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• 630 CECononPope Conon (Greek: Κόνων, romanized: Konōn; died 21 September 687) was the bishop of Rome from 21 October 686…
• 1150 CEConon de BéthuneConon de Béthune (before 1160[1] in the former region of Artois, today Pas-de-Calais - 17 December 1219…
• 279 BCEConon of SamosConon of Samos (Greek: Κόνων ὁ Σάμιος, Konōn ho Samios; c. 280 – c. 220 BC) was a Greek astronomer and…
• 1459 CEConrad CeltesConrad Celtes (German: Konrad Celtes; Latin: Conradus Celtis (Protucius); 1 February 1459 – 4 February 1508)…
• 1516 CEConrad GessnerConrad Gessner (Latin: Conradus Gesnerus; 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician…
• 1093 CEConrad III of GermanyConrad III (German: Konrad; Italian: Corrado; 1093 or 1094 – 15 February 1152) of the Hohenstaufen dynasty…
• 1744 CEConrad MoenchConrad Moench (sometimes written Konrad Mönch; 15 August 1744 – 6 January 1805) was a German botanist…
• 1415 CEConrad PaumannConrad Paumann (c. 1410 – January 24, 1473) was a German organist, lutenist and composer of the early…
• 1252 CEConradinConrad III (25 March 1252 – 29 October 1268), called the Younger or the Boy, but usually known by the…
• 47 BCEConsort BanConsort Ban (c. 48 BCE – c. 6 BCE), or Ban Jieyu (Chinese: 班婕妤; pinyin: Bān Jiéyú; Wade–Giles: Pan Chieh-yü)…
• 1894 CEConstance TipperConstance Tipper (born Constance Fligg Elam; 16 February 1894 – 14 December 1995) was an English metallurgist…
• 320 CEConstansFlavius Julius Constans (c. 323 – 350), also called Constans I, was Roman emperor from 337 to 350. He held…
• 400 CEConstans IIConstans II (died 411) was the son of the Western Roman emperor Constantine III and served as his co-emperor…
• 630 CEConstans IIConstans II (Greek: Κώνστας, romanized: Kōnstās; 7 November 630 – 15 July 668), also called "the Bearded"…
• 1876 CEConstantin BrâncușiConstantin Brâncuși (Romanian: [konstanˈtin brɨŋˈkuʃʲ]; February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957) was a Romanian…
• 1803 CEConstantin Wilhelm Lambert GlogerConstantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger (17 September 1803 near Grottkau, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia – 30 December…
• 700 CEConstantinePope Constantine (Latin: Constantinus; 664 – 9 April 715) was the bishop of Rome from 25 March 708 to his…
• 316 CEConstantine IIConstantine II (Latin: Flavius Claudius Constantinus; 316–340) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. He was the…
• 1940 CEConstantine II of GreeceConstantine II (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Βʹ, romanized: Konstantínos II, pronounced [ˌkonsta(n)ˈdinos o…
• 400 CEConstantine IIIConstantine III (Latin: Flavius Claudius Constantinus; died shortly before 18 September 411 AD) was a common…
• 652 CEConstantine IVConstantine IV (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, romanized: Kōnstantīnos; Latin: Constantinus; c. 650 – 10 July 685)…
• 1783 CEConstantine Samuel RafinesqueConstantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃stɑ̃tin(ə) samɥɛl ʁafinɛsk(ə)ʃmalts]) (22…
• 900 CEConstantine of PreslavConstantine of Preslav (Bulgarian: Константин Преславски) was a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and…
• 1050 CEConstantine the AfricanConstantine the African, (Latin: Constantinus Africanus; died before 1098/1099, Monte Cassino) was a…
• 272 CEConstantine the GreatConstantine I (27 February 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD…
• 250 CEConstantius ChlorusMarcus Flavius Valerius Constantius (c. 250 – 25 July 306), also called Constantius I, was a Roman emperor…
• 317 CEConstantius IIConstantius II (Latin: Flavius Julius Constantius; Ancient Greek: Κωνστάντιος, romanized: Kōnstántios; 7…
