Alphabetical Author Index. Click a date to go to the Born (or Died) Today page for that author.
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| Name | Occupation | Born | Died |
| da Vinci, Leonardo | Italian artist | 04/15/1452 | 05/02/1519 |
| Dafoe, Willem | US actor | 07/22/1955 | |
| Dahl, Arlene | US actor | 08/11/1924 | |
| Dahlberg, Edward | US writer | 07/22/1900 | 02/28/1977 |
| Dale, Dick | US music guitar | 05/04/1937 | |
| Daley, Richard J. | US Chicago Mayor | 05/15/1902 | 12/20/1976 |
| Daley, Jr., Richard M. | US Chicago mayor | 04/24/1942 | |
| Dali, Salvador | Spanish artist | 05/11/1904 | 01/23/1989 |
| Dalton, Timothy | English actor | 03/21/1946 | |
| Daltrey, Roger | English singer (the Who) | 03/01/1944 | |
| Daly, Tyne | US actor | 02/21/1946 | |
| Dana, Charles Anderson | US newspaper magnate | 08/08/1819 | 10/17/1897 |
| Dana, Steve | US Snohomish, WA Mayor | ??/??/???? | |
| Dangerfield, Rodney | US actor comic | 11/22/1921 | 10/05/2004 |
| Danko, Rick | US music | 12/29/1942 | 12/10/1999 |
| Danson, Ted | US actor | 12/29/1947 | |
| Danton, Georges Jacques | French revolutionary | 10/26/1759 | 04/05/1794 |
| Darin, Bobby | US singer | 05/14/1936 | 12/20/1973 |
| Darling, Candy | US actor | 11/24/1944 | 03/21/1974 |
| Darlington, W. A. | English? biographer | ??/??/1890 | ??/??/1979 |
| Darman, Richard | director OMB | ??/??/???? | |
| Darrow, Clarence Seward | US lawyer | 04/18/1857 | 03/13/1938 |
| Darwin, Charles Robert | English scientist | 02/12/1809 | 04/19/1882 |
| Darwisch, Tiffany Renee | US singer | 10/02/1971 | |
| Daugherty, Duffy | US sports coach | 09/08/1915 | 09/25/1987 |
| Davenport, Guy | ??/??/???? | ||
| David, Larry | US comic writer (SNL) | 07/02/1947 | |
| Davie, Joan | ??/??/???? | ||
| Davies, Laura Lee | English critic | 10/05/1963 | |
| Davies, Marion | US actor | 01/03/1897 | 09/22/1961 |
| Davies, Ray | Engish music singer | 06/21/1944 | |
| Davies, Russell | ??/??/1946 | ||
| Davis, A. M. "Bert Milton" | ??/??/???? | ||
| Davis, Adelle | US writer | 02/25/1904 | 05/31/1974 |
| Davis, Angela | US political activist | 01/26/1944 | |
| Davis, Bette | US actor | 04/05/1908 | 10/06/1989 |
| Davis, Evan | comic? | ??/??/???? | |
| Davis, Geena | US actor | 01/21/1957 | |
| Davis, Jeff | US comic | ??/??/???? | |
| Davis, Jefferson | US political leader | 06/03/1808 | 12/06/1889 |
| Davis, Miles | US music | 05/25/1926 | 09/28/1991 |
| Davis, Ossie | US actor, playwright | 12/18/1917 | 02/04/2005 |
| Davis, Phillip J. | mathematician | ??/??/???? | |
| Davis, Rebecca Harding | US writer | 06/24/1831 | 09/29/1910 |
| Davis, Richard Harding | US writer | 04/18/1864 | 04/11/1916 |
| Davis, Jr., Sammy | US actor singer | 12/08/1925 | 05/16/1990 |
| Davisson, Richard | ??/??/???? | ||
| Davy, Sir Humphrey | English chemist | 12/17/1778 | 05/29/1829 |
| Dawson, Les | English comic | 02/02/1933 | 06/10/1993 |
| Day, Clarence | US biographer | 11/18/1874 | 12/28/1935 |
| Day, Doris | US actor | 04/03/1924 | |
| Day, Dorothy | US editor, activist | 11/08/1897 | 11/29/1980 |
| Day, Lillian | ??/??/???? | ||
