolet, Etienne (French printer, Humanist) 1509-1546
Dolgoff, Sam (Russian-born Am. anarchist, anarcho-syndicalist) 1902-1990
D'Olier, Franklin (American businessman) 1877-1953
Doll, William Richard Shaboe (British epidemiologist) 1912-2005
Dollar, Robert (Scottish-born American shipping executive) 1844-1932
Dollfuss, Engelbert (Austrian politician) 1892-1934
Dolling, Robert William Radclyffe (British social reformer) 1851-1902
Dollinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von (German theologian) 1799-1890
Dollmann, Georg Carl Heinrich von (German architect) 1830-1895
Dollond, George (English optician; nephew of Peter) 1774-1852
Dollond, John (English optician) 1706-1761
Dollond, Peter (English optician; son of John) 1730-1820
Dolmetsch, Eugene Arnold (French-born British musician) 1858-1940
Dolomieu, Dieudonne (French geologist, mineralogist) 1750-1801
Dolphy, Eric (American jazz musician) 1928-1964
Domagk, Gerhard Johannes Paul (German bacteriologist) 1895-1964
Dombrovsky, Yuri Osipovich (Russian writer) 1909-1978
Domenichino (born Domenico Zampieri; Italian painter) 1581-1641
Domat, Jean (French jurist) 1625-1696
Dombasle, Christophe-Joseph-Alexandre-Mathieu de (Fr. farmer) 1777-1843
Domenech y Montaner, Luis (Catalan architect) 1850-1923
Domenichino (aka Domenico Zampieri; Bolognese painter) 1581-1641
Domenico di Giovanni "Il Burchiello" (Florentine barber) 1404-1449
Domenico Veneziano (Italian painter) d.1461
Domett, Alfred (English poet, colonialist) 1811-1887
Domeyko, Ignacio (Ignacy; Polish mineralogist in Chile) 1801-1889
Dominguez Palazon, Oscar Manual (Spanish-born French painter) 1906-1957
Dominic, Saint (Spanish-born founder of Dominican order) c.1170-1221
Dominis, Marco Antonio de (Italian primate) 1566-1624
Domitian (Titus Flavius Domitianus; Roman emperor 81-96) AD 51-96
Donald, William Henry (Australian journalist, economist) 1875-1946
Donaldson, John William (English philologist) 1811-1861
Donaldson, Simon Kirwan (English mathematician, educator) b.1957
Donatello (Donato de Betto di Bardi; Florentine sculptor) 1386?-1466
Donati, Corso (Florentine political leader) d.1308
Donati, Enrico (Italian-born American painter, sculptor) 1909-2008
Donati, Giovanni Battista (Italian astronomer) 1826-1873
Donati, Ignazio (Italian composer) c.1575-1638
Donatus, Aelius (Roman grammarian, teacher of rhetoric) 4th cent.
Donders, Frans Cornelis (Dutch opthalmologist, physiologist) 1818-1889
Doneda, Michel (French musician) b.1954
Donegan, Anthony James "Lonnie" (Scot. musician; inv. skiffle) 1931-2002
Donelaitis (or Duonelaitis), Kristijonas (Lithuanian poet) 1714-1780
Donelson, Andrew Jackson (American army officer, diplomat) 1799-1871
Donfeld (born Donald Lee Feld; American costume designer) 1934-2007
Dongan, Thomas (Irish colonial administrator in America) 1634-1715
Dongen, Cornelis Theodorus (aka Kees van Dongen; Dutch painter) 1877-1968
Doni, Anton Francesco (Italian writer) 1513?-1574
Doni, Giovanni Battista (Italian scholar) 1594-1647
Donici, Nicolae (Romanian astronomer; asteroid) 1874-1956
Donitz, Karl (German admiral) 1891-1980
Donizetti, Domenico Gaetano Maria (Italian composer) 1797-1848
Donkin, Bryan (English engineer, inventor) 1768-1855
Donleavy, James Patrick (English writer, dramatist) b.1926
Donnadieu, Marguerite (pseud. Marguerite Duras; French writer) 1914-1996
Donnan, Frederick George (Ceylon-born British chemist) 1870-1956
Donnay, Maurice-Charles (French playwright) 1859-1945
Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald (aka Donn Byrne; American writer) 1889-1928
Donne, John (English clergyman, poet) 1572-1631
Donnelly, Ignatius (American politician, writer) 1831-1901
Donner, Georg Raphael (Austrian sculptor) 1693-1741
Donoso Cortes, Juan Francisco Maria de la Salud (Span. writer) 1809-1853
Donoso, Jose (Chilean writer, journalist) b.1924
Donovan, William Joseph "Wild Bill" (American lawyer, general) 1883-1959
Doodson, Arthur Thomas (English oceanographer) 1890-1968
Dooley, Thomas Anthony (American physician) 1927-1961
Doolittle, Hilda (pseudonym H.D.; American poet, playwright) 1886-1961
Doolittle, James Harold (American aviator, general) 1896-1993
Doorman, Karel Willem Frederik Marie (Dutch admiral) 1889-1942
Doppler, Christian Andreas (Austrian physicist; asteroid) 1803-1853
Doran, George Henry (Canadian-born American publisher) 1869-1956
Doran, John (British journalist, writer) 1807-1878
Dorat (or Daurat), Jean (pseud. Auratus; French poet, Humanist) 1508-1588
Dorati, Antal (Hungarian-born American conductor) 1906-1988
Dore, Paul-Gustave (French illustrator, painter) 1832-1883
Doremus, Sarah Platt née Haines (American philanthropist) 1802-1877
Doretti, Mercedes "Mimi" (Argentinian forensic anthropologist) b.1958
Dorfman, Ariel (Argentinean-born Chilean writer) b.1942
Dorfman, Steven Edward (American game-show writer: Jeopardy!) 1955-2004
Dorgan, Thomas Aloysius (pseudonym Tad; American cartoonist) 1877-1929
Dorgeles, Roland (French writer) 1886-1973
Dorgon (Manchu prince; son of Nurhachi) 1612-1650
Doria, Andrea (Genoese admiral, statesman) 1466-1560
Doria, Giacomo (Italian naturalist, explorer) 1840-1913
Dorion, Sir Antoine Aime (Canadian jurist, politician) 1818-1891
Doriot, Jacques (French politician) 1898-1945?