• 370 CEConstantius IIIConstantius III (died 2 September 421) was briefly Western Roman emperor in 421, having earned the throne…
• 1225 CECoppo di MarcovaldoCoppo di Marcovaldo (c. 1225 – c. 1276) was a Florentine painter in the Italo-Byzantine style, active in the…
• 1871 CECordell HullCordell Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the…
• 500 BCECorinnaCorinna or Korinna (Ancient Greek: Κόριννα, romanized: Korinna) was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra…
• 1979 CECorinne Bailey RaeCorinne Jacqueline Bailey Rae (née Bailey; born 26 February 1979) is a British singer and songwriter. She is…
• 1933 CECormac McCarthyCormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American author who…
• 1892 CECorneille HeymansCorneille Jean François Heymans (28 March 1892 – 18 July 1968) was a Belgian physiologist. He studied at the…
• 189 BCECorneliaCornelia (c. 190s – c. 115 BC) was the second daughter of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a Roman general…
• 1572 CECornelis DrebbelCornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel (Dutch pronunciation: [kɔrˈneːlɪ ˈɕaːkɔpsoːn ˈdrɛbəl]; 1572 – 7 November 1633)…
• 1461 CECornelis Engebrechtsz.Cornelis Engebrechtsz., also known as Cornelis Engelbrechtsz. (c.1462–1527) was an early Dutch painter. He…
• 1920 CECornelis Johannes van HoutenCornelis Johannes "Kees" van Houten (18 February 1920 – 24 August 2002) was a Dutch astronomer.
• 180 CECorneliusPope Cornelius (Greek: Κορνήλιος; died June 253) was the bishop of Rome from the 6th, or the 13th of March…
• 1585 CECornelius JansenCornelius Jansen (Dutch: [ˈjɑnsə(n)]; Latinized name Cornelius Jansenius; also Corneille Jansen; 28 October…
• 1893 CECornelius LanczosCornelius (Cornel) Lanczos (Hungarian: Lánczos Kornél, pronounced [ˈlaːnt͡soʃ ˈkorneːl]; born as Kornél Lőwy…
• 99 BCECornelius NeposCornelius Nepos (c. 110 BC – c. 25 BC) was a Roman biographer.
• 1568 CECornelius a LapideCornelius Cornelii a Lapide, SJ (né Cornelis Cornelissen van den Steen; 28 December 1567 – 12 March 1637) was…
• 800 BCECoroebus of ElisCoroebus of Elis (Ancient Greek: Κόροιβος Ἠλεῖος, Kóroibos Ēleîos; Latin: Coroebus Eleus fl. c. 776 BC) was a…
• 1439 CECosimo RosselliCosimo Rosselli (Italian: [ˈkɔːzimo rosˈsɛlli]; 1439–1507) was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento, active…
• 1430 CECosimo TuraCosmè Tura (Italian pronunciation: [koˈzmɛ tˈtuːra]; c. 1430 – 1495), also known as Il Cosmè or Cosimo Tura…
• 1389 CECosimo de' MediciCosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464) was an Italian banker and politician who…
• 1154 CECostanza I of SicilyConstance I (Italian: Costanza; 2 November 1154 – 27 November 1198) was the queen of Sicily from 1194 until…
• 1490 CECostanzo FestaCostanzo Festa (c. 1485/1490 – 10 April 1545) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance. While he is best…
• 1663 CECotton MatherCotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 15, 1728) was a Puritan clergyman and author in colonial New…
• 1960 CECraig MelloCraig Cameron Mello (born October 18, 1960) is an American biologist and professor in the RNA Therapeutics…
• 343 BCECrantorCrantor of Soli (Greek: Κράντωρ, gen.: Κράντορος; died 276/5 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and member…
• 369 BCECraterusCraterus, also spelled Krateros (Greek: Κρατερός; c. 370 BC – 321 BC), was a Macedonian general under…
• 500 BCECratesCrates (Greek: Κράτης) or Craterus (Κρατερός) was a mining (μεταλλευτής metalleutes) and hydraulic engineer…
• 200 BCECrates of MallusCrates of Mallus (Ancient Greek: Κράτης ὁ Μαλλώτης, Krátēs ho Mallṓtēs; fl. 2nd century BC) was a Greek…
• 364 BCECrates of ThebesCrates (Ancient Greek: Κράτης ὁ Θηβαῖος; c. 365 – c. 285 BC) of Thebes was a Greek Cynic philosopher, the…
