People

Francis Drake

Born: c. 1541 Tavistock, England Died: January 28, 1596 Puerto Bello, Honduras English navigator and ship captain The...

Sharon Draper

April 11, 1952 • Cleveland, Ohio Author, educator For thirty years Sharon Draper was an English teacher in the Cincinnati, Ohio, public school system, instilling her lo...

Hilary Duff

September 28, 1987 • Houston, Texas Actress, singer Young teens everywhere first came to know Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire, the title ...

Hilary Duff

Actress and singer Born Hilary Ann Lisa Duff, September 28, 1987, in Houston, TX; daughter of Bob (a retail executive) and Susan (a business manager) Duff. Addresse...

Wim Duisenberg

Born Willem Frederik Duisenberg, July 9, 1935, in Heerenveen, Netherlands; died of natural causes, July 31, 2005, in Faucon, France. Banker. Wim Duisenberg was known as the "father of the ...

Alexandre Dumas

Born: July 24, 1802 Soissons, France Died: December 5, 1870 Puys, France French author, playwright, and novelist Alex...

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Born: June 27, 1872 Dayton, Ohio Died: February 9, 1906 Dayton, Ohio African American poet and novelist Paul Laurence...

Katherine Dunham

Born Katherine Mary Dunham, June 22, 1909, in Chicago, IL; died May 21, 2006, in New York, NY. Dancer, choreographer, and educator. Known as the "Matriarch of Black Dance," Katherine Dunha...

Duolingo

Science and education

Duolingo, Inc. is an American educational technology company that produces learning apps and provides language certification. Duolingo offers courses on 42 languages, ranging from English, French, and

Duran Duran

Pop group Members include Sterling Campbell (group member, 1990-92), drums; Warren Cuccurullo (born on December 8, 1956; group member, 1986-2001), guitar; Simon Le Bon (born...

FranÇois Duvalier

Born: April 14, 1907 Port-au-Prince, Haiti Died: April 21, 1971 Port-au-Prince, Haiti Haitian president and physician ...

Andrea Dworkin

Born Andrea Rita Dworkin, September 26, 1946, in Camden, NJ; died April 9, 2005, in Washington, DC. Author. Known for her unrelenting and unforgiving stance on pornography, Andrea Dworkin ...

James Dyson

Inventor Born May 2, 1947, in Cromer, Norfolk, England; son of Alec (a teacher) and Mary (Bolton) Dyson; married Deirdre Hindmarsh (a teacher and painter), 1967; children: E...

Dyson

Industry and Production

Dyson Limited is a British technology company established in the United Kingdom by James Dyson in 1991. It designs and manufactures household appliances such as vacuum cl

E4

Advertising and media

E4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. The "E" stands for entertainment and the channe

ESPN

Advertising and media

ESPN is an American multinational basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (

Amelia Earhart

Born: July 24, 1897 Atchison, Kansas Died: c. 1937 American pilot and women's rights activist The American aviator Amelia Earhart rema...

George Eastman

Born: July 12, 1854 Waterville, New York Died: March 14, 1932 Rochester, New York American inventor, industrialist, and businessman ...

EasyJet

Auto and Transport

EasyJet plc, styled as easyJet, is a British low-cost airline group headquartered at London Luton Airport. It operates domestic and international scheduled services on over 1,

Just Eat

Consumer goods

Just Eat is an online food order and delivery platform. It was founded in 2001 in Kolding, Denmark, as a food delivery company, and later headquartered in London, United Kingd