 | | Eugen d'Albert | Composer | Piano Concertos No. 1 in B minor and No. 2 in E ma | 1864 | 1932 |
 | | Terence Trent D'Arby | Singer | | 1962 | |
 | | Juan D'Arienzo | Musician | Argentine tango musician | 1900 | 1976 |
 | | Vincent d'Indy | Composer | Symphonie Cévenole | 1851 | 1931 |
| | | Chuck D | Rapper | Carlton Douglas Ridenhour | 1960 | |
| | | Howie D | Singer | The Backstreet Boys | 1973 | |
| | | D.M.C. | Rapper | Run-D.M.C. | 1964 | |
| | | Harry Dacre | Songwriter | A Bicycle Built for Two | 1860 | 1922 |
| | | Willem Dafoe | Actor | | 1955 | |
| | | Louis Daguerre | Inventor | Invented Daguerreotype photography | 1787 | 1851 |
| | | Arlene Dahl | Actor | Three Little Words | 1928 | |
| |  | Ingolf Dahl | Composer | Teacher of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas | 1912 | 1970 |
| | | Roald Dahl | Author | James and the Giant Peach | 1916 | 1990 |
| | | Edward Dahlberg | Novelist | | 1900 | 1977 |
| | | Bill Daily | Actor | Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie | 1928 | |
 | | Dalai Lama | Religion | 14th incarnation of the Dalai Lama | 1935 | |
| | | John Dalberg-Acton | Historian | | 1834 | 1902 |
| | | Dick Dale | Guitarist | | 1937 | |
| | | Richard J. Daley | Politician | Mayor (Chicago) | 1902 | 1976 |
| | | Richard M. Daley | Politician | Mayor of Chicago | 1942 | |
| | | Vernon Dalhart | Singer/Songwriter | | 1883 | 1948 |
 | | Salvador Dalí | Painter | | 1904 | 1989 |
 | | Girolamo Dalla Casa | Composer | | 0000 | 1601 |
| | | Luigi Dallapiccola | Composer | Canti di Prigionia | 1904 | 1975 |
| | | Abby Dalton | Actor | Joey Bishop Show & Falcon Crest | 1935 | |
| | | John Dalton | Chemist | Atomic Theory | 1766 | 1844 |
| | | Timothy Dalton | Actor | | 1946 | |
| | | Roger Daltrey | Musician | The Who | 1944 | |
| | | Tyne Daly | Actor | | 1946 | |
| | | Vic Damone | Singer | | 1928 | |
| | | Walter Damrosch | Conductor | New York Philharmonic | 1862 | 1950 |
| | | Charles Anderson Dana | Journalist | War Department in US Civil War | 1818 | 1897 |
| | | Vic Dana | Musician | Red Roses for a Blue Lady | 1942 | |
| | | Dorothy Dandridge | Actor | Carmen Jones | 1922 | 1963 |
| | | Frank Dane | | | 0000 | |
| | | Claire Danes | Actor | My So-Called Life | 1979 | |
| | | Rodney Dangerfield | Actor | No respect | 1921 | 2004 |
| | | Arnaut Daniel | Musician | Provençal troubadour | 1250 | 1250 |
| | | Charlie Daniels | Country Musician | The Devil Went Down to Georgia | 1936 | |
 | | Rick Danko | Singer | The Band. | 1942 | 1999 |
| | | John Dankworth | Composer | British jazz composer | 1927 | |
| | | Ted Danson | Actor | Bartender on Cheers | 1947 | |
| | | Dante | Poet | La Divina Commedia | 1265 | 1321 |
| | | Ron Dante | Singer/Songwriter | The Archies | 1945 | |
| |  | Edwidge Danticat | Author | The Dew Breaker | 1969 | |
| | | Georges Danton | Activist | Key figure in French Revolution | 1759 | 1794 |
| | | Franz Danzi | Composer | German cellist, composer and conductor | 1763 | 1826 |
| | | Louis-Claude Daquin | Composer | | 1694 | 1772 |
| | | Virginia Dare | Relative | First child born in the Americas | 1587 | 9999 |
 | | Alexander Dargomizhsky | Composer | | 1813 | 1869 |
| | | Bobby Darin | Musician | Mack the Knife | 1936 | 1973 |
| | | Harold Darke | Composer | In the Bleak Midwinter | 1888 | 1976 |
| | | Candy Darling | Actor | Warhol superstar | 1944 | 1974 |
| | | James Darren | Actor | The Time Tunnel | 1936 | |
| | | Clarence Darrow | Attorney | Scopes Monkey Trial | 1857 | 1938 |
| | | Thurston Dart | Conductor | British musicologist | 1921 | 1971 |
| | | Jane Darwell | Actor | The bird woman in Mary Poppins | 1879 | 1967 |
| | | Charles Darwin | Naturalist | Proposed theory of evolution via natural selection | 1809 | 1882 |
| | | Ram Dass | Religion | Be Here Now | 1931 | |
| | | Jules Dassin | Film Director | Topkapi | 1911 | 2008 |
