Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Theodore Roosevelt
Sylvia Plath
Roy Lichtenstein
Akbar the Great
All Personalities (672 listed)
Deepak Chopra
World-Renowned Integrative Physician, Neuro-Endocrinologist & Bestselling Author
Dennis Franz
Four-Time Emmy Award-Winning Actor (NYPD Blue & Hill Street Blues)
Denny Laine
Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist & Rock Hall of Famer
Desmond Child
Songwriters Hall of Fame Composer, Producer & Rock Legend
Devin Booker
NBA Superstar Shooting Guard & Olympic Gold Medalist
Diego Maradona
Football Legend & World Cup Champion
Dileep
Leading Malayalam Film Actor, Producer, Mimicry Artist & Box Office Superstar
Dizzy Gillespie
American Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader & Founding Pioneer of Bebop and Afro-Cuban Jazz
Dmitri Sychev
Russian International Striker, Russian Footballer of the Year & UEFA Euro 2008 Bronze Medalist
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian Baroque Composer, Keyboard Virtuoso & Master of 555 Harpsichord Sonatas
Dominick Dunne
Investigative Journalist & Bestselling Author
Domitian
Roman Emperor (81–96 AD), Final Ruler of the Flavian Dynasty & Empire-Wide Architectural Builder
Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Economist, Social Entrepreneur & Nobel Peace Laureate
Drake
Global Hip-Hop Icon, 5-Time Grammy Award Winner & Best-Selling Music Artist of the Streaming Era
Dražen Petrović
Hall of Fame Basketball Legend, EuroLeague Champion & NBA All-NBA Guard ("The Mozart of Basketball")
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th President of the United States & Five-Star General