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

Celine Dion
Singer
Céline Marie Claudette Dionis a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French language artist ...

Christian Dior
French fashion designer
Christian Ernest Diorwas a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. His fashion house is known all around the world, having gained prominence "o...

Samantha Dixon
British politician
Samantha Kate Dixonis a British politician who serves as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chester North and Neston. She sat for City of Chester from 2022 until the seat's abolition in 2024. A member of t...

Alesha Dixon
British singer
Alesha Anjanette Dixonis a British singer, rapper, dancer, television personality, and author. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of the R&B, garage and hip hop group Mis-Teeq. The group ...

Novak Djokovic
Serbian professional tennis player
Novak Djokovicis a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Djokovic has been ranked No.1 for a record total ...

Amala (Doja Cat) Dlamini
American rapper
Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, known professionally asDoja Cat, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began making and releasing...

Chris Dobey
English professional darts player
Chris Dobeyis an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently the World No. 15. He has won 5 ranking PDC titles and was the 2023 Ma...

Nina Dobreva
Canadian actress
Nina Kamenova Dobreva, credited professionally asNina Dobrevis a Canadian actress. She is best known for portraying Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW's supernatural drama series The Vampire...

Anneliese Dodds
British Labour and Co-operative politician
Anneliese Jane Doddsis a British Labour and Co-operative politician and public policy analyst serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, and Chair of the Labour Party. She was Shad...

Kevin Doets
Dutch professional darts player
Kevin Doetsis a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career 2019–2021 In 2019, Doets won the Catalonia Open, defeating Carlos Arola 6–3 in the f...

Peter Doherty
English musician
Peter Dohertyis an English musician. He is best known for being co-frontman of The Libertines, which he formed with Carl Barât in 1997. His other musical projects are indie bands Babyshambles and Pete...

Shannen Doherty
American actress
Shannen Maria Dohertywas an American actress. During her career in film and television, Doherty played a number of notable characters, including Jenny Wilder in Little House on the Prairie (1982–1983)...

Erin Doherty
British actress
Erin Rachael Dohertyis a British actress. She played the young Princess Anne in the third and fourth seasons of the Netflix drama The Crown (2019–2020), Becky in the BBC/Amazon Prime drama Chloe (2022...

Monica Dolan
English actress
Monica Margaret Dolanis an English actress. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Rosemary West in Appropriate Adult (2011). Career Her credits include Agatha Christie's P...

Nancy Dolman
Canadian comedic actress
Nancy Jane Dolman Shortwas a Canadian comedic actress and singer. She had a recurring role as Annie Selig Tate on the ABC sitcom Soap. She appeared in her husband Martin Short's 1985 cable television ...

Colman Domingo
American actor
Colman Jason Domingois an American actor, playwright, and director. Prominent on both screen and stage since the 2010s, Domingo has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, and no...

Nicolas Dominguez
Argentine professional footballer
Nicolás Martín Domínguezis an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Nottingham Forest. Career Velez Sarfield Domínguez played his first profession...

Joel Dommett
English comedian
Joel Patrick Dommettis an English comedian, television presenter and actor. After beginning his career as an actor, and appearing in various television shows including Casualty and Skins, he embarked ...

David Domoney
co-presents the TV
David Martin Domoneyis an English Chartered Horticulturist and celebrity gardener. He co-presents the TV gardening programme Love Your Garden, alongside Alan Titchmarsh, and is the resident gardener o...

Howard Donald
English singer
Howard Paul Donaldis an English singer, songwriter, drummer, pianist, dancer and record producer. He is a member of English pop-group Take That. Donald was also judge on the German reality talent show...