| | | Dale Dauten | Columnist | Syndicated columnist on work and career issues | 0000 | |
| | | Guy Davenport | Author | Thasos and Ohio | 1927 | 2005 |
| | | David Foster Wallace | Novelist | Infinite Jest | 1962 | 2008 |
| | | Félicien-César David | Composer | Le Désert | 1810 | 1876 |
| | | Hal David | Songwriter | | 1921 | |
 | | Johann Nepomuk David | Composer | | 1895 | 1977 |
| | | Larry David | Actor | | 1947 | |
| | | Mack David | Songwriter | | 1912 | 1993 |
| | | Amy Davidson | Actor | Kerry Hennessy on 8 Simple Rules | 1979 | |
| | | Peter Maxwell Davies | Composer | English composer and conductor | 1934 | |
| | | Ray Davies | Musician | Frontman for The Kinks | 1944 | |
| | | Rick Davies | Musician | | 1944 | |
| | | Robertson Davies | Author | Fifth Business | 1913 | 1995 |
| | | Walford Davies | Composer | Master of the King's Music from 1934 until 1941 | 1869 | 1941 |
 | | William Davies | Screenwriter | Twins | 0000 | |
| | | Sammy Davis Jr | Singer | Rat Pack | 1925 | 1990 |
| | | Sammy Davis Sr. | Dancer | Father of Sammy Davis, Jr. | 1900 | 1988 |
| | | Adelle Davis | Author | Let's Cook it Right | 1904 | 1974 |
| | | Angela Davis | Activist | Black Panther | 1944 | |
| | | Anthony Davis | Composer | | 1951 | |
| | | Benny Davis | Songwriter | With These Hands | 1895 | 1979 |
| | | Bette Davis | Actor | All About Eve | 1908 | 1989 |
| | | Brad Davis | Actor | Midnight Express | 1949 | 1991 |
| | | Colin Davis | Conductor | Hector Berlioz, Jean Sibelius | 1927 | |
| | | Don S. Davis | Actor | Lt. Gen. Hammond on Stargate SG-1 | 1942 | 2008 |
| | | Elmer Davis | Journalist | Director, Office of War Information, World War II | 1890 | 1958 |
| | | Gail Davis | Actor | Annie Oakley | 1925 | 1997 |
| | | Geena Davis | Actor | Earth Girls Are Easy | 1956 | |
| | | Gussie L. Davis | Songwriter | Goodnight, Irene | 1863 | 1899 |
| | | Jefferson Davis | Head of State | 1st President of the Confederate States | 1808 | 1889 |
| | | Jesse Ed Davis | Guitarist | Session guitarist for the Monkees | 1944 | 1988 |
| | | Jim Davis | Cartoonist | Creator of Garfield | 1945 | |
| | | Jim Davis | Actor | Jock Ewing on Dallas | 1909 | 1981 |
| | | Jimmie Davis | Singer/Songwriter | You Are My Sunshine | 1899 | 2000 |
| | | Joan Davis | Actor | I Married Joan | 1907 | 1961 |
 | | Judy Davis | Actor | A Passage to India | 1955 | |
| | | Katherine K. Davis | Composer | | 1892 | 1980 |
| | | Miles Davis | Jazz Musician | Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue | 1926 | 1991 |
| | | Ossie Davis | Actor | Do The Right Thing | 1917 | 2005 |
| | | Rebecca Harding Davis | Author | Life in the Iron Mills | 1831 | 1910 |
| | | Reverend Gary Davis | Singer | | 1896 | 1972 |
| | | Richard Harding Davis | Author | Yellow-era journalist | 1864 | 1916 |
| | | Skeeter Davis | Country Musician | The End of the World | 1931 | 2004 |
| | | Spencer Davis | Guitarist | | 1939 | |
| | | Tyrone Davis | Singer | Can I Change My Ming | 1938 | 2005 |
| | | Humphrey Davy | Chemist | Leading early 19th century chemist | 1778 | 1829 |
| | | Charles G. Dawes | Politician | US Vice President, 1925-29 | 1865 | 1951 |
| | | Les Dawson | Comic | English comedian | 1931 | 1993 |
| | | William Levi Dawson | Composer | African-American composer, choir director and prof | 1899 | 1990 |
| | | Bobby Day | Musician | | 1928 | 1990 |
| | | Clarence Day | Author | Life with Father | 1874 | 1935 |
| | | Dennis Day | Actor | | 1916 | 1988 |
| | | Doris Day | Actor | The Man Who Knew Too Much | 1924 | |
| | | Dorothy Day | Activist | Founder of the Catholic Worker movement | 1897 | 1980 |
| | | Edith Day | Actor | | 1896 | 1971 |
 | | Daniel Day-Lewis | Actor | My Left Foot | 1957 | |
| | | Yvonne De Carlo | Actor | Lily on The Munsters | 1922 | 2007 |
| | | Frederick De Cordova | Film/TV Producer | Producer of The Tonight Show | 1910 | 2001 |
