Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter D

An Israeli singer, actress and television. She was discovered while she served in the Israeli Army a

An Israeli singer, actress and television. She was discovered while she served in the Israeli Army as a singer in the Nachal group through 1985 and 1986. Trying to "sell" her as a sex bomb, right after being signed Dekel's agent sent the somewhat chubby girl to go on a diet and have a plastic surgery to fix her nose. After losing 16 kelos and having her nose fixed, Dekel was marketed as Israel's newest star and became one of the country's most beautiful women of all time. At the time of her breakthrough Dafna was considered a Cinderella in the Israeli culture, being a Yemenite girl from the south making it in the army Nachal group and being discovered.

A Spanish actress, dancer and singer.Dafne became famous for playing Marta Ramos in the Spanish TV s

A Spanish actress, dancer and singer.Dafne became famous for playing Marta Ramos in the Spanish TV series Un paso adelante, along with actors like Mónica Cruz, Beatriz Luengo, Pablo Puyol, Silvia Marty or Lola Herrera. She was the girlfriend of the Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco.She studied dance and dramatic art, worked in the "Fama" musical, was the presenter of the XXI Goya awards (2007) and also appeared in Naím Thomas's "Caliente" videoclip.

Is a Norwegian musician who had his debut in 1977 with the group Subway Suck. He got his breakthroug

Is a Norwegian musician who had his debut in 1977 with the group Subway Suck. He got his breakthrough in 1980 with the rock band The Kids, who had the hit "Forelska i lærer'n" ("In love with the teacher"). After his success with The Kids, he fronted the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. He sang on their self-titled debut album in 1982 before being replaced by American Tony Harnell two years later. He recently reunited with TNT live during their 25th Anniversary concert to sing "Harley Davidson".

Is a Norwegian singer who was at his most popular in the 1970s.At the age of twelve he was inspired

Is a Norwegian singer who was at his most popular in the 1970s.At the age of twelve he was inspired by The Shadows to start his own instrumental band called Beatboys, where he played rhythm guitar. A huge fan of The Beatles he later joined the band Misfits in 1964, where he was a member until co-founding the band Happie in 1967. Writing many of his own songs he was clearly inspired by The Beatles, vocal harmonies and the psychedelia of the time.

A Puerto Rican television host, comedian and singer.During the 1970s, she started her career as a co

A Puerto Rican television host, comedian and singer.During the 1970s, she started her career as a comedian with her child role Dagmarita in the comedy serial Esto No Tiene Nombre (This is Untitled), broadcast by WAPA-TV.During the 1980s, she married her current husband: Faustino García, and they had their only son: Faustino J.R., whose already 22 years old.She was featured as a comedienne in Nydia Caro's television show as Dagmarita, Los Kakucómicos, and from 1985 to 1991, she starred alongside Lou Briel in two television shows. The musical comedy En Broma y en Serio (Joking and Seriously), and the children's television series Teatrimundo (Small Theater World), both broadcast by Telemundo. Sandra Zaiter was also featured in the latter. Years later, she was featured alongside Zaiter in Telecómicas.

Was a Danish cabaret singer and stage performer who became a national sensation as Denmark's first "

Was a Danish cabaret singer and stage performer who became a national sensation as Denmark's first "pin-up girl."was the daughter of a blacksmith.[1] At an early age, Hansen showed promising stage talent, and was asked to join the Royal Danish Theatre Bal

An Austrian actress and singer.she is recognized as the leading German language musical star of her

An Austrian actress and singer.she is recognized as the leading German language musical star of her time. She married Austrian journalist and politician, Helmut Zilk, in 1978, and became the first lady of Vienna while he served as mayor. During this time she maintained her active career as a musical star, playing the roles of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and Dulcinea in Man of La Mancha, while also hosting her own television show. As First Lady of Vienna she received such international luminaries as Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Plácido Domingo,

A German singer, best known for her work with avant-garde rock groups like Slapp Happy, Henry Cow an

A German singer, best known for her work with avant-garde rock groups like Slapp Happy, Henry Cow and Art Bears. She is also noted for her coverage of songs by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler. Her unusual singing style makes her voice instantl

Is an American rapper and singer. She originally started her career through theatre and dance and la

Is an American rapper and singer. She originally started her career through theatre and dance and later headed towards a career in rapping. She is currently attending the Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts as a writing major.[

Is noted as the founder of the Zhe school of Ming dynasty painting. He began his life in Hangzhou. A

Is noted as the founder of the Zhe school of Ming dynasty painting. He began his life in Hangzhou. Although he studied painting as a boy his initial occupation was carpentry. Later he became known for landscapes and animal paintings. His school would be known as a conservative one that studied the Yuan masters. He served as an official for a time but after angering the Emperor he returned to Hangzhou in Zhejiang, Zhejiang being where the Zhe school was based.

Was a Chinese painter of the 19th century and representative of the academic manner. His sobriquet w

Was a Chinese painter of the 19th century and representative of the academic manner. His sobriquet was Shunshi or “Pure-Minded Scholar” and his pen name was Yu’an or “Elm Retreat”, among others.

A Japanese vocalist of Breakerz, and a tarento. His grandfather on his mother's side is a former pri

A Japanese vocalist of Breakerz, and a tarento. His grandfather on his mother's side is a former prime minister of Japan, Noboru Takeshita. He debuted in 2003 as Daigo?Stardust.

