Notable people
Notable peoplePoliticians and leadersScientists, inventors, and mathematiciansWriters and journalistsReligious figuresRevolutionaries and activistsPhilosophers and social scientistsWritersScientists, inventors and mathematiciansMusicians and composersPhilosophers, historians, political and social scientistsVisual artistsSports figuresMilitary leaders and theoristsRebels, revolutionaries and activistsEntertainersLeaders and politiciansExplorersDirectors, producers and screenwritersBusinesspeopleScientists and inventorsMathematiciansJournalistsArtistsMusiciansCriminalsFilmmakers
D
- D. G. ChampernowneDavid Gawen Champernowne, FBA (9 July 1912 – 19 August 2000) was an English economist and
- D. R. KaprekarIndian recreational mathematician (1905–1986)
- D. T. SuzukiJapanese Zen scholar (1870–1966)
- D. Udaya KumarIndian academic and designer (born 1978)
- Dachau concentration campNazi concentration camp in Germany (1933–1945)
- Dada Amir Haider KhanDada Amir Haider Khan (2 March 1900 – 27 December 1989) was a communist activist of Pakist
- DaewonSouth Korean Zen buddhist (born 1936)
- Dai (Sixteen Kingdoms)Chinese state (310–376)
- Dai CommanderyDai Commandery was a commandery (jùn) of the state of Zhao established c. 300 BC and of no
- Daī-ghî tōng-iōng pīng-imDaī-ghî tōng-iōng pīng-im (abbr: DT; Chinese: 臺語通用拼音; lit. 'Taiwanese phonetic transcripti
- Daman HongrenChinese Buddhist patriarch (601–674)
- Damodar Dharmananda KosambiIndian polymath (1907–1966)
- Dan McKenzie (geophysicist)British geophysicist (born 1942)
- DānapālaIndian Buddhist monk and translator (died 1017)
- Dang GuoOne-party system used by the Kuomintang (1924–1987)
- Daniel BensaïdFrench philosopher (1946–2010)
- Daniel BerriganAmerican Catholic priest and activist (1921–2016)
- Daniel Carter BeardAmerican artist and writer (1850–1941)
- Daniel da Silva (mathematician)Daniel da Silva (16 May 1814 – 6 October 1878) was a Portuguese mathematician and marine o
- Daniel De LeonCuraçaoan-American unionist and socialist (1852–1914)
- Daniel FriedanAmerican physicist (born 1948)
- Daniel H. H. Ingalls Sr.American Professor of Sanskrit (1916–1999)
- Daniel Martin VariscoAmerican anthropologist & historian (born 1951)
- Daniel O'ConnellIrish political leader (1775–1847)
- Daniel O'Connell JnrDaniel O'Connell (Jnr) (1816 – 14 June 1897) was one of seven children (the youngest of fo
- Daniel OrtegaLeader of Nicaragua (1979–1990; 2007–present)
- Daniel SolanderSwedish botanist (1733–1782)
- Danish philosophyDanish philosophy has a long tradition as part of Western philosophy.
- DaoshengChinese Buddhist scholar (c. 360–434)
- David Armitage (historian)David Armitage (born 1 February 1965) is a British historian who has written on internatio
- David BrowerAmerican environmentalist (1912–2000)
- David ClaerbautDavid Claerbaut (born February 27, 1946) is a professor, coach, and athletic administrator
- David Coates (political economist)David Coates (24 December 1946 – 7 August 2018) was a British-American political economist
- David Cooper (psychiatrist)David Graham Cooper (1931 in Cape Town, South Africa – 29 July 1986 in Paris, France) was
- David D. FriedmanAmerican academic (born 1945)
- David Dale OwenDavid Dale Owen (24 June 1807 – 13 November 1860) was a prominent American geologist who c
- David DonScottish botanist (1799–1841)
- David EastonDavid Easton FRSC (June 24, 1917 – July 19, 2014) was a Canadian-born American political s
- David George KendallDavid George Kendall FRS (15 January 1918 – 23 October 2007) was an English statistician a
- David GodmanEnglish writer (born 1953)
- David GraeberAmerican anthropologist and activist (1961–2020)
- David J. HansonAmerican sociologist (born 1941)
- David L. AaronDavid Laurence Aaron (born August 21, 1938) is an American diplomat and writer who served
- David McClellandAmerican psychologist (1917–1998)
- David Nolan (politician)Founder of the Libertarian Party of the US (1943–2010)
- David O'Connor (Egyptologist)David Bourke O'Connor (5 February 1938 – 1 October 2022) was an Australian-American Egypto
- David OliveBritish theoretical physicist (1937–2012)
- David Pearce (philosopher)British transhumanist philosopher (born 1959)
- David PinsentDavid Hume Pinsent (; 24 May 1891 – 8 May 1918) was a collaborator and an alleged lover of
- David RockefellerAmerican banker and philanthropist (1915–2017)
- David S. SaxonDavid S. Saxon (February 8, 1920 – December 8, 2005) was an American physicist and educato