Dorn, Edward Merton "Ed" (American poet, writer, teacher) 1929-1999
Dorn, Heinrich Ludwig Egmont (German composer) 1804-1892
Dornberger, Walter Robert (German engineer) 1895-1980
Dornel, Louis-Antoine (Fr. composer, harpsichordist, organist) c.1685-c.1765
Dorner, Isaak August (German Protestant theologian) 1809-1884
Dornier, Claudius (German airplane builder) 1884-1969
Dorotheus (Roman jurist in Syria) 6th cent.
Dorpfeld, Wilhelm (Germam archaeologist) 1853-1940
Dorr, John Van Nostrand (American metallurgical engineer) 1872-1962
Dorr, Julia Caroline née Ripley (American writer) 1825-1913
Dorr, Thomas Wilson (American lawyer, politician) 1805-1854
Dorregaray, Antonio (Spanish general) 1823-1882
Dorrego, Manuel (Argentinean politician) 1787-1828
Dorset, Marion (American chemist) 1872-1935
Dorsey, James "Jimmy" (American musician, bandleader) 1904-1957
Dorsey, James Owen (American ethnologist) 1848-1895
Dorsey, Thomas "Tommy" (American bandleader; brother of James) 1905-1956
Dorst, Tankred (German writer, playwright, translator) b.1925
Dosho (Japanese Buddhist priest) 629-700
Dositheos (or Dositheus; Patriarch of Jerusalem 1669-1707) 1641-1707
Dositheus Magister (Greek grammarian) 4th cent.
Dos Passos, John Roderigo (American writer, social historian) 1896-1970
Dost Mohammad Khan (Ruler of Afghanistan) 1793-1863
Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhaylovich (Russian writer) 1821-1881
Dou (or Douw), Gerrit (or Gerard; Dutch painter) 1613-1675
Douay, Charles-Abel (French general) 1809-1870
Douay, Felix-Charles (French general; brother of Charles-Abel) 1816-1879
Doubleday, Abner (American soldier; reputed inv. of baseball) 1819-1893
Doubleday, Frank Nelson (American publisher) 1862-1934
Doucet, Charles-Camille (French playwright) 1812-1895
Doudart de Lagree, Ernest de Gonzague (Fr. diplomat, explorer) 1823-1868
Douffet, Gerard (Dutch painter) 1594-1660
Doughty, Charles Montagu (English poet, traveler) 1843-1926
Doughty, Susan Dorothy (English ceramist) 1892-1962
Doughty, Thomas (Am. painter; member of Hudson River school) 1793-1856
Doughty-Wylie, Charles Hotham Montagu (English soldier, consul) 1868-1915
Douglas, Lord Alfred (English poet) 1870-1945
Douglas, Aaron (American painter, illustrator, teacher) 1898-1979
Douglas, Amanda Minnie (American writer) 1831-1916
Douglas, Sir Archibald Lucius (Canadian-born British admiral) 1842-1913
Douglas, Clifford Hugh (English engineer, social economist) 1879-1952
Douglas, Dave (American musician, composer) b.1963
Douglas, David (Scottish botanist) 1798-1834
Douglas, Donald Wills (American engineer, industrialist) 1892-1981
Douglas, Gawin (or Gavin; Scottish poet, ecclesiastic) 1474-1522
Douglas, George Norman (English essayist, writer) 1868-1952
Douglas, Sir Howard (British soldier, artillery expert) 1776-1861
Douglas, James "Black Douglas" (Scottish chieftain) 1286-1330
Douglas, Sir James (Brit. Guiana-born Can. businessman, polit.) 1803-1877
Douglas, James (Can.-born Am. metallurgist, mining engineer) 1837-1918
Douglas, Jesse (American mathematician, educator) 1897-1965
Douglas, John (Scottish-born British prelate) 1721-1807
Douglas, John Sholto (Scottish boxing patron) 1844-1900
Douglas, Keith Castellain (English poet) 1920-1944
Douglas, Kirk (Issur Danielovitch; American actor) b.1918
Douglas, Lewis Williams (American politician) 1894-1974
Douglas, Lloyd Cassel (Am. Congregational clergyman, writer) 1877-1951
Douglas, Mike (American talk show host) b.1925
Douglas, Stephen Arnold "Little Giant" (American politician) 1813-1861
Douglas, William Orville (Am. Supreme Court justice 1939-1975) 1898-1980
Douglas, William Sholto (British air officer) 1893-1969
Douglas of Kirtleside, Baron William Sholto (Brit. air marshal) 1893-1969
Douglass, Andrew Ellicott (American astronomer) 1867-1962
Douglass, Charles Rolland (Am. sound engineer; inv. Laff Box) 1910-2003
Douglass, Frederick (American abolitionist, writer) 1817-1895
Douhet, Giulio (Italian general) 1869-1930
Doulton, Sir Henry (English potter) 1820-1897
Doumer, Paul (French politician; president 1931-1932) 1857-1932
Doumergue, Gaston (French politician; president 1924-1931) 1863-1937
Doumic, Rene (French writer, critic) 1860-1937
Douris (or Duris; Greek potter, vase painter) 5th cent. BC
Douris (or Duris) of Samos (Greek historian) c.340-c.260 BC
Douwes Dekker, Eduard (pseudonym Multatuli; Dutch writer) 1820-1887
Dove, Alfred (German historian, essayist, journalist) 1844-1916
Dove, Arthur Garfield (American painter) 1880-1946
Dove, Heinrich Wilhelm (German physicist, meteorologist) 1803-1879