| | | Ernesto De Curtis | Songwriter | Torna a Surriento | 1875 | 1937 |
| | | Charles de Gaulle | Head of State | President of France 1958-69 | 1890 | 1970 |
| |  | Willem de Kooning | Painter | Abstract expressionist painter | 1904 | 1997 |
| | | Reginald de Koven | Composer | | 1859 | 1920 |
| | | Ninon de l'Enclos | Author | French author | 1620 | 1705 |
| | | Isidore De Lara | Composer | Composer of art songs and operas | 1858 | 1935 |
| | | Alicia De Larrocha | Pianist | Spanish pianist | 1923 | |
| | | Victoria De los Angeles | Singer | Catalan Spanish operatic soprano | 1923 | 2005 |
| | | Agnes de Mille | Dancer | Influential American choreographer | 1905 | 1993 |
 | | Augustus De Morgan | Mathematician | | 1806 | 1871 |
| | | Rebecca De Mornay | Actor | Risky Business, And God Created Woman | 1959 | |
| | | Robert De Niro | Actor | The Godfather: Part II | 1943 | |
| | | Brian De Palma | Film Director | Carrie, Carlito's Way | 1940 | |
| | | Gene De Paul | Composer | | 1919 | 1988 |
| | | Lynsey De Paul | Musician | Storm in a Teacup | 1950 | |
| | | Peter De Rose | Composer | Deep Purple | 1900 | 1953 |
| | | Anne Louise Germaine de Staël | Author | Important French romanticist | 1766 | 1817 |
| | | Buddy De Sylva | Songwriter | Tin Pan Alley songwriter | 1895 | 1950 |
| | | Eamon de Valera | Head of State | President of Ireland, 1959-73 | 1882 | 1975 |
| | | Frank De Vol | Musician | Happy Kyne on Fernwood 2 Nite | 1911 | 1999 |
| | | Peter De Vries | Novelist | The Blood of the Lamb | 1910 | 1993 |
| | | Edo De Waart | Conductor | | 1941 | |
| | | Jewel De'Nyle | Porn Star | Pauly Shore Is Dead | 1977 | |
| | | John Deacon | Bassist | Bassist for Queen | 1951 | |
| | | Kim Deal | Musician | | 1961 | |
| | | Dizzy Dean | Baseball | MVP in 1934, won two World Series | 1911 | 1974 |
| | | James Dean | Actor | Rebel Without a Cause | 1931 | 1955 |
| | | Jimmy Dean | Singer | Big Bad John | 1928 | |
| | | John Dean | Government | Nixon's White House Counsel | 1938 | |
| | | Paula DeAnda | Singer | Mexican-American pop singer | 1989 | |
| | | Blossom Dearie | Jazz Musician | American jazz singer and pianist | 1926 | |
| | | Michael DeBakey | Doctor | Pioneering heart surgeon | 1908 | 2008 |
| | | Chico DeBarge | Musician | | 1966 | |
| | | El DeBarge | Singer | Lead singer of DeBarge | 1961 | |
| | | James DeBarge | Musician | DeBarge | 1963 | |
| | | Guy Debord | Film/TV Producer | Society of the Spectacle | 1931 | 1994 |
| | | Eugene Debs | Labor Leader | Labor leader; Ran for President five times | 1855 | 1926 |
| | | Claude Debussy | Composer | French Impressionist composer | 1832 | 1918 |
| | | Vincent DeDomenico | Business | Co-inventor of Rice-A-Roni | 1915 | 2007 |
| | | Frances Dee | Actor | Finishing School | 1907 | 2004 |
| | | Ruby Dee | Actor | The Jackie Robinson Story | 1924 | |
| | | Rick Dees | Radio Personality | Disco Duck | 1950 | |
| | | Daniel DeFoe | Author | Robinson Crusoe | 1660 | 1731 |
| | | Don DeFore | Actor | Mr. B. on Hazel | 1913 | 1993 |
| | | Calvert DeForest | Actor | Larry "Bud" Melman on Letterman | 1921 | 2007 |
| | | Lee DeForest | Inventor | Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube | 1873 | 1961 |
| | | Diana DeGarmo | Singer | | 1987 | |
| | | Edgar Degas | Sculptor | Impressionist painter | 1834 | 1917 |
| | | Ellen DeGeneres | Comic | Ellen | 1958 | |
| | | Gavin DeGraw | Musician | I Don't Wanna Be | 1977 | |
 | | Richard Dehmel | Poet | Foremost German poet of the pre-World War I era | 1863 | 1920 |
| | | Hans G. Dehmelt | Physicist | Co-Inventor of the ion trap | 1922 | |
| | | Len Deighton | Novelist | The Ipcress File | 1929 | |
 | | Guillermo del Toro | Film Director | Hellboy | 1964 | |
| | | Eugene Delacroix | Painter | 19th century French painter | 1798 | 1863 |