• 500 BCECratylusCratylus ( KRAT-il-əs; Ancient Greek: Κρατύλος, Kratylos) was an ancient Athenian philosopher from the…
• 69 BCECrinagoras of MytileneCrinagoras of Mytilene, sometimes spelt as Krinagorasis or Krinagoras (Greek: Κριναγόρας ὁ Μυτιληναῖος, 70…
• 100 CECrinasCrinas (Crinias) of Marseilles was a 1st-century physician from Massilia (Marseille), contemporary of the…
• 303 CECrispusFlavius Julius Crispus (c. 300 – 326) was the eldest son of the Roman emperor Constantine I, as well as his…
• 1741 CECristfried GananderChristfried Ganander (21 November 1741 in Haapajärvi – 17 February 1790 in Rantsila) was a Finnish compiler…
• 1953 CECristina Fernández de KirchnerCristina Elísabet Fernández de Kirchner (born 19 February 1953) is an Argentine lawyer and politician who…
• 1941 CECristina Peri RossiCristina Peri Rossi (born 12 November 1941) is a Uruguayan novelist, poet, translator, and author of short…
• 1390 CECristoforo MoroCristoforo Moro (1390 – 10 November 1471) was the 67th Doge of Venice. He reigned from 1462 to 1471.
• 1460 CECristoforo SolariCristoforo Solari (c. 1460 – 1527), also known as il Gobbo (lit. 'the hunchbacked'), was an Italian sculptor…
• 459 BCECritiasCritias (Ancient Greek: Κριτίας, Kritias; c. 460 – 403 BC) was an ancient Athenian poet, philosopher and…
• 199 BCECritolausCritolaus (Greek: Κριτόλαος Kritolaos; c. 200 – c. 118 BC) of Phaselis was a Greek philosopher of the…
• 500 BCECtesiasCtesias ( TEE-zhəs; Ancient Greek: Κτησίᾱς, romanized: Ktēsíās; fl. 5th century BC), also known as Ctesias of…
• 283 BCECtesibiusCtesibius or Ktesibios or Tesibius (Ancient Greek: Κτησίβιος; fl. 285–222 BCE) was a Greek inventor and…
• 1495 CECuauhtémocCuauhtémoc (Nahuatl pronunciation: [kʷaːʍˈtemoːk], Spanish pronunciation: [kwawˈtemok] ), also known as…
• 704 CECui HaoCui Hao (simplified Chinese: 崔颢; traditional Chinese: 崔顥; pinyin: Cuī Hào; Wade–Giles: Ts'ui Hao, 704?–754)…
• 1964 CECurt O. SchallerCurt Oswald Schaller (born June 22, 1964) is a German cinematographer, Steadicam operator and photographer.…
• 1928 CECy TwomblyEdwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (April 25, 1928 – July 5, 2011) was an American painter, sculptor, and…
• 483 CECybiSaint Cybi (Welsh), or Cuby (Cornish), was a 6th-century Cornish bishop, saint, and, briefly, king, who…
• 400 BCECynaneCynane (Greek: Kυνάνη, Kynane or Κύνα, Cyna or Κύννα, Cynna; 357 – 323 BC) was half-sister to Alexander the…
• 1953 CECyndi LauperCynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper ( LAW-pər; born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter and actress.…
• 575 CECynegilsCynegils (Old English pronunciation: [ˈkynejiɫs]) was King of Wessex from c. 611 – c. 642. Cynegils is…
• 200 CECyprianCyprian (Latin: Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus; c. 210 to 14 September 258 AD) was a bishop of Carthage and an…
• 1619 CECyrano de BergeracSavinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( SIRR-ə-noh də BUR-zhə-rak, – BAIR-, French: [savinjɛ̃ d(ə) siʁano d(ə)…
• 1572 CECyril LucarisCyril I of Constantinople (Cyril Lucaris or Kyrillos Loukaris (Greek: Κύριλλος Λούκαρις; 13 November 1572 –…
• 1897 CECyril Norman HinshelwoodSir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (19 June 1897 – 9 October 1967) was a British physical chemist and expert in…
• 376 CECyril of AlexandriaCyril of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας; Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲩ ⲁ̅ or Coptic: Ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ…
• 313 CECyril of JerusalemCyril of Jerusalem (Greek: Κύριλλος Α΄ Ἱεροσολύμων, Kýrillos A΄ Hierosolýmōn; Latin: Cyrillus…
• 1809 CECyrus McCormickCyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884) was an American inventor and businessman who founded…
