Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Gerald Deveaux
Songwriter
Sir "Gerry" Gerald DeVeauxis a Bahamian songwriter/producer and creative director. DeVeaux was a contributing editor for style magazine Tatler. He was style consultant for MTV Networks co-hosting show...

Adam Devine
American actor
Adam Patrick DeVineis an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the stars and co-creators of the Comedy Central comedy television series Workaholics and Adam DeVine...

Andrew Devine
American character actor
Andrew Vabre Devinewas an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in Western films, including his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers in 10 feature fil...

Peter (Andy Devine) Devine
British actor
Peter Devine, stage nameAndy Devinewas a British actor primarily on television, whose best known role was Shadrach Dingle on one of ITV's long-running soap operas, Emmerdale. He played Shadrach on and...

Victor Dewulf
CEO and co-founder of Recycleye
Victor Dewulfis the CEO and co-founder of Recycleye, a company specializing in AI-driven waste recognition and sorting systems. He co-founded Recycleye in 2019 alongside CTO Peter Hedley, whom he met ...

Swati Dhingra
Economist at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Swati Dhingrais an Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee. She earned her undergraduate degree fro...

John Diamond
English journalist and broadcaster
John Diamondwas an English journalist and broadcaster. In 1997 he was diagnosed with throat cancer, a subject he wrote about in his weekly column at The Times, as well as in two books (one published p...

Ruben Dias
Portuguese professional footballer
Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Diasis a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester City and the Portugal national team. Known for his aggressive styl...

Cameron Diaz
American actress
Cameron Michelle Diazis an American actress. She has received various accolades, including nominations for four Golden Globe Awards and a British Academy Film Award. As of 2018, her films have grossed...

Nathan Diaz
American mixed martial artist and professional boxer
Nathan Donald Diazis an American mixed martial artist and professional boxer who is currently a free agent. Diaz is most known for his time spent fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), ...

Kristoffer Diaz
American playwright
Kristoffer Díazis an American playwright, screenwriter, and educator. As a playwright, he has five full-length titles amongst other works which have been widely produced and developed. In 2010, he was...

Luis (Lucho Díaz) Diaz
Colombian professional footballer
Luis Fernando Díaz Marulanda, also known asLucho Díaz, is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Premier League club Liverpool and the Colombia national team. Díaz began hi...
Leonardo Dicaprio
Actor
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCapriois an American actor, film producer and environmentalist. He has often played unconventional roles, particularly in biopics and period films. As of 2019, his films have grosse...

Dame Cressida Rose Dick
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Dame Cressida Rose DickDBE QPM (born 16 October 1960) is a senior British Police Officer serving as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service since 2017. Dick is both the first female and first ...

Gabriella Dickens
Senior UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics
Gabriella Dickensjoined Pantheon in 2021 with several years' experience in independent macro research. Prior to joining Pantheon, she was a Global Economist at Capital Economics, with a particular foc...

Charles Dickens
English writer
Charles John Huffam Dickenswas an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era...

Harris Dickinson
English actor
Harris Dickinsonis an English actor. He began his career in British television and had his first starring role in the drama film Beach Rats (2017), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spiri...

Helen Dickinson
Chief Executive Officer of the British Retail Consortium
Helen DickinsonOBE (born 1966, Surrey, England) is a British accountant and executive, and the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the British Retail Consortium, a post she has held since January...

Terrance Dicks
English author and television screenwriter
Terrance William Dickswas an English author and television screenwriter, script editor and producer. In television, he had a long association with the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, working as...

Virgil Dijk
Dutch professional footballer
Virgil van Dijkis a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back and captains both Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team. Regarded as one of the best defenders in...