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 |