• 500 BCECyrus the YoungerCyrus the Younger (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; Ancient Greek: Κῦρος Kyros; died 401 BC), rarely called…
• 1911 CECzesław MiłoszCzesław Miłosz ( MEE-losh, US also -⁠lawsh, -⁠wosh, -⁠wawsh, Polish: [ˈt͡ʂɛswaf ˈmiwɔʂ]; 30 June 1911 – 14…
• 1952 CECécile La GrenadeDame Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade, (born 30 December 1952) is a Grenadian food scientist who has served…
• 1973 CECédric VillaniCédric Patrice Thierry Villani (French: [sedʁik patʁis tjeʁi vilani]; born 5 October 1973) is a French…
• 1968 CECéline DionCéline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer, entrepreneur and philanthropist.…
• 1835 CECésar CuiCésar Antonovich Cui (Russian: Цезарь Антонович Кюи, romanized: Tsezar Antonovich Kyui; IPA: [ˈt͡sjezərʲ…
• 1822 CECésar FranckCésar Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (French: [sezaʁ oɡyst ʒɑ̃ ɡijom ybɛʁ fʁɑ̃k]; 10 December 1822 – 8…
• 1927 CECésar MilsteinCésar Milstein, CH, FRS (8 October 1927 – 24 March 2002) was an Argentine biochemist in the field of antibody…
• 1926 CECésar PelliCésar Pelli (October 12, 1926 – July 19, 2019) was an Argentinian and American architect who designed some of…
• 1892 CECésar VallejoCésar Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (Latin American Spanish: [ˈsesaɾ βaˈʝexo]; March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was…
• 1952 CECălin Popescu-TăriceanuCălin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (Romanian pronunciation: [kəˈliŋ konstanˈtin anˈton poˈpesku…

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• 1860 CED'Arcy Wentworth ThompsonSir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson CB FRS FRSE (2 May 1860 – 21 June 1948) was a Scottish biologist, classicist…
• 1885 CED. H. LawrenceDavid Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, short story writer, poet…
• 1969 CEDacian CioloșDacian Julien Cioloș (Romanian: [datʃiˈan ˈtʃoloʃ]; born 27 July 1969) is a Romanian agronomist who served as…
• 1905 CEDag HammarskjöldDag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( HAM-ər-shuuld; Swedish: [ˈdɑːɡ ˈhâmːarˌɧœld]; 29 July 1905 – 18…
• 611 CEDagobert IDagobert I (Latin: Dagobertus; c. 603/605 – 19 January 639) was King of the Franks. He ruled Austrasia…
• 652 CEDagobert IIDagobert II (Latin: Dagober(c)tus; Old English: Dægberht; died 679) was a Merovingian king of the Franks…
• 1388 CEDai JinDai Jin (simplified Chinese: 戴进; traditional Chinese: 戴進; pinyin: Dài Jìn; 1388–1462) was a prominent leader…
• 1956 CEDalia GrybauskaitėDalia Grybauskaitė (born 1 March 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who served as the eighth president of…
• 1974 CEDalia MogahedDalia Mogahed (born 1975) is an American researcher and consultant. She is the director of research at the…
• 320 CEDalmatiusFlavius Julius Dalmatius (died c. 337), sometimes spelled Delmatius, was caesar of the Roman Empire from 335…
• 1291 CEDalmau MonerDalmau Moner (1291 - 24 September 1341) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the…
• 450 CEDamasciusDamascius (Ancient Greek: Δαμάσκιος; c. 462 – after 538) was the last scholarch of the Neoplatonic Athenian…
• 305 CEDamasus IPope Damasus I (c. 305 – 11 December 384), also known as Damasus of Rome, was the bishop of Rome from October…
• 1965 CEDamien HirstDamien Steven Hirst (né Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the…
• 600 BCEDamoDamo (Ancient Greek: Δαμώ; fl. c. 500 BC) was a Pythagorean philosopher said by many to have been the…
• 100 CEDamocratesServilius Damocrates (or Democrates; Greek: Δαμοκράτης, Δημοκράτης) was a Greek physician at Rome in the…
• 1964 CEDan BrownDaniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American writer best known for his thriller novels…
