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

Matthew Damon
American actor
Matthew Paige Damonis an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among Forbes' most bankable stars in 2007, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billi...

James Dance
Director, Corporate Finance at Strand Hanson Limited
James Danceis Director, Corporate Finance at Strand Hanson Limited. Career Director, Corporate Finance Strand HansonCorporate Finance Executive Smith & WilliamsonSenior - Transaction Services Smith & ...

Eric Dane
American actor
Eric William Daneis an American actor. After multiple television roles in the 1990s and 2000s, which included his recurring role as Jason Dean in Charmed, Dane was cast as Mark Sloan on Grey's Anatomy...

William Daniels
American actor
William David Daniels(born March 31, 1927) is an American actor who is known for his television roles, notably as Mark Craig on the drama series St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awar...

Bonnie Bartlett Daniels
American actress
Bonnie Bartlett Danielsis an American actress. Her career spans seven decades, with her first major role being on a 1950s daytime drama, Love of Life. Bartlett is known for her role as Grace Snider Ed...

Adam Daniels
Chairman and CEO of IAG Loyalty
Adam Danielsis Chairman and CEO of IAG Loyalty. Career and education Adam joined Avios in October 2018 as Chief Commercial Officer Prior to joining Avios, Adam was Chief Commercial Officer at BA for t...

Richard Dannatt
Member of the House of Lords
Francis Richard Dannattis a retired senior British Army officer and member of the House of Lords. He was Chief of the General Staff (head of the Army) from 2006 to 2009. Dannatt was commissioned into ...

Paul Dano
American actor
Paul Danois an American actor. He began his career on Broadway. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for his role in L.I.E. (2001) and gained wider recognition for playing a ...

Kwasi (Tinchy Stryder) III Danquah
Ghanaian-British rapper, singer and songwriter
Kwasi Esono Danquah IIIis a Ghanaian-British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor. Stryder has released three solo studio albums, Star in the Hood (2007), Catch 22 (2009), and Third S...

Jo-Ellen Darcy
American government official
Jo-Ellen Darcyis an American government official, most recently serving as the assistant secretary of the army (civil works) from August 11, 2009, to January 20, 2017. o-Ellen Darcy was raised in Fitc...

Patrick Dardis
Chief Executive
Patrick Dardiswith over 35 years’ experience working in the pub and brewing industry, Patrick has extensive knowledge and experience of the sector. Before joining Young’s in 2002, he held various role...

Ara Warkes Darzi
Politican
Ara Warkes Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denhamis an Armenian-British surgeon, academic, and politician. Lord Darzi is an academic surgeon and holds the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery at Imperial College London...

Martin Daubney
British commentator
Martin Edward Daubneyis a British commentator, journalist and former politician who was the deputy leader of the Reclaim Party from 2021 until August 2022. Daubney was a Brexit Party Member of the Eur...

Edward Davey
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Sir Edward Jonathan Davey FRSAis a British politician who has served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2020. He served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition as Secretary of State for Energy and Climat...

Craig David
British singer and songwriter
Craig Ashley Davidis a British singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger. David's debut studio album, Born to Do It, was released in 2000, af...

Ruth Davidson
Scottish politician
Ruth Elizabeth Davidsonis a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2019 and Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament from ...

Darren Davidson
Australian journalist
Darren Davidsonis a British and Australian journalist. He is the Managing Editor and Commercial Director of The Australian, a national news brand with a monthly audience of more than 4 million readers...

James Davidson
English stand-up comedian
James Cameron Davidsonis an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer and TV presenter. He hosted the television shows Big Break and The Generation Game. In 2014 he was the winner of the 13th series of...

John Davidson
Scottish activist and campaigner
John Davidsonis a Scottish campaigner for Tourette syndrome, who lives in Galashiels. At age 16, Davidson was the subject of the BBC TV documentary John's Not Mad (1989) about the manifestations of To...

Timothy Davie
Director-General of the BBC
Timothy Douglas Davieis a British media executive currently serving as the seventeenth Director-General of the BBC since 1 September 2020, taking over from Lord Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead. He...