- David SchmidtzCanadian-American philosopher (born 1955)
- David SchweickartDavid Schweickart (born 1942) is an American mathematician and philosopher. He holds a BS
- David ScottAmerican astronaut and lunar explorer (born 1932)
- David SouterAmerican lawyer and jurist (1939–2025)
- David SuzukiCanadian scientist and environmentalist (born 1936)
- David Suzuki FoundationThe David Suzuki Foundation is a science-based non-profit environmental organization headq
- David W. McAlpinDavid Wayne McAlpin (20 February 1945 – 23 December 2023) was an American linguist who spe
- David White (geologist)Charles David White (July 1, 1862 – February 7, 1935), who normally went by his middle nam
- Dawn (spacecraft)NASA orbiter mission to asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres (2007–2018)
- Daya Ram SahniIndian archaeologist (1879–1939)
- Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)Hindu monk and teacher (1930–2015)
- Dayi DaoxinChinese Buddhist patriarch (580–651 CE)
- Dazu HuikeSecond Patriarch of Chan Buddhism (487–593 CE)
- De regno, ad regem CypriPolitical treatise by Thomas Aquinas (1266)
- Dean Benjamin McLaughlinDean Benjamin McLaughlin (born October 25, 1901, Brooklyn, New York City; died December 8,
- Death anniversaryAnniversary celebrated on the day on which an individual died
- Debby ApplegateDebby Applegate is an American historian and biographer. She is the author of Madam: The B
- Dei FiliusDei Filius is the incipit of the dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council on the
- Deliberative Council of Princes and MinistersThe Deliberative Council of Princes and Ministers (traditional Chinese: 議政王大臣會議; simplifie
- Demographics of Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro was a country that existed from 1992 to 2006. It consisted of two co
- Denial of the virgin birth of JesusDenial of the virgin birth of Jesus is found among various groups and individuals througho
- Denis John WilliamsDenis John Williams CBE FRCP (1908–1990) was a Welsh neurologist and epileptologist.
- Der TürmerDer Türmer. Monatsschrift für Gemüt und Geist was the name of a national conservative, Pro
- Derek ChauvinAmerican murderer and former police officer (born 1976)
- Derek Thompson (journalist)American journalist (born 1986)
- Derek WallBritish environmentalist (born 1965)
- Derk BoddeDerk Bodde (March 9, 1909 – November 3, 2003) was an American sinologist and historian of
- Derveni papyrusOldest surviving European manuscript (c. 340 BC)
- Deschooling SocietyDeschooling Society is a 1971 book written by Austrian priest Ivan Illich that critiques t
- Description of Africa (1550 book)Description of Africa was taken largely from the firsthand geographical work Cosmographia
- Désiré-Magloire BournevilleDésiré-Magloire Bourneville () (20 October 1840 – 28 May 1909) was a French neurologist bo
- Desmond GuinnessDesmond Walter Guinness (8 September 1931 – 20 August 2020) was an Anglo-Irish author of G
- Despotate of EpirusByzantine rump state (1204–1479)
- Despotate of LovechBulgarian medieval state centered in Lovech (1330–1446)
- Destiny (streamer)American streamer and political commentator (born 1988)
- Deva dynastyBengali Hindu dynasty (c. 12th-13th centuries CE)
- Devendra Fadnavis18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (2014-2019; since 2024)
- Devon LochDevon Loch (1946–1963) was a racehorse, which fell on the final straight while leading the
- Dewi Zephaniah PhillipsWelsh philosopher and theologian (1934–2006)
- DhandhukaDhandhuka is a city and a municipality in the Ahmedabad district in the state of Gujarat,
- DhangaDhanga (r. c. 950-999 CE), also known as Dhaṇgadeva in inscriptions, was a king of the Cha
- Dharmapala of NalandaIndian philosopher (530–561)
- Dharmaraja (Buddhism)Dharmaraja is the title of a Buddha, often mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures. For examp
- Dhondo Keshav KarveIndian social reformer (1858–1962)
- Diana MosleyBritish fascist and writer (1910–2003)
- Diane de GuldencroneDiane de Guldencrone (née de Gobineau; 13 September 1848 – 1 December 1930) was a French h
- Diaspora RevoltSecond Jewish–Roman War (115–117 CE)
- DicuilDicuilus (or the more vernacular version of the name Dícuil) was a monk and geographer, bo
- Die Achse des GutenDie Achse des Guten (German for The Axis of the Good) is a political right blog run by the
- Diet of WormsImperial assembly of the Holy Roman Empire (1521)