Dove, Richard Wilhelm (German jurist, politician) 1833-1907
Dove, Rita Frances (American writer, teacher; poet laureate) b.1952
Dover, Thomas (English physician) 1660-1742
Dovlatov, Sergei Donatovich (Russian writer, journalist) 1941-1990
Dovzhenko, Aleksandr (Ukrainian film director) 1894-1956
Dow, Charles Henry (American financial journalist: Dow-Jones) 1851-1902
Dow, Herbert Henry (Canadian-born Am. chemist, manufacturer) 1866-1930
Dow, Neal (American temperance advocate) 1804-1897
Dowd, Tom (American physicist, recording engineer, producer) 1925-2002
Dowden, Edward (Irish literary critic, biographer, poet) 1843-1913
Dowding, Sir Hugh Caswall Tremenheere (British soldier) 1882-1970
Dowell, Coleman (American writer, dramatist, lyricist) 1925-1985
Dowie, John Alexander (Scottish-born American religious leader) 1847-1907
Dowland, John (English composer, singer, lutenist) 1563-1626
Dowland, Robert (English lutenist; son of John) c.1591-1641
Downes, Andrew (English classical scholar) 1549?-1628
Downes, Edwin Olin (American music critic) 1886-1955
Downing, Andrew Jackson (American horticulturist, nurseryman) 1815-1852
Downing, Charles (American horticulturist, pomologist) 1802-1885
Downing, Sir George (Irish-born English diplomat) 1623-1684
Dowson, Ernest Christopher (English lyric poet; a Decadent) 1867-1900
Doxiadis, Konstantinos Apostolos (Greek architect,city planner) 1913-1975
Doyen, Gabriel-Francois (French painter) 1726-1806
Doyle, Alexander (American sculptor) 1857-1922
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (British physician, writer) 1859-1930
Doyle, Sir Francis Hastings Charles (English poet) 1810-1888
Doyle, John (English painter, caricaturist) 1797-1868
Doyle, Kirby (born Stanton Doyle; American poet, writer) 1932-2003
Doyle, Richard (English caricaturist, painter; son of John) 1824-1883
Doyle-Murray, Brian née Murray (Am. comedian, screenwriter) b.1945
Dozsa, Gyorgy (Hungarian soldier of fortune, rebel) 1470-1514
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (Dutch Arabist, historian) 1820-1883
Drabble, Margaret (English writer) b.1939
Drachmann, Holger Henrik Herholdt (Danish writer, poet) 1846-1908
Draco (or Dracon; Athenian lawgiver) 7th cent. BC
Dracontius, Blossis Aemilius (Christian Latin poet) 5th cent.
Draeseke, Felix August Bernhard (German composer) 1835-1913
Draga née Lunjevica (Queen of Serbia, adventuress) 1867-1903
Draghi, Giovanni Battista (Italian composer, musician) c.1640-1708
Drago, Luis Maria (Argentinean jurist) 1859-1921
Dragomirov, Mikhail Ivanovich (Russian soldier) 1830-1905
Drake, Alexander Wilson (American artist, critic) 1843-1916
Drake, Bob (American musician, record producer) b.1957
Drake, Edwin Laurentine (American oil industry pioneer) 1819-1880
Drake, Sir Francis (English admiral) 1540/3-1596
Drake, Hamid (American musician) b.1955
Drake, Joseph Rodmam (American poet, pharmacist) 1795-1820
Drake, Nicholas Rodney "Nick" (Burma-born English musician) 1948-1974
Draper, Henry (American astronomer; son of John) 1837-1882
Draper, John William (English-born American scientist, writer) 1811-1882
Draper, Lyman Copeland (American historical scholar) 1815-1891
Draper, Ruth (American monologuist) 1884-1956
Drayton, Michael (English poet) 1563-1631
Drayton, William "Bill" (American social entrepreneur) b.1943
Drebbel, Cornelis Jacobszoon (Dutch inventor) 1572-1633
Dreikurs, Rudolf (Austrian-born American psychiatrist) 1897-1972
Dreiser, Paul Dresser (American songwriter; bro. of Theodore) 1857-1911
Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (American writer) 1871-1945
Drennan, William (Irish poet; coined "the Emerald Isle") 1754-1820
Drell, Sidney David (American physicist, arms policy analyst) b.1926
Dresher, Paul Joseph (American composer) b.1951
Dresser, Christopher (English designer) 1834-1904
Dresser, Mark (American musician, composer) b.1952
Dresslar, Elmer Jr. "Len" (American singer; Jolly Green Giant) 1925-2005
Dressler, Marie (born Leila Marie Koerber; Can.-born Am. actor) 1868-1934
Drevet, Pierre (French copper engraver) 1663-1738
Drevet, Pierre Imbert (French copper engraver; son of Pierre) 1697-1739
Drew, Charles Richard (American physician) 1904-1950
Drew, Daniel (American financier) 1797-1879
Drew, John (Irish-born American actor) 1827-1862
Drew, John (American actor; son of John) 1853-1927
Drew, Louisa née Lane (English-born Am. actor; wife of John) 1820-1897
Drew Ali, Prophet (born Timothy Drew; Am. religious leader) 1886-1929
Drews, Arthur (German philosopher) 1865-1935
Drexel, Anthony Joseph (American banker; son of Francis) 1826-1893
