American Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is an American former professional basketball player, most notably in the NBA.His NBA career spanned

Is an American former professional basketball player, most notably in the NBA.His NBA career spanned from 1988 until 1997. He has played in the CBA with the Rockford Lightning and the Yakima Sun Kings, and has also played professionally in France, Spain, and the Philippines.

Was an Olympic and world champion freestyle wrestler.

Was an Olympic and world champion freestyle wrestler.

Is an American caricaturist noted for his caricatures in the The New York Review of Books.His first

Is an American caricaturist noted for his caricatures in the The New York Review of Books.His first cartoons appeared in 1963. Since then he has drawn hundreds of pen-and-ink caricatures of famous writers and politicians for the Review. His style is similar to that of the French caricaturist Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Both enlarge the subject's head, making the body look small by comparison.

Is an American contemporary realist painter. Since 1978, he has focused on painting still lifes, lan

Is an American contemporary realist painter. Since 1978, he has focused on painting still lifes, landscapes, and figures that are informed by Greco-Roman antiquity. Chief among his stated influences are the aesthetic and philosophical theories of the Greek sculptor Polykleitos and the mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras, as well as the work of the 18th-century classical painter Nicholas Poussin. A resident of Salinas, California, his paintings often depict the terrain of the central Californian coast in the background.

Is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of four seasons, from 1977 until 19

Is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of four seasons, from 1977 until 1980, for the Baltimore Orioles and California Angels.

Is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for twelve seasons for the P

Is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for twelve seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1990 season

Was a former professional American football player.Little was drafted in the 7th round if the 1980 d

Was a former professional American football player.Little was drafted in the 7th round if the 1980 draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He would go on to play 12 seasons at middle linebacker for the team, at one point starting 89 games in a row. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1990 season.

A Canadian artist.Blackwood is known chiefly for his intaglio prints, often depicting dramatic histo

A Canadian artist.Blackwood is known chiefly for his intaglio prints, often depicting dramatic historical scenes of Newfoundland outport life and industry, such as shipwrecks, seal hunting, iceberg encounters, and resettlement. He considers himself a "visual storyteller," and also produces paintings, drawings and woodcuts.David Blackwood opened his first art studio in 1956, and in 1959 was awarded a scholarship to study at the Ontario College of Art. After graduating in 1963 he remained in Ontario, where he became Art Master at Trinity College School in Port Hope. Blackwood was involved in establishing an art gallery at Erindale College (a campus of the University of Toronto), now called The Blackwood Gallery in his honour. In 1974,

Is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, he has dom

Is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, he has domestic cricket for Glamorgan, Free State and Warwickshire. David has a younger brother, Tim, who has previously played for Glamorgan's second eleven. He has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket. He is currently a full time sport coach at Solihull School. Hemp first appeared for Glamorgan in 1991 and was part of the Glamorgan side which won the 1993 Sunday League championship. He followed this up in 1994/95 when he went on a tour with the England A team to India and Bangladesh. The following season he made a career high 157, before joining Warwickshire in 1997. In November 2006, Hemp made his debut for Bermuda, the country of his birth, in an ICC Intercontinental Cup game against Kenya. He went onto represent them in all games on their African tour, including seven One Day Internationals against Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands. His current top ODI score came during the qualifiers for the 2011 World Cup as he hit 102 not out during Bermuda's loss to Kenya. His previous best 76 not out against India at the 2007 World Cup was the first ever fifty scored by a Bermuda player in the World Cup.

Is one of the most successful and influential producers in the entertainment industry, both in movie

Is one of the most successful and influential producers in the entertainment industry, both in movies and, mostly, television, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series like Biography (TV series--1961-63), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV), Appointment with Destiny (TV series), This is Elvis, Imagine: John Lennon, and others.

Is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 58th district since 1995 and serving

Is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 58th district since 1995 and serving as the Assistant Minority Leader.

Is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for being the son of former World Wide Wrestl

Is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for being the son of former World Wide Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino. Sammartino joined the World Wrestling Federation in September 1984, with his father as his manager. H

Is a former American football tight end in the NFL for the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints. Slo

Is a former American football tight end in the NFL for the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints. Sloan's best year came in 1999 when he made the Pro Bowl. He played college football at the University of New Mexico.

Is an American character and stage actor, primarily in movies, soap operas and television. The natur

Is an American character and stage actor, primarily in movies, soap operas and television. The naturally black-headed Selby is best known for playing the roles of Quentin Collins on the ABC-TV cult serial, Dark Shadows (a role he played from 1968 to its ending in 1971), as Jane Wyman's evil and compassionate TV son, Richard Channing, on the long-running, primetime CBS soap opera Falcon Crest (a role he played from 1982 to 1990), and as Jane Alexander's medical partner and husband, Dr. Arthur Foster, in the HBO series, Tell Me You Love Me.

Is a former swimmer from the United States, who competed at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Is a former swimmer from the United States, who competed at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represents District 16, hich incl

Is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represents District 16, hich includes portions of Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison and Sherburne counties in the central part of the state. The district also includes the trust lands of the Mi

Is an American attorney and politician who represents the 14th Essex district in the Massachusetts H

Is an American attorney and politician who represents the 14th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.From 1996–1999, Torrisi served as a member of the North Andover Board of Selectman.In 1998 he defeated incumbent Donna Cuomo in the

Is a former first-class cricketer. He played 2 matches for Cambridge University in 1876-77.

Is a former first-class cricketer. He played 2 matches for Cambridge University in 1876-77.

Was an American artist famous for his paintings of motorcycles and biker culture. Most of his works

Was an American artist famous for his paintings of motorcycles and biker culture. Most of his works have been for the motorcycle industry, especially for motorcycle magazines.

Is a professional boxer. He was a contestant on reality TV show The Next Great Champ on Fox and was

Is a professional boxer. He was a contestant on reality TV show The Next Great Champ on Fox and was eliminated from the show after being decisioned by Otis Griffin.

Is an American television journalist.Marash garnered considerable attention when he joined Al Jazeer

Is an American television journalist.Marash garnered considerable attention when he joined Al Jazeera English in January 2006 as the network's Washington, D.C. anchor,[1] thus becoming the de facto American face of the new English language station.

During high school, his friends Mark Stopholese and Vic Chalker wanted to start a band (which would

During high school, his friends Mark Stopholese and Vic Chalker wanted to start a band (which would later become AFI). Unfortunately, they had several problems; chief amongst them was their lack of a drummer. Mark suggested that his friend Adam Carson fill the position of drummer in the band. However, they didn't know how to play any instruments, but they knew that Davey had a good voice and that Adam had a drum set.Shortly after high school, the band broke up and Davey moved to Berkeley, California, where he attended UC Berkeley, planning to double major in English and Psychology. He began constantly writing lyrics to songs that would eventually appear on the albums Answer That and Stay Fashionable and Very Proud of Ya.

Is a retired professional American ice hockey forward who played 249 NHL regular season games for th

Is a retired professional American ice hockey forward who played 249 NHL regular season games for the Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers between 1980 and 1985.

Is a former professional American football player. A 6'2" undrafted quarterback from Iowa State Univ

Is a former professional American football player. A 6'2" undrafted quarterback from Iowa State University, Archer played 6 seasons in the National Football League from 1984 to 1989 for the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles.

Was an American professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Dino Casanova, who competed in No

Was an American professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Dino Casanova, who competed in Northeastern independent promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, Extreme Championship Wrestling and the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, most