Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
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Delany, Martin Robinson (American politician)
Delbrück, Max (German-born American biologist)
Deledda, Grazia (Italian novelist)
Delilah (Bible)
Delius, Frederick (English musician)
della Robbia, Luca (Italian sculptor)
Delmonico, Lorenzo (Swiss-born American restaurateur)
Delorme, Philibert (French architect)
Democritus (Ancient Greek philosopher)
Demosthenes (Ancient Greek rhetorician)
Dempsey, William Harrison (American boxer)
Demuth, Charles (American painter)
Deng Xiaoping (Political Leader)
Denis, Saint (French theologian)
Derain, André (French painter)
Derrida, Jacques (French philosopher)
Derzhavin, Gavriil Romanovish (Russian lyric poet)
Desargues, Gérard (French mathematician & engineer)
Descartes, René (Philosopher / Mathematician)
Dessalines, Jean Jacques (Haitian emperor)
Deus Ramos, João de (Portuguese poet)
Devereux, Robert (2nd Earl of Essex)
Devers, Gail (American athlete)
Dewar, James, Sir (English chemist & physicist)
Dewey, George (American military leader)
Dewey, John (Philosopher / Educator)
Dewey, Melvil (Librarian)
Dewey, Thomas Edmund (American statesman/stateswoman)
Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich (Russian ballet dancer, artist & critic)
Diane de Poitiers (French royalty)
Dias, Bartolomeu (Navigator / Explorer)
Díaz del Castillo, Bernal (Spanish military leader & non-fiction writer)
Díaz, (José de la Cruz) Porfirio (Mexican statesman/stateswoman)
Dick, George Frederick (American medical researcher)
Dickerson, Eric Demetric (American football player)
Dickey, James Lafayette (American poet & novelist)
Dickey, William (American baseball player)
Dickinson, John (American statesman/stateswoman)
Diderot, Denis (Philosopher / Writer)
Diefenbaker, John George (Canadian statesman/stateswoman)
Diels, Otto Paul Hermann (German chemist)
Diem, Ngo Dinh (Vietnamese statesman/stateswoman)
Diesel, Rudolf (Engineer / Inventor)
Dietrich, Marlene (Actor / Singer)
Dillinger, John (Gangster)
DiMaggio, Joseph Paul (Baseball Player)