Drexel, Francis Martin (Austrian-born American banker) 1792-1863
Drexel, Katharine Mary (Am. religious; granddau. of Francis) 1858-1955
Drexler, Kim Eric (American nanotechnology scientist) b.1955
Dreyblatt, Arnold (American composer, visual artist) b.1953
Dreyer, Carl Theodor (Danish film director) 1889-1968
Dreyer, Johan Ludwig Emil (Danish astronomer) 1852-1926
Dreyer, John Louis Emil (Danish astronomer) 1852-1926
Dreyer, Max (German journalist, playwright, writer) 1862-1946
Dreyfus, Alfred (French army officer) 1859-1935
Dreyse, Johann Nikolaus von (German inventor) 1787-1867
Driesch, Hans Adolf Eduard (German biologist, philosopher) 1867-1941
Driessen, Paul (Dutch film director, animator, writer) b.1963
Drieu La Rochelle, Pierre (French writer) 1893-1945
Drinfeld, Vladimir Gershonovich (Rus. mathematician, educator) b.1954
Drinkwater, John (English poet, playwright, critic) 1882-1937
Drioton, Etienne-Marie (French ecclesiastic, Egyptologist) 1889-1961
Driver, Sir Godfrey Rolles (Eng. biblical scholar; son of S.R.) 1892-1975
Driver, Samuel Rolles (English biblical scholar) 1846-1914
Drobisch, Moritz Wilhelm (German mathematician, philosopher) 1802-1896
Drogo de Hauteville (Norman nobleman) d.1051
Dropsie, Moses Aaron (American lawyer) 1821-1905
Drost, Aernout (Dutch writer) 1810-1834
Droste-Hulshoff, Annette Elisabeth von (German poet) 1797-1848
Droste zu Vischering, Klemens August von (German prelate) 1773-1845
Drouais, Francois-Hubert (French painter; son of Hubert) 1727-1775
Drouais, Hubert (French portrait, miniature painter) 1699-1767
Drouais, Jean-Germain (French historical painter; son of F.H.) 1763-1788
Drouet, Jean-Baptiste (French revolutionist) 1763-1824
Drouet, Jean-Baptiste (Comte d'Erlon; French soldier) 1765-1844
Drouot, Antoine (French general) 1774-1847
Drouyn de Lhuys, Edouard (French politician) 1805-1881
Droysen, Johann Gustav (German historian, politician) 1808-1884
Droz, Antoine-Gustave (French painter, writer; son of Jules) 1832-1895
Droz, Francois-Xavier-Joseph (Fr. moral philosopher, historian) 1773-1850
Droz, Jean-Pierre (French engraver) 1746-1823
Droz, Jules-Antoine (French sculptor; son of Jean-Pierre) 1807-1872
Droz, Numa (Swiss journalist, politician) 1844-1899
Drucker, Peter Ferdinand (Austrian-born Am. polit. economist) 1909-2005
Drude, Paul Karl Ludwig (German physicist) 1863-1906
Drumm, Kevin (American musician) b.1970
Drummond de Andrade, Carlos (Brazilian poet, journalist) 1902-1987
Drummond of Hawthornden, William (Scottish poet) 1585-1649
Drummond, Henry (English banker, religious leader) 1786-1860
Drummond, Henry (Scottish evangelical writer, lecturer) 1851-1897
Drummond, Thomas (Scottish-born Brit. engineer, administrator) 1797-1840
Drummond, William (1st Viscount of Strathallan; Scot. soldier) 1617?-1688
Drummond, Sir William (British diplomat, scholar, writer) c.1770-1828
Drummond, William Henry (Irish-born Canadian poet) 1854-1907
Drury, Allen Stuart (American writer, journalist) 1918-1998
Drusus (aka Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus; Roman general) 38-9 BC
Dryden, Hugh Latimer (American physicist) 1898-1965
Dryden, John (English poet, dramatist; poet laureate 1668-1689) 1631-1700
Dryden, John Fairfield (American businessman: Prudential Ins.) 1839-1911
Drygalski, Erich Dagobert von (German geophysicist, geographer) 1865-1949
Drzic, Marin (Croatian writer) 1508-1567
Duane, William (American journalist) 1760-1835
Duane, William (American physicist) 1872-1935
Duarte, Anselmo (Brazilian actor, screenwriter, film director) b.1920
Duarte, Fausto Castilho (Cape Verdean writer, administrator) 1903-1953
Duarte, Juan Pablo (Dominican political leader) 1813-1876
Duarte, Leonora (Flemish composer, musician) c.1610-1678
Dubail, Auguste-Yvon-Edmond (French general) 1851-1934
Duban, Felix-Louis-Jacques (French architect) 1797-1870
Dube, John Langalibalele (South African journalist, educator) 1871-1946
Dubnow, Simon (Russian Jewish historian) 1860-1941
Dubois, Eugene (Dutch anatomist, paleontologist) 1858-1940
Dubois, Francois-Clement-Theodore (French composer, organist) 1837-1924
Dubois, Guillaume (French prelate, politician) 1656-1723
duBois, Guy Pene (American painter) 1884-1958
Dubois, Jean-Antoine (Fr. Roman Catholic missionary in India) 1765-1848
Dubois, Paul (French sculptor) 1829-1905
Dubois, Pierre (Petrus a Bosco; French lawyer, publicist) c.1250-c.1320
Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt (Am.-born Ghanan sociologist) 1868-1963
du Bois, William Pene Sherman (American writer, illustrator) 1916-1993
Dubois-Crance, Edmond-Louis-Alexis (Fr. revolutionary polit.) 1747-1814
