# People and Peoples (D-E)

D. G. Fowle
D G Fowle was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1889 until 1891.

D. Greydon Clark
D Greydon Clark is an actor.

D. L. Russell
D L Russell was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of North Carolina from 1897 until 1901.

D. L. Swain
D L Swain was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of North Carolina from 1832 until 1835.

D. Russell Brown
D Russell Brown was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1892 until 1895.

D. S. Reid
D S Reid was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1851 until 1854.

D. W. Davis
D W Davis was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Idaho from 1919 until 1923.

D.A. ClarkeSmith
D.A ClarkeSmith was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1959.

Dabney Coleman
Dabney Coleman is an actor.

Daci
see "Getae"

Dack Rambo
Dack Rambo is an actor. He was born in 1941.

Dacoit
The Dacoits were Burmese guerrillas who fled to the hills and jungle after the overthrow of Burma in 1886, and waged a desultory campaign against the British for several years.

Daimios
The Daimios were a class of feudal Lords in Japan. In 1871 they were deprived of their privileges and jurisdiction and made official governors for the state in districts they had previously held as feudal rulers.

Daisy Campbell
Daisy Campbell is an actress.

Daisy Hilton
Daisy Hilton was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1964.

Dakait
Dakait is a Hindustani word for a robber.

Dale Evans
Dale Evans is an actress. She was born in 1912.

Dale Fuller
Dale Fuller is an actor.

Dale L. Bumpers
Dale L Bumpers was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1971 until 1975.

Dale Robertson
Dale Robertson is an actor. He was born in 1923.

Daliah Lavi
Daliah Lavi is an actress. She was born in 1940.

Dame Edith Evans
Dame Edith Evans was an actress. She was born in 1888 and died in 1976.

Dame Ellen Terry
Dame Ellen Terry was a British actress. She was born in 1848 and died in 1928. She first appeared in London at the age of 8 in 'A Winter's Tale'.

Dame Gladys Cooper
Dame Gladys Cooper was an actress. She was born in 1888 and died in 1971.

Dame Lilian Braithwaite
Dame Lilian Braithwaite was an actress. She was born in 1873 and died in 1948.

Dame Margaret Rutherford
Dame Margaret Rutherford was an actress. She was born in 1892 and died in 1972.

Damocles
Damocles was a sycophant of the court of Dionysius. He continually flattered the monarch, calling him the happiest man in the world. In order to show him the cares of a sovereign, Dionysius caused him to sit upon a throne at a feast of unparalleled splendour. Damocles gazed in delight on the scene until, looking up he saw a sword hanging point-downwards directly over his head, suspended by only a hair. This symbol convinced him of the dangers of kingship.

Dan Ackroyd
Dan Ackroyd is an actor.

Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd is an actor.

Dan Blocker
Dan Blocker was an actor. He was born in 1928 and died in 1972.

Dan Collier
Dan Collier is an actor.

Dan Daily
Dan Daily was an actor. He was born in 1914 and died in 1978.

Dan Duryea
Dan Duryea was an actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1968.

Dan E. Garvey
Dan E Garvey was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arizona from 1948 until 1951.

Dan Grimaldi
Dan Grimaldi is an actor.

Dan Haggerty
Dan Haggerty is an actor.

Dan Howard
Dan Howard is an actor.

Dan Moody
Dan Moody was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1927 until 1931.

Dan O'Bannon
Dan O'Bannon is an actor.

Dan O'Herlihy
Dan O'Herlihy is an actor. He was born in 1919.

Dan Resin
Dan Resin is an actor.

Dan Rowan
Dan Rowan was an actor. He was born in 1922 and died in 1987.

Dan Seymour
Dan Seymour was an actor. He was born in 1915 and died in 1982.

Dan Shor
Dan Shor is an actor.

Dan Thornton
Dan Thornton was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Colorado from 1951 until 1955.

Dan Tobin
Dan Tobin was an actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1982.

Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews was an actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1992.

Dana Gillespie
Dana Gillespie is an actress.

Dana Hill
Dana Hill is an actress.

Dana Plato
Dana Plato is an actress.

Dana Wynter
Dana Wynter is an actress. She was born in 1930.

Dandy Nichols
Dandy Nichols was an actress. She was born in 1907 and died in 1986.

Dane Clark
Dane Clark is an actor. He was born in 1913.

Danebrog
Danebrog were an order of Danish knights instituted in 1219, and revived in 1693.

Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil was an actress.

Daniel Baldwin
Daniel Baldwin is an actor.

Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone was an American pioneer and explorer. He was born in 1735 in Pennsylvania and died in 1820. He emigrated to North Carolina in 1752 and proceeded to Kentucky in 1769 where he was capyured by Indians whilst on a hunt. He escaped and reached home in 1771.

Daniel Boulanger
Daniel Boulanger is an actor.

Daniel D. T. Farnsworth
Daniel D T Farnsworth was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of West Virginia during 1869.

Daniel D. Tompkins
Daniel D Tompkins was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of New York from 1807 until 1817.

Daniel DayLewis
Daniel DayLewis is an actor. He was born in 1957.

Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe was an English political writer. He was born in 1660, dying in 1731. He is perhaps most famous for writing the novel 'Robinson Crusoe'. He was imprisoned for writing the work, 'the shortest way with dissenters'.

Daniel Dunklin
Daniel Dunklin was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Missouri from 1832 until 1836.

Daniel F. Davis
Daniel F Davis was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1880 until 1881.

Daniel Faraldo
Daniel Faraldo is an actor.

Daniel Gelin
Daniel Gelin is an actor. He was born in 1921.

Daniel H. Chamberlain
Daniel H Chamberlain was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of South Carolina from 1874 until 1876.

Daniel H. Hastings
Daniel H Hastings was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Pennsylvania from 1895 until 1899.

Daniel Haines
Daniel Haines was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Jersey from 1843 until 1845.

Daniel HughKelly
Daniel HughKelly is an actor.

Daniel J. Evans
Daniel J Evans was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Washington from 1965 until 1977.

Daniel J. Travanti
Daniel J Travanti is an actor.

Daniel K. Moore
Daniel K Moore was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1965 until 1969.

Daniel Kauffman
Daniel Kauffman is an actor.

Daniel Martin
Daniel Martin was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland during 1831.

Daniel Massey
Daniel Massey is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Daniel Rodney
Daniel Rodney was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Delaware from 1814 until 1817.

Daniel Rogers
Daniel Rogers was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Delaware from 1797 until 1799.

Daniel Stern
Daniel Stern is an actor.

Daniel T. McCarty
Daniel T McCarty was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Florida during 1953.

Daniel W. Turner
Daniel W Turner was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Iowa from 1931 until 1933.

Daniel Walker
Daniel Walker was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Illinois from 1973 until 1977.

Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster was an American politician and lawyer. He was born in 1782 and died in 1852.

Daniel Webster Jones
Daniel Webster Jones was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1897 until 1901.

Daniela Bianchi
Daniela Bianchi is an actress. She was born in 1942.

Daniele Delorme
Daniele Delorme is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Darrieux is an actress. She was born in 1917.

Dankali
see "Dankalil"

Dankalil
The Dankalil (singular Dankali) are (were?) a number of tribes that inhabited East Africa near the Red Sea. They were generally fishermen or cattle rearers and practised Islam.

Danny deVito
Danny deVito was an actor.

Danny Glover
Danny Glover is an actor. He was born in 1947.

Danny Green
Danny Green is an actor. He was born in 1903.

Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye was an actor. He was born in 1913 and died in 1987.

Danny Pintauro
Danny Pintauro is an actor.

Danny Stone
Danny Stone is an actor.

Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas was an actor. He was born in 1914 and died in 1991.

Dante DiPaolo
Dante DiPaolo was an actress.

Dante Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English painter and poet. He was born at London in 1828 and died in 1882.

Dany Robin
Dany Robin is an actress. She was born in 1927.

Dany Saval
Dany Saval is an actress. She was born in 1940.

Daphne Du Maurier
Daphne Du Maurier was an English novelist. She was born in 1907 and died in 1989. Several of her books have been made into successful films, including 'Rebecca' and 'Jamaica Inn'.

Daphne Zuniga
Daphne Zuniga is an actress.

Darby Hinton
Darby Hinton is an actor.

Darcia Deane
Darcia Deane is an actress.

Daria Nicolodi
Daria Nicolodi is an actress.

Darius
Darius was the name of three Persian kings. Darius the Great reigned from 521 BC until 486 BC. He was defeated by the Greeks at Marathon.

Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud was a French composer. He was born in 1892 and died in 1974.

Darlanne Fluegel
Darlanne Fluegel is an actress. She was born in 1958.

Darleen Carr
Darleen Carr is an actress.

Darrell Zwerling
Darrell Zwerling is an actor.

Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Darryl Hannah
Darryl Hannah is an actress.

Darryl Hickman
Darryl Hickman is an actor. He was born in 1931.

Darwin Joston
Darwin Joston is an actor.

Dauphin
From 1370 until 1830, Dauphin was the title of the eldest son of the King of France.

Dave Dennis Christopher
Dave Dennis Christopher is an actor. He was born in 1955.

Dave O'Brien
Dave O'Brien was an actor. He was born in 1912 and died in 1969.

Dave Willock
Dave Willock is an actor. He was born in 1909.

Davey Lee
Davey Lee is an actor. He was born in 1925.

David Ackroyd
David Ackroyd is an actor. He was born in 1940.

David Alan Grier
David Alan Grier is an actor.

David Arkin
David Arkin is an actor.

David Attenborough
Sir David Attenborough is a British naturalist and broadcaster. He was born in 1926. He is noted for his television series 'Life on Earth','The Living Planet' and 'Trials of Life'

David B. Mitchell
David B Mitchell was an American politician. He was a Jeffersonian-Republican governor of Georgia from 1809 until 1813.

David Bennett Hill
David Bennett Hill was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New York from 1885 until 1891.

David Birney
David Birney is an actor. He was born in 1944.

David Bowie
David Bowie is an actor. He was born in 1947.

David Brainerd
David Brainerd was an American Presbyterian missionary. He was born in 1718 at Haddam and died in 1747. He was employed by the Honourable Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge from 1742 to 1747 and ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1744. He was a missionary to the Seneca and Delaware American Indians from 1744 to 1747 and gained posthumous fame through the publication of his diary by Jonathan Edwards

David Brian
David Brian is an actor. He was born in 1914.

David Bruce
David Bruce was an actor. He was born in 1914 and died in 1976.

David Butler
David Butler was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nebrasaka from 1867 until 1871.

David C. Treen
David C Treen was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Louisiana from 1980 until 1984.

David Campbell
David Campbell was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Virginia from 1837 until 1840.

David Carradine
David Carradine is an actor. He was born in 1940.

David Clendinning
David Clendinning is an actor.

David Clennon
David Clennon is an actor.

David Colin Jr
David Colin Jr is an actor.

David Cox
David Cox was an English landscape painter. He was born in 1783, dying in 1859.

David Dukes
David Dukes is an actor.

David Emanuel
David Emanuel was an American politician. He was a Jeffersonian-Republican governor of Georgia during 1801.

David Essex
David Essex is an English singer and actor. He was born in 1947.

David F. Cargo
David F Cargo was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Mexico from 1967 until 1971.

David Farrar
David Farrar is an actor. He was born in 1908.

David Ford
David Ford is an actor.

David Garrick
David Garrick was an English actor. He was born in 1717 at Hereford and died in 1779.

David H. Goodell
David H Goodell was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1889 until 1891.

David H. Jerome
David H Jerome was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Michigan from 1881 until 1882.

David H. Pryor
David H Pryor was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1975 until 1979.

David Hall
David Hall was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Delaware from 1802 until 1805.

David Hartman
David Hartman is an actor. He was born in 1937.

David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff is an actor.

David Hazzard
David Hazzard was an American politician. He was a American governor of Delaware from 1830 until 1833.

David Hedison
David Hedison is an actor. He was born in 1926.

David Hemmings
David Hemmings is an actor. He was born in 1941.

David Holmes
David Holmes was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Mississippi from 1817 until 1820.

David Horne
David Horne was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1970.

David Hucheson
David Hucheson was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1976.

David Huddleston
David Huddleston is an actor. He was born in 1930.

David Huffman
David Huffman is an actor. He was born in 1945.

David Hume
David Hume was a British philosopher. He was born in 1711 at Edinburgh and died in 1776.

David Hurst
David Hurst is an actor. He was born in 1925.

David I
David I was King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153.

David I. Walsh
David I Walsh was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 1914 until 1916.

David II
David II was King of Scotland from 1329 to 1371.

David Janssen
David Janssen was an actor. He was born in 1930 and died in 1980.

David Johansen
David Johansen is an actor.

David Johnson
David Johnson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina from 1846 until 1848.

David Keith
David Keith is an actor.

David Knell
David Knell is an actor.

David Knight
David Knight is an actor. He was born in 1927.

David Kossoff
David Kossoff is an actor. He was born in 1919.

David L. Boren
David L Boren was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Oklahoma from 1975 until 1979.

David L. Lawrence
David L Lawrence was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Pennsylvania from 1959 until 1963.

David L. Morrill
David L Morrill was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1824 until 1827.

David Labiosa
David Labiosa is an actor.

David Ladd
David Ladd is an actor.

David Landau
David Landau was an actor. He was born in 1878 and died in 1935.

David Lawrence
David Herbert Lawrence was an English poet and novelist. He was born in 1885 at Nottinghamshire and died in 1930. Thomas Edward Lawrence was a British soldier and author. He was born in 1888 near Snowdon and died in 1935. He was known as 'Lawrence of Arabia' for his exploits encouraging the Arabs to fight against the Turks during the Great War.

David Lewis
David Lewis is an actor.

David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a Scottish explorer. Between 1852 and 1873 he discovered the course of the zambesi, victoria falls and lake nyasa.

David Lodge
David Lodge is an actor. He was born in 1922.

David M. Clough
David M Clough was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Minnesota from 1895 until 1899.

David Manners
David Manners is an actor. He was born in 1901.

David Manzy
David Manzy is an actor.

David McCallum
David McCallum is an actor. He was born in 1933.

David Miller
David Miller is an actor. He was born in 1909.

David Morse
David Morse is an actor.

David Naughton
David Naughton is an actor.

David Nelson
David Nelson is an actor.

David Niven
David Niven was an actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1983.

David O. Watkins
David O Watkins was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Jersey from 1898 until 1899.

David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers was an actor.

David Opatoshu
David Opatoshu is an actor. He was born in 1918.

David Oxley
David Oxley is an actor. He was born in 1929.

David P. Buckson
David P Buckson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Delaware from 1960 until 1961.

David Peel
David Peel is an actor. He was born in 1920.