- Dieter SeebachDieter Seebach is a German chemist known for his synthesis of biopolymers and dendrimers,
- Dietrich BrandisGerman botanist and forester (1824–1907)
- Dietrich EckartGerman writer (1868–1923)
- Dietrich von BothmerDietrich Felix von Bothmer (pronounced BOAT-mare; October 26, 1918 – October 12, 2009) was
- Dietrich von HildebrandGerman Catholic philosopher (1889–1977)
- Digital Equipment CorporationAmerican computer manufacturer (1957–1998)
- Diler KhanMughal general (died 1683)
- Dinanath Gopal TendulkarIndian writer and filmmaker (1909–1972)
- Diocese of EgyptAdministrative area of the Roman/Byzantine Empire in Africa (381–539)
- Diocese of Rupert's LandThe Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern L
- Diocletianic PersecutionPersecution of Christians in the Roman Empire (303–313)
- Discourses on LivyWork of political history and philosophy by Machiavelli (c. 1517)
- Distinguished Intelligence MedalThe Distinguished Intelligence Medal is awarded by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency fo
- Diwan-i-Khas (Red Fort)28°39′23″N 77°14′37″E / 28.656426°N 77.243595°E
- Dolores IbárruriFormer leader of the Communist Party of Spain (1895–1989)
- Domenico FontanaItalian architect born in today's Ticino (1543–1607)
- Domenico GhirlandaioItalian Renaissance painter from Florence (1448–1494)
- Domenico LosurdoItalian Marxist philosopher and historian (1941–2018)
- Domingo de SotoSpanish Catholic priest and theologian (1494–1560)
- Dominic BoyerDominic Boyer is an American-born cultural anthropologist, writer, filmmaker and podcaster
- Don KulickProfessor of anthropology (born 1960)
- Donald F. DurnbaughDonald F. Durnbaugh (1927–2005) was a noted historian of the Church of the Brethren who pu
- Donald ShoupAmerican urban planning engineer (1938–2025)
- Donato BramanteItalian architect and painter (1444–1514)
- Dong YuanDong Yuan (Chinese: 董源; pinyin: Dǒng Yuán; Wade–Giles: Tung Yüan, Gan: dung3 ngion4; c. 93
- Dong ZhongshuChinese philosopher (179–104 BC)
- Dongshan LiangjieChinese writer and monk (807–869)
- Dora MarsdenEnglish suffragette and editor (1882–1960)
- Dorabji TataIndian industrialist and philanthropist (1859–1932)
- Dorothy DayAmerican Catholic and social activist (1897–1980)
- Dorothy MaharamDorothy Maharam Stone (July 1, 1917 – September 27, 2014) was an American mathematician bo
- Douglas McIlroyAmerican computer scientist (born 1932)
- Douglas R. WhiteAmerican social scientist (1942–2021)
- Dover to Kingsdown CliffsDover to Kingsdown Cliffs is a 207.7-hectare (513-acre) biological and geological Site of
- DraperDraper was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly for clo
- Draža MihailovićLeader of the Chetniks in WWII (1893–1946)
- Drexel Hill, PennsylvaniaDrexel Hill is a neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) located in Upper Darby Tow
- DuboscquellaDuboscquella is a genus of dinoflagellates.
- Duchy of AthensState in southern Greece (1205–1458)
- Duchy of AustriaState of the Holy Roman Empire (1156–1453)
- Duchy of BrunswickGerman duchy (1815–1918)
- Duchy of CarniolaDuchy in Central Europe (1364–1918)
- Duchy of FlorenceItalian municipality (1532–1569)
- Duchy of NaplesItalian state (661–1137)
- Duchy of NassauEuropean state (1806–1866)
- Duchy of NormandyMedieval duchy in Western Europe (911–1290)
- Duchy of PrussiaHistorical state (1525–1701)
- Duchy of WarsawPolish state (1807–1815)
- Duchy of Warsaw (Middle Ages)The Duchy of Warsaw was a feudal district duchy in Masovia, centered on the Warsaw Land. I
- Dudo of Saint-QuentinDudo, or Dudon, was a Picard historian, and dean of Saint-Quentin, where he was born the 9
- Duke of CadavalDuke of Cadaval is a title of Portuguese nobility. It was created on 26 April 1648 by King
- Duke of ParmaRuler of the Duchy of Parma (1545–1802, 1814–1859)
- Duke of ShaoShi, Duke of Shao (died c. 1000 BCE), born Ji Shi, posthumous name Kang (康), also known as
- Dummer's WarConflict between the New England Colonies and the Wabanaki Confederacy (1722–25)
- Durgadas RathoreRajput General of the Kingdom of Marwar (1638–1718)
- Dutch FormosaColony in Taiwan (1624–1662, 1664–1668)
- Dutch MalaccaHistory of Malacca under Dutch control (1641–1825)
- Dutch RepublicPredecessor state of the Netherlands (1581–1795)
- DvijaTwice-born status of Hindu male after Upanayana
- Dwarkanath TagoreIndian industrialist (1794–1846)
- Dyer LumAmerican labor activist (1839–1893)