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--Harry Dacre (1860—1922)
English songwriter.

--Roald Dahl (1916—1990)
British author of short-stories and books for children.

--Dalai Lama [Tenzin Gyatso] (b. 1935)
Spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism. (Dalai Lama is Mongolian for "Ocean of Wisdom")
_A Cry from the Forest_ [1987]

--John E E Dalberg, see Lord Acton

--Richard J. Daley (1902—1976)
American politician; mayor of Chicago [1955—1976].

--Salvador Dali (1904—1989)
Spanish painter.

--Robert Dallek (b. 1934)
American historian.
_An Unfinished Life_ [2003]

--Blanche d'Alpuget (b. 1944)
Australian novelist and biographer.

--Theodore Dalrymple [pen name of Anthony (A.M.) Daniels] (b. 1949)
English prison doctor and writer.

--William Dalrymple (b. 1965)
Scottish travel writer and historian.

--"Damn Yankees" [1955 play]

--Charles A(nderson) Dana (1819—1897)
American journalist who became a national figure as editor of the New York "Sun."

--Richard Henry Dana (1815—1882)
American lawyer and author.
_Two Years Before the Mast_ [1840]

--Rodney Dangerfield [Jacob Cohen] (1921—2004)
American comedian.

--Samuel Daniel (1562—1619)
English poet and dramatist.

--Josephus Daniels (1862—1948)
American politician, newspaper publisher & Secretary of the U.S. Navy [1912-1920].

--Dante Alighieri (1265—1321)
Italian poet, literary theorist, and moral philosopher.
_La Divina Commedia_ (The Divine Comedy) [c. 1310—1321]

--Alvin Dark (b. 1922)
American Major League baseball player and manager.

--Franηois Darlan (1881—1942)
French admiral and a leading figure in the WW II Vichy government.

--Byron Darnton (1897—1942)
American journalist.

--Clarence Darrow (1857—1938)
American lawyer.
_Personal Liberty_ [1928]
_The Story of My Life_ [1932]
Biographies and/or related books about:
Irving Stone _Clarence Darrow for the Defense_ [1941]
S.T. Joshi (ed.), _Closing Arguments: Clarence
Darrow on Religion, Law, and Society_ [2005]

--Charles Darwin (1809—1882)
English naturalist.
_The Voyage of the Beagle_ [1839]
_The Origin of Species_ [1859]
_The Descent of Man_ [1871]
_Autobiography_ (ed. Francis Darwin) [1887]
Biographies and/or related books about:
Francis Darwin (ed.) _The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin_ [2 vols., 1887]

--Francis Darwin (1848—1925)
English botanist.

--Nonie Darwish (b. 1949)
Arab-American writer and public speaker.

--Tom Daschle (b. 1947)
American politician.

--Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty (1915—1987)
American college football coach.

--Sir William Davenant [also spelled D'Avenant] (1606—1668)
English poet, playwright, and theater manager.
"The Just Italian" [1630]
"Gondibert" [1650]

--John Davies of Hereford (c.1565—1618)
English poet.

--Ray Davies (b. 1944)
English rock musician.

--Robertson Davies (1913—1995)
Canadian author and playwright.
_Tempest-Tost_ [1951]
_The Manticore_ [1972]
_The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks_ [1985]
_High Spirits_ [1991 ed.]

--William Henry Davies (1871—1940)
Welsh poet.
_The Collected Poems of W. H. Davies_ [1928]

--Adelle Davis (1904—1974)
American nutritionist and author.
_Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit_ [1970]

--Bette Davis (Ruth Elizabeth Davis) (1908—1989)
American actress.
_The Lonely Life: An Autobiography_ [1962]

--Elmer Davis (1890—1958)
American radio announcer & news commentator.

--John W. Davis (1873—1955)
(Wall Street lawyer and 1924 Democratic candidate for President).

--Miles Davis (1926—1991)
American jazz musician.