| Daye, David | ??/??/???? | ||
| de Aguilar, Caspar | ??/??/???? | ||
| de Balzac, Honore | French writer | 05/20/1799 | 08/18/1850 |
| de Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron | French musician | 01/24/1732 | 05/18/1799 |
| de Beauvoir, Simone | French writer | 01/09/1908 | 04/14/1986 |
| de Castro, Rosalia | Spanish writer | 02/24/1837 | 06/15/1885 |
| de Cervantes, Miguel | Spanish writer | 09/29/1547 | 04/23/1616 |
| de Chamfort, Sebastien-Roche Nicolas | French writer | 04/??/1741 | 04/13/1794 |
| de Fermat, Pierre | French mathematician | 08/16/1601 | 01/12/1665 |
| de Fontenelle, Bernard le Bouyer | French writer | 02/11/1657 | 01/09/1757 |
| de Gaulle, Charles | French Politician, FR | 11/12/1890 | 11/09/1970 |
| de Gaulle, Madame | French first lady | ??/??/???? | |
| de Gaultier, Jules | ??/??/???? | ||
| de Goncourt, Edmond Huot | French writer | 05/26/1822 | 07/16/1896 |
| de Goncourt, Jules-Alfred Huot | French writer | ??/??/1830 | ??/??/1870 |
| de Gourmont, Remy | French writer | 04/04/1858 | 09/27/1915 |
| de Jager, Peter | ??/??/???? | ||
| de Kooning, Willem | US artist | 04/24/1924 | 03/19/1997 |
| de l'Enclos, Ninon | French courtesan | 11/10/1620 | 10/17/1705 |
| de la Barca, Pedro Calderon | Spanish writer | 01/17/1600 | 05/25/1681 |
| de la Bruyere, Jean | French philosopher | 08/16/1645 | 05/11/1696 |
| de la Fontaine, Jean | French writer | 07/08/1621 | 04/13/1695 |
| de la Grange, Marquis | ??/??/???? | ||
| de la Ramee, Maria Louise (Ouida) | English writer | 01/01/1839 | 01/25/1908 |
| de la Ramee, Marie Louise (Ouida) | English writer | 01/01/1839 | 01/25/1908 |
| de la Rocha, Zack | US singer (Rage Against | 01/12/1970 | |
| de la Rochefoucauld, Duc Francois | French writer | 09/15/1613 | 03/17/1680 |
| de la Serna, Ramon Gomez | Spanish writer | 07/03/1888 | 01/12/1963 |
| de Lamartine, Alphonse | French writer | 10/21/1790 | 02/28/1869 |
| de Madaringa, Salvador | ??/??/???? | ||
| de Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne | French writer, courtesan | 11/27/1635 | 04/15/1719 |
| De Maistre, Joseph Marie | French diplomat | 04/01/1753 | 02/26/1821 |
| de Mille, Agnes | US choreographer | 09/08/1905 | 10/07/1993 |
| de Mille, asst to Cecil B. | US director | 08/12/1881 | 01/21/1959 |
| de Montaigne, Michel | French writer | 02/28/1553 | 09/13/1592 |
| de Montesquieu, Baron Charles | French writer | 01/18/1689 | 02/10/1755 |
| de Morgan, Augustus | English mathematician | 06/27/1806 | 03/18/1871 |
| de Musset, Alfred | French writer | 12/11/1810 | 05/02/1857 |
| De Niro, Robert | US actor | 08/17/1943 | |
| de Palma, Brian | US movie director | 09/11/1940 | |
| de Poitiers, Diane | French mistress of Henry II | 09/03/1499 | 04/22/1566 |
| de Quincey, Thomas | English wrtiter | 08/15/1785 | 12/08/1859 |
| de Rivarol, Antoine | French writer | 06/26/1753 | 04/11/1801 |
| de Sade, Marquis | French writer | 06/02/1740 | 12/02/1814 |
| de Saint-Exupery, Antoine | French writer | 06/29/1900 | 07/31/1944 |
| de Seingalt, Giovanni Giacomo Casanova | Italian writer | 04/02/1725 | 04/06/1798 |