| | | Michel Richard Delalande | Composer | French Baroque composer | 1657 | 1726 |
| | | Eddie DeLange | Songwriter | Moonglow | 1904 | 1949 |
| | | Max Delbrück | Scientist | Bacteriophage | 1906 | 1981 |
| | | Edouard Deldevez | Composer | | 1817 | 1897 |
 | | Luis Delgadillo | Composer | Wrote the national anthem of Nicaragua. | 1887 | 1961 |
| | | Leo Delibes | Composer | Lakmé | 1836 | 1891 |
| | | Don DeLillo | Novelist | White Noise | 1936 | |
| | | Grey DeLisle | Singer/Songwriter | Singer and voice actress | 1973 | |
| | | Frederick Delius | Composer | Over the Hills and Far Away | 1862 | 1934 |
| | | Alfred Deller | Singer | Countertenor | 1912 | 1979 |
 | | Rudolf Dellinger | Composer | | 1857 | 1910 |
| | | Norman Dello Joio | Composer | Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn | 1913 | |
| | | Brad Delp | Singer | Lead singer of Boston | 1951 | 2007 |
| | | Julie Delpy | Actor | Europa Europa | 1969 | |
| | | Brad Delson | Guitarist | Guitarist for Linkin Park | 1977 | |
| | | Dom DeLuise | Actor | Cannonball Run | 1933 | |
| | | John DeMain | Conductor | Opera Pacific | 0000 | |
| | | Cecil B. DeMille | Film Director | Pioneering film director | 1881 | 1959 |
| | | W. Edwards Deming | Mathematician | Quality Control guru | 1900 | 1993 |
| | | Ted Demme | Film Director | Blow | 1963 | 2002 |
| | | Jack Dempsey | Boxing | Heavyweight champ | 1895 | 1983 |
| | | Ryan Dempster | Baseball | Chicago Cubs pitcher (RH) | 1977 | |
| | | Catherine Deneuve | Actor | Dancer in the Dark | 1943 | |
| | | Richard Denning | Actor | Gov. Grey on Hawaii 5-O | 1914 | 1998 |
| | | Jim Denny | Country Musician | Grand Ole Opry Artists Service | 1911 | 1963 |
| | | Will Denny | Singer | Early recording artist | 1860 | 1908 |
| | | John Densmore | Drummer | Drummer for The Doors | 1944 | |
| | | Bob Denver | Actor | Gilligan on Gilligan's Island | 1935 | 2005 |
| | | John Denver | Country Musician | Rocky Mountain High | 1943 | 1997 |
| | | Luigi Denza | Composer | | 1846 | 1922 |
| | | Gerard Depardieu | Actor | Cyrano de Bergerac | 1948 | |
| | | Chauncey Depew | Politician | Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society | 1834 | 1928 |
| | | Johnny Depp | Actor | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | 1963 | |
| | | Bo Derek | Actor | 10 | 1956 | |
| | | John Derek | Actor | Tarzan, the Ape Man | 1926 | 1998 |
| | | Bruce Dern | Actor | | 1936 | |
| | | Laura Dern | Actor | Blue Velvet | 1967 | |
| | | Rick Derringer | Musician | Rock and Roll Hoochie-Koo | 1947 | |
| | | Alan Dershowitz | Attorney | Lawyer, represented Klaus von Bulow | 1938 | |
| | | Michael L. Dertouzos | Educator | Professor at MIT | 1936 | 2001 |
| | | Rene Descartes | Philosopher | Cogito ergo Sum (I think, therefore I am) | 1596 | 1650 |
| | | Jackie DeShannon | Singer/Songwriter | Put a Little Love in Your Heart | 1944 | |
| | | Paul Desmond | Jazz Musician | Dave Brubeck Quartet | 1924 | 1977 |
| | | Camille Desmoulins | Journalist | | 1760 | 1794 |
| | | David Desrosiers | Bassist | Bassist for Simple Plan | 1980 | |
| | | Paul Dessau | Composer | German composer and conductor | 1894 | 1979 |
| | | Louis-Ferdinand Destouches | Doctor | | 1894 | 1961 |
| | | Marcella Detroit | Musician | Shakespear's Sister | 1952 | |
| | | R. Nathaniel Dett | Composer | In the Bottoms | 1882 | 1943 |
| | | Erik von Detten | Actor | Odd Man Out | 1982 | |
| | | Jansci (Jenny) Deutsch | Actor | Ziegfeld Follies | 1892 | 1941 BC |
| | | Rosika (Rosie) Deutsch | Actor | Ziegfeld Follies | 1892 | 1970 |
| | | Sam Devere | Songwriter | | 0000 | |
| | | François Devienne | Composer | French composer and professor for flute at the Par | 1759 | 1803 |
| | | Danny DeVito | Actor | Taxi | 1944 | |
| | | Richard DeVos | Business | Amway cofounder | 1926 | |
| | | Jenna Dewan | Actor | Tamara | 1980 | |