A male Japanese pop artist.Asakura began his career with landing a job at Yamaha right after high sc

A male Japanese pop artist.Asakura began his career with landing a job at Yamaha right after high school. While under Yamaha, Asakura worked on the EOS synthesizer; he was also featured in the home-instructional video for the machine. His talent was discovered by Tetsuya Komuro of TM Network and Daisuke was pulled from Yamaha to work under Komuro as his protégé. Daisuke played Bass Synthesizer during TM Network's 1990-91 Rhythm Red tour. Then Asakura met Hiroyuki Takami in 1990 following Rhythm Red and eventually in 1992 broke away from TM Network and formed access (or AXS) with Takami on vocals and lyric.

Was an English music hall singer born in Portsmouth. A pretty, waif-like presence, she was famous fo

Was an English music hall singer born in Portsmouth. A pretty, waif-like presence, she was famous for singing "After the Ball is Over" among other songs. In 1935, she had a character part in the film The City of Beautiful Nonsense.

An American modern sculptor and ceramic artist. She grew up in North Carolina and currently lives in

An American modern sculptor and ceramic artist. She grew up in North Carolina and currently lives in New Mexico. She was a 2003 recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Program "genius grant".Youngblood's most well-known sculptural work comprises heads and torsos of people and animals made in low-fired clay, combined with found objects (sticks, teeth, hair). Some of the heads are explicitly representational portraits (such as her 1982 study of the art dealer Richard Bellamy).

Is the nickname of an Israeli musical artist.For many Israelis, Daklon is the epitome of Israeli roo

Is the nickname of an Israeli musical artist.For many Israelis, Daklon is the epitome of Israeli roots music. He started his musical career as an 11-year-old when his teacher sent him to do a spot for a religious music radio show. "They taped the show on Wednesdays on one of those great big tape recorders and they broadcast it on Fridays.

Was an American jazz vocalist who found international acclaim with the 1957 No. 4 hit, "The Late, La

Was an American jazz vocalist who found international acclaim with the 1957 No. 4 hit, "The Late, Late Show".she attended George Westinghouse High School and studied music at the Filion School of Music in Pittsburgh. Later she performed regularly in the H

Is an American musician and former Playboy Bunny. She became famous as the lead singer for the 1980s

Is an American musician and former Playboy Bunny. She became famous as the lead singer for the 1980s pop/new wave band Missing Persons.

Was the stage name of Frances Octavia Smith, a writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter. She was th

Was the stage name of Frances Octavia Smith, a writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter. She was the third wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers.After beginning her career singing at the radio station where she was employed as a secretary, Evans had a produc

An Australian artist.Hickey studied art at Swinburne College of Technology and then held various tea

An Australian artist.Hickey studied art at Swinburne College of Technology and then held various teaching positions including Senior Lecturer in painting at Phillip Institute of Technology (1973-89) before devoting himself full-time to painting. His first solo exhibition was at Toorak Galleries, Melbourne, in 1964. In 1968 he was included in the National Gallery of Victoria exhibition of Australian minimalism, 'The Field', [1], together with Robert Hunter, Robert Jacks, Peter Booth, and Robert Rooney. Hickey has described this early work as being inspired by American critic Clement Greenberg and by pop art[2]. His later work has explored a wide range of styles, constituting, according to critic Christopher Heathcote, "a sustained investigation into the nature of art."[3], [4] He is represented in all major public collections in Australia.

An Australian contemporary artist. Frank was born near Singleton, New South Wales, Australia. He has

An Australian contemporary artist. Frank was born near Singleton, New South Wales, Australia. He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in Australia and internationally since the early 1980s. He has an abstract style with swirling colours. He uses techniques of pouring paint onto canvas, the aspect of pouring the paint being important in his work.Frank worked in Europe and America in the 1980s, then returned to Australia in rural parts of New South Wales and Queensland. He won the 2005 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize from the Bendigo Art Gallery (Australia's richest painting prize in 2005), worth $50,000.

Is an American glass sculptor.In 1967, he received a Masters of Science in glassblowing from the Uni

Is an American glass sculptor.In 1967, he received a Masters of Science in glassblowing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied under Harvey Littleton. In 1968, he received a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he later helped establish the school's glass program.

Is a South African musician, best known as the bass guitarist of the post-grunge band Seether.

Is a South African musician, best known as the bass guitarist of the post-grunge band Seether.

Is an emerging contemporary South African artist. Working primarily in the medium of photography, he

Is an emerging contemporary South African artist. Working primarily in the medium of photography, he graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2006 and his graduate exhibition, Surface Tension, was received well with one review from ARTTHROB stating that his "harshly discordant photographs were especially convincing. His exercise in dark-room collage highlighted an incongruent relationship between the architecture of hallowed spaces and the sexual body. The result was a brilliant confrontation that conveyed the complexity of our interaction with the sacred." The work was singled out as an outstanding photographic contribution.[1]

Was the first woman syndicated comic strip artist in the United States. Under the pseudonym Dale Mes

Was the first woman syndicated comic strip artist in the United States. Under the pseudonym Dale Messick, she was the creator of Brenda Starr, which at its peak during the 1950s ran in 250 newspapers.