--Rebecca Harding Davis (1831—1910)
American author, journalist, and critic.
_Bits of Gossip_ [1904]

--Sammy Davis Jr. (1925—1990)
American entertainer.

--Lucy S. Dawidowicz (1915—1990)
American historian and author.
_The War Against The Jews: 1933—1945_ [1975]

--Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn (1864—1945)
English physician.

--Christopher Dawson (1889—1970)
English historian.
_The Judgement of the Nations_ [1942]

--"A Day at the Races" [1937 movie]

--Clarence Day (1874—1935)
American author.
_This Simian World_ [1920]
_The Story of the Yale University Press_ [1920]
_Life With Father_ [1935]

--Dorothy Day (1897—1980)
American journalist, reformer, and co-founder of the "Catholic Worker."
_The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of ... Dorothy Day _ [1952]

--Robin Day (1923—2000)
British broadcaster.

--Thomas Day (1748—1789)
English author.
Biographies and/or related books about:
James Kerr (ed.) _An Account of the Life and Writings of Thomas Day_ [1791]

--Moshe Dayan (1915—1981)
Israeli military leader and politician.

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--Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (1910—1974)
American professional baseball player.

--James Dean (1931—1955)
American film actor.

--Millvina Dean (1911—2009)
English; last survivor of the RMS Titanic.

--Jeffrey Deaver (b. 1950)
American mystery writer.
_The Coffin Dancer_ [1998]

--Simone de Beauvoir (1908—1986)
French novelist and feminist.

--Eugene V. Debs (1855—1926)
American socialist leader.
_Debs: His Life, Writings and Speeches_ [1908]

--Stephen Decatur (1779—1820)
American naval officer.

--Voltairine de Cleyre (1866—1912)
American anarchist.
_Anarchism and American Traditions_ [1908]

--Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697—1780)
French hostess and patron of the arts.

--John W. De Forest (1826—1906)
American writer.
_Seacliff or The Mystery of the Westervelts_ [1859]

--Daniel Defoe (1660—1731)
English novelist and journalist.
_The History of the Kentish Petition_, [1712—1713]
_A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain_ (3 vol.) [1724—1726]
_History of the Devil_ [1726]

--Charles de Gaulle (1890—1970)
French soldier and statesman, President [1959—1969].
Biographies and/or related books about:
Jean Lacouture _DeGaulle The Ruler 1945-1970__ [1985]

--Olivia de Havilland (b. 1916)
American film actress.

--Daniel De Leon (1852—1914)
American socialist.
_Reform or Revolution_

--Ellen DeGeneres (b. 1958)
American TV and film actress.

--Thomas Dekker (c. 1572—1632)
English dramatist and writter of prose pamphlets of London life.
_The Pleasant Comedy of Old Fortunatus_ [c. 1598]

--Raphael De Leon (1908—1999)
Trinidadian calypso singer and songwriter.

--Margaret Deland (1857—1945)
American novelist, short-story writer, and poet.
_Old Chester Tales_ [1898]

--Jacques Delille (1738—1813)
French poet.
"Malheur et Pitiι" [1803]

--Alfred Delp (1907—1945)
German Jesuit priest.

--Franηois Delsarte (1811—1871)
French teacher of acting and singing.

--Madame Dorothιe Deluzy (1747—1830)
French actress.

--Robert De Niro, Jr. (b. 1943)
American actor.

--Agnes de Mille (1905—1993)
American dancer and choreographer.

--Cecil B. DeMille (1881—1959)
American filmmaker.

--Democritus of Abdera (c. 460 B.C.—c. 370 B.C.)
Greek philosopher.

--Demosthenes (c.364—c.322 B.C.)
Athenian orator and statesman.

--Jack Dempsey (1895—1983)
American boxer.

--Sir John Denham (1615—1669)
British poet.