| | | Thomas Dewar | Business | Scottish whisky distiller | 1864 | 1930 |
| | | John Dewey | Philosopher | Pragmatist philosopher, education reformer | 1859 | 1952 |
| | | Thomas E. Dewey | Attorney | | 1902 | 1971 |
 | | Susan Dey | Actor | L.A. Law | 1952 | |
| | | Eduardo Di Capua | Songwriter | O Sole Mio | 1965 | 1917 |
| | | Al Di Meola | Jazz Musician | American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist | 1954 | |
| | | Giuseppe Di Stefano | Singer | Italian operatic tenor | 1921 | 2008 |
| | | Anton Diabelli | Composer | Beethoven's Diabelli Variations | 1781 | 1858 |
| | | Sergei Diaghilev | Impresario | | 1872 | 1929 |
 |  | Amadou Diallo | Victim | Shot dead by the NYPD | 1975 | 1999 |
| | | David Diamond | Composer | American composer | 1915 | 2005 |
| | | Dustin Diamond | Actor | Screech on Saved by the Bell | 1977 | |
| | | Neil Diamond | Singer/Songwriter | Hot August Night | 1941 | |
| | | Diana Princess of Wales | Royalty | Princess of Wales | 1961 | 1997 |
| | | Cameron Diaz | Actor | There's Something About Mary | 1972 | |
| |  | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Politician | Congressman, Florida 21st | 1954 | |
| | | Charles Dibdin | Songwriter | | 1745 | 1814 |
| | | Leonardo DiCaprio | Actor | Titanic | 1974 | |
| | | Andy Dick | Actor | Matthew from NewsRadio | 1965 | |
| | | Philip K. Dick | Novelist | Blade Runner | 1928 | 1982 |
| | | Charles Dickens | Novelist | English Victorian novelist | 1812 | 1870 |
| | | Little Jimmy Dickens | Country Musician | May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose | 1920 | |
| | | Bill Dickey | Baseball | Eleven-time American League All-Star | 1907 | 1993 |
| | | James Dickey | Poet | Deliverance | 1923 | 1997 |
| | | Angie Dickinson | Actor | Police Woman | 1931 | |
| | | Emily Dickinson | Poet | American poet | 1830 | 1886 |
| | | Gordon R. Dickson | Novelist | Dorsai | 1923 | 2001 |
| | | Bo Diddley | Guitarist | Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist | 1930 | 2008 |
| | | Denis Diderot | Philosopher | L'Encyclopédie | 1713 | 1784 |
| | | Joan Didion | Author | Slouching Toward Bethlehem | 1934 | |
| | | John Diefenbaker | Head of State | Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-63 | 1895 | 1979 |
| | | Alphons Diepenbrock | Composer | Self-taught Dutch composer | 1862 | 1921 |
| | | Vin Diesel | Actor | Riddick from Pitch Black | 1967 | |
| | | Marlene Dietrich | Actor | The Blue Angel | 1901 | 1992 |
| | | Howard Dietz | Songwriter | Dancing in the Dark | 1896 | 1983 |
| | | Ani DiFranco | Musician | Folk/punk icon | 1970 | |
| | | Annie Dillard | Author | Pilgrim at Tinker Creek | 1930 | |
| | | Barry Diller | Business | CEO of USA Interactive Corp. | 1942 | |
| | | Phyllis Diller | Actor | The original female stand-up comic | 1917 | |
| | | John Dillinger | Criminal | Public Enemy Number One | 1903 | 1934 |
| | | Bethany Dillon | Musician | All I Need | 1988 | |
| | | Kevin Dillon | Actor | Johnny "Drama" on Entourage | 1965 | |
| | | Lawrence Dillon | Composer | | 1959 | |
| | | Matt Dillon | Actor | | 1964 | |
| | | Joe DiMaggio | Baseball | New York Yankees | 1914 | 1999 |
| | | Dimebag Darrell | Guitarist | Lead guitarist for Pantera | 1966 | 2004 |
| | | Ernest Dimnet | Author | The Art of Thinking | 1866 | 1954 |
 | | Grigoras Dinicu | Composer | Hora staccato | 1889 | 1949 |
| | | David Dinkins | Politician | Mayor of New York City | 1927 | |
| | | Ronnie James Dio | Singer | Black Sabbath | 1942 | |
 | | Diogenes | Philosopher | Cynic | 0412 BC | 0323 BC |
| | | Dion | Singer/Songwriter | Runaround Sue | 1939 | |
| | | Celine Dion | Singer | | 1968 | |
| | | Christian Dior | Fashion Designer | The 1947 New Look | 1905 | 1957 |
| | | Paul Dirac | Physicist | The Principles of Quantum Mechanics | 1902 | 1984 |
| | | Everett Dirksen | Politician | US Senator from Illinois, 1951-69 | 1896 | 1969 |