David Peter Lewis
David Peter Lewis was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Alabama from 1872 until 1874.

David Prowse
David Prowse is an actor.

David R. Francis
David R Francis was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Missouri from 1889 until 1893.

David R. Porter
David R Porter was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Pennsylvania from 1839 until 1845.

David R. Williams
David R Williams was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of South Carolina from 1814 until 1816.

David Rappaport
David Rappaport was an actor. He died in 1990.

David Roberts
David Roberts was a Scottish landscape and architectural painter. He was born in 1796 and died in 1864.

David Rydall
David Rydall is an actor.

David S. Walker
David S Walker was an American politician. He was a Conservative governor of Florida from 1865 until 1868.

David Scott
David Scott is an actor.

David Selby
David Selby is an actor. He was born in 1941.

David Sholtz
David Sholtz was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Florida from 1933 until 1937.

David Soul
David Soul is an actor. He was born in 1943.

David Spielberg
David Spielberg was an actor.

David Steinberg
David Steinberg is an actor.

David Stone
David Stone was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of North Carolina from 1808 until 1810.

David Tod
David Tod was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Ohio from 1862 until 1864.

David Tomlinson
David Tomlinson is an actor. He was born in 1917.

David Torrence
David Torrence was an actor. He was born in 1864 and died in 1951.

David Tree
David Tree is an actor. He was born in 1915.

David Wallace
David Wallace was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Indiana from 1837 until 1840.

David Walters
David Walters was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Oklahoma from 1991 until 1995.

David Warner
David Warner is an actor.

David Warrilow
David Warrilow is an actor.

David Wayne
David Wayne is an actor. He was born in 1914.

David Weston
David Weston is an actor. He was born in 1938.

David White
David White was an actor. He was born in 1916 and died in 1990.

David Wood
David Wood is an actor.

David Zucker
David Zucker is an actor.

Davis H. Waite
Davis H Waite was an American politician. He was a Populist governor of Colorado from 1893 until 1895.

Dawn Addams
Dawn Addams was an actress. She was born in 1930 and died in 1985.

Dawn Wells
Dawn Wells is an actress.

Dayak
The Dayak are aboriginal people of Indonesian Borneo and Sarawak.

Dayton Lummis
Dayton Lummis is an actor. He was born in 1903.

De Witt Clinton
De Witt Clinton was an American politician. He was born in 1769 and died in 1828. He was three times Mayor of New York and inaugurated the "spoils system" in New York. He worked for the completion of the Erie Canal scheme, the extension of education and the abolition of slavery and of imprisonment for debt.

Dean
A Dean is the head of a Cathedral Chapter in the Church of England. He is responsible for the upkeep of the fabric, for the services, and generally for the management of business connected with the cathedral.

Dean Jagger
Dean Jagger was an actor. He was born in 1903 and died in 1991.

Dean Jones
Dean Jones is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Dean Martin
Dean Martin is an actor. He was born in 1917.

Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell is an actor. He was born in 1938.

Deana Jurgens
Deana Jurgens is an actress.

Deane C. Davis
Deane C Davis was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1969 until 1973.

DeAnn Mears
DeAnn Mears is an actress.

Deanna Durbin
Deanna Durbin is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Debbi Morgan
Debbi Morgan is an actress.

Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds is an actress. She was born in 1932.

Debi Richter
Debi Richter is an actress.

Deborah Fallender
Deborah Fallender is an actress.

Deborah Foreman
Deborah Foreman is an actress.

Deborah Harmon
Deborah Harmon is an actress.

Deborah Harry
Deborah (Debbie) Harry was lead singer with the 70's punk band Blondie. An ex-prostitute she excited young male audiences with her silky voice and short skirts.

Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr was an actress. She was born in 1921.

Deborah Luce
Deborah Luce is an actress.

Deborah Raffin
Deborah Raffin is an actress. She was born in 1953.

Deborah Rush
Deborah Rush is an actress.

Deborah VanRhyn
Deborah VanRhyn is an actress.

Deborah VanValkenburgh
Deborah VanValkenburgh is an actress.

Deborah Winters
Deborah Winters is an actress.

Debra Blee
Debra Blee is an actress.

Debra Klose
Debra Klose is an actress.

Debra Paget
Debra Paget is an actress. She was born in 1933.

Decemvirs
The Decemvirs were the 10 magistrates who had absolute authority in Ancient Rome.

Decimus Brutus
Decimus Junius Brutus was a Roman commander. He served under Julius Caesar in Gaul, and later was commander of his fleet. He was involved in the assasination of Caesar, and opposed Antony for a while afterwards until his soldiers deserted him in Gaul and he was betrayed to Antony who had him executed in 43 BC.

Dee Hepburn
Dee Hepburn is an actress.

Dee Wallace
Dee Wallace is an actress.

Deemster
A Deemster is a Judge in the Isle of Man, who, without process or any charge to the parties, decides controversies in the island.

Defender of the Faith
Defender of the Faith was a title bestowed upon Henry VIII by Pope Leo X in 1521 as a reward for Henry's treatise against Luther. He was deprived of it by Paul III on his breach with the Papacy, but re-awarded the title by Parliament in 1544 and since then it has been adopted by all English monarchs.

DeForest Kelley
DeForest Kelley is an American actor. He was born in 1920. Despite playing many gunmen in Westerns, he is best known for his portrayal of Doctor McCoy in Star Trek.

DeForest Richards
DeForest Richards was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Wyoming from 1899 until 1903.

Del Credere Agent
A Del Credere Agent is an agent for the sale of goods who guarantees, for an additional commission, that the purchaser is solvent and will perform his contract.

Del Russel
Del Russel is an actor. He was born in 1952.

Delaware Indians
The Delaware Indians were a North American tribe of Indians of the Algonquin family. They were so called Delaware because they lived on the Delaware river, although they called themselves Lenni Lenape.

Delores Taylor
Delores Taylor is an actress.

Delphi Lawrence
Delphi Lawrence is an actress. She was born in 1927.

Delphine Seyrig
Delphine Seyrig was an actress. She was born in 1932 and died in 1990.

Delphine Zentout
Delphine Zentout is an actress. She was born in 1973.

Demi Moore
Demi Moore was an actress. She died in 1963.

Dene
The Dene are a North American Indian tribe found in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Denholm Elliott
Denholm Elliott was an actor. He was born in 1922 and died in 1992.

Denis Compton
Denis Chales Scott Compton is an English cricketer. He was born in 1918. He played for Middlesex and England from 1937 to 1957 and is regarded as the best all-round cricketer of all time.

Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, novelist, playwright and critic. He was born in 1713 and died in 1784.

Denis Lacroix
Denis Lacroix is an actor.

Denis ODea
Denis ODea was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1978.

Denise Darcel
Denise Darcel is an actress. She was born in 1925.

Dennis Burkley
Dennis Burkley is an actor.

Dennis Day
Dennis Day was an actor. He died in 1988.

Dennis Dugan
Dennis Dugan is an actor. He was born in 1948.

Dennis Fimple
Dennis Fimple is an actor.

Dennis Gabor
Dennis Gabor was a British physicist. He was born in 1900 in Hungary and died in 1979. His work in electron physics and the invention of holography led to him being awarded a Nobel prize in 1971. His other contributions included high-speed cathode ray oscillograph, information theory, and the physics of optics.

Dennis Hoey
Dennis Hoey was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1960.

Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper is an actor. He was born in 1935.