Du Bois-Reymond, Emil Heinrich (German philologist) 1818-1896
Du Bos, Charles (French critic) 1882-1939
Dubos, Rene Jules (French-born American bacteriologist) 1901-1982
Dubs, Jakob (Swiss politician) 1822-1879
Du Buat, Pierre-Louis-Georges (French hydraulic engineer) 1734-1809
Dubufe, Claude-Marie (French painter) 1789-1864
Dubufe, Edouard-Marie-Guillaume (French painter; son of Louis) 1853-1909
Dubufe, Louis-Edouard (French painter; son of Claude-Marie) 1820-1883
Dubuffet, Jean (French painter, printmaker, sculptor) 1901-1985
Dubuque, Julien (Canadian-born American pioneer) 1762-1810
Dubus, Andre (American writer, essayist, autobiographer) 1936-1999
Du Camp, Maxime (French journalist, photographer, traveler) 1822-1894
Du Cange, Charles Du Fresne (French scholar, glossarist) 1610-1688
Du Cange, Victor-Henri-Joseph Brahain (French playwright) 1783-1833
Ducasse, Isidore-Lucien (Uraguay-born French poet) 1847-1870
Du Casse, Pierre-Emmanuel-Albert (French army officer, hist.) 1813-1893
Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italian painter) 1255?-1318
Du Cerceau, Baptiste Androuet (Fr. architect; son of Jacques) 1545-1590
Du Cerceau, Jacques II (French architect; son of Jacques) c.1550-1614
Du Cerceau, Jacques Androuet du (French architect, decorator) c.1520-c.1585
Du Cerceau, Jean I (French architect; son of Baptiste) 1585-1649
Ducetius (Sicilian leader) d.c.440 BC
Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni (French-born Am. explorer of Africa) 1831-1903
Duchamp, Gaston (pseudonym Jacques Villon; French artist) 1875-1963
Duchamp, Henri-Robert-Marcel (French artist) 1887-1968
Duchamp-Villon, Raymond (French sculptor; brother of Marcel) 1876-1918
Ducharme, Rejean (Canadian writer, playwright, screenwriter) b.1942
Duchenne, Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand (French physician) 1806-1875
Duchesne, Andre (Andreas Chesneus; French hist., geographer) 1584-1640
Duchesne, Louis-Marie-Olivier (French prelate, scholar) 1843-1922
Duchesne, Rose-Philippine (French religious) 1769-1852
Ducis, Jean-Francois (French playwright) 1733-1816
Duckworth, Sir John Thomas (English naval commander) 1748-1817
Duclaux, Pierre-Emile (French biochemist) 1840-1904
Duclos, Charles-Pinot (French writer) 1704-1772
Ducommun, Elie (Swiss journalist, peace activist) 1833-1906
Ducos, Pierre-Roger (French politician) 1747-1816
Ducos du Hauron, Arthur-Louis (French physicist) 1837-1920
Ducrot, Auguste-Alexandre (French general) 1817-1882
Ducrow, Andrew (English equestrian) 1793-1842
Duddell, William du Bois (English electrical engineer) 1872-1917
Dudek, Louis (Canadian poet, critic, editor, publisher) 1918-2001
Dudintsev, Vladimir Dmitrievich (Soviet writer) 1918-1998
Dudley, Charles Benjamin (American chemist) 1842-1909
Dudley, Dud (English ironmaster) 1599-1684
Dudley, Edmond (English politician) c.1462-1510
Dudley, John (English soldier, politician) 1502-1553
Dudley, Joseph (English colonial administrator; son of Thomas) 1647-1720
Dudley, Robert (English courtier) 1532/3-1588
Dudley, Sir Robert (English engineer; son of Robert) 1574-1649
Dudley, Thomas (English colonial admin. in Massachusetts) 1576-1653
Dudo (or Dudon) of Saint-Quentin (Norman historian) c.960-1043?
Dudok, Willem Marinus (Dutch architect) 1884-1974
Dudok De Wit, Michael (Dutch animator, director, illustrator) b.1953
Duer, William (English-born American Revolutionary leader) 1747-1799
Duesenberg, Frederick Samuel (German-born Am. manufacturer) 1877-1932
Du Fail, Noel (French poet) c.1520-1591
Dufaure, Jules-Armand-Stanislas (French politician) 1798-1881
Du Fay, Charles-Francois de Cisternay (French scientist) 1698-1739
Dufay (aka Du Fay, Du Fayt), Guillaume (French composer) 1400?-1474
Duff, Alexander (Scottish missionary in Calcutta) 1806-1878
Duff, Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant (Scottish admin. in India) 1829-1906
Dufferin and Ava, 1st Marquis of (Italian-born Brit. diplomat) 1826-1902
Duff-Gordon, Lady Lucie née Austin (English woman of letters) 1821-1869
Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan (Irish nationalist, Australian polit.) 1816-1903
Duffy, Sir Frank Gavan (Irish-born Australian jurist) 1852-1936
Duffy, Edmund (American cartoonist) 1899-1962
Duffy, Francis Patrick (Can.-born Am. Roman Catholic clergyman) 1871-1932
Dufour, Guillaume-Henri (born William Heinrich; Swiss soldier) 1787-1875
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse (French painter) 1611-1665
Dufresny, Charles-Riviere (French dramatist) 1648-1724
Dufy, Raoul (French painter, designer) 1877-1953
