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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 [Lhama Thondup or Lhama Dhondrub]
(1935— ) spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism.
{Dalai Lama is Mongolian for "Ocean of Wisdom")
_A Cry from the Forest_ [1987]

--John E E Dalberg, Lord Acton (1834—1902)
British historian.
_The History of Freedom in Antiquity_ [1877]

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

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

--Robert Dallek (1934— )
American historian.

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

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

--William Dalrymple
Scottish writer and historian.

--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 and newspaper publisher.

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

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

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

--Clarence Darrow (1857—1938)
American lawyer.
_Personal Liberty_ [1928]

--Charles Darwin (1809—1882)
English naturalist.
_The Voyage of the Beagle_ [1839]
_The Origin of Species_ [1859]

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

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

--Tom Daschle (1947— )
American politician.

--Sir William Davenant [also spelled D'Avenant] (1606—1668)
English poet, playwright, and theater manager.

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

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

--Robertson Davies (1913—1995)
Canadian author and playwright.
_Tempest-Tost_ [1951]
_High Spirits_ [1991 ed.]

--Adelle Davis (1904—1974)
American nutritionist and author.

--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).

--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]

--Clarence Day (1874—1935)
American author.
_Life With Father_ [1935]

--Dorothy Day (1897—1980)
American journalist, reformer, and co-founder of the "Catholic Worker."

--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]

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

--Mallvina Dean (1911— )

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

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

--Eugene V. Debs (1855—1926)
American socialist leader.

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

--Daniel Defoe (1660—1731)
English novelist and journalist.
_A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain_ [1724]

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

--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 (1916— )
American film actress.

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

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

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

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

--Thomas Dekker (c. 1572—1632)
English dramatist and writter of prose
pamphlets of London life.

--Margaret Deland (1857—1945)
American poet.

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

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

--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.

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

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

--Ludwell Denny (1894—1970)
American journalist and writer.

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

--Thomas De Quincey (1785—1859)
English essayist and critic.
_Suspiria De Profundis_ [1845]

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

--Alan Dershowitz (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.

--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.

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

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--_The Dhammapada_,
Buddhist scripture.

--Neil Diamond (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_

--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]
_David Copperfield_ [1850]
_Bleak House_ [1852-1858]
_Hard Times_ [1854]
_Little Dorrit_ [1857-1858]
_A Tale of Two Cities_ [1859]
_Great Expectations_ [1860-1861]

--Charles Monroe Dickinson (1842—1924)
American author, journalist, and diplomat.

--Emily Dickinson (1830—1886)
American poet.
_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 (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.

--John Patrick Diggins
Professor of history at CUNY

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

--Phyllis Diller (1917— )
American comedian.
_Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints_ [1966]

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

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

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

--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.

--Dion and the Belmonts

--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.

--Benjamin Disraeli (1804—1881)
British Tory statesman, novelist, and
Prime Minister [1868, 1874—1880].
_Contarini Fleming_ [1832]
_Henrietta Temple_ [1837]
_Coningsby_ [1844]
_Lothair_ [1870]
_Endymion_ [1880]

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

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--J. R. "Bob" Dobbs

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

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

--E.L. (Edgar Lawrence) Doctorow (1931— )
American writer.

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

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

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

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

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

--Stephen Donaldson (1947— )
American writer.

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

--J. P. Donleavy (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]

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

--Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821—1881),
Russian novelist, journalist, and short story writer.
_The House of the Dead_ [1861], tr. Constance Garnett [1957]
_Notes from the Underground_ [1864]
_Crime and Punishment_ [1866]
_The Brothers Karamazov_ [1879-1880]

--Kirk Douglas [Issur Danielovitch] (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.

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

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

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

--Hugh Downs (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]

--Roddy Doyle (1958— )
Irish novelist.

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--Margaret Drabble (1939— )
English novelist.

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

--Dragnet

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

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

--Paul Dressner (1857—1906)

--Elizabeth Drew (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]

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

--John Dryden (1631—1700)
English poet, critic, and dramatist.
_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]
_Epistle to Congreve_ [1693]

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

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

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

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

--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)

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

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

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

--Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861—1922)
Camadian journalist and essayist.

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

--Keith Dunstan (1925)
Australian journalist.

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

--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. {EB}

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

--Walter Duranty

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

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

--Charles Durning (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.

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--Wayne Dyer
American self-help guru.

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


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