Dennis J. Roberts
Dennis J Roberts was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Rhode Island from 1951 until 1959.

Dennis Lee Falt
Dennis Lee Falt is an actor.

Dennis Lipscomb
Dennis Lipscomb is an actor.

Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore is an actor.

Dennis Morgan
Dennis Morgan is an actress. She was born in 1910.

Dennis Murphree
Dennis Murphree was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1927 until 1928.

Dennis OKeefe
Dennis OKeefe was an actor. He was born in 1908 and died in 1968.

Dennis Patrick
Dennis Patrick is an actor.

Dennis Price
Dennis Price was an actor. He was born in 1915 and died in 1973.

Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid is an actor. He was born in 1955.

Dennis Quilley
Dennis Quilley is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Dennis Robertson
Dennis Robertson is an actor.

Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman is an actor. He was born in 1948.

Dennis Weaver
Dennis Weaver is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Dennis Wyndham
Dennis Wyndham is an actor.

Denny Miller
Denny Miller was an actor.

Denver Pyle
Denver Pyle is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Denver S. Dickerson
Denver S Dickerson was an American politician. He was a Silver-Democratic governor of Nevada from 1908 until 1911.

Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington is an actress.

Derek Bond
Derek Bond is an actor. He was born in 1919.

Derek Farr
Derek Farr is an actor. He was born in 1912.

Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi is an actor. He was born in 1938.

Derek Nimmo
Derek Nimmo is an actor. He was born in 1931.

Derek Thompson
Derek Thompson is an actor.

Dermot Walsh
Dermot Walsh is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Derren Nesbitt
Derren Nesbitt is an actor. He was born in 1932.

Derrick deMarney
Derrick deMarney was an actor. He was born in 1906 and died in 1978.

Desert Fox
see "Erwin Rommel"

Desi Arnaz
Desi Arnaz was an actor. He was born in 1915 and died in 1986.

Desi Arnaz Jr
Desi Arnaz Jr is an actor. He was born in 1953.

Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus was a Dutch scholar. He was born in 1466 at Rotterdam and died in 1536. He wrote much about the Greek and Latin classics.

Desiree Costeau
Desiree Costeau is an actress.

Desmond Llewellyn
Desmond Llewellyn is an actor.

Desmond Tester
Desmond Tester is an actor. He was born in 1919.

Dev Anand
Dev Anand is an actor.

Dewey F. Bartlett
Dewey F Bartlett was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Oklahoma from 1967 until 1971.

Dewey Martin
Dewey Martin is an actor. He was born in 1923.

DeWitt Clinton Senter
DeWitt Clinton Senter was an American politician. He was a Whig-Republican governor of Tennessee from 1869 until 1871.

DeWitt Jennings
DeWitt Jennings was an actor. He was born in 1879 and died in 1937.

Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon was an actor. He died in 1990.

Dhuleep Singh
Dhuleep Singh was a Maharajah of Lahore who led his Sikh forces in several attacks against the British. He was born in 1837 and died in 1893.

Di Buoninsegna Duccio
Di Buoninsegna Duccio was an Italian painter. He was born in 1255 and died in 1319. He founded the Sienese school.

Diahnne Abbott
Diahnne Abbott is an actress.

Diana Dors
Diana Dors was an actress. She was born in 1931 and died in 1984.

Diana Douglas
Diana Douglas is an actress.

Diana Hyland
Diana Hyland was an actress. She was born in 1936 and died in 1977.

Diana Lewis
Diana Lewis is an actress. She was born in 1915.

Diana Lynn
Diana Lynn was an actress. She was born in 1926 and died in 1971.

Diana McLean
Diana McLean is an actress.

Diana Muldaur
Diana Muldaur is an actress. She was born in 1943.

Diana Napier
Diana Napier was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1982.

Diana Quick
Diana Quick is an actress. She was born in 1946.

Diana Rigg
Diana Rigg is an actress. She was born in 1938.

Diana Ross
Diana Ross is an actress. She was born in 1944.

Diana Sands
Diana Sands was an actress. She was born in 1934 and died in 1973.

Diana Scarwid
Diana Scarwid is an actress.

Diana Wynyard
Diana Wynyard was an actress. She was born in 1906 and died in 1964.

Diane Baker
Diane Baker is an actress. She was born in 1936.

Diane Barrymore
Diane Barrymore was an actress. She was born in 1921 and died in 1960.

Diane Cilento
Diane Cilento is an actress. She was born in 1933.

Diane Kay
Diane Kay is an actress.

Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton is an actress. She was born in 1949.

Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd is an actress. She was born in 1932.

Diane Lane
Diane Lane is an actress. She was born in 1965.

Diane McBain
Diane McBain is an actress. She was born in 1941.

Diane Varsi
Diane Varsi is an actress. She was born in 1938.

Diane Venora
Diane Venora is an actress.

Dianne Foster
Dianne Foster is an actress. She was born in 1928.

Dianne Hull
Dianne Hull is an actress.

Dianne West
Dianne West is an actress.

Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest is an actress.

Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett is an actor.

Dick Crockett
Dick Crockett is an actor.

Dick Emery
Dick Emery was an English comedy actor. He was born in 1918 and died in 1983.

Dick Foran
Dick Foran was an actor. He was born in 1910 and died in 1979.

Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes was an actor. He was born in 1916 and died in 1980.

Dick Martin
Dick Martin is an actor. He was born in 1923.

Dick McDonald
Dick McDonald was one of two brothers responsible for the McDonalds fast-food chain of restaurants. He was born in 1909 and died in 1998.

Dick Miller
Dick Miller is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Dick ONeill
Dick ONeill is an actor.

Dick Powell
Dick Powell was an actor. He was born in 1904 and died in 1963.

Dick Purcell
Dick Purcell was an actor. He was born in 1908 and died in 1944.

Dick Sargent
Dick Sargent was an actor. He was born in 1937 and died in 1994.

Dick Shawn
Dick Shawn was an actor. He was born in 1928 and died in 1987.

Dick Turpin
Richard (Dick) Turpin was a notorious English highwayman. he was born in 1706 and died in 1739 when he was hanged.

Dick VanDyke
Dick VanDyke is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Dick VanPatten
Dick VanPatten is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Dick Wessel
Dick Wessel was an actor. He was born in 1910 and died in 1965.

Dick Wesson
Dick Wesson was an actor. He was born in 1922 and died in 1979.

Dick Whittington
Dick Whittington was an English merchant and lord mayor of London. He was born in 1358 and died in 1423. The son of a Gloucestershire knight, in 1380 he was a substantial city mercer, and records exist of him having lent large sums of money to Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V. he was lord mayor in 1397 and again in 1406. His benafactions aided St Bartholomew's Hospital, greyfriars library and the Guildhall. He rebuilt Newgate, and founded a small hospital and college (which was suppressed in 1548) near his parish church of St Michael de Paternoster. Details of his life were recorded in the book 'The Model Merchant of the Middle Ages' by Samuel Lysons, published in 1860.

Dick York
Dick York was an actor. He was born in 1928 and died in 1992.

Dickie Moore
Dickie Moore is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Didi Conn
Didi Conn is an actress.

Diego D'Almagro
Diego D'Almagro was a Spanish conquistador. he was born in 1464 and died in 1538. He was associated with Pizarro and Hernando de Luque in the conquest of Peru. He reached Peru in 1533 and attacked Chile in 1536, and returning in 1537 relieved Cuzco which was besieged by the Peruvians. Pizarro refused to recognise his claim to Cuzco and to Lima and defeated him at Las Salmas in 1538 and had him executed.

Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona is an Argentine footballer. He was born in 1960 at Lanus and in 1977 became Argentina's youngest ever international.

Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera was a Mexican painter. He was born in 1886 at Guanajuato and died in 1957.

Diego Velazquez
Diego Rodriguez De Silva Y Velazquez was a Spanish painter. He was born in 1599 and died in 1660. He studied under Herrera and then under Pacheco whose daughter he later married. He was commissioned to paint Philip IV's portrait and became court painter and favourite of the king.

Dietrich Buxtehude
Dietrich Buxtehude was a Danish composer. He was born in 1637 and died in 1707. He composed Organ works, vocal music.

Diggers
The diggers were a pacifist and radical sect of 17th century England.

Dimitri Shostakovich
Dimitri Shostakovich was a Russian composer. He was born in 1906 and died in 1975. He composed Symphonies, Lady Macbeth of the District Mzensk.

Dina Merrill
Dina Merrill is an actress. She was born in 1928.

Dinah Manoff
Dinah Manoff is an actress.

Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan is an actress. She was born in 1920.

Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore was an actress. She was born in 1917 and died in 1994.

Dingaan
Dingaan was King of the Zulus. he granted the Boers, led by Pieter Retief, permission to enter Natal, but later massacred the whole community in 1838.

Dinka
The Dinka are a branch of the Nilotes, race of mixed Negro and Hamitic blood, inhabiting part of the Sudan. They are exceptionally tall, often reaching 7 ft, athletic and very proud.

Diocletian
Diocletian was a Roman Emperor. He was born in 243 and died in 313. He was proclaimed Emperor by the troops at Chalcedon in 284.

Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian of the 1st century BC. He documented Greek history from its mythical beginnings to the Gallic War.

Diogenes
Diogenes was a Greek philosopher. He was born in 412 BC and died in 323 BC.

Dion Boucicault
Dion Boucicault was an Irish author and actor. He was born in 1822 at Dublin and died in 1890.

Dion Cassius
Dion Cassius was a Roman historian and administrator. He was born in 155 at Nicaea and died in 230. He wrote a history of Rome from the earliest times to the first century empire in a book entitled Romaika.

Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick is an actress.

Dionys Calvaert
Dionys Calvaert was a Flemish painter. He was born in 1555 at Antwerp and died in 1619 at Bologna.

Dionysius
Dionysius was a tyrant of Syracuse. He was born around 430 BC and died around 367 BC. He gained control of the city during the war with Carthage, in 405 BC and extended his power by defeating the Carthaginians in 397 BC. His successful campaign against Rhegium and other Greek cities in Italy between 391 BC and 386 BC further extended his power, but he was defeated by the Carthaginians soon after. Dionysius raised Syracuse to the position of a leading city and was a patron of literature.

Diplomat
A Diplomat is a person sent to a foreign country as one of the representatives of his country. Traditionally diplomats have spied on their host country.

Dirk Benedict
Dirk Benedict is an actor. He was born in 1945.

Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde is an actor. He was born in 1921.

Dirk Borgarde
Dirk Borgarde is an actor.

Dirk Bouts
Dirk Bouts was a Flemish painter. He was born in 1415 at Haarlem and died in 1475. He was made city painter of Louvain in 1468. Bouts painted religious works and portraits in a linear, reserved, yet deeply felt style influenced by Rogier van der Weyden. He skillfully used landscape as background and depicted still-life objects as accessories. Famous for the subtlety of his colouring and for his ability to suggest space in his interiors and landscapes, he is considered a foremost northern painter of his time, surpassed only by Jan van Eyck. Outstanding among Bouts's works are five panels in a triptych on biblical themes, including a masterly Last Supper in the central panel, painted for St. Pierre, Louvain. Also important is the Ordeal by Fire.

Dita Parlo
Dita Parlo was an actress. She was born in 1906 and died in 1971.

Divine
Divine was an actor. He died in 1988.

Dixie Dunbar
Dixie Dunbar is an actress. She was born in 1919.

Dixie Lee
Dixie Lee was an actress. She was born in 1911 and died in 1952.

Dixy Lee Ray
Dixy Lee Ray was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Washington from 1977 until 1981.

Dmitri Mendeleyev
Dmitri Ivanovitch Mendeleyev was a Russian scientist. He was born in 1834 at Tobolsk and died in 1907. He discovered that characteristic properties of chemical elements recur in regular cycles in a table starting with the element of lowest atomic weight and progressing consecutively in order of weight.

Doc Erickson
Doc Erickson is an actor.

Dody Goodman
Dody Goodman is an actress.

Doe Avedon
Doe Avedon is an actress. She was born in 1928.

Doge
Doge was the title formerly given to the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

Dolly Haas
Dolly Haas is an actress. She was born in 1910.

Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton is an actress. She was born in 1946.

Dolores Costello
Dolores Costello was an actress. She was born in 1905 and died in 1979.

Dolores delRio
Dolores delRio was an actress. She was born in 1905 and died in 1983.

Dolores Dorn
Dolores Dorn is an actress. She was born in 1935.

Dolores Fuller
Dolores Fuller is an actress.

Dolores Gray
Dolores Gray is an actress. She was born in 1924.

Dolores Hart
Dolores Hart is an actress. She was born in 1938.

Dolores Michaels
Dolores Michaels is an actress. She was born in 1930.

Dolph Briscoe
Dolph Briscoe was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1973 until 1979.

Dolph Sweet
Dolph Sweet was an actor.

Dom DeLuise
Dom DeLuise is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Domenico Cimarosa
Domenico Cimarosa was one of the earlier Italian operatic composers. He was born in 1749 and died in 1801 at Venice.

Domenico Ghirlandaio
Domenico Ghirlandaio was a Florentine sculptor. He was born in 1449 and died in 1494.

Domenico Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer. He was born in 1685 at Naples and died in 1757.

Domenico Theotocopouli
see "El Grecco"

Dominic Frontiere
Dominic Frontiere is an actor. He was born in 1931.

Dominic Guard
Dominic Guard is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Dominique Pinon
Dominique Pinon is an actress.

Dominique Sanda
Dominique Sanda is an actress. She was born in 1948.

Don Ameche
Don Ameche was an actor. He was born in 1908 and died in 1993.

Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1979.

Don Defore
Don Defore is an actor. He was born in 1917.

Don Dubbins
Don Dubbins is an actor. He was born in 1929.

Don Dunphy
Don Dunphy is an actor.

Don Francks
Don Francks is an actor. He was born in 1932.

Don Gordon
Don Gordon is an actor.

Don Johnson
Don Johnson is an actor.

Don Knotts
Don Knotts is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Don Leifert
Don Leifert is an actor.

Don Marshall
Don Marshall is an actor.

Don McGuire
Don McGuire is an actor. He was born in 1919.

Don Meredith
Don Meredith is an actor.

Don Murray
Don Murray is an actor. He was born in 1929.

Don Opper
Don Opper is an actor.

Don Pardo
Don Pardo is an actor.

Don Porter
Don Porter is an actor.

Don Rickles
Don Rickles is an actor. He was born in 1926.

Don Samuelson
Don Samuelson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Idaho from 1967 until 1971.

Don Stroud
Don Stroud is an actor. He was born in 1937.

Don Taylor
Don Taylor is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Don Terry
Don Terry is an actor. He was born in 1902.

Dona Drake
Dona Drake is an actress. She was born in 1920.