| de Sevigne, Marie | French writer | 02/05/1626 | 04/17/1696 |
| de Stael, Germaine | French writer | 04/22/1766 | 07/17/1817 |
| de Unamuno Y Jugo, Miguel | Spanish writer | 09/29/1864 | 12/31/1936 |
| de Vries, Peter | US writer | 02/27/1910 | 09/28/1993 |
| Deal, Kim | US musician (Pixies, Br | 07/10/1961 | |
| Dean, Dizzy | US baseball announcer | 01/16/1911 | 07/17/1974 |
| Dean, James Byron | US actor | 02/08/1931 | 09/30/1955 |
| DeBord, Guy | French writer, social refor | 12/28/1931 | 11/30/1994 |
| Debs, Eugene | US labor organizer | 11/05/1855 | 10/20/1926 |
| deBussy, Claude | French composer | 08/22/1862 | 03/25/1918 |
| DeFoe, Daniel | English writer | ??/??/1660 | 04/24/1731 |
| DeFord, Frank | US writer | ??/??/???? | |
| deForest, Dr. Lee | US inventor | 08/26/1873 | 06/30/1961 |
| Degas, Edgar | French artist | 07/19/1834 | 09/26/1917 |
| deGeneres, Ellen | US comic actor | 01/26/1958 | |
| Degler, Carl N. | US writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Dehmel, Richard | German writer | 11/18/1863 | 02/08/1920 |
| Deighton, Len | English writer | 02/18/1929 | |
| Del Toro, Benicio | US actor | 02/19/1967 | |
| Delacroix, Eugene | French artist | 04/26/1798 | 08/13/1863 |
| Delaney, Shelagh | English writer | 11/25/1939 | |
| Delillo, Don | US writer | 11/20/1936 | |
| Delius, Frederick | English composer | 01/29/1862 | 06/10/1934 |
| Deming, W. Edwards | US educator | 10/14/1900 | 12/20/1993 |
| Dempsey, Jack | US sports boxer | 06/24/1895 | 05/31/1983 |
| Dent, John (Edward John?) | US Congressperson | 08/19/1790 | 03/08/1853 |
| Denver, Bob | US actor | 01/09/1935 | |
| Denver, John | US singer | 12/31/1943 | 10/12/1997 |
| Depew, Chauncey | US senator | 04/23/1834 | 04/04/1928 |
| Depp, Johnny | US actor | 06/09/1963 | |
| Dern, Bruce | US actor | 06/04/1936 | |
| Dern, Laura | US actor | 02/10/1967 | |
| Dertouzos, Michael L. | Greek writer | 11/05/1936 | 08/27/2001 |
| Descartes, Rene | French philosopher | 03/31/1596 | 02/01/1650 |
| Desmoulins, Camille | French journalist, politici | 03/02/1760 | 04/05/1794 |
| deVille, C. C. | US guitarist (Poison) | 05/14/1962 | |
| Devlin, Bernadette | Irish politician | 04/23/1947 | |
| Dewar, Lord | Scottish | ??/??/???? | |
| Dewar, Thomas Robert | Scottish | ??/??/???? | |
| Dewey, John | US educator philosopher | 10/20/1859 | 06/01/1952 |
| Dewey, Thomas E. | US Gov., NY | 03/24/1902 | 03/16/1971 |
| di Lampedusa, Guiseppe | Italian writer | 12/23/1896 | 07/23/1957 |
| Diamond, Neil | US singer songwriter | 01/24/1941 | |
| Diamos, Nick | ??/??/???? | ||
| Diaz, Cameron | US model actor | 08/30/1972 | |
| Diaz-Balart, Lincoln | US Rep (FL) | 08/13/1954 | |
| Dibdin, Charles | English writer | 03/04/1745 | 07/25/1814 |
| Dick, Phillip K. | US writer | 12/16/1928 | 03/02/1982 |
| Dickens, Charles | English writer | 02/07/1812 | 06/09/1870 |
| Dickerson, Brent | US gardener | 10/25/1954 | |
| Dickey, James | US writer | 02/02/1923 | 01/19/1997 |
| Dickinson, Angie | US actor | 09/30/1931 | |
| Dickinson, Emily | US writer | 12/10/1830 | 05/15/1886 |
| Dicks, Terry | ??/??/???? | ||