--Daniel Dennett (b. 1942)
American philosopher.
_Consciousness Explained_ [1991]

--Lord Denning (1899—1999)
British jurist.

--John Dennis (1657—1734)
English critic and poet.

--Ludwell Denny (1894—1970)
American journalist and writer.
_America Conquers Britain_ [1930]

--Chauncey Depew (1834—1928)
American orator, politician, and railroad president.

--Thomas De Quincey (1785—1859)
English essayist and critic.
_Confessions of an English Opium-Eater_ [1821]
_Suspiria De Profundis_ [1845]

--John Derbyshire (b. 1945)
British-born American author.

--Alan Dershowitz (b. 1938)
American political figure and law professor.

--St. Francis de Sales (1567—1622)
Bishop of Geneva and Roman Catholic saint.

--Renι Descartes (1596—1650)
French philosopher and mathematician.
_Discours de la mιthode_ [1637] (Discourse on Method)
_Principia philosophiae_ [1644] (Principles of Philosophy)

--B.G. DeSylva (1895—1950)
American songwriter.

--Jacques Deval (1895—1972)
French writer and director.

--Eamon De Valera (1882—1975)
Prime minister of Ireland [1932—1948], [1951—1954], and [1957—1959].

--Marguerite de Valois (1553—1615)
Queen of France and Navarre.

--Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715—1747)
French moralist, essayist, and writer.

--Jacques Deval (1895—1972)
French writer and director.

--Peter De Vries (1910—1993)
American novelist and humorist.

--James Dewar (1842—1923)
Scottish physicist.

--Thomas Robert Dewar (1864—1930)
Scottish distiller.

--John Dewey (1859—1952)
American philosopher and educator.
_How We Think_ [1910]
_Human Nature and Conduct: An Introduction to Social Psychology_ [1922]

--John DeWitt (1880—1962)
American army officer.

--Elsie De Wolfe (1865—1950)
American fashion designer.

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--_The Dhammapada_
Buddhist scripture.

--Neil Diamond (b. 1941)
American singer and songwriter.

--Diana, Princess of Wales (1961—1997)
Former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.

--Porfirio Dνaz (1830—1915)
Mexican soldier and president of Mexico [1877—1880 & 1884—1911].

--Charles Dibdin (1745—1814)
British actor and dramatist.
_Tom Bowling_ [song published in 1841]

--Philip K. Dick (1928—1982)
American science fiction writer.
_The World Jones Made_ [1956].

--Charles Dickens (1812—1870)
English novelist.
_The Pickwick Papers_ [1837]
_Nicholas Nickleby_ [1839]
_The Old Curiosity Shop_ [1841]
_American Notes_ [1842]
_A Christmas Carol_ [1843]
_Martin Chuzzlewit_ [1843—1844]
_The Chimes_ [1844]
_David Copperfield_ [1850]
_Bleak House_ [1852—1858]
_Hard Times_ [1854]
_Little Dorrit_ [1857—1858]
_A Tale of Two Cities_ [1859]
_Great Expectations_ [1860—1861]
_Our Mutual Friend_ [1864—1865]
Biographies and/or related books about:
John Forster _The Life of Charles Dickens_ [1899]
George Orwell _Charles Dickens_ [1940]

--Charles Monroe Dickinson (1842—1924)
American author, journalist, and diplomat.
_The Children and Other Verses_ [1889]

--Emily Dickinson (1830—1886)
American poet.
_Poems_ [Second Series 1891]
_Complete Poems_ [1924]
_Further Poems_ [1929]

--John Dickinson (1732—1808)
American politician.

--Denis Diderot (1713—1784)
French writer and philosopher.
_Conversations with a Christian Lady_ [1777]

--Joan Didion (b. 1934)
American journalist and novelist.

--John G. Diefenbaker (1895—1979)
Canadian prime minister.