Donal Donnelly
Donal Donnelly is an actor.

Donald Bane
Donald Bane was King of Scotland during 1093.

Donald Calthrop
Donald Calthrop was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1940.

Donald Crabtree
Donald Crabtree is an actor.

Donald Crisp
Donald Crisp was an actor. He was born in 1880 and died in 1974.

Donald Douglas
Donald Douglas was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1945.

Donald G. Nutter
Donald G Nutter was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Montana from 1961 until 1962.

Donald Houston
Donald Houston was an actor. He was born in 1923 and died in 1991.

Donald I
Donald was King of Scotland from 860 to 863.

Donald II
Donald II was King of Scotland from 878 to 889.

Donald Maclean
Donald Maclean was a British diplomat. He defected to the Russians with Guy Burgess in 1951.

Donald Madden
Donald Madden was an actor. He died in 1983.

Donald McBride
Donald McBride was an actor. He was born in 1894 and died in 1957.

Donald Meek
Donald Meek was an actor. He was born in 1880 and died in 1946.

Donald Moffat
Donald Moffat is an actor.

Donald Murphy
Donald Murphy is an actor.

Donald OConnor
Donald OConnor is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence is an actor. He was born in 1919.

Donald S. Russell
Donald S Russell was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina from 1963 until 1965.

Donald Sinden
Donald Sinden is an actor. He was born in 1923.

Donald Stewart
Donald Stewart is an actor.

Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland is an actor. He was born in 1935.

Donald Symington
Donald Symington is an actor.

Donald Woods
Donald Woods is an actor. He was born in 1904.

Donatas Banionis
Donatas Banionis is an actor.

Donatello
Donatello was an Italian opera composer. He was born in 1797 and died in 1848.

Donna Dixon
Donna Dixon is an actress.

Donna Douglas
Donna Douglas is an actress. She was born in 1933.

Donna Mills
Donna Mills was an actress.

Donna Mitchell
Donna Mitchell is an actress.

Donna Prescow
Donna Prescow is an actress.

Donna Reed
Donna Reed was an actress. She was born in 1921 and died in 1986.

Donna Summer
Donna Summer is an actress.

Donna Wilkes
Donna Wilkes is an actress.

Donovan
Donovan is an actor. He was born in 1919.

Donovan Leitch
Donovan Leitch is an actor.

Donovan Scott
Donovan Scott is an actor.

Doodles Weaver
Doodles Weaver was an actor. He was born in 1911 and died in 1983.

Dooley Wilson
Dooley Wilson was an actor. He was born in 1894 and died in 1953.

Dora Bryan
Dora Bryan is an actress. She was born in 1923.

Dora Gregory
Dora Gregory is an actress.

Doretta Morrow
Doretta Morrow was an actress. She was born in 1925 and died in 1968.

Dorian Harewood
Dorian Harewood is an actor. He was born in 1950.

Doris Davenport
Doris Davenport is an actress.

Doris Day
Doris Day is an actress. She was born in 1924.

Doris Dowling
Doris Dowling is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Doris Kenyon
Doris Kenyon is an actress.

Doris Lloyd
Doris Lloyd was an actress. She was born in 1899 and died in 1968.

Doris Nolan
Doris Nolan is an actor. He was born in 1916.

Doris Rankin
Doris Rankin was an actress.

Doris Roberts
Doris Roberts is an actress. She was born in 1930.

Doro Merande
Doro Merande was an actress. She was born in 1898 and died in 1975.

Dorothea Kent
Dorothea Kent is an actress.

Dorothea Wieck
Dorothea Wieck is an actress. She was born in 1908.

Dorothy Adams
Dorothy Adams is an actress. She was born in 1915.

Dorothy Alison
Dorothy Alison is an actress. She was born in 1925.

Dorothy Boyd
Dorothy Boyd is an actress.

Dorothy Comingore
Dorothy Comingore was an actress. She was born in 1913 and died in 1971.

Dorothy Cumming
Dorothy Cumming is an actress.

Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge was an actress. She was born in 1923 and died in 1965.

Dorothy Ford
Dorothy Ford is an actress. She was born in 1923.

Dorothy Gish
Dorothy Gish was an actress. She was born in 1898 and died in 1968.

Dorothy Hart
Dorothy Hart is an actress. She was born in 1923.

Dorothy Keller
Dorothy Keller is an actress.

Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour is an actress. She was born in 1914.

Dorothy Lee
Dorothy Lee is an actress. She was born in 1911.

Dorothy Mackaill
Dorothy Mackaill is an actress. She was born in 1903.

Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone was an actress. She was born in 1925.

Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire is an actress. She was born in 1919.

Dorothy Peterson
Dorothy Peterson was an actress. She was born in 1900 and died in 1979.

Dorothy Provine
Dorothy Provine is an actress. She was born in 1937.

Dorothy Revier
Dorothy Revier is an actress. She was born in 1904.

Dorothy Short
Dorothy Short is an actress.

Dorothy Stratten
Dorothy Stratten was an actress. She was born in 1960 and died in 1980.

Dorothy Tristan
Dorothy Tristan is an actress.

Dorothy Tutin
Dorothy Tutin is an actress. She was born in 1930.

Dorri Thompson
Dorri Thompson was an actress.

Dorrie Kavanaugh
Dorrie Kavanaugh is an actress.

Dorris Bowdon
Dorris Bowdon is an actress. She was born in 1915.

Dost Mohammed Khan
Dost Mohammed Khan was amir of Afghanistan. He was born in 1793 and died in 1863. He established himself as amir in 1834, but his alliance with Russia led to the invasion of his territory by British troops in 1839.

Doug McClure
Doug McClure is an actor. He was born in 1935.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Douglas Fairbanks Jr is an actor. He was born in 1909.

Douglas Fairbanks sr
Douglas Fairbanks sr was an actor. He was born in 1883 and died in 1939.

Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley is an actor. He was born in 1911.

Douglas Freshfield
Douglas William Freshfield was an English explorer and mountaineer. He was born in 1845. He was the first person to climb mount Kazbek.

Douglas Kennedy
Douglas Kennedy was an actor. He was born in 1915 and died in 1973.

Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur was an American general. He was born in 1880, dying in 1964. He defended the Philippines against the Japanese during the second world war. In 1951 he was relieved of command during the Korean war.

Douglas MacPhail
Douglas MacPhail was an actor. He was born in 1910 and died in 1944.

Douglas McKay
Douglas McKay was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Oregon from 1949 until 1952.

Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain is an actor.

Douglas Wilmer
Douglas Wilmer is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Douglas `Wrong Way' Corrigan
Douglas `Wrong Way' Corrigan is an actor. He was born in 1907.

Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1974.

Douglass MacLean
Douglass MacLean was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1967.

Douglass Montgomery
Douglass Montgomery was an actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1966.

Douglass Watson
Douglass Watson is an actor.

Doyle E. Carlton
Doyle E Carlton was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Florida from 1929 until 1933.

Draper
A draper is someone who deals in cloth.

Drapier
Drapier is an old alternative name for a Draper. The name was assumed by Jonathan Swift in writing the Drapier's Letters against the contract for copper coinage given to Wood in 1722.

Draw-latch
Draw-latch is a seventeenth century term for a thief.

Dray-man
Originally a dray-man was a man in charge of a dray. Since dray's were commonly used in recent times for transporting beer kegs, the term is still used for a beer delivery man, even though they now drive lorries rather than drays.

Dre Pahich
Dre Pahich is an actress.

Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore is an actress. She was born in 1976.

Drew Michaels
Drew Michaels is an actor.

Druid
The druids were ancient Celtic priests. Their group still exists today in secret, despite the existence of charlatan groups claiming to be druids.

Duane Jones
Duane Jones is an actor.

Dub Taylor
Dub Taylor is an actor.

Dudley Moore
Dudley Moore is an actor. He was born in 1935.

Dudley Sutton
Dudley Sutton is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Duff
Duff was King of Scotland from 962 to 967.

Duggie Wakefield
Duggie Wakefield was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1951.

Duke
Duke is the highest title in English peerage. It was a European title before its introduction into England in the 14th century.

Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington is an actor.

Duke Mitchell
Duke Mitchell is an actor.

Duke of Bedford
The Duke of Bedford (John of Lancaster) was an English prince and soldier. He was born in 1389 and died in 1435. He was the third son of Henry IV by his first wife, Mary of Bohun. He was created Duke of Bedford in 1414 by his brother, Henry V. After Henry's death in 1422 he became regent of England; and in the struggle for the French crown which followed the death of Charles VI he commanded the English army in France, proclaiming Henry VI, a child of nine months, at Paris and defeated the French at Verneuil in 1424. His success was checked by the rise of Joan of Arc, and the desertions of the dukes of Brittany and Burgundy.

Duke of Chandos
The title Duke of Chandos was an English title borne from 1719 to 1789 by the family of Byrdges. The title became extinct with the death of the third duke in 1789.

Duke of Marlborough
John Churchill (Duke of Marlborough) was an English soldier. He was born in 1650 at Musbury and died in 1722. He commanded the British and Dutch forces against France in 1702.

Duncan C. Heyward
Duncan C Heyward was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina from 1903 until 1907.

Duncan I
Duncan I was King of Scotland from 1034 to 1040.

Duncan II
Duncan II was King of Scotland during 1093.

Duncan Lamont
Duncan Lamont is an actor. He was born in 1918.

Duncan Macrae
Duncan Macrae was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1967.

Duncan McArthur
Duncan McArthur was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Ohio from 1830 until 1832.

Duncan Renaldo
Duncan Renaldo was an actor. He was born in 1904 and died in 1980.

Dunstan
Archbishop Dunstan was advisor to King Edgar of England.

Dustin Farnum
Dustin Farnum was an actor.

Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman is an actor. He was born in 1937.

Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower was an American president and military leader. He was born in 1890 at Texas and died in 1969. He graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1915 and in 1935 served in the Philippines at Manila under MacArthur and from 1940 held high staff appointments at Washington. In June 1942 he was sent to England as US Commander in the European theatre and in November 1942 became Commander in Chief of the American and British forces on the occasion of the invasion of North Africa.

Dwight Frye
Dwight Frye was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1943.

Dwight Griswold
Dwight Griswold was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nebrasaka from 1941 until 1947.

Dwight H. Green
Dwight H Green was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Illinois from 1941 until 1949.

Dwight Schultz
Dwight Schultz is an actor.

Dwight W. Burney
Dwight W Burney was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nebrasaka from 1960 until 1961.

Dyan Cannon
Dyan Cannon is an actress. She was born in 1938.

Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet. he was born in 1914 in Swansea and died in 1953. He wrote Under Milk Wood.

Dyson Lovell
Dyson Lovell is an actor.

E. B. Dudley
E B Dudley was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of North Carolina from 1836 until 1841.

E. Erich Anderson
E Erich Anderson is an actor.

E. M. Baerlein
E M Baerlein was a British amateur rackets and tennis player for Eton College, Cambridge University, and Manchester. He was born in 1880 and died in 1971. He won the British amateur singles title at rackets nine times over a period of twenty years between 1903 and 1923.

E. Y. Sarles
E Y Sarles was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Dakota from 1905 until 1907.

E.E. Clive
E.E Clive was an actor. He was born in 1879 and died in 1940.

E.G. Marshall
E.G Marshall is an actor. He was born in 1910.

Eadbald
Eadbald was king of the Heptarchy in 616 and a son of St Ethelbert.

Eadbert
Eadbert was king of the Heptarchy in 725. He was a son of Wihtred.
Eadbert was king of Northumberland in 737 until he retired to a monastery.

Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge (born Edward James Muggeridge) was a British photographer of animal locomotion. His photographs proved for the first time that when a horse trots there are times when all its feet are off the ground. He was born in 1830 and died in 1904.

Ealdorman
see "Alderman"

Eamon De Valera
Eamon De Valera is an Irish national leader. He commanded an insurgent battalion during the uprising of Easter 1916. He established the independent state of Eire in 1937.

Eamonn Andrews
Eamonn Andrews was an actor. He died in 1987.

Eanfrid
Eanfrid was king of Bernicia in 634.

Eanred
Eanred was king of Northumberland in 809.

Earl
Earl is a British title of nobility, corresponding with the Continental title of count. In order of precedence earls come third after dukes and marquesses. An earl's wife is a countess.

Earl Godwin
Earl Godwin was Earl of the west Saxons. He died in 1053.

Earl Holliman
Earl Holliman is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Earl K. Long
Earl K Long was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1939 until 1940.

Earl L. Brewer
Earl L Brewer was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1912 until 1916.

Earl Marshal
Earl Marshal is one of the chief British officers of State. The earl marshal is head of the Herald's College, and controls the ceremonial arrangements for coronations, royal marriages, the opening of Parliament and other State occasions. In feudal times he was judge at the Courts of Chivalry.

Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was an Elizabethan courtier and English soldier. He was born in 1532 and died in 1588.

Earl of Orford
Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford was one of Britain's greatest statesmen. He was born in 1676 in Norfolk and died in 1745. He was a Whig politician who sought to bring the court and the House of Commons into working alliance.

Earl of Surrey
The Earl of Surrey (Henry Howard) was an English poet and soldier. He was born in 1517 and died in 1547. he introduced blank verse into English poetry. He fought in the French wars in 1543 and was wounded at Montreuil in 1544. In 1547 he was charged with plotting against the crown and was beheaded.
The Earl of Surrey (Thomas Howard) was an English lord admiral. he was born in 1473 and died in 1554. He was created Earl of Surrey in 1513 after taking part in the battle of Flodden. He was later Duke of Norfolk and in 1546 was condemned to death, but the death of Henry VIII saved him.

Earl of Warwick
see "Richard Neville"

Earl Snell
Earl Snell was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Oregon from 1943 until 1947.

Earl Warren
Earl Warren was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of California from 1943 until 1953.

Earle C. Clements
Earle C Clements was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Kentucky from 1947 until 1950.

Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt is an actress. She was born in 1928.

East Side Kids
East Side Kids is an actress. She was born in 1939.

Ebe W. Tunnell
Ebe W Tunnell was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Delaware from 1897 until 1901.

Eben S. Draper
Eben S Draper was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Massachusetts from 1909 until 1911.

Ebenezer Elliott
Ebenezer Elliott was an English poet and Chartist agitator. He was born in 1781 and died in 1849. He was known for his Corn-Law Rhymes.

Ebenezer J. Ormsbee
Ebenezer J Ormsbee was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1886 until 1888.

Ecbert
Ecbert was king of the Heptarchy in 664.

Ecfrid
Ecfrid was king of Northumberland in 670.

Ed Asner
Ed Asner is an actor. He was born in 1929.

Ed Begley
Ed Begley was an actor. He was born in 1901 and died in 1970.