• 1947 CEDan QuayleJames Danforth Quayle (born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician and Indiana National Guard…
• 1941 CEDan ShechtmanDan Shechtman (Hebrew: דן שכטמן; born January 24, 1941) is an Israeli chemist, the Philip Tobias Professor of…
• 1857 CEDaniel Alcides CarriónDaniel Alcides Carrión García (August 12, 1857 – October 5, 1885) was a Peruvian medical student after whom…
• 1700 CEDaniel BernoulliDaniel Bernoulli (8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1700 – 27 March 1782) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist…
• 1921 CEDaniel BerriganDaniel Joseph Berrigan (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist…
• 1907 CEDaniel BovetDaniel Bovet (French: [danjɛl bove]; Italian: [ˈdaːnjɛl boˈve]; 23 March 1907 – 8 April 1992) was a…
• 1846 CEDaniel BurnhamDaniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer. A…
• 1939 CEDaniel C. TsuiDaniel Chee Tsui (Chinese: 崔琦; pinyin: Cuī Qí, born February 28, 1939) is an American physicist. He is…
• 1923 CEDaniel Carleton GajdusekDaniel Carleton Gajdusek ( GHY-də-shek; September 9, 1923 – December 12, 2008) was an American physician…
• 1957 CEDaniel Day-LewisSir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor. Widely considered one of the…
• 1660 CEDaniel DefoeDaniel Defoe ( c. 1660 – 24 April 1731) was an English writer, journalist, merchant and spy. He is famous for…
• 1942 CEDaniel DennettDaniel Clement Dennett III (March 28, 1942 – April 19, 2024) was an American philosopher and cognitive…
• 1850 CEDaniel Elmer SalmonDaniel Elmer Salmon (July 23, 1850 – August 30, 1914) was an American veterinarian. He earned the first…
• 1686 CEDaniel Gabriel FahrenheitDaniel Gabriel Fahrenheit FRS (24 May 1686 – 16 September 1736) was a physicist, inventor, and scientific…
• 1470 CEDaniel HopferDaniel Hopfer (c. 1470 – 1536) was a German artist who is widely believed to have been the first to use…
• 1924 CEDaniel InouyeDaniel Ken Inouye ( ee-NOH-ay; Japanese: 井上 建; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American…
• 1961 CEDaniel JohnstonDaniel Dale Johnston (January 22, 1961 – c. September 11, 2019) was an American singer, musician and artist…
• 1881 CEDaniel JonesDaniel Jones (12 September 1881 – 4 December 1967) was a British phonetician who studied under Paul Passy…
• 1934 CEDaniel KahnemanDaniel Kahneman (Hebrew: דניאל כהנמן; March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist…
• 1946 CEDaniel LibeskindDaniel Libeskind (born May 12, 1946) is a Polish and American architect, artist, professor, and set designer.…
• 1749 CEDaniel RutherfordDaniel Rutherford (3 November 1749 – 15 November 1819) was a Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is…
• 1590 CEDaniel SeghersDaniel Seghers (3 December 1590 – 2 November 1661) was a Flemish Jesuit brother and painter who specialized…
• 1733 CEDaniel SolanderDaniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander (19 February 1733 – 13 May 1782) was a Swedish naturalist…
• 1957 CEDaniel SternDaniel Jacob Stern (born August 28, 1957) is an American actor, artist, director, comedian, and screenwriter.…
• 409 CEDaniel the StyliteDaniel the Stylite (Greek: Δανιὴλ ὁ στυλίτης, c. 409 – 493) is a saint and stylite of the Eastern Orthodox…
• 1983 CEDaniela HantuchováDaniela Hantuchová (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdaɲɪela ˈɦantuxɔʋaː]; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis…
• 1996 CEDaniil MedvedevDaniil Sergeyevich Medvedev (born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been…
• 1952 CEDanilo TürkDanilo Türk (pronounced [daˈníːlɔ ˈtýɾk]; born 19 February 1952) is a Slovenian diplomat, professor of…
• 1953 CEDanny ElfmanDaniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He…
