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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.
On this page: Downing, Andrew Jackson to Durocher, Leo Ernest.

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Downing, Andrew Jackson (American agriculturalist & architect)

Dowson, Ernest Christopher (English poet)

Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir (Writer)

Draco (Athenian politician and law codifier)

Drake, Francis, Sir (Explorer)

Draper, Henry (American astronomer)

Drayton, Michael (English poet)

Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (American novelist)

Drew (American actor)

Drew, Daniel (American financier)

Dreyfus, Alfred (Soldier / Political Scandal Figure)

Drusus, Nero Claudius (Roman general)

Dryden, John (English poet, dramatist & critic)

Du Barry, Comtesse (French royalty)

Du Bois, W(illiam) E(dward) B(urghardt) (Writer / Activist)

du Maurier, Daphne, Dame (British writer)

du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson (English artist & novelist)

Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel (French economist)

du Pré, Jacqueline (British cellist)

du Vigneaud, Vincent (American biologist & chemist)

Dubček, Alexander (Czechoslovak statesman/stateswoman)

Dubinsky, David (American labor leader)

Dubos, René Jules (American microbiologist)

Dubuffet, Jean (French painter & sculptor)

Duchamp, Marcel (French painter)

Ducommun, Élie (Swiss journalist & politician)

Dudley, Robert (English royalty)

Dudley, Thomas (American statesman/stateswoman)

Dufay, Guillaume (Classical Artist)

Dufy, Raoul (French painter, artist & designer)

Dulbecco, Renato (American biologist)

Dulles, Allen Welsh (American statesman/stateswoman)

Dulles, John Foster (American statesman/stateswoman)

Dumas, Alexandre (Writer)

Dumézil, Georges (French philologist and cultural historian)

Dunant, Jean Henri (Swiss financier & physician)

Dunbar, Paul Laurence (American poet & novelist)

Dunbar, William (Scottish poet)

Duncan, Isadora (Dancer / Choreographer)

Dunmore, Fourth Earl of (English-American statesman/stateswoman)

Duns Scotus, John (Theologian)

Dunstan, Saint (English theologian)

Duran, Roberto (Panamanian prizefighter)

Durand, Asher Brown (American painter & artist)

Durant, Thomas Clark (personage)

Durant, William James (American historian & writer)

Durante, Jimmy (Comedian / Actor)

Dürer, Albrecht (Artist)

Durkheim, Émile (French sociologist)

Durocher, Leo Ernest (American baseball player and manager)