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Dabadie de Bernet, Jean Melchior (1748-1820) - military engineer, politician (2) (08 Jun 2025) d'Agoult, Claire Christine, marquise de Charnacé (1830-1912) - man of letters, journalist (1) d'Agoult, Marie (1805-1876) - author, historian, nobleman (1) (08 Jun 2025) Dagover, Lil (1887-1980) - actor (15) Dahlmann, Friedrich Christoph (1785-1860) - historian, politician (1) Dahn, Constanze (1814-1894) - actor (1) Dahn, Ludwig (1843-1898) - actor (1) Daimler, Gottlieb (1834-1900) - engineer, industrialist (1) Dalberg, Wolfgang Heribert von (1750-1806) - theatre manager (1) D'Albert de Luynes, Françoise, duchesse (1785-1813) - nobleman (1) D'Albert, Eugen (1864-1932) - pianist, composer (1) d'Alençon, Émilienne (1870-1945) - courtesan, dancer, actor (2) Dalida (1933-1987) - singer (2) Dalla, Lucio (1943-2012) - singer, musician (1) Dall'Ara, Renato (1892-1964) - entrepreneur, sports manager (1) Dalloz, Paul (1829-1887) - publisher (1) Dalziel, George (1815-1902) - engraver, businessman (1) Dammann, Anna (1912-1993) - actor (5) Dana, Richard Henry (1815-1881) - novelist, lawyer, politician (1) Dandler, Anna (1862-1930) - actor (1) Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840) - landscape painter (2) Danjoy, Jean-Charles (1806-1862) - architect (1) Dankberg, Friedrich Wilhelm (1819-1866) - sculptor, plasterer (1) Danneberg, Robert (1885-1942) - politician (1) D'Annunzio, Gabriele (1863-1938) - poet, novelist, playwright Danson, George (1799-1881) - painter (1) Dantan, Antoine Laurent (1798-1878) - sculptor (1) Dantan, Jean Pierre (1800-1869) - sculptor (1) Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - poet, writer (10) D'Antigny, Blanche (1840-1874) - courtesan, actor, singer (1) Darc, Daniel (1959-2013) - author, singer (1) D'Arcy Bacon, Francis (1778-1842) - adventurer Darracq, Alexandre (1855-1931) - industrialist, investor, engineer (1) Daru, Pierre (1767-1829) - statesman, historian, poet, soldier (1) Darvi, Bella (1928-1971) - actor (1) Dash, Gabrielle, Comtesse (1804-1872) - woman of letters (1) Daub, Ellen (1900-1965) - actor (2) Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) - painter (1) Daudet, Alphonse (1840-1897) - writer (1) Daudet, Lucien (1878-1946) - author, painter (1) Daudet-Allard, Julia (1844-1940) - salonière, author, poet, journalist, literary critic (1) Dauvin, Bertrand (1933-1954) - pilot (1) Davenport, Elizabeth (-1899) - actor (1) David, Charlotte (1764-1826) - (1) David, Félicien (1810-1876) - composer (1) David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) - painter (5) Davies, Scrope Berdmore (1782-1852) - scholar, gambler, dandy (2) Davies, Walford (1869-1941) - composer, organist, conductor, educator (1) Davout, Louis-Nicholas, Duke of Auerstädt (1770-1823) - general (1) Davy, Humphry (1778-1829) - chemist, inventor (1) Dawison, Bogumil (1818-1872) - actor (1) Dawson, George (1821-1876) - preacher, editor (2) De Filippo, Eduardo (1900-1984) - actor, playwright (1) De Filippo, Peppino (1903-1980) - actor (1) De Filippo, Titina (1898-1963) - actor, playwright (1) De Gasparis, Annibale (1819-1892) - astronomer, mathematician (2) De Münck, Elizabeth, Baroness (1768-1841) - nobleman (1) De Sica, Vittorio (1901-1974) - actor, director (1) Deák, Ferencz (1803-1876) - statesman (1) Debenedetti, Jean-Marc (1952-2009) - author, poet, sculptor (1) Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) - composer (1) Decamps, Alexandre Gabriel (1803-1860) - painter, engraver (2) Dedekind, Richard (1831-1916) - mathematician (1) Deering, Olive (1918-1986) - actor (1) Deetjen, Werner (1877-1939) - germanist, librarian (1) Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731) - novelist (2) Defregger, Franz von (1835-1921) - painter (1) Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) - painter, graphical artist, etcher, lithographer, sculptor (2) Degischer, Vilma (1911-1992) - actor (1) Degive-Ledelier, Valentine (1846-1912) - singer (2) Dehio, Georg (1850-1932) - art historian (1) Dehodencq, Alfred (1822-1882) - painter (1) Deibel, Rosemarie (1936-2012) - actor (1) Deinert, Ursula (1910-1988) - actor, dancer, ballet teacher (3) Deken, Agatha (1741-1804) - author (1) Del Lungo, Isidoro (1841-1927) - author, poet, historian, politician (1) Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) - painter, lithographer, etcher (5) Delance, Paul Louis (1848-1924) - painter (2) Delaroche, Paul (1797-1856) - painter (5) Delcassé, Théophile (1852-1923) - statesman (1) Delia, Regina (1840-1894) - actor (1) Delibes, Léo (1836-1891) - composer (1) Delille, Jacques (1738-1813) - poet (1) Delius, Ernst von (1912-1937) - race car driver (1) Delna, Marie (1875-1932) - opera singer (1) Deltgen, René (1909-1979) - actor (2) Delug, Alois (1859-1930) - painter (1) Delvard, Marya (1874-1965) - vocalist (1) Deman-Leider, Frida (1888-1975) - singer (2) Demazis, Orane (1894-1991) - actor (1) Demelhuber, Karl Maria (1896-1988) - nazi, officer (1) Demenÿ, Georges (1850-1917) - inventor, photographer, filmmaker, physiologist (1) Dene, Dorothy (1859-1899) - artist's model, actor (1) Denera, Erna (1879-1938) - operatic soprano (1) Denis, Maurice (1870-1943) - painter, engraver, decorative painter, art scholar (1) Denk, Berthe Marie (1881-1974) - socialite (1) Denk, Paula (1908-1978) - actor (1) Denny, Sandy (1947-1978) - singer (1) Denon, Vivant (1747-1825) - art historian, artist, diplomat, archaeologist (1) Denuelle, Eléonore (1787-1868) - reader, mistress (2) (12 Jun 2025) Deraismes, Maria (1828-1894) - author (1) Dereims, Étienne (1845-1904) - opera singer (1) Dereims-Devriès, Jeanne (1845-1924) - opera singer (1) Dermota, Anton (1910-1989) - singer (1) Derra de Moroda, Friderica (1897-1978) - dancer, choreographer, dance teacher (1) Derwein, Herbert (1893-1961) - archivist, historian (1) Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline (1786-1859) - poet, novelist, actor (1) Deschamps, Joseph (1765-1833) - colonel (1) Deslandes, Raymond (1825-1890) - playwright, journalist, theatre manager (2) Deslandres, Adolphe (1840-1911) - composer, organist (1) Desmoulin, Fernand (1853-1914) - painter, engraver (1) (30 Mar 2025) Desny, Ivan (1922-2002) - actor (5) Desor, Pierre Jean Édouard (1811-1882) - geologist (1) Desprès, Suzanne (1875-1951) - actor (2) Dessau, Paul (1894-1979) - composer, conductor (1) Dessauer, Adolf (1849-1916) - banker, novelist (1) Dessoulavy, Thomas (1801-1869) - painter (1) Destinn, Emmy (1878-1930) - opera singer (1) Destouches, Johanna von (1869-1956) - painter, poet (1) Desvignes, Victor François (1805-1853) - composer, musician (2) Detourbay, Marie-Anne, Comtesse de Loynes (1837-1908) - salonière (2) Deutsch de la Meurthe, Émile (1847-1924) - industrialist, philanthropist (1) Deval, Marguerite (1866-1955) - operatta singer, comedian (2) Devas, Anthony (1911-1958) - painter (1) Develey, Johann Conrad (1822-1886) - industrialist (1) Deverell, Walter Howell (1827-1854) - painter Deveux, James (1812-1844) - painter (1) Devrient, Eduard (1801-1877) - actor, theatre director, singer, playwright, translator (1) Devrient, Karl August (1797-1872) - actor (1) Devrient, Ludwig (1784-1832) - actor (1) Devrient, Max (1857-1929) - actor (1) Devrient, Otto (1838-1894) - actor (1) Devrient-Reinhold, Babette (1863-1940) - actor (1) Diaghilev, Sergei (1872-1929) - ballet producer, patron of the arts, art critic (1) Díaz de la Peña, Narcisse (1807-1876) - painter (1) Dicenta, Manuel (1905-1974) - actor (1) Dickens, Alfred Tennyson (1845-1912) - lecturer (1) Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) - novelist, editor, social critic (13) Dickens, Charles Culliford Boz (1837-1896) - literary man (1) Dickens, Fanny (1810-1848) - singer, pianist (1) Dickens, Henry Fielding (1849-1933) - lawyer (1) Dickens, Kate (1839-1929) - painter (5) Dickens, Mary (1838-1896) - author (1) Diday, François (1802-1871) - painter (1) Diederichs, Eugen (1867-1930) - publisher (1) Dieffenbach, Johann Friedrich (1794-1847) - surgeon (2) Diehl, Karl Ludwig (1896-1958) - actor (5) Dierx, Léon (1838-1912) - poet (1) Diessl, Gustav (1899-1948) - actor (5) Dietrich, Antonia (1900-1975) - actor (2) Dietrich, Marlene (1901-1992) - actor (1) Dietrichstein, Moriz Joseph von (1775-1864) - officer (1) Dieulafoy, Paul Georges (1839-1911) - physician, surgeon (1) Diez, Ernst Friedrich (1805-1892) - singer (1) Diez, Robert (1844-1922) - sculptor (2) Diez, Wilhelm von (1839-1907) - painter (1) Diez-Hartmann, Sophie (1820-1887) - singer (1) Dillinger, Paula (1886-1905) - harpist (1) Dillon, Anna (1760-1823) - lady in waiting (1) (07 May 2025) Dingelstedt, Franz (1814-1881) - dramatist, poet, theatre director, journalist (1) Dingler, Hugo (1881-1954) - philosopher (2) Dirichlet, Peter Gustave Lejeune (1805-1859) - mathematician (1) Dirichlet-Mendelssohn, Rebecka (1811-1858) - salonière (1) Dirkens, Annie (1869-1942) - singer (1) Djavidan Hanum (1877-1968) - nobleman, painter, pianist (1) Dohm, Will (1897-1948) - actor (2) Dohme, Emma (1854-1918) - salonière (1) Dohme, Robert (1845-1893) - art historian (1) Dollfuss, Engelbert (1892-1934) - statesman (1) Domin, Hilde (1909-2006) - poet (2) Dominik, Hans (1872-1945) - novelist, engineer (1) Domján, Edit (1932-1972) - actor (1) Donald, John Milne (1819-1866) - painter (1) Dönitz, Karl (1891-1980) - admiral (1) Donkin, Bryan (1768-1855) - engineer (1) Donkin, Bryan (1809-1893) - civil engineer (1) Donkin, Horatio Bryan (1845-1927) - physician (1) Donner, Hein (1927-1988) - chess player (1) Doré, Gustave (1832-1883) - graphical artist, lithographer (2) (08 Jun 2025) Dorian, Pierre Frédéric (1814-1873) - statesman, ironmaster (1) Doris, Pierre (1919-2009) - actor, comedian (2) (08 Jun 2025) Dorris, Anita (1903-1993) - actor (2) Dorsey, Tommy (1905-1956) - trombonist, trumpeter, composer, bandleader (2) Dorval, Marie (1798-1849) - actor (1) Dougall, Neil (1776-1862) - composer, poet (2) Douglas, Alfred Bruce (1870-1945) - poet, art expert (1) Douglas, Francis, 11th Marquess of Queensberry (1896-1954) - nobleman (1) Douglas, Percy Sholto, 10th Marquess of Queensberry (1868-1920) - nobleman (1) Doumerc, Jean-Pierre (1767-1847) - general (1) Dovsky, Beatrice (1866-1923) - novelist, poet, actor (1) Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - author (3) Doyle, Charles William (1770-1842) - army officer (1) Drache, Heinz (1923-2002) - actor (1) Draeseke, Felix August Bernhard (1835-1913) - composer (1) Drake, Friedrich (1805-1882) - sculptor (1) Dreher, Konrad (1859-1944) - theatre manager, actor, poet (1) Dresen, Adolf (1935-2001) - theatre director, opera director (1) Dreyfus, Alfred (1859-1935) - soldier (1) Dreyfus-Barney, Laura (1879-1974) - teacher, philanthropist (1) Drovetti, Bernardino (1776-1852) - diplomat, lawyer, art collector, antiquarian (1) Droysen, Johann