| Dickson, Gordon R. | Canadian writer | 11/01/1923 | 01/31/2001 |
| Dickson, Harry Ellis | US conductor | 11/01/1908 | 03/29/2003 |
| Dickson, Paul | linguist | ??/??/???? | |
| Dickson, Samuel | US historian | ??/??/???? | |
| Diddley, Bo | US singer | 12/30/1928 | |
| Diderot, Denis | French philosopher | 10/05/1713 | 07/30/1784 |
| Didion, Joan | US writer | 12/05/1934 | |
| Dietrich, Marlene | German movie actor | 12/27/1901 | 05/06/1992 |
| Dietz, Howard | US actor | 09/08/1896 | 07/30/1983 |
| diFranco, Ani | US singer, songwriter | 09/23/1970 | |
| Dijkstra, Edsger W. | Dutch computer science | ??/??/1930 | |
| Dikasen, Dr. John Howard | ??/??/???? | ||
| Dillard, Annie | US writer | 04/30/1945 | |
| Diller, Barry | US network exec | 02/02/1942 | |
| Diller, Phyllis | US comic | 07/17/1917 | |
| Dillon, Matt | US actor | 02/18/1964 | |
| DiMaggio, Joe | US baseball player | 11/25/1914 | 03/08/1999 |
| Dimnet, Ernest | French religious | 07/09/1866 | ??/??/1954 |
| Dinesen, Isak | Danish writer | 04/17/1885 | 09/07/1962 |
| Dinkins, David | US Pol mayor NYC | 07/10/1927 | |
| Diophantus, | Greek mathematician | ??/??/0250 | |
| Diran, Richard | ??/??/???? | ||
| Dirksen, Everett | US pol senator | 01/04/1896 | 09/07/1969 |
| Disney, Walt | US filmmaker | 12/05/1901 | 12/15/1966 |
| Disraeli, Benjamin | English PM (29) | 12/21/1804 | 04/19/1881 |
| Ditka, Mike | US football coach | 10/18/1939 | |
| Divac, Vlade | LA Lakers player | 02/03/1968 | |
| Dixon, W. MacNeile | ??/??/???? | ||
| Dixon, Willie | US singer | 07/01/1915 | 01/19/1992 |
| Dizick, Missy | writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Dobie, James Frank | ??/??/???? | ||
| Dobson, Austin | English writer | 01/18/1840 | 09/02/1921 |
| Doctorow, E. L. | US writer | 01/06/1931 | |
| Doe, John | US musician (X) | 02/25/1954 | |
| Dogen, | Japanese religious leader | 01/19/1200 | 09/22/1253 |
| Dogg, Snoop | US rapper | 10/20/1972 | |
| Dole, Bob | US Senator, candidate | 07/22/1923 | |
| Dolenz, Mickey | US singer (Monkees) | 03/08/1945 | |
| Domino, Antoine "Fats" | US singer | 02/26/1928 | |
| Donatus, Aelius | Italian grammarian, scholar | ??/??/0004 | |
| Donleavy, J. P. | US writer | 04/23/1926 | |
| Donne, John | English writer | ??/??/1572 | 03/31/1631 |
| Dorgan, Thomas Aloysius | US writer | 04/29/1877 | 05/02/1929 |
| Dorris, Michael Anthony | US writer | 01/30/1945 | 04/11/1997 |
| Dors, Diana | Engtlish actor | 10/23/1931 | 05/04/1984 |
| Dorsey, Jimmy | US music bandleader | 02/29/1904 | 06/12/1957 |
| Dos Passos, John | US writer | 01/14/1896 | 09/28/1970 |
| Dostoievski, Fyodor | Russian writer | 10/30/1821 | 02/09/1881 |
| Douglas, Jack | US comic, writer | ??/??/1908 | 01/31/1989 |
| Douglas, Kirk | US actor | 12/09/1918 | |
| Douglas, Michael | US actor | 09/25/1944 | |
| Douglas, Norman | Scottish writer | 12/08/1868 | 02/09/1952 |
| Douglas, Justice William Orville | US Supreme Court | 10/16/1898 | 01/19/1980 |
| Douglass, Frederick | US writer | 02/07/1817 | 02/20/1895 |
| Dowd, Maureen | US journalist | 01/14/1952 | |
| Downey, Jr., Morton | US actor | 12/09/1933 | 03/12/2001 |