--Marlene Dietrich [Marie Magdalene Von Losch] (1901—1992)
German-born film actress. Between 1943—1946 she made
more than 500 appearances before Allied troops.
_Marlene Dietrich's ABC_ [1962]

--John Patrick Diggins
Professor of history at CUNY

--Annie Dillard (b. 1945)
American author and winner of Pulitzer Prize.
_Pilgrim at Tinker Creek_ [1974]

--Phyllis Diller (b. 1917)
American comedian.
_Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints_ [1966]
_Like a Lampshade In a Whorehouse: My Life In Comedy_ [2005]

--Charles Dillingham (1868—1934)
American theatrical director and producer.

--Joe DiMaggio (1914—1999)
American professional baseball player.

--Richard Dimbleby (1913—1965)
English war correspondent, journalist, and broadcaster.

--Isak Dinesen (pseudonym of Karen Blixen) (1885—1962)
Danish writer.

--"Dinner at Eight" [1933 film]
Screenplay by Frances Marion and Herman Mankiewicz.

--Diodorus Siculus (fl. 1st century B.C.)
Sicilian-born Greek historian.

--Diogenes (404—323 B.C.)
Greek Cynic philosopher.

--Diogenes Laλrtius (fl. early 3rd century)
Greek author noted for his history of Greek philosophy.
_Lives of the Eminent Philosophers_

--Dionysius of Halicarnassus (1st century B.C.)
Greek historian and literary critic.

--Paul Dirac (1902—1984)
British theoretical physicist.

--Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896—1959)
American congressman and senator.
Biographies and/or related books about:
Neil MacNeil _Dirkson: Portrait of a Public Man_ [1970].

--Walt Disney (1901—1966)
American film producer, cartoon artist and the creator of Disneyland.

--Isaac D'Israeli (1766—1848)
English author and the father of Benjamin Disraeli.
_Curiosities of Literature_ [5 vols., 1791–1823]

--Benjamin Disraeli (1804—1881)
British Tory statesman, novelist, and Prime Minister [1868, 1874-80].
_Vivian Grey_ [1827]
_The Young Duke_ [1831]
_Contarini Fleming_ [1832]
_Ixion in Heaven_ [1834]
_Henrietta Temple_ [1837]
_Coningsby_ [1844]
_Sybil_ [1845]
_Lothair_ [1870]
_Miriam Alroy_ [1870]
_Endymion_ [1880]
Biographies and/or related books about:
Alexander Charles Ewald _Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G_ [1882]
Wilfrid Meynell _Benjamin Disraeli: An Unconventional Biography_ [1903]
Wilfrid Meynell _The Man Disraeli_ [1927]

--Mike Ditka (b. 1939)
American football player and coach.

--Dorothy Dix (1861—1951) [pseud. of Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer]
American journalist.
_Dorothy Dix, Her Book: Every-day Help for Every-day People_
(based on her column) [1926]

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--Henry Austin Dobson (1840—1921)
English poet and essayist.

--Tommy Docherty (b. 1928)
Scottish footballer and football manager.

--E.L. (Edgar Lawrence) Doctorow (b. 1931)
American writer.
_Lives of the Poets_ [1984]

--Ken Dodd (b. 1927— )
English comedian and singer songwriter.

--Philip Doddridge (1702—1751)
English theologian.

--Robert Dodsley (1703—1764)
English bookseller and writer.

--Bob Dole (b. 1923)
Republican senator and majority leader and unsuccesful
candidate in the 1996 presidential election.

--Elizabeth Dole (b. 1936)
American administrator and politician; U.S. senator [2002-09].

--Jack Dolph (1928—1981)
Commissioner of the American Basketball Association [1969—1972].

--Saint Dominic [born Dominic de Guzmαn ] (c. 1170—1221)
Spanish theologian.

--Stephen Donaldson (b. 1947)
American writer.

--Aelius Donatus (late 4th cent. A.D.)
Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric.

