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Famous First Names Beginning with the Letter - D

This category is for famous people who have first names which begin with the letter D. The names include - Daniel - David - Denis - Dennis - Dorothy - Douglas.

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Here is a random selection of famous first names beginning with D.

Daniel Boone

(1734-1820), a famous American explorer and settler.

David Lodge

(1935 - ), English novelist and critic. His novels include "Ginger You're Barmy", "Small World" and "Nice Work".

David Livingstone

(1813 - 73), Scottish missionary and explorer. During one of his African expeditions he discovered the Victoria Falls. His last expedition was to search for the source of the river Nile.

Douglas MacArthur

(1880 - 1964), American general. He was commander of the US Far East forces in 1941. In 1942 he made the famous pledge 'I shall return', when the Japanese forced him to withdraw from the Philippines. He was appointed supreme Allied commander in the southwest Pacific in 1942 and gradually rolled back the Japanese forces, accepting their surrender in 1945. At the beginning of the Korean War in 1950 he commanded the UN forces.

Dennis Gabor

(1900 - 79), Hungarian-born British engineer. In 1971 he was awarded the Nobel prize for physics for his invention (in 1947) of the hologram.