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- D'Arcy Wentworth ThompsonScottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar
- Dahlia MalkhiIsraeli-American computer scientist
- Daina TaimiņaLatvian mathematician
- Daisy Yen WuChinese biochemist (1902–1993)
- Damalie NakanjakoUgandan medical researcher, academic and academic administrator
- Dan BricklinAmerican businessman and engineer (born 1951)
- Dan ShechtmanIsraeli Nobel laureate in chemistry
- Dana AngluinProfessor of computer science
- Dani BassettAmerican physicist
- Daniel B. WessonAmerican gunsmith
- Daniel C. TsuiChinese-American physicist
- Daniel Draper (meteorologist)Daniel Draper (2 April 1841 – 21 December 1931) was an American meteorologist and inventor
- Daniel Gabriel FahrenheitPhysicist and engineer (1686–1736)
- Daniel Guggenheim MedalThe Daniel Guggenheim Medal is an American engineering award, established by Daniel and Ha
- Daniel SimberloffDaniel Simberloff is an American biologist and ecologist. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard
- Daniela WittenDaniela M. Witten is an American biostatistician. She is a professor and the Dorothy Gilfo
- Danièle Aron-RosaFrench ophthalmologist and painter
- Danielle Bunten BerryAmerican game designer and programmer
- Daphne OsborneBritish botanist (1930–2006)
- Dava NewmanAmerican aerospace engineer (born 1964)
- David A. JohnstonAmerican volcanologist (1949–1980)
- David BaltimoreAmerican biologist and Nobel laureate (1938–2025)
- David BarfordDavid Barford is a British medical researcher and structural biologist at the MRC Laborato
- David BrewsterBritish astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868)
- David C. JewittDavid Clifford Jewitt (born 1958) is a British-American astronomer who studies the Solar S
- David C. PageDavid C. Page (born 1956) is an American biologist and professor at the Massachusetts Inst
- David Chilton PhillipsDavid Chilton Phillips, Baron Phillips of Ellesmere KBE FRS (7 March 1924 – 23 February 19
- David Goodall (botanist)Botanist and ecologist
- David Gregory (mathematician)David Gregory (originally spelt Gregorie) FRS (3 June 1659 – 10 October 1708) was a Scotti
- David GrossAmerican particle physicist and string theorist
- David HoTaiwanese physician and scientist
- David J. WinelandAmerican physicist
- David Lee (physicist)Physicist and Nobel Prize winner from the United States
- David RivettSir Albert Cherbury David Rivett KCMG FRS FAA (4 December 1885 – 1 April 1961) was an Aust
- David SchmeidlerDavid Schmeidler (1939 – 17 March 2022) was an Israeli mathematician and economic theorist
- David SeaborgDavid Seaborg (born April 22, 1949) is an American evolutionary biologist, peace activist,
- David ThoulessBritish physicist (1934–2019)
- David UnaiponAboriginal Australian writer (1872–1967)
- David Wheeler (computer scientist)British computer scientist (1927–2004)
- David WidderDavid Vernon Widder (25 March 1898 – 8 July 1990) was an American mathematician. He earned
- De Morbis Artificum DiatribaThe De Morbis Artificum Diatriba (Dissertation on Workers' Diseases) is the first book exp
- De Morgan algebraIn mathematics, a De Morgan algebra (named after Augustus De Morgan, a British mathematici
- De VriesDe Vries is one of the most common Dutch surnames. It indicates a geographical origin: "Vr
- Debora HammondAmerican historian of science
- Deborah BronkAmerican oceanographer
- Deborah DultzinDeborah Dultzin Kessler (also published as Deborah Dultzin-Hacyan) is a Mexican astrophysi
- Deborah S. JinAmerican physicist
- Debra BoutinDebra Lynn Boutin (born 1957 in Holyoke, Massachusetts) is an American mathematician, the
- Deepa PullanikkatilIndian engineer
- Demis HassabisBritish AI researcher (born 1976)
- Denis MukwegeCongolese humanitarian (born 1955)
- Denis PapinFrench physicist, mathematician and inventor (1647–1713)
- Denise Albe-FessardFrench neuroscientist (1916–2003)
- Denise FaustmanAmerican immunologist
- Dennis GaborHungarian-British physicist (1900–1979)