| Downey, Jr., Robert | US actor | 04/04/1965 | |
| Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | English writer | 05/22/1859 | 07/07/1930 |
| Drabble, Margaret | English writer | 06/05/1939 | |
| Drake, assoc. of Edwin L. | 03/29/1819 | ??/??/1880 | |
| Draper, Dick | US SF Exam sports write | ??/??/???? | |
| Draper, Ruth | English monologuist | 12/02/1884 | 12/30/1956 |
| Dre, Dr. | US rap mogul | 02/18/1965 | |
| Dressler, Marie | Canadian-US actor | 11/09/1869 | 07/28/1934 |
| Drew, Elizabeth | US writer | 11/16/1935 | |
| Dreyfuss, Richard | US actor | 10/29/1947 | |
| Driver, Minnie | English actor | 01/31/1970 | |
| Drucker, Peter F. | Austrian-US educator, writer | 11/19/1909 | |
| Drummond, Henry | Scottish evangelist writer | 12/17/1851 | 03/11/1897 |
| Dryden, John | English writer | 08/09/1631 | 05/01/1700 |
| du Bois, W. E. B. | US sociologist | 02/23/1868 | 08/27/1963 |
| du Maurier, Daphne | English writer | 05/13/1907 | 04/19/1989 |
| Dubuffet, Jean | French artist | 07/31/1901 | 05/12/1985 |
| Duchamp, Marcel | French surrealist art | 07/28/1887 | 10/02/1968 |
| Duchovny, David | US Actor, X-Files | 08/07/1960 | |
| Duell, Charles H. | US Commissioner | ??/??/???? | |
| Duffecy, James | Australian evangelist | 10/03/1912 | 11/17/1983 |
| Dufy, Raoul | French painter | 06/03/1877 | 03/23/1953 |
| Duhamel, Georges | French artist | 06/30/1884 | 04/13/1966 |
| Dukakis, Michael | US pol | 11/03/1933 | |
| Duke, Patty | US actor | 12/14/1946 | |
| Duke, Winifred | ??/??/???? | ||
| Dulles, John Foster | US secretary of state | 02/25/1888 | 05/24/1959 |
| Dumas fils, Alexandre | French writer | 07/27/1824 | 11/27/1895 |
| Dumas pere, Alexandre | French writer | 07/24/1802 | 12/05/1870 |
| Dunbar, Paul Laurence | US writer | 06/27/1872 | 02/09/1906 |
| Duncan, Isadora | US dancer | 05/27/1878 | 09/14/1927 |
| Dunham, Katherine | US dancer | 06/22/1910 | |
| Dunn, Stan | ??/??/???? | ||
| Dunne, Finley Peter | Irish writer | 07/10/1867 | 04/24/1936 |
| Dunne, James | ??/??/???? | ||
| Dunne, John Gregory | US writer | 05/25/1932 | 12/30/2003 |
| Dunsany, Lord | English | 07/24/1878 | 10/25/1957 |
| Dunst, Kirsten | US actor | 04/30/1982 | |
| Durant, Ariel | Russian-US historian | 05/10/1898 | 10/24/1981 |
| Durant, Will | US historian | 11/05/1885 | 11/07/1981 |
| Durante, Jimmy | US entertainer | 02/10/1893 | 01/29/1980 |
| Duras, Marguerite | French writer | 04/04/1914 | 03/03/1996 |
| Durkheim, Emile | French sociologist | 04/15/1858 | 11/15/1917 |
| Durocher, Leo | US sports baseball | 07/27/1906 | 10/07/1991 |
| Durrell, Gerald | French writer | 01/07/1925 | 01/30/1995 |
| Durrell, Lawrence | French writer | 02/27/1912 | 11/07/1990 |
| Durrenmatt, Friedrich | Swiss writer | 01/05/1921 | 12/14/1990 |
| Durst, Will | US comic | 03/18/1952 | |
| Dury, Ian | English singer | 05/12/1942 | 03/27/2000 |
| Duse, Eleonora | Italian actor | 10/03/1858 | 04/21/1924 |
| Duvall, Robert | US actor | 01/05/1931 | |
| Dylan, Bob | US music singer | 05/24/1941 | |
| Dyson, Freeman | English physicist | 12/15/1923 | |
| Dyson, H. V. | ??/??/???? |