Dugan, Alan (American poet, teacher) b.1923
Dugan, Raymond Smith (American astronomer, writer; asteroid) 1878-1940
Dugdale, Sir William (English antiquary) 1605-1686
Duggar, Benjamin Minge (American botanist) 1872-1956
Dughet, Gaspard (aka Gaspard Poussin; French painter) 1615-1675
Dugonics, Andras (Hungarian writer) 1740-1818
Duguay-Trouin, Rene (French sea captain) 1673-1736
du Guillet, Pernette (French poet, musician) c.1520-1545
Duguit, Leon (French jurist) 1859-1928
Duhamel, Georges (French writer, poet, playwright, lit. critic) 1884-1966
Duhamel, Marcel (French actor, screenwriter) 1900-1977
Duhamel du Monceau, Henri-Louis (Fr. engineer, agriculturist) 1700-1782
Duhem, Pierre-Maurice-Marie (French physicist, philosopher) 1861-1916
Duhm, Bernhard (German theologian) 1847-1928
Duhring, Karl Eugen (German Positivist philosopher, economist) 1833-1921
Duilius, Gaius (Roman general) 3rd cent. BC
Duits, Charles (French writer, poet) 1925-1991
Dujardin, Edouard-Emile-Louis (French journalist, writer) 1861-1949
Dujardin, Felix (French biologist) 1801-1860
Dujardin, Karel (Dutch painter, etcher) 1622-1678
Dukakis, Michael Stanley (American politician) b.1933
Dukas, Paul-Abraham (French composer, teacher) 1865-1935
Duke, Benjamin Newton (American tobacco indust.; brother: J.B.) 1855-1929
Duke, David Ernest (American politician) b.1950
Duke, James Buchanan (American tobacco indust.; brother: B.N.) 1856-1925
Dukes, Ashley (English critic, playwright, theater manager) 1885-1959
Dulac, Edmund (Fr.-born Brit. artist, illus., stage designer) 1882-1953
Dulac, Germaine (French film director, theorist) 1882-1942
Dulany, Daniel (American lawyer, colonial leader) 1722-1797
Dulbecco, Renato (Italian-born American virologist) b.1914
Dulce y Garay, Domingo (Spanish general) 1808-1869
Dulhut (or Duluth), Daniel Greysolon (French explorer) 1636-1710
Dulles, Allen Welsh (Am. diplomat, OSS & CIA administrator) 1893-1969
Dulles, John Foster (American lawyer, diplomat) 1888-1959
Dullin, Charles (French actor, theatrical producer) 1885-1949
Dulong, Pierre-Louis (French chemist, physicist) 1785-1838
Dumage (or du Mage), Pierre (French organist) c.1674-1751
Dumas, Alexandre (Santa Domingo-born French soldier) 1762-1806
Dumas, Alexandre (aka Dumas pere; French writer, playwright) 1802-1870
Dumas, Alexandre (French playwright, writer; son of Dumas pere) 1824-1895
Dumas, Guillaume-Mathieu (French soldier, historian) 1753-1837
Dumas, Henry (American poet, writer, civil rights activist) 1934-1968
Dumas, Jean-Baptiste-Andre (French chemist) 1800-1884
du Maurier, Daphne (English writer, playwright) 1907-1989
Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson (Brit. artist, writer) 1834-1896
Dumesnil, Mlle (orig.Marie-Francoise Marchand; Fr. tragedienne) 1713-1803
Dummer, Jeremiah (American-born English lawyer) c.1679-1739
Dummler, Ernst Ludwig (German historian) 1830-1902
Dumonceau, Jean-Baptiste (Belgian soldier) 1760-1821
Dumonstier (or Dumoustier), Cosme (French artist) d.c.1605
Dumonstier (or Dumoustier), Daniel (Fr. painter; son of Cosme) 1574-1646
Dumonstier (or Dumoustier), Etienne II (French painter) 1520-1603
Dumonstier (or Dumoustier), Geoffroy (French miniaturist) 1510-1560
Dumonstier (or Dumoustier), Nicolas (Fr. painter; son of Dan.) 1612-1667
Dumonstier (or Dumoustier), Pierre (French painter) c.1524-1604
Du Mont, Allen Balcom (American engineer) 1901-1965
Dumont, Augustin-Alexandre (French sculptor; son of Jacques) 1801-1884
Dumont, Edme (French sculptor; son of Francois) 1722-1775
Dumont, Francois (French sculptor; son of Pierre) 1688-1726
Dumont, Francois (French miniature painter) 1751-1831
Du Mont, Henri (orig. surname de Thier; Belgian composer) 1610-1684
Dumont, Jacques-Edme (French sculptor; son of Edme) 1761-1844
Dumont, Pierre (French sculptor) 1660-1737
Dumont, Pierre-Etienne-Louis (Swiss publicist) 1759-1829
Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sebastien-Cesar (Fr. naval commander) 1790-1842
Dumoulin, Charles (French jurist) 1500-1566
Dumouriez, Charles-Francois du Perier (French general) 1739-1823
Dun, Robert Graham (American businessman: Dun & Bradstreet) 1826-1900
Dunant, Jean-Henri (Swiss philanthropist; founder of Red Cross) 1828-1910
Dunash ben Labrat (Jewish poet, grammarian, polemicist) c.920-c.990
Dunash ben Tamin (Jewish physician, scholar) c.900-c.960
Dunaway, Judy (American composer, conceptual artist) b.1964
Dunbar Nelson, Alice (born Alice Ruth Moore; Am. writer, poet) 1875-1935
Dunbar, Paul Laurence (American poet, writer) 1872-1906
Dunbar, William (Scottish poet) 1460?-1530?