| | | Michael V. DiSalle | Politician | Governor of Ohio, 1959-63 | 1908 | 1981 |
| | | Disco D | Music Producer | Produced songs for 50 Cent & Nina Sky | 1980 | 2007 |
| | | Walt Disney | Business | Founder of Disney empire | 1901 | 1966 |
| | | Benjamin Disraeli | Head of State | Prime Minister of Britain, 1874–80 | 1804 | 1881 |
| | | Hugo Distler | Composer | German composer | 1908 | 1942 |
| | | Mike Ditka | Football | Tight End, Chicago Bears coach | 1939 | |
| | | Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf | Composer | Austrian composer and violinist | 1739 | 1799 |
 | | Vlade Divac | Basketball | | 1968 | |
| | | Floyd Dixon | Pianist | | 1929 | 2006 |
| | | Ivan Dixon | Actor | Sgt. Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes | 1931 | 2008 |
| | | Mort Dixon | Songwriter | I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | 1892 | 1953 |
| | | Willie Dixon | Bassist | | 1915 | 1992 |
| | | Missy Dizick | Artist | Pediatric Nurse | 0000 | |
| | | Dizzee Rascal | Rapper | UK Garage Rapper | 1985 | |
| | | Edward Dmytryk | Film Director | The Caine Mutiny | 1908 | 1999 |
| | | Lou Dobbs | Journalist | CNN Moneyline | 1945 | |
| | | Henry Austin Dobson | Poet | A Gentleman of the Old School | 1840 | 1921 |
| | | James Dobson | Radio Personality | Focus on the Family | 1936 | |
| | | Theodosius Dobzhansky | Biologist | Genetics and the Origin of Species | 1900 | 1975 |
| | | Chris Dodd | Politician | US Senator from Connecticut | 1944 | |
| | | Jimmy Dodd | Actor | Mickey Mouse Club host | 1910 | 1964 |
| | | Thomas J. Dodd | Politician | US Senator from Connecticut, 1958-71 | 1907 | 1971 |
| | | Johnny Dodds | Jazz Musician | Alto saxophonist | 1892 | 1940 |
| | | Karl Doenitz | Military | U-Boat admiral | 1891 | 1980 |
 | | Dogen | Religion | Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher | 1200 | 1253 |
| | | Nate Dogg | Rapper | Rapper, Snoop's cousin | 1969 | |
| | | Denny Doherty | Singer | The Mamas and the Papas | 1940 | 2007 |
| | | Shannen Doherty | Actor | Beverly Hills 90210 | 1971 | |
| | | Christoph von Dohnányi | Conductor | Music Director Laureate of the Cleveland Orchestra | 1929 | |
| | | Ernst von Dohnanyi | Composer | | 1877 | 1960 |
| | | Bob Dole | Politician | | 1923 | |
| | | Micky Dolenz | Actor | Drummer for The Monkees | 1945 | |
| | | Eric Dolphy | Musician | | 1928 | 1964 |
| | | Plácido Domingo | Singer | Tenor | 1941 | |
| | | Fats Domino | Pianist | | 1928 | |
| | | Don Mattingly | Baseball | | 1961 | |
| | | Tim Donaghy | Basketball | Former professional basketball referee | 1967 | |
| | | Troy Donahue | Actor | A Summer Place | 1936 | 2001 |
| | | Walter Donaldson | Songwriter | | 1893 | 1947 |
| | | Robert Donat | Actor | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | 1905 | 1958 |
| | | Helen Donath | Singer | Soprano | 1940 | |
| | | Donato da Cascia | Composer | Squarcialupi Codex | 1350 | 1370 |
| | | Gaetano Donizetti | Composer | Lucia di Lammermoor | 1797 | 1848 |
| | | J. P. Donleavy | Author | | 1926 | |
| | | John Donne | Poet | Anniversaries | 1572 | 1631 |
| | | Jeffrey Donovan | Actor | Purpose | 1968 | |
| | | Melinda Doolittle | Singer | American Idol | 1977 | |
| | | Franz Doppler | Composer | Music for flute | 1821 | 1883 |
| | | Karl Doppler | Composer | Composed pieces for flute | 1825 | 1900 |
| | | Antál Dorati | Conductor | Hungarian-born conductor and composer | 1906 | 1988 |
| | | Carl van Doren | Author | The American Novel | 1885 | 1950 |
| | | Thomas Aloysius Dorgan | Cartoonist | American cartoonist | 1877 | 1929 |
| | | Michael Dorris | Novelist | A Yellow Raft in Blue Water | 1945 | 1997 |
| | | Diana Dors | Actor | Yield to the Night | 1931 | 1984 |
| | | Jimmy Dorsey | Musician | Popular bandleader and swing musician | 1904 | 1957 |