Gustav (1808-1884) - historian, politician (1) Drummond, Thomas (1797-1840) - army officer, civil engineer, public official (1) Drygalski, Irma von (1892-1953) - novelist (1) Du Maurier, George (1834-1896) - caricaturist, novelist (3) Du Maurier, Sylvia (1866-1910) - (2) Dubcek, Alexander (1921-1992) - statesman (1) Dubois, Paul (1829-1905) - sculptor (2) (08 Jun 2025) Dubufe, Guillaume (1853-1909) - painter, decorator, illustrator (1) (08 Jun 2025) Dubuffet, Jean (1901-1985) - painter, sculptor, illustrator (1) Duc, Joseph-Louis (1802-1879) - architect (1) Duchamp, Alexina (1906-1995) - art dealer (1) Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968) - painter, visual artist (1) Duchesne, Ernest (1874-1912) - physician (1) Duchesnois, Joséphine (1777-1835) - actor (1) (09 Jun 2025) Duclaux, Antoine (1783-1868) - painter (1) Ducrest, Georgette (1789-1882) - author (2) Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) - circus owner (1) Dufour, Guillaume Henri (1787-1875) - general, cartographer, engineer (1) Dufrêne, Blanche (1874-1919) - actor, comedian (1) Dufresne, Jean (1829-1893) - chess player (1) Dufy, Raoul (1877-1953) - painter (1) Dugazon (1746-1809) - actor (1) (15 Jun 2025) Dugazon, Rose (1755-1821) - opera singer, actor, dancer (1) (15 Jun 2025) Duhamel, Biana (1870-1910) - opertta singer (1) Duhamel, Sarah (1873-1926) - actor (1) Duhan, Hans (1890-1971) - opera singer (1) Dulac, Odette (1865-1939) - singer, actor, author, sculptor, painter (2) Dumas, Alexandre (fils) (1824-1895) - writer (1) Dumas, Alexandre (père) (1802-1870) - writer (1) Dumont D'Urville, Jules (1790-1842) - explorer (1) Dumont, Henri Julien (1856-1936) - painter (1) Dumont-Lindemann, Louise (1862-1932) - actor, theatre manager (1) Dumoulin le Keuche, Edmond Luc, chevalier (1906-1970) - poet, scientist (1) Dumoulin, Louis-Jules (1860-1924) - painter (1) Dunant, Henry (1828-1910) - banker, writer, philanthropist (2) Duncan, Isadora (1877-1927) - dancer (2) Duplessis, Marie (1824-1847) - courtesan (1) (22 Apr 2025) Dupont, Pierre (1821-1870) - singer, songwriter, poet (1) Duprato, Jules (1827-1892) - composer (1) Dupree, William Thomas (1856-1933) - brewer (1) Dupuis, Toon (1877-1937) - sculptor (1) Durand, Auguste (1830-1909) - organist, composer, music publisher (1) Durand, Émile (1830-1903) - composer, musical theorist (1) Durand, Jacques (1865-1928) - music publisher, composer (1) Durant, Susan (1827-1873) - painter, sculptor (1) (21 Mar 2025) Durante, Anita (1897-1994) - actor (1) Durante, Checco (1893-1976) - actor (1) Duras, Marguerite (1914-1996) - novelist, playwright, film maker (1) Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) - painter, graphical artist (10) Duret, Francisque Joseph (1804-1865) - sculptor (1) Durham, Joseph (1814-1877) - sculptor (1) Durieux, Tilla (1880-1971) - actor (2) (29 May 2025) Dürr, Wilhelm (der Ältere) (1815-1890) - painter (1) Duse, Eleonora (1858-1924) - actor Dusek, Frantisek Xaver (1731-1799) - composer, pianist, harpsichordist (1) Dusík, Gejza (1907-1988) - composer (1) Duskova, Josefina (1754-1824) - singer, pianist, harpist (1) Dussaut, Caroline (1833-1887) - schoolmaster (1) Duthuit, Georges (1891-1973) - art critic, philosopher (1) Dutrieux, Hélène (1877-1961) - actor, comedian, pilot (1) Duvernoy, Alphonse (1842-1907) - composer, pianist (2) Duvernoy, Suzanne (1882-1970) - musician (2) Dux, Émilienne (1874-1960) - actor (1) Dux, Pierre (1908-1990) - actor (1) Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904) - composer (1) (20 Apr 2025) Dyce, William (1806-1864) - painter, scientist, civil servant (266 entries) |