Duncan, Adam (Scottish-born British naval commander) 1731-1804
Duncan, Andrew the Elder (Scottish physician) 1744-1828
Duncan, Andrew the Younger (Scottish physician) 1773-1832
Duncan, Sir Andrew Rae (British government official) 1884-1952
Duncan, Isadora (born Angela Duncan; American dancer) 1878-1927
Duncan, Sir Patrick (South African politician) 1870-1943
Duncan, Robert Edward (born Edward Howard Duncan Jr.; Am. poet) 1919-1988
Duncan, Ronald Frederick Henry (British playwright, poet) 1914-1982
Duncan, Thomas (Scottish portrait, genre, historical painter) 1807-1845
Duncker, Maximilian Wolfgang "Max" (German historian) 1811-1886
Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby (English radical leader) 1796-1861
Dundas, Sir David (Scottish-born British army officer) 1735-1820
Dundas, Henry (British statesman) 1742-1811
Dundes, Alan (American folklorist, educator) 1934-2005
Duner, Nils Christofer (Swedish astronomer) 1839-1914
Dunglison, Robley (English-born American physician) 1798-1869
Dunham, Jeff (American ventriloquist, comedian) b.1960
Dunhill, Thomas Frederick (English composer) 1877-1946
Duni, Egidio Romualdo (Italian composer) 1708-1775
Dunkerley, William Arthur (English businessman, writer) 1861?-1941
Dunlap, Jane (Adelle Davis; American nutritionist, writer) 1904-1974
Dunlap, John (Irish-born American printer) 1747-1812
Dunlap, William (American painter, playwright, historian) 1766-1839
Dunlop, John Boyd (Scottish inventor) 1840-1921
Dunn, Douglas Eaglesham (Scottish writer, critic, poet) b.1942
Dunn, Richard B. "Dick" (Am. astrophysicist, organ-grinder) 1928-2005
Dunn, Trevor Roy (American musician) b.1968
Dunne, Finley Peter (American journalist, humorist) 1867-1936
Dunne, John Gregory (American writer) b.1932
Dunne, John William (British airplane designer, philosopher) 1875-1949
Dunning, John (1st Baron Ashburton; English lawyer) 1731-1783
Dunning, John Ray (American physicist, teacher, educator) 1907-1975
Dunois, Jean (Comte de Dunois; French soldier, diplomat) 1403-1468
Dunoyer de Segonzac, Andre (French painter, engraver) 1884-1974
Dunoyer de Segonzac, Louis-Dominique-Joseph (French physicist) 1880-1963
Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett (Irish poet, dram.) 1878-1957
Duns Scotus, John (Scottish scholastic theologian) 1266?-1308
Dunstable (or Dunstaple), John (English composer, astronomer) c.1390-1453
Dunstan, Saint (English archbishop of Canterbury 959-988) 924-988
Dunster, Henry (English-born American clergyman, educator) 1609-1659
Duntzer, Johann Heinrich Joseph (German hist. of literature) 1813-1901
Dupanloup, Felix-Antoine-Philibert (Fr. prelate, polit. leader) 1802-1878
Duparc, Marie-Eugene-Henri (born Fouques-Duparc; Fr. composer) 1848-1933
Duperrey, Louis-Isidore (French naval officer, scientist) 1786-1865
Du Perron, Jacques Davy (French prelate) 1556-1618
Dupetit-Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert (French botanist) 1758-1831
Dupin, Andre-Marie-Jean-Jacques (French lawyer, politician) 1783-1865
Dupin, Louis-Ellies (French Roman Catholic clergyman, hist.) 1657-1719
Dupleix, Joseph-Francois (French colonial admin. in India) 1697-1763
Duplessis, Joseph-Siffred (French painter) 1725-1802
Duplessis, Maurice Le Noblet (Canadian politician) 1890-1959
du Pont, Alfred Victor (Am. industrialist; son of Eleuthere) 1798-1856
Dupont de l'Etang, Pierre-Antoine (French general) 1765-1840
Dupont de l'Eure, Jacques-Charles (French politician) 1767-1855
du Pont de Nemours, Pierre-Samuel (French economist, statesman) 1739-1817
du Pont, Eleuthere Irenee (French industrialist; son of Pierre) 1771-1834
du Pont, Henry (American industrialist; son of Eleuthere) 1812-1889
du Pont, Henry Algernon (American industrialist; son of Henry) 1838-1926
du Pont, Samuel Francis (American naval officer; son of Victor) 1803-1865
du Pont, Victor Marie (French-born Am. indust.; son of Pierre) 1767-1827
Duport, Adrien-Jean-Francois (French magistrate) 1759-1798
Duport, Louis (French dancer) 1781-1853
Duprat, Antoine (French prelate, statesman) 1463-1535
Dupre, Giovanni (Italian sculptor) 1817-1882
Dupre, Guillaume (French sculptor, medallionist) 1574?-1647
Dupre, Jules (French landscape painter) 1811-1889
Dupre, Marcel (French organist, pianist, composer, pedagogue) 1886-1971
Dupre, Marie-Jules (French naval officer, col. administrator) 1813-1881
Dupuis, Jacques (Belgian Jesuit theologian) 1923-2004
Dupuis, Jean (French adventurer, trader) 1829-1912
Dupuy, Charles-Alexandre (French educator, politician) 1851-1923
Dupuy, Jacques (French librarian; brother of Pierre) 1586-1656
Dupuy, Jean (French multi-media artist, curator: Fluxus) b.1925
Dupuy, Pierre (French historian, librarian) 1582-1651
Dupuy de Lome, Stanislas-Charles-Henri-Laurent (Fr. naval eng.) 1816-1885
Dupuytren, Guillaume (French surgeon, anatomist) 1777-1835
Duquesne, Abraham (French naval commander) 1610-1688
Duquesnoy, Francois (aka Francois Flamand; Flemish sculptor) 1597-1643
Duran, Agustin (Spanish literary critic, bibliographer, poet) 1793-1862
Duran, Profiat (French-born Jewish philosopher, grammarian) c.1350-c.1415
Duran, Simeon ben Zemah (aka Rashbaz; Spanish Jewish rabbi) 1361-1444
Durand, Asher Brown (American engraver, painter) 1796-1886
Durand, Guillaume (aka Duranti the Elder; French prelate) c.1230-1296
Durand, William Frederick (American mechanical engineer) 1859-1958
Durand de Saint-Pourcain, Guillaume (French Dominican, prelate) c.1270-1334
Durando, Giacomo (Italian soldier, politician) 1807-1894
Durant, Ariel (born Chaya Kaufman; Ukrainian-born Am. writer) 1898-1981
Durant, Henry (American clergyman, educator) 1802-1875
Durant, Henry Fowle (born Henry Welles Smith; American lawyer) 1822-1881
Durant, Thomas Clark (American businessman) 1820-1885
Durant, William Crapo (American industrialist) 1861-1947
Durant, William James "Will" (American historian) 1885-1981
Durante, Francesco (Italian composer) 1684-1755
Durante, Jimmy (born James Francis; American comedian) 1893-1980
Duranty, Walter (English-born American journalist, writer) 1884-1957
Durao, Jose de Santa Ritta (Brazilian monk, poet) 1737?-1784
Duras, Marguerite née Donnadieu (French writer, film director) 1914-1996
D'Urban, Sir Benjamin (British general, colonial administrator) 1777-1849
Durer, Albrecht (German painter, engraver) 1471-1528
Durey, Louis-Edmond (French composer) 1888-1979
D'Urfey, Thomas (aka Tom Durfey; English songwriter, dram.) 1653-1723
Durkheim, Emile (French sociologist, philosopher) 1857-1917
Duroc, Geraud-Christophe-Michel (French general under Napoleon) 1772-1813
Durrell, Gerald Malcolm (English zoologist, writer) b.1925
Durrell, Lawrence George (British writer, poet, playwright) 1912-1990
Durrenmatt, Friedrich (Swiss writer, critic, dramatist) 1921-1990
Durruti, Buenaventura (Spanish anarchist leader) 1896-1936
Durufle, Maurice (French composer, organist, pedagogue) 1902-1986
Duruy, Victor (French historian) 1811-1894
Duryea, Charles Edgar (American inventor, manufacturer) 1861-1938
Duryea, James Frank (American inventor, manufacturer) 1869-1967
Duse, Eleonora (Italian actor) 1858-1924
Du Sommerard, Alexandre (French archaeologist) 1779-1842
Dussek (or Dusek, Dusik), Jan Ladislav (Czech pianist, comp.) 1760-1812
Duston, Hannah née Emerson (American heroine) 1657-1736?
