Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Emma Stone
Ethan Hawke
John Philip Sousa
Charles Dow
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
King Gustavus Adolphus
Heinrich Schütz
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Dennis Franz
Four-Time Emmy Award-Winning Actor (NYPD Blue & Hill Street Blues)
Dennis Miller
Five-Time Emmy Award-Winning Comedian, Political Commentator & Saturday Night Live Anchor
Denny Laine
Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist & Rock Hall of Famer
Dermot Mulroney
American Film & Television Actor & Cellist
Desmond Child
Songwriters Hall of Fame Composer, Producer & Rock Legend
Devin Booker
NBA Superstar Shooting Guard & Olympic Gold Medalist
Dhirendranath Datta
Statesman, Lawyer, Pioneer of the 1948 Bengali Language Movement & Martyr of 1971
Diego Lugano
Iconic Captain of Uruguay, 2011 Copa América Champion & São Paulo Legend
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
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish Action Cinema Superstar (Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, The Expendables) & Chemical Engineer
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