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- Dietrich, Marlene Dietrich, Maria Magdalene von Losch
United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992) - DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio, Joseph Paul DiMaggio
United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999) - Dinesen, Isak Dinesen, Blixen, Karen Blixen, Baroness Karen Blixen
Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962) - Diocletian, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian
Roman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the Roman Empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west - Diogenes
an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC) - Dionysius, Dionysius the Elder
the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC) - Diophantus
Greek mathematician who was the first to try to develop an algebraic notation (3rd century) - Dior, Christian Dior
French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the New Look (1905-1957) - Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984) - Disney, Walt Disney, Walter Elias Disney
United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck - Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli, First Earl of Beaconsfield
British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881) - Dix, Dorothea Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix
United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill - Doctorow, E. L. Doctorow, Edgard Lawrence Doctorow
United States novelist (born in 1931) - Dolby, Ray M. Dolby
United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording - Domingo, Placido Domingo
Spanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941) - Dominic, Saint Dominic, St. Dominic, Domingo de Guzman
(Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221) - Domino, Fats Domino, Antoine Domino
United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928) - Domitian, Titus Flavius Domitianus
Emperor of Rome - Donatello, Donato di Betto Bardi
Florentine sculptor famous for his lifelike sculptures (1386-1466) - Donatus, Aelius Donatus
Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century) - Donizetti, Gaetano Donizetti
Italian composer of operas (1797-1848) - Don Juan
a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas - Donkin, Bryan Donkin
English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855) - Donne, John Donne
English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631) - Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, James Harold Doolittle
United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993) - Doppler, Christian Johann Doppler
Austrian physicist famous for his discovery of the Doppler effect (1803-1853) - Dos Passos, John Dos Passos, John Roderigo Dos Passos
United States novelist remembered for his portrayal of life in the United States (1896-1970) - Dostoyevsky, Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881) - Douglas, Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little Giant
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery - Douglass, Frederick Douglass
United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895) - Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) - Dowland, John Dowland
English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626) - Down, John L. H. Down
English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) - Downing, Andrew Jackson Downing
United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852) - D'Oyly Carte, Richard D'Oyly Carte
English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901) - Draco
Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC) - Drake, Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) - Dreiser, Theodore Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser
United States novelist (1871-1945) - Drew, John Drew
United States actor (born in Ireland) - Dreyfus, Alfred Dreyfus
French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935) - Dryden, John Dryden
the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700) - Du Barry, Comtesse Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Becu
courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793) - Du Bois, W. E. B. Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963) - Duchamp, Marcel Duchamp
French artist who immigrated to the United States - Dufy, Raoul Dufy
French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953) - Dukas, Paul Dukas
French composer (1865-1935) - Dulles, John Foster Dulles
United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959) - Dumas, Alexandre Dumas
French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870) - du Maurier, George du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier
English writer and illustrator - du Maurier, Daphne du Maurier, Dame Daphne du Maurier
English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989) - Duncan, Isadora Duncan
United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927) - Duns Scotus, John Duns Scotus
Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308) - Durant, Will Durant, William James Durant
United States historian (1885-1981) - Durante, Jimmy Durante
United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980) - Durer, Albrecht Durer
a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528) - Durkheim, Emile Durkheim
French sociologist and first professor of sociology at the Sorbonne (1858-1917) - Durrell, Lawrence Durrell, Lawrence George Durrell
English writer of Irish descent who spent much of his life in Mediterranean regions (1912-1990) - Duse, Eleonora Duse
Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924) - Duvalier, Francois Duvalier, Papa Doc
oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971) - Duvalier, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Baby Doc
son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti - Dvorak, Antonin Dvorak
Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904) - Dylan, Bob Dylan
United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) - Eames, Charles Eames
United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978) - Earhart, Amelia Earhart
first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928) - Eastman, George Eastman
United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932) - Eccles, John Eccles, Sir John Carew Eccles
Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997) - Eck, Johann Eck, Johann Maier Eck, Johann Maier
a German Roman Catholic theologian who was an indefatigable opponent of Martin Luther (1486-1543) - Eckhart, Johannes Eckhart, Meister Eckhart
German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327) - Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
English astronomer remembered for his popular elucidation of relativity theory (1882-1944) - Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy
founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) - Ederle, Gertrude Ederle, Gertrude Caroline Ederle
United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003) - Edgar
the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy - Edison, Thomas Edison, Thomas Alva Edison
United States inventor - Edmund I
king of the English who succeeded Athelstan - Edmund II, Edmund Ironside
king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016) - Edward, Black Prince
son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376) - Edward, Prince Edward, Edward Antony Richard Louis
third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) - Edward, Edward I
King of England from 1272 to 1307 - Edward, Edward II
King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I - Edward, Edward III
son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377 - Edward, Edward IV
King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483 - Edward, Edward V
King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483) - Edward, Edward VI
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553 - Edward, Edward VII, Albert Edward
King of England from 1901 to 1910 - Edward, Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor
King of England and Ireland in 1936 - Edwards, Jonathan Edwards
American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758) - Edward the Confessor, Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor
son of Ethelred the Unready - Edward the Elder
king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924) - Edward the Martyr, Saint Edward the Martyr, St. Edward the Martyr
King of England who was a son of Edgar - Edwin
king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633) - Edwy, Eadwig
King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959) - Egbert
king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839) - Eglevsky, Andre Eglevsky
United States ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1917-1977) - Ehrenberg, Ilya Ehrenberg, Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenberg
Russian novelist (1891-1967) - Ehrlich, Paul Ehrlich
German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915) - Eichmann, Adolf Eichmann, Karl Adolf Eichmann
Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962) - Eiffel, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923) - Eigen, Manfred Eigen
German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927) - Eijkman, Christiaan Eijkman
Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930) - Einstein, Albert Einstein
physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity - Einthoven, Willem Einthoven
Dutch physiologist who devised the first electrocardiograph (1860-1927) - Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany - Eisenstaedt, Alfred Eisenstaedt
United States photographer (born in Germany) whose unposed documentary photographs created photojournalism (born in 1898) - Eisenstein, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein
Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures (1898-1948) - Ekman, Vagn Walfrid Ekman
Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954) - Eleanor of Aquitaine
queen of France as the wife of Louis VII - Elgar, Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Edward William Elgar
British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934) - El Greco, Greco, Domenikos Theotocopoulos
Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614) - Elijah
a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols - Eliot, George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans
British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880) - Eliot, T. S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot
British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature - Elizabeth, Elizabeth I
Queen of England from 1558 to 1603 - Elizabeth, Elizabeth II
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-) - Ellington, Duke Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974) - Ellison, Ralph Ellison, Ralph Waldo Ellison
United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994) - Ellsworth, Oliver Ellsworth
United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807) - Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson
United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882) - Empedocles
Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC) - Endecott, Endicott, John Endecott, John Endicott
born in England - Enesco, Georges Enesco, George Enescu
Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955) - Engels, Friedrich Engels
socialist who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895) - Epictetus
Greek philosopher who was a Stoic (circa 50-130) - Epicurus
Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC) - Epstein, Jacob Epstein, Sir Jacob Epstein
British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959) - Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards, Geert Geerts
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe - Eratosthenes
Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the Moon and sun (276-194 BC) - Erlenmeyer, Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer
German chemist (1825-1909) - Ernst, Max Ernst
painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of dadaism - Erving, Julius Erving, Julius Winfield Erving, Dr. J
United States basketball forward (born in 1950) - Esaki, Leo Esaki
physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925) - Esau
(Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac - Esther
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen - Ethelbert
Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine - Ethelred, Ethelred I
king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred - Ethelred, Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready
king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered - Euclid
Greek geometer (3rd century BC) - Eugene, Prince Eugene of Savoy
Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736) - Euler, Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician (1707-1783) - Euripides
one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC) - Eusebius, Eusebius of Caesarea
Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine - Eustachio, Bartolommeo Eustachio
Italian anatomist who was one of the fathers of modern anatomy - Evans, Arthur Evans, Sir Arthur John Evans
British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941) - Evans, Herbert McLean Evans
United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971) - Evers, Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers
United States civil rights worker in Mississippi - Evert, Chris Evert, Chrissie Evert, Christine Marie Evert
United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954) - Eyck, van Eyck, Jan van Eyck
Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441) - Eysenck, Hans Eysenck, H. J. Eysenck, Hans Jurgen Eysenck
a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis - Ezekiel, Ezechiel
a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC - Ezra
a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem - Faberge, Peter Carl Faberge
Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920) - Fahd, Fahd ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud
king of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005 (1923-2005) - Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736) - Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Julius Ullman
United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939) - Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
United States film actor - Faisal, Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud
king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975) - Falla, Manuel de Falla
Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946) - Fallopius, Gabriele Fallopius, Fallopio, Gabriello Fallopio
Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562) - Fallot, Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot
French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911) - Faraday, Michael Faraday
the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867) - Farmer, Fannie Farmer, Fannie Merritt Farmer
an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915) - Farmer, James Leonard Farmer
United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920) - Farouk I, Faruk I
king of Egypt who in 1952 was ousted by a military coup d'etat (1920-1965) - Farragut, David Glasgow Farragut
United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870) - Farrell, Eileen Farrell
United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002) - Farrell, James Thomas Farrell
United States writer remembered for his novels (1904-1979) - Fatima, Fatimah
youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali - Faulkner, William Faulkner, William Cuthbert Faulkner, Falkner, William Falkner
United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962) - Fawkes, Guy Fawkes
English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606) - Fechner, Gustav Theodor Fechner
German physicist who founded psychophysics - Feifer, Jules Feifer
United States cartoonist who created a sarcastic comic strip (born in 1929) - Fellini, Federico Fellini
Italian filmmaker (1920-1993) - Ferber, Edna Ferber
United States novelist - Ferdinand I, Ferdinand the Great
king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065) - Ferdinand I
Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564) - Ferdinand II
Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces (1578-1637) - Ferdinand III
Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia who signed the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War (1608-1657) - Ferdinand, King Ferdinand, Ferdinand of Aragon, Ferdinand V, Ferdinand the Catholic
the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella - Fermat, Pierre de Fermat
French mathematician who founded number theory - Fermi, Enrico Fermi
Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954) - Feynman, Richard Feynman, Richard Phillips Feynman
United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988) - Fiedler, Arthur Fiedler
popular United States conductor (1894-1979) - Fielding, Henry Fielding
English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754) - Fields, W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946) - Fillmore, Millard Fillmore, President Fillmore
elected vice president and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874) - Finnbogadottir, Vigdis Finnbogadottir
former president of Iceland - Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth
English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960) - Fischer, Bobby Fischer, Robert James Fischer
United States chess master - Fischer, Emil Hermann Fischer
German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919) - Fischer, Hans Fischer
German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945) - Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald
United States scat singer (1917-1996) - Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940) - Fitzgerald, Edward Fitzgerald
English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883) - Flaminius, Gaius Flaminius
Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way - Flaubert, Gustave Flaubert
French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880) - Fleming, Alexander Fleming, Sir Alexander Fleming
Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955) - Fleming, Ian Fleming, Ian Lancaster Fleming
British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964) - Fletcher, John Fletcher
prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625) - Flinders, Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders
British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814) - Florey, Howard Florey, Sir Howard Walter Florey
British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968) - Florio, John Florio
English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625)