Dutilleux, Henri (French composer) b.1916
Du Toit, Jakob Daniel (S. African clergyman, poet; son of S.J.) 1877-1953
Du Toit, Stephanus Jacobus (South African cleric, politician) 1847-1911
Dutourd, Jean (French writer, essayist) b.1920
Dutra, Eurico Gaspar (Brazilian general, president 1946-1951) 1885-1974
Dutreuil de Rhins, Jules-Leon (French explorer) 1846-1894
Dutrochet, Rene-Joachim-Henri (French physiologist) 1776-1847
Dutthagamani (or Dutugumunu; King of Ceylon 101-77 BC) d.77 BC
Dutton, Clarence Edward (American geologist) 1841-1912
Dutton, Edward Payson (American publisher) 1831-1923
Dutton, Paul (Canadian poet, essayist, vocal sound artist) b.1943
Duun, Olav Julius (Norwegian writer) 1876-1939
Duval (or Duvall), Claude (French highwayman in England) 1643-1670
Duval, Paul (pseudonym Jean Lorrain; French writer) 1855-1906
Duvalier, Francois "Papa Doc" (Haitian president 1957-1971) 1907-1971
Duvalier, Jean-Claude (Haitian President-for-life 1971-1986) 1951-2014
Duvall, Gabriel (American politician, Supreme Court justice) 1752-1844
Duve, Christian Rene Marie Joseph (Eng.-born Belgian physiol.) 1917-2013
Duveen, Joseph (English art connoisseur, dealer) 1869-1939
Duveneck, Frank (American painter, sculptor, teacher) 1848-1919
Du Vergier de Hauranne, Jean (Saint-Cyran; French theologian) 1581-1643
Duverney, Joseph-Guichard (French anatomist) 1648-1730
Duvet, Jean (French engraver) 1485-1561
Duveyrier, Henri (French explorer in Africa) 1840-1892
Du Vigneaud, Vincent (American biochemist) 1901-1978
Duyckinck, Evert Augustus (American editor, biographer, critic) 1816-1878
Duyckinck, George Long (American editor; brother of Evert) 1823-1863
Duyse, Prudens van (Flemish writer) 1804-1859
Duy Tan (born Vinh San; Vietnamese ruler) 1899-1945
Dvorak, Antonin Leopold (Bohemian composer) 1841-1904
Dwiggins, William Addison (American type designer) 1880-1956
Dwight, John (English potter) c.1637-1703
Dwight, John Sullivan (American music critic) 1813-1893
Dwight, Timothy (American clergyman; president of Yale Univ.) 1752-1817
Dwight, Timothy (American clergyman; president of Yale Univ.) 1828-1916
Dworkin, Andrea (American feminist critic) 1946-2005
Dybek, Stuart (American writer, teacher) b.1942
Dyce, Alexander (Scottish editor, Shakespearean scholar) 1798-1869
Dyce, William (Scottish historical, portrait painter) 1806-1864
Dye, Paul G. (American engineer, conservationist) 1937-2005
Dyer, Alexander Brydie (American army officer) 1815-1874
Dyer, Sir Edward (English courtier, poet) 1543-1607
Dyer, Eliphalet (American jurist) 1721-1807
Dyer, Isadore (Am. dermatologist; founder Louisiana Leper Home) 1865-1920
Dyer, Sir James (English jurist) 1512-1582
Dyer, John (Welsh-born British poet) 1699-1757
Dyer, Mary (English-born American Quaker martyr) d.1660
Dyer, Reginald Edward Harry (British soldier) 1864-1927
Dygasinski, Adolf (Polish writer, teacher, poet) 1839-1902
Dyk, Viktor (Czech writer) 1877-1931
Dykes, John Bacchus (English clergyman, hymn composer) 1823-1876
Dykstra, Clarence Addison (American educator) 1883-1950
Dylan, Bob (Robert Allen Zimmerman; American musician) b.1941
Dyott, Thomas W. (English-born American businessman, reformer) 1771-1861
Dyson, Esther (Swiss-born American businesswoman, writer) b.1951
Dyson, Sir Frank Watson (British astronomer) 1868-1939
Dyson, Freeman John (English-born American physicist, math.) b.1923
Dyson, George (English musician, composer; father of Freeman) 1883-1964
Dyson, George Bernard (American naturalist, writer) b.1953
Dyson, William Henry (Australian-born Brit. etcher, cartoonist) 1883-1938
Dzerzhinski, Feliks Edmundovich (Russian politician, admin.) 1877-1926
Dzier, Johann (German apiculturist) 1811-1906
Dzyubin, Eduard Georgiyevich "Edward Bagritsky" (Russian poet) 1895-1934

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