- Desargues (crater)Desargues is an ancient lunar impact crater that is located near the northern limb of the
- DeutschfeistritzDeutschfeistritz (German: ) is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Aust
- Devi SridharGlobal public health researcher
- Dian FosseyAmerican primatologist (1932–1985)
- Diana LivermanGeographer and science writer
- Dianne EdwardsWelsh palaeobotanist
- DichotomyPartition into two separate parts
- Didier QuelozSwiss astronomer (born 1966)
- Didier StainierDidier Stainier (born 1963) is a Belgian/American developmental geneticist who is currentl
- Dieudonné's theoremIn mathematics, Dieudonné's theorem, named after Jean Dieudonné, is a theorem on when the
- Dina Lévi-StraussFrench ethnologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (1911–1999)
- DioscoridesGreek pharmacologist (1st century AD)
- Dipsas gaigeaeDipsas gaigeae, also known commonly as Gaige's thirst snail-eater, Gaige's thirst snake, a
- Distinguished professorAcademic title
- Dmitri IvanovskyRussian botanist (1864–1920)
- Dobrodeia of KievEmpress consort of the Byzantine Empire
- Dolomieu, IsèreDolomieu (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern Fra
- Dolores RamirezFilipino geneticist
- Domestic violence in ArgentinaDomestic violence in Argentina is a serious issue. Since the 1990s onwards, the Government
- Don Mason (immunologist)Donald W. Mason (1934 – 13 January 2021) was a British immunologist and professor of immun
- Don Page (physicist)Canadian physicist (born 1948)
- Don WalshAmerican oceanographer (1931–2023)
- Donald Howard MenzelDonald Howard Menzel (April 11, 1901 – December 14, 1976) was one of the first theoretical
- Donna NelsonNative American chemist (born 1954)
- Donna StricklandCanadian physicist, engineer, and Nobel laureate
- Dora Emilia Mora de RetanaCosta Rican botanist
- Doreen CantrellBritish immunologist
- Doreen OtheroKenyan nurse and research and policy analyst
- Doris Honig MerrittAmerican physician (1923–2022)
- Doris Kuhlmann-WilsdorfGerman-American metallurgist and materials scientist
- Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science AwardPrize given annually by the Geological Society of America
- Doris SchattschneiderAmerican mathematician
- Dorotea BuccaItalian physician (1360–1436)
- Dorothea BateWelsh palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (1878–1951)
- Dorothea DixAmerican social reformer (1802–1887)
- Dorothea KlumpkeAmerican astronomer (1861–1942)
- Dorothy Catherine DraperArtist, educator and chemist
- Dorothy HahnAmerican organic chemist
- Dorothy Hansine AndersenAmerican physician (1901–1963)
- Dorothy Maud WrinchMathematician and biochemical theorist
- Dorothy NickersonDorothy Nickerson (August 5, 1900 – April 25, 1985) was an American color scientist and te
- Dorothy Price (physician)Irish doctor
- Dorte Juul JensenDanish scientist
- Doubling the cubeAncient geometric construction problem
- Douglas Chalmers WatsonDouglas Chalmers Watson (1870 – 7 April 1946) M.D., F.R.C.P.Ed. was a Scottish physician a
- Douglas HartreeBritish mathematician and physicist (1897–1958)
- Douglas OsheroffAmerican physicist
- DryopterisDryopteris , commonly called the wood ferns, male ferns (referring in particular to Dryopt
- Du Shi1st-century engineer, metallurgist and politician
- Dugald C. JacksonDugald Caleb Jackson (February 13, 1865 – July 1, 1951) was an American electrical enginee
- Duncan HaldaneBritish physicist
- Dunstable, MassachusettsDunstable ( DUN-stə-bəl) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The
- DuPont Experimental StationThe DuPont Experimental Station is the largest research and development facility of DuPont
- Dusa McDuffEnglish mathematician
- Dutch nameDutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname. The given name is usually ge
- Dyann WirthAmerican immunologist
- DynamoElectrical generator that produces direct current with the use of a commutator
- Dyson treeA Dyson tree is a hypothetical genetically engineered plant (perhaps resembling a tree) ca