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

Grace Dent

Grace Dent

British columnist

Date of Birth: 3 October 1973
Age: 52

Grace Georgina Dentis a British columnist, broadcaster and author. She is a restaurant critic for The Guardian and from 2011 to 2017 wrote a restaurant column for the Evening Standard. She is a regula...

Carla Denyer

Carla Denyer

British politician

Carla Suzanne Denyeris a British politician who has served as co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Adrian Ramsay since 1 October 2021. She has been a city councillor in Bristol ...

Gerard Depardieu

Gerard Depardieu

French actor

Date of Birth: 27 December 1948
Age: 77

Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieuis a French actor. Considered an icon of French cinema in the same way as Jean Gabin and Alain Delon, he has completed over 200 films since 1967, most of which as a lead ...

John II Depp

John II Depp

American actor

Date of Birth: 9 June 1963
Age: 62

John Christopher Depp IIis an American actor, producer, and musician. He is regarded as one of the most notable film stars. He has been nominated for ten Golden Globe Awards, winning one for Best Acto...

Victoria Derbyshire

Victoria Derbyshire

British journalist at British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Date of Birth: 2 October 1968
Age: 57

Victoria Antoinette Derbyshireis a British journalist, newsreader and broadcaster. Her eponymous current affairs and debate programme was broadcast on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel from 2015 until ...

Ron Dermer

Ron Dermer

Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs

Date of Birth: 16 April 1971
Age: 55

Ron Dermeris an American-born Israeli political consultant and diplomat serving as the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs since 2022. He served as the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2...

Laura Dern

Laura Dern

American actress

Date of Birth: 10 February 1967
Age: 59

Laura Elizabeth Dernis an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and five Golden ...

Scott Derrickson

Scott Derrickson

American filmmaker

Date of Birth: 16 July 1966
Age: 59

Scott Derricksonis an American director, writer, and producer best known for his distinctive work in the horror genre, as well as his contribution to blockbuster superhero cinema. Derrickson first gai...

Ronald Desantis

Ronald Desantis

Governor of Florida

Date of Birth: 14 September 1978
Age: 47

Ronald Dion DeSantisis an American politician who has served as the 46th governor of Florida since 2019. Widely considered one of the most prominent members of the Republican Party, DeSantis represent...

Brianne Desaulniers

Brianne Desaulniers

American actress

Date of Birth: 1 October 1989
Age: 36

Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, known professionally asBrie Larson, is an American actress. Known for her supporting roles in comedies as a teenager, she has since expanded to leading roles in independen...

Richard Clive Desmond

Richard Clive Desmond

Owner of Northern & Shell

Date of Birth: 8 December 1951
Age: 74

Born in London on 8 December 1951, he left school at 15 and started working in the classified advertisements section of the Thomson Group, while playing the drums at night. After moving to another com...

Sue Devaney

Sue Devaney

English actress

Date of Birth: 2 July 1967
Age: 58

Sue Devaneyis an English actress. Her roles include Debbie Webster in Coronation Street, Rita in Jonny Briggs, Liz Harker in Casualty and Jane in Dinnerladies. Career Devaney has played various roles ...

Gerald Deveaux

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...

Andrew Devine

Andrew Devine

American character actor

Date of Birth: 7 October 1905
Age: 71

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...

Adam Devine

Adam Devine

American actor

Date of Birth: 7 November 1983
Age: 42

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...

Peter (Andy Devine) Devine

Peter (Andy Devine) Devine

British actor

Date of Birth: 28 February 1942
Age: 79

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

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

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

John Diamond

English journalist and broadcaster

Date of Birth: 10 May 1953
Age: 47

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

Ruben Dias

Portuguese professional footballer

Date of Birth: 14 May 1997
Age: 29

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...