• 1265 CEDante AlighieriDante Alighieri (Italian: [ˈdante aliˈɡjɛːri]; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; c.…
• 1828 CEDante Gabriel RossettiGabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti (…
• 1782 CEDaoguang EmperorThe Daoguang Emperor (16 September 1782 – 26 February 1850), also known by his temple name Emperor Xuanzong…
• 1907 CEDaphne du MaurierDame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and…
• 1997 CEDaria KasatkinaDaria Sergeyevna Kasatkina (born 7 May 1997) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She has…
• 1926 CEDario FoDario Luigi Angelo Fo (Italian: [ˈdaːrjo ˈfɔ]; 24 March 1926 – 13 October 2016) was an Italian playwright…
• 474 BCEDarius IIDarius II (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Ancient Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios), also known by his given…
• 379 BCEDarius IIIDarius III (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Ancient Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios; c. 380 – 330 BC) was the…
• 1894 CEDashiell HammettSamuel Dashiell Hammett ( duh-SHEEL HAM-it; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of…
• 600 BCEDatisDatis or Datus (Greek: Δάτης, Old Iranian: *Dātiya-, Achaemenid Elamite: Da-ti-ya) was a Median noble and…
• 1920 CEDave BrubeckDavid Warren Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often…
• 1969 CEDave GrohlDavid Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician and songwriter. He founded the rock band Foo…
• 1961 CEDave MustaineDavid Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is an American musician. He is the co-founder, frontman…
• 1038 BCEDavidDavid (Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד, romanized: Dāwīḏ, "beloved one") was, originally, leader of the Tribe of…
• 1948 CEDavid AlbaharDavid Albahari (Serbian Cyrillic: Давид Албахари, pronounced [dǎv̞id albaxǎːriː]; 15 March 1948 – 30 July…
• 1896 CEDavid Alfaro SiqueirosDavid Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros; December 29, 1896 – January 6, 1974) was a…
• 1926 CEDavid AttenboroughSir David Frederick Attenborough ( AT-ən-bər-ə; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, natural…
• 1494 CEDavid BeatonDavid Beaton (also Beton or Bethune; c. 1494 – 29 May 1546) was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last…
• 1886 CEDavid Ben-GurionDavid Ben-Gurion ( ben GOOR-ee-ən; Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן־גּוּרִיּוֹן [daˈvid ben ɡuʁˈjon]; born David Grün; 16…
• 1947 CEDavid BowieDavid Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known as David Bowie, was an English singer…
• 1781 CEDavid BrewsterSir David Brewster (11 December 1781 – 10 February 1868) was a British scientist, inventor, author, and…
• 1950 CEDavid BrinGlen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo, Locus…
• 1952 CEDavid ByrneDavid Byrne (born May 14, 1952) is an American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a…
• 1958 CEDavid C. JewittDavid Clifford Jewitt (born 1958) is a British astronomer who studies the Solar System, especially its minor…
• 1953 CEDavid ChipperfieldSir David Alan Chipperfield,, (born 18 December 1953) is a British architect. He established David…
• 1941 CEDavid CrystalDavid Crystal (born 6 July 1941) is a British linguist who studies the English language. Crystal studied…
• 1799 CEDavid DouglasDavid Douglas (25 June 1799 – 12 July 1834) was a Scottish botanist, best known as the namesake of the…
• 1831 CEDavid Edward HughesDavid Edward Hughes (16 May 1830 – 22 January 1900), was a Welsh-American inventor, practical experimenter…
• 1564 CEDavid FabriciusDavid Fabricius (9 March 1564 – 7 May 1617) was a Frisian pastor who made two major discoveries in the early…
