Adventurer/explorer Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was a Swedish diver who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 she was eliminated in the firs

Was a Swedish diver who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 she was eliminated in the first round of the 10 metre platform competition.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a Chilean pilot and the first person to fly over the Andes.Lieutenant Dagoberto Godoy took part

Was a Chilean pilot and the first person to fly over the Andes.Lieutenant Dagoberto Godoy took part in South America's first military flying race in July 1916. The Chilean army had sent 3 Blériot monoplanes to Buenos Aires.

Is a Japanese rock climber. Not only is he one of the premier boulderers of his generation, he has a

Is a Japanese rock climber. Not only is he one of the premier boulderers of his generation, he has also put up or repeated hard sport climbs.

Was the first woman to sail single-handed (i.e., solo) around the world via Cape Horn. She departed

Was the first woman to sail single-handed (i.e., solo) around the world via Cape Horn. She departed Dartmouth on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8 June 1978 after 272 days, thus improving Sir Francis Chichester’s solo round-th

Is a professional surfer from Satellite Beach, Florida. He is known for having once held the highest

Is a professional surfer from Satellite Beach, Florida. He is known for having once held the highest two-wave grand final score in pro surfing by scoring 19.9 out of 20 (under the current ASP system) at The Quiksilver Pro Fiji in 2004 until Kelly Slater e

Is an American mountain climber, most widely known for the rescue of Lincoln Hall, an Australian cli

Is an American mountain climber, most widely known for the rescue of Lincoln Hall, an Australian climber on Mount Everest on May 25, 2006. Lincoln Hall had been 'left for dead' by another expedition team the previous day at around 8,700 meters on Everest

Was an Asian American extreme sport practitioner, known for the dangerous sports of "free-soloing" (

Was an Asian American extreme sport practitioner, known for the dangerous sports of "free-soloing" (rock climbing without ropes or other safety gear); and "rope jumping" (falling several hundred feet from a cliff then being caught by a safety rope), for w

Is an American surfer, filmmaker, and oldest son of filmmaker Bruce Brown. His films include The End

Is an American surfer, filmmaker, and oldest son of filmmaker Bruce Brown. His films include The Endless Summer Revisited (2000) which is made up of unused footage from The Endless Summer (1964) and The Endless Summer II (1994), as well as some original i

Is a champion high-diver. He has held the world records for the highest dives. Dana Kunze began his

Is a champion high-diver. He has held the world records for the highest dives. Dana Kunze began his professional high diving career in 1974 at the age of 13. Dana now maintains a company that produces High Dive Shows. He was tied with the world record fo

Is a professional surfer from Ventura, California. He is known for his "go for broke" style of surfi

Is a professional surfer from Ventura, California. He is known for his "go for broke" style of surfing that includes many back to back aerial and inverted tricks. Reynolds started surfing around the age of 10 after he moved from Bakersfield, California to

Is a sailor representing Sweden at Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Finn class.

Is a sailor representing Sweden at Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Finn class.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Was the first woman to Sea Captain. She is the first woman which reached with the success for the pr

Was the first woman to Sea Captain. She is the first woman which reached with the success for the profession of the seemann and she reached the position of the Sea Captain. She studied on Szczecin Maritime University. She was a Sea Captain from 1962 and l

Was the first European to climb Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Field was likely born in Boston,

Was the first European to climb Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Field was likely born in Boston, England of Irish parents. He emigrated to the town of Exeter in the Province of New Hampshire during the 1630s. Field's ascent of Mount Washington, in 1642

Is an Australian sailor from Gosford, New South Wales. He won a silver medal in the Tornado class at

Is an Australian sailor from Gosford, New South Wales. He won a silver medal in the Tornado class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Bundock and current crewmate Glenn Ashby are the 2007 world champions in the Tornado class and ranked number one in th

Is a professional "big wave" surfer from Santa Cruz, California. He graduated from Santa Cruz High S

Is a professional "big wave" surfer from Santa Cruz, California. He graduated from Santa Cruz High School. He is a three-time Mavericks competition winner. Virostko appears as himself in the surfing films Riding Giants, Step Into Liquid, and Billabong Ody

He started his career in the Central Railway yard in Parel, Bombay, under the name D. Lakman Pat. As

He started his career in the Central Railway yard in Parel, Bombay, under the name D. Lakman Pat. As a young boy, his father had chastised him for failing 5th grade twice, and had told him that he would not be good for anything but washing buffaloes (which in Marathi sounds like "mashi") - so he expressed his desire to work with machines, not buffaloes, to his German foreman Peter Joedel. The foreman's brother Heinrich Joedel, who was the chief petty officer on the freighter Stansfels, smuggled him on board in the coal bin on a trip to Hamburg, Germany. When he was discovered, he was put to work by the ship's captain Schmidt instead of being tossed overboard. In Hamburg,

Is an American rock climber and mathematician. A pioneer of Yosemite's golden age of climbing, Reari

Is an American rock climber and mathematician. A pioneer of Yosemite's golden age of climbing, Rearick - frequently climbing with Bob Kamps – was instrumental in shifting the focus from aid climbing to free climbing in the 1950s.

Was an American diver who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was an American diver who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. He represented the US at the 1952 Summer Ol

Was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. He represented the US at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he received a gold medal in Springboard Diving.

Is an American diver. He now lives in Noblesville, Indiana. He started diving in 2000, and has been

Is an American diver. He now lives in Noblesville, Indiana. He started diving in 2000, and has been a member of the U.S National Diving Team since 2005. He has been named to the 2008 U.S. Olympic team in the 10-meter platform and synchronized 10-meter pla

Was a pioneer in the computer science field.Throughout his life, Huffman made significant contributi

Was a pioneer in the computer science field.Throughout his life, Huffman made significant contributions to the study of finite state machines, switching circuits, synthesis procedures, and signal designs. However, David Huffman is best known for his legendary Huffman code, a compression scheme for lossless variable length encoding. It was the result of a term paper he wrote while a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he earned a ScD degree on a thesis named The Synthesis of Sequential Switching Circuits, advised by Samuel H. Caldwell (1953).

Was an Armenian diver, who twice became European champion. He was a bronze medalist at the 1980 Summ

Was an Armenian diver, who twice became European champion. He was a bronze medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and 16 times champion of the USSR.

Is a British sailor and Olympic Champion.

Is a British sailor and Olympic Champion.