| | | Thomas A. Dorsey | Composer | The father of gospel music | 1899 | 1993 |
| | | Tommy Dorsey | Musician | Popular bandleader | 1905 | 1956 |
| | | John Dos Passos | Author | U.S.A. Trilogy | 1896 | 1970 |
| | | Desmond Doss | Military | Conscientious Objector, recieved Medal of Honor | 1919 | 2006 |
| | | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Novelist | Crime and Punishment | 1821 | 1881 |
| | | Jessie Dotson | Criminal | Lester Street Massacre | 0000 | |
| | | Gordon Douglas | Film Director | Them! | 1907 | 1993 |
| | | Kirk Douglas | Actor | Spartacus | 1916 | |
| | | Michael Douglas | Actor | Wall Street, The Game | 1944 | |
| | | Mike Douglas | Talk Show Host | The Mike Douglas Show | 1925 | 2006 |
| | | Norman Douglas | Author | South Wind | 1868 | 1952 |
| | | Paul Douglas | Actor | Angels in the Outfield | 1907 | 1959 |
| | | William O. Douglas | Judge | US Supreme Court Justice | 1898 | 1980 |
| | | Alec Douglas-Home | Head of State | UK Prime Minister, 1963-64 | 1903 | 1995 |
| | | Frederick Douglass | Activist | Anti-slavery activist | 1818 | 1895 |
| | | Rita Dove | Poet | 7th US Poet Laureate 1993-95 | 1952 | |
| | | Maureen Dowd | Journalist | New York Times columnist | 1952 | |
| | | John Dowland | Composer | Melancholy Madrigalist | 1563 | 1626 |
| | | Morton Downey Jr. | Talk Show Host | Mort the Mouth | 1933 | 2001 |
| | | Arthur Conan Doyle | Author | Creator of Sherlock Holmes | 1859 | 1930 |
| | | Patrick Doyle | Composer | | 1953 | |
| | | Brian Doyle-Murray | Actor | SNL | 1945 | |
| | | Lamont Dozier | Songwriter | | 1941 | |
| | | Margaret Drabble | Novelist | | 1939 | |
| | | Felix Draeseke | Composer | German composer | 1835 | 1913 |
| | | Antonio Draghi | Composer | | 1634 | 1700 |
| | | Bela Drahos | Conductor | | 1955 | |
| | | Edwin Drake | Business | American oil drille | 1819 | 1880 |
| | | Ervin Drake | Songwriter | | 1919 | |
| | | Nick Drake | Singer/Songwriter | | 1948 | 1974 |
| | | Mac Dre | Rapper | Vallejo Rapper | 1970 | 2004 |
| | | Theodore Dreiser | Novelist | An American Tragedy | 1871 | 1945 |
| | | Paul Dresser | Songwriter | On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away | 1859 | 1906 |
| | | Marie Dressler | Actor | Min and Bill | 1868 | 1934 |
| | | Richard Dreyfuss | Actor | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1947 | |
| | | Madeleine Dring | Composer | English composer and actress. | 1923 | 1977 |
| | | Minnie Driver | Actor | Good Will Hunting | 1970 | |
| | | Steven Drozd | Drummer | | 1969 | |
| | | Peter Drucker | Author | Management guru | 1909 | 2005 |
| | | Matt Drudge | Blogger | The Drudge Report | 1966 | |
| | | Henry Drummond | Author | | 1851 | 1897 |
| | | Roy Drusky | Singer/Songwriter | | 1930 | 2004 |
| | | John Dryden | Poet | Absalom and Achitophel | 1631 | 1700 |
| | | Joachim du Bellay | Poet | | 1522 | 1560 |
| | | W. E. B. Du Bois | Activist | Civil rights activist | 1868 | 1963 |
| | | Du Fu | Poet | Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty | 0712 | 0770 |
| | | Daphne Du Maurier | Author | Rebecca | 1907 | 1989 |
| |  | Al Dubin | Songwriter | | 1891 | 1945 |
| | | Ja'net DuBois | Actor | Good Times | 1945 | |
| | | Theodore Dubois | Composer | Les sept paroles du Christ | 1837 | 1924 |
| | | Jean Dubuffet | Artist | Art Brut | 1901 | 1985 |
| | | Marcel Duchamp | Artist | Lead proponent of Dadaism | 1887 | 1968 |
| | | Eddy Duchin | Pianist | American popular pianist and bandleader | 1909 | 1951 |
| | | David Duchovny | Actor | X-Files | 1960 | |
| | | Anne Dudley | Composer | The Full Monty | 1956 | |
| | | S. H. Dudley | Singer | Early recording artist | 1864 | 1947 |
 | | Guillaume Dufay | Composer | Composer of the Burgundian school | 1397 | 1474 |
| | | Hilary Duff | Actor | Disney product | 1987 | |
| | | Raoul Dufy | Painter | French Fauvist painter | 1877 | 1953 |