--J. P. Donleavy (b. 1926)
American dramatist and novelist.
_The Ginger Man_ [1955]

--John Donne (1572—1631)
English poet and dean of St. Paul's [1621—1631].
_Holy Sonnets_ [1609]
_Songs and Sonnets_ [1611]
Biographies and/or related books about:
Izaak Walton _The Life of Dr. Donne_ [1640]

--"Don't Fence Me In"
[Song written by Cole Porter in 1934 & published in 1944.]

--Leonard W. Doob (1909—2000)
American psychologist, educator, and author.
_Goebbels' Principles of Propaganda_ [1950]

--Thomas Aloysius "TAD" Dorgan (1877—1929)
American cartoonist and sportswriter.

--Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821—1881)
Russian novelist, journalist, and short story writer.
_The House of the Dead_ [1862], tr. Constance Garnett [1957]
_Notes from the Underground_ [1864]
_Crime and Punishment_ [1866]
_The Adolescent_ [1875]
_The Brothers Karamazov_ [1879—1880]

--Lord Alfred Douglas (1870—1945)
English poet.
_Collected Poems_ [1919]

--Kirk Douglas [Issur Danielovitch] (b. 1916)
American film actor and producer.
_The Ragman's Son_ [1988]
_My Stroke of Luck_ [2002]

--Norman Douglas (1868—1952)
Austrian-born British novelist and essayist.
_South Wind_ [1917]
_An Almanac_ [1945]

--William O. Douglas (1898—1980)
American Supreme Court Associate Justice [1939—1975].

--Frederick Douglass [Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey] (c.1818—1895)
American abolitionist, reformer, and writer.
_Life and Times of Frederick Douglass_ [1881]

--Lorenzo Dow (1777—1834)
American Methodist minister.

--Maureen Dowd (b. 1952)
American journalist, columnist for _The New York Times_, and author.

--Richard Downey (1881—1953)
Irish Archbishop of Liverpool [1928—1953].

--Hugh Downs (b. 1921)
American televison host.

--Ernest Dowson (1867—1900)
English poet.

--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930)
Scottish-born writer of detective fiction.
_A Study in Scarlet_ [1887]
_The Captain of the Polestar_ [1890]
_Adventures of Sherlock Holmes_ [1892]
_The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes_ [1894]
_The Adventure of the Six Napoleons_ [1904]
_The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax_ [1911]
_The Lost World_ [1912]
_The Valley of Fear_ [1915]

--Roddy Doyle (b. 1958)
Irish novelist.

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--Margaret Drabble (b. 1939)
English novelist.

--Francis Drake (c.1540—1596)
English sailor and explorer.

--Thomas Draxe (d. 1618)
English clergyman.
_Adages_ [1616]

--Michael Drayton (1563—1631)
English poet.

--Theodore Dreiser (1871—1945)
American novelist.
_A Book About Myself_ [1922]

--Marie Dressler [Leila Koerber] (1869—1934)
Canadian actress.

--Paul Dressner (1857—1906)

--Paul Driessen (b. 1948)
American lawyer and author.
_"Eco-Imperialism: Green Power, Black Death" [2003]

--Elizabeth Drew (b. 1935)
American journalist and Washington correspondent
for "The Atlantic" and the "New Yorker."

--Tom Driberg [William Hickey, pen name] (1905—1976)
British journalist and politician.

--John Drinkwater (1882—1937)
English poet and dramatist.

--Peter Drucker (1909—2005)
Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author.
_The End of Economic Man_ [1939]
_The New Society_ [1950]
_Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices_ [1974]

--Sir William Drummond (c.1780—1828)
Scottish scholar and philosopher.
_Academical Questions_ [1805]

--Maurice Druon (1918—2009)
French novelist.

--Allen Drury (1918—1998)
American novelist.