• 1801 CEDavid FarragutDavid Glasgow Farragut (also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the…
• 1982 CEDavid FerrerDavid Ferrer Ern (Valencian pronunciation: [daˈvit feˈreɾ ˈɛɾn]; Spanish: [daˈβið feˈreɾ ˈeɾn]; born 2 April…
• 1862 CEDavid George HogarthDavid George Hogarth (23 May 1862 – 6 November 1927), also known as D. G. Hogarth, was a British orientalist…
• 1946 CEDavid GilmourDavid Jon Gilmour ( GHIL-mor; born 6 March 1946) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter best known…
• 1914 CEDavid GoodallDavid William Goodall (4 April 1914 – 10 May 2018) was an English-born Australian botanist and ecologist. He…
• 1941 CEDavid GrossDavid Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He…
• 1926 CEDavid H. HubelDavid Hunter Hubel (February 27, 1926 – September 22, 2013) was an American Canadian neurophysiologist noted…
• 1862 CEDavid HilbertDavid Hilbert (German: [ˈdaːvɪt ˈhɪlbɐt]; 23 January 1862 – 14 February 1943) was a German mathematician and…
• 1937 CEDavid HockneyDavid Hockney (9 July 1937 – 11 June 2026) was a British painter, stage designer and photographer. As an…
• 1711 CEDavid HumeDavid Hume (born David Home; 7 May 1711 – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist…
• 1755 CEDavid II of ImeretiDavid II (Georgian: დავით II, romanized: davit II; 1755 – 11 January 1795), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was…
• 1324 CEDavid II of ScotlandDavid II (5 March 1324 – 22 February 1371) was King of Scotland from 1329 until his death in 1371. Upon the…
• 1408 CEDavid II of TrebizondDavid Megas Komnenos sometimes enumerated as David II (Greek: Δαυίδ Μέγας Κομνηνός, romanized: David Megas…
• 1073 CEDavid IV of GeorgiaDavid IV, also known as David IV the Builder (Georgian: დავით IV აღმაშენებელი, romanized: davit IV…
• 1934 CEDavid J. ThoulessDavid James Thouless (21 September 1934 – 6 April 2019) was a British condensed-matter physicist. He was…
• 1944 CEDavid J. WinelandDavid Jeffery Wineland (born February 24, 1944) is an American physicist at the Physical Measurement…
• 1910 CEDavid LackDavid Lambert Lack FRS (16 July 1910 – 12 March 1973) was a British evolutionary biologist who made…
• 1947 CEDavid LettermanDavid Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer.…
• 1863 CEDavid Lloyd GeorgeDavid Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945), was Prime Minister of…
• 1946 CEDavid LynchDavid Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker and artist. He is widely…
• 1968 CEDavid MacMillanSir David William Cross MacMillan (born 16 March 1968) is a Scottish chemist and the James S. McDonnell…
• 1924 CEDavid Marshall LangDavid Marshall Lang (6 May 1924 – 20 March 1991), was a Professor of Caucasian Studies, School of Oriental…
• 1969 CEDavid MitchellDavid Stephen Mitchell (born 12 January 1969) is an English novelist and screenwriter, who has also…
• 1937 CEDavid MumfordDavid Bryant Mumford (born 11 June 1937) is an American mathematician known for his work in algebraic…
• 1982 CEDavid NalbandianDavid Pablo Nalbandian (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið ˈpaβlo nalβanˈdjan]; born 1 January 1982) is an…
• 1910 CEDavid NivenJames David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, soldier, raconteur, memoirist…
• 1952 CEDavid PetraeusDavid Howell Petraeus (born 7 November 1952) is a retired United States Army general who served as the fourth…
• 1772 CEDavid RicardoDavid Ricardo (18 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a British economist and politician. He is recognized as…
• 1965 CEDavid RobinsonDavid Maurice Robinson (born August 6, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed…
• 1915 CEDavid RockefellerDavid Rockefeller (June 12, 1915 – March 20, 2017) was an American economist and investment banker who served…