| | | Georges Duhamel | Author | | 1884 | 1966 |
| | | Michael Dukakis | Politician | Former governor of Massachusetts | 1933 | |
| | | Paul Dukas | Composer | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | 1865 | 1935 |
| | | Patty Duke | Actor | The Patty Duke Show | 1946 | |
| | | Vernon Duke | Songwriter | April in Paris | 1903 | 1969 |
| | | John Foster Dulles | Government | Eisenhower's Secretary of State | 1888 | 1959 |
| | | Alexandre Dumas | Novelist | The Three Musketeers | 1802 | 1870 |
| | | Margaret Dumont | Actor | Foil to the Marx Brothers | 1882 | 1965 |
| | | Tan Dun | Composer | Heaven, Earth, Mankind | 1957 | |
| | | Faye Dunaway | Actor | Chinatown and Barfly | 1941 | |
| | | Paul Laurence Dunbar | Poet | Lyrics of a Lowly Life | 1872 | 1906 |
| | | Isadora Duncan | Dancer | | 1878 | 1927 |
| | | Michael Dunn | Actor | Dr. Miguelito Loveless | 1934 | 1973 |
| | | Ryan Dunn | Actor | Viva La Bam | 1977 | |
| | | Dominique Dunne | Actor | Poltergeist | 1959 | 1982 |
| | | Finley Peter Dunne | Author | Creator of Mr. Dooley | 1867 | 1936 |
| | | John Gregory Dunne | Author | True Confessions | 1932 | 2003 |
| | | Debbe Dunning | Actor | Home Improvement Tool Time Girl | 1966 | |
 | | Milka Duno | Auto Racing | Venezuelan race car driver | 1972 | |
| | | Kirsten Dunst | Actor | Mary-Jane in Spider-Man | 1982 | |
| | | John Dunstable | Composer | | 1390 | 1453 |
| | | Henri Duparc | Composer | | 1848 | 1933 |
| | | Jacques Duphly | Composer | French harpsichordist and composer | 1715 | 1789 |
| | | Marcel Dupré | Composer | French organist and composer | 1886 | 1971 |
 | | Roberto Duran | Boxing | Middleweight boxing champ | 1951 | |
| | | Joël-François Durand | Composer | French composer | 1954 | |
| | | Ariel Durant | Historian | | 1898 | 1981 |
| | | Will Durant | Historian | The Story of Civilization | 1885 | 1981 |
| | | Francesco Durante | Composer | Pastoral Mass | 1684 | 1755 |
| | | Jimmy Durante | Comic | Everybody wants ta get inta da act | 1893 | 1980 |
| | | Marguerite Duras | Novelist | Hiroshima mon Amour | 1914 | 1996 |
| | | Louis Durey | Composer | Carillons | 1888 | 1979 |
| | | Rhea Durham | Model | American fashion model | 1978 | |
| | | Emile Durkheim | Sociologist | | 1858 | 1917 |
| | | Leo Durocher | Baseball | Leo the Lip | 1905 | 1991 |
| | | Gerald Durrell | Naturalist | My Family and Other Animals | 1925 | 1995 |
| | | Lawrence Durrell | Novelist | The Alexandria Quartet | 1912 | 1990 |
| | | Friedrich Durrenmatt | Author | The Physicists | 1921 | 1990 |
| | | Fred Durst | Musician | Lead singer of Limp Bizkit | 1970 | |
| | | Will Durst | Comic | | 1952 | |
| | | Maurice Durufle | Composer | Requiem | 1902 | 1986 |
| | | Ian Dury | Musician | Ian Dury and the Blockheads | 1942 | 2000 |
| | | Dan Duryea | Actor | The Little Foxes | 1907 | 1968 |
| | | Eleonora Duse | Actor | Most famous Italian actress of her time | 1858 | 1924 |
 | | František Xaver Dušek | Composer | Czech composer | 1731 | 1799 |
| | | Jan Ladislav Dussek | Composer | | 1760 | 1812 |
| | | Henri Dutilleux | Composer | Requiem | 1916 | |
| | | Charles Dutoit | Conductor | Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal | 1936 | |
| | | François Duvalier | Head of State | Ruthless "President for Life" of Haiti | 1907 | 1971 |
| | | Jean-Claude Duvalier | Head of State | Dictator of Haiti 21-Apr-1971 to 7-Feb-1986 | 1951 | |
| | | Clea DuVall | Actor | Heroes | 1977 | |
| | | Robert Duvall | Actor | Tom Hagen in The Godfather | 1931 | |
| | | Antonín Dvorak | Composer | New World Symphony | 1841 | 1904 |
| | | John Sullivan Dwight | Religion | | 1812 | 1893 |
| | | Danny Dyer | Actor | Human Traffic | 1977 | |
| | | Wayne Dyer | Author | Your Erroneous Zones | 1940 | |
| | | Bob Dylan | Musician | The Times They Are A-Changin' | 1941 | |
| | | George Dyson | Composer | | 1883 | 1964 |