--John Dryden (1631—1700)
English poet, critic, and dramatist.
_An Evening's Love_ [performed 1668; published 1671]
_The Conquest of Granada_ [1669—1670]
_Aureng-Zebe_ [1676]
_Absalom and Achitophel_ [1681]
_To the Memory of Mr. Oldham_ [1684]
_Imitation of Horace_ [1685]
_The Hind and the Panther_ [1687]
_Amphitryon_ [1690]
_Epistle to Congreve_ [1693]

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--Fr. Alfred D'Souza
_Handbook for the Soul_

--Dinesh D'Souza (b. 1961)
American author.
_What's So Great About America_ [2002]

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--Al Dubin (1891—1945)
Swiss-born American lyricist.

--W. E. B. Dubois (1868—1963)
American civil rights leader.
_Dusk of Dawn_ [1940]
_The Autobiography of W.E.B. DuBois_ [1968]

--Renι Jules Dubos (1901—1982)
French-born American microbiologist, experimental pathologist,
environmentalist, humanist, and Pulitizer Prize winning author.
_Celebrations of Life_ [1981]

--Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot (1817—1882)
French general.

--Mrs E.B. Duffey (1877)
_The Ladies' and Gentlemen's Etiquette_ (1877)

--Allen W. Dulles (1893—1969)
American diplomat, lawyer, and director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

--John Foster Dulles (1888—1959)
American diplomat and Secretary of State [1953—1959].

--Alexandre Dumas (1802—1870)
French novelist and dramatist.
_Les Trois Mousquetaires_ [1844]
_La Tulipe Noire_ (The Black Tulip) [1850]

--Alexandre Dumas the Younger (1824—1895)
French writer.

--George Busson du Maurier (1834—1896)
British artist and writer.

--Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (b. 1939)
American professor of ethnic studies, radical leftist, and writer.
_Sisterhood Is Powerful_ [1970]

--Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861—1922)
Camadian journalist and essayist.
_The Imperialist_ [1904]

--Finley Peter Dunne (1867—1936)
American journalist and humorist.
_Mr. Dooley's Opinions_ [1900]
_Mr. Dooley's Philosophy_ [1900]
_Observations by Mr. Dooley_ [1902]
_Mr. Dooley Says_ [1907]
_Mr. Dooley on Making a Will and Other Evil Necessities_ [1919]

--Keith Dunstan (b. 1925)
Australian journalist.
_Knockers_ [1972]

--Will Durant (1885—1981)
American philosopher and writer.
_The Story of Philosophy_ [1926]
_Caesar and Christ_ [1944]
_The Lessons of History_ [1968]

--Will [William James] Durant (1885—1981) & Ariel Durant (1898—1981)
American husband and wife writing collaborators whose _Story of Civilization_
11 vol. [1935—1975], established them among the best known writers of popular
philosophy and history.
I. Our Oriental Heritage [1935]
2. The Life of Greece [1939]
3. Caesar and Christ [1944]
4. The Age of Faith [1950]
5. The Renaissance [1953]
6. The Reformation [1957]
7. The Age of Reason Begins [1961]
8. The Age of Louis XIV [1963]
9. The Age of Voltaire [1965]
10. Rousseau and Revolution [1967]
11. The Age of Napoleon [1975]

--Jimmy Durante [James Francis Durante] (1893—1980)
American comedian.

--Walter Duranty (1884—1957)
English journalist.

--Tilla Durieux [Ottilie Godeffroy] (1880—1971)
German actress.

--Francis Alexander Durivage (1814—1881)
American poet and playwright.

--Charles Durning (b. 1923)
American stage and film actor.

--Leo [Ernest] Durocher (1905—1991)
American professional baseball player and manager
who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1994.
_Nice Guys Finish Last_ [1975]

--Lawrence Durrell (1912—1990)
British novelist and poet.

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--Andrea Dworkin (1946—2005)
American feminist.
_Letters from a War Zone_ [1989]

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--Wayne Dyer
American self-help guru.

--Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)
American singer and songwriter.
"Blowin' in the Wind" [1962 song]


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