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

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), ...

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...

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...
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...

Tramar Dillard
American rapper and singer
Tramar Lacel Dillard, known professionally asFlo Rida, is an American rapper and singer. His 2007 debut and breakout single "Low" was number 1 for ten weeks in the United States and broke the record f...

Andrew Dilnot
British economist and broadcaster
Sir Andrew William Dilnotis a British economist and broadcaster. He was Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies from 1991 to 2002, and Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford from 2002 to 2012, wh...

Jonathan Dimbleby
political radio and television presenter
Jonathan Dimblebyis a British presenter of current affairs and political radio and television programmes, author and historian. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and younger brother of television pres...

David Dimbleby
English journalist
David Dimblebyis one of Britain’s most distinguished broadcasters, with a career spanning more than five decades in journalism and current affairs television. Best known as the long-serving host of th...

Grigor Dimitrov
Bulgarian professional tennis player
Grigor Dimitrov Dimitrovis a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 20 ...

Amelia Dimoldenberg
English comedian
Amelia Dimoldenbergis an English comedian, writer and presenter best known for creating and hosting the hit web series Chicken Shop Date. Launched independently, the quirky interview show quickly gain...

Peter Dinklage
American actor
Peter Hayden Dinklageis an American actor. Portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), Dinklage won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor ...

Jose Diogo (Jota Diogo)
Portuguese professional footballer
Diogo José Teixeira da Silva, known asDiogo Jota, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Liverpool and the Portugal national team. Jota s...