Ed Begley Jr
Ed Begley Jr is an actor.

Ed DeStefane
Ed DeStefane is an actor.

Ed Flanders
Ed Flanders is an actor. He was born in 1934.

Ed Gardner
Ed Gardner was an actor. He was born in 1901 and died in 1963.

Ed Gargan
Ed Gargan was an actor. He was born in 1902 and died in 1964.

Ed Harris
Ed Harris is an actor.

Ed Jackson
Ed Jackson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Indiana from 1925 until 1929.

Ed Lauter
Ed Lauter is an actor. He was born in 1940.

Ed McMahon
Ed McMahon is an actor.

Ed Nelson
Ed Nelson is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Ed Sullivan
Ed Sullivan is an actor.

Ed Wynn
Ed Wynn was an actor. He was born in 1886 and died in 1966.

Edana Romney
Edana Romney is an actress. She was born in 1919.

Edbert
Edbert was king of the Heptarchy in 794.

Eddie Acuff
Eddie Acuff was an actor. He was born in 1902 and died in 1956.

Eddie Albert
Eddie Albert is an actor. He was born in 1908.

Eddie Barth
Eddie Barth is an actor.

Eddie Bracken
Eddie Bracken is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Eddie Byrne
Eddie Byrne was an actor. He was born in 1911 and died in 1981.

Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor was an actor. He was born in 1892 and died in 1964.

Eddie Collins
Eddie Collins was an actor. He was born in 1884 and died in 1940.

Eddie Egan
Eddie Egan is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Eddie Firestone
Eddie Firestone is an actor.

Eddie Fisher
Eddie Fisher is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Eddie Foy Jr
Eddie Foy Jr was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1983.

Eddie Mayehoff
Eddie Mayehoff is an actor. He was born in 1911.

Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy is an actor. He was born in 1960.

Eddie Quillan
Eddie Quillan is an actor. He was born in 1907.

Edgar
Edgar was King of England from 959 to 975. Edgar was King of Scotland from 1097 to 1107.

Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer. He was born in 1809 at Boston and died in 1849. He wrote a number of horror and crime novels.

Edgar Barrier
Edgar Barrier was an actor. He was born in 1906 and died in 1964.

Edgar D. Whitcomb
Edgar D Whitcomb was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Indiana from 1969 until 1973.

Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas was a French painter. He was born in 1834 at Paris and died in 1917.

Edgar J. Herschler
Edgar J Herschler was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Wyoming from 1975 until 1987.

Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1948.

Edgar Norton
Edgar Norton was an actor. He was born in 1868 and died in 1953.

Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace was a British novelist. He was born in 1875 and died in 1932.

Edie Adams
Edie Adams is an actress. She was born in 1929.

Edie Martin
Edie Martin was an actress. She was born in 1880 and died in 1964.

Edilwald
Edilwald was king of Northumberland in 759 until he was killed by Alred.

Edith Atwater
Edith Atwater is an actress. She was born in 1911.

Edith Barrett
Edith Barrett was an actress. She was born in 1907 and died in 1977.

Edith Cavell
Edith Louisa Cavell was an English nurse who helped allied soldiers to escape from occupied territory during the Great War. She was caught and shot by the Germans. She was born in 1865 in Norfolk and died in 1915.

Edith Fellows
Edith Fellows is an actress. She was born in 1923.

Edith Massey
Edith Massey was an actress. She died in 1993.

Edith Scon
Edith Scon is an actress.

Edmond F. Noel
Edmond F Noel was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1908 until 1912.

Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien was an actor. He was born in 1915 and died in 1985.

Edmond Rostand
Edmond Rostand was a French poet and dramatist. He was born in 1868 and died in 1918.

Edmond Warre
Edmond Warre was an English scholar and educationist. He was born in 1837 and died in 1920. He held various posts at Eton, including assistant master from 1850 to 1884, headmaster from 1884 to 1905 and provost from 1909 to 1918. He was also honorary chaplain to the royalty from 1885 to 1920.

Edmund
Edmund (the Elder) succeeded Athelstan as King of England from 940 to 946. Edmund (ironside) was a son of Ethelred and King of England in 1016.

Edmund Breon
Edmund Breon was an actor. He was born in 1882 and died in 1951.

Edmund Cartwright
Edmund Cartwright was an English cleric and inventor. He was born in 1743 at Marnham and died in 1823. He invented a mechanical weaving machine.

Edmund G. Brown
Edmund G Brown was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of California from 1959 until 1967.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr
Edmund G Brown Jr was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of California from 1975 until 1983.

Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn was an actor. He was born in 1875 and died in 1959.

Edmund J. Davis
Edmund J Davis was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Texas from 1870 until 1874.

Edmund Kean
Edmund Kean was an English actor. He was born in 1789 at London and died in 1833.

Edmund Lowe
Edmund Lowe was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1971.

Edmund Needham Morrill
Edmund Needham Morrill was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kansas from 1895 until 1897.

Edmund Purdom
Edmund Purdom is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Edmund Randolph
Edmund Randolph was an American politician. He was a governor of Virginia from 1786 until 1788.

Edmund S. Muskie
Edmund S Muskie was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maine from 1955 until 1959.

Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser was an English poet. He was born in 1552 in London and died in 1599.

Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller was an English poet and Royalist politician. He was born in 1606 and died in 1687.

Edna Best
Edna Best was an actress. She was born in 1900 and died in 1974.

Edna May Oliver
Edna May Oliver was an actress. She was born in 1883 and died in 1942.

Edna May Wonacott
Edna May Wonacott is an actress. She was born in 1888?.

Edna Purviance
Edna Purviance was an actress. She was born in 1894 and died in 1958.

Edouard Lalo
Edouard Lalo was a French composer. He was born in 1823 and died in 1892. He composed Symphonie Espagnole.

Edouard Manet
Edouard Manet was a French painter. He was born in 1832 at Paris and died in 1883.

Edouard Rod
Edouard Rod was a Swiss psychological novelist. He was born in 1857 and died in 1910.

Edred
Edred succeeded Edmund as King of England from 946 to 955.

Edric
Edric was king of the Heptarchy in 685. He was slain in 687.

Edris Hapgood
Edris Hapgood was an English Association Football player for Arsenal and England, both of whom he captained for many seasons with dignity and distinction. He was born in 1907 and died in 1973.

Eduard Dekker
Eduard Douwes Dekker was a Dutch writer. He was born in 1820 at Amsterdam and died in 1887. He wrote the novel Max Havelaar in 1860 and Minnebrieven/Love Letters in 1861. Although born in Holland, he moved to Lebak in Java.

Eduard Franz
Eduard Franz was an actor. He was born in 1902 and died in 1983.

Eduardo Cianelli
Eduardo Cianelli was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1969.

Eduardo DeFilippo
Eduardo DeFilippo was an actor. He was born in 1900 and died in 1984.

Eduardo Fajardo
Eduardo Fajardo is an actor.

Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg was acomposer. He was born in 1843 and died in 1907. He composed Peer Gynt Suite, Concerto in A minor for piano.

Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. He was born in 1863 and died in 1944.

Edward A. Perry
Edward A Perry was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Florida from 1885 until 1889.

Edward Acheson
Edward Goodrich Acheson was an American Inventor. He was born in 1856, dying in 1931. He invented carborundrum and artificially prepared graphite.

Edward Albert
Edward Albert is an actor. He was born in 1951.

Edward Albert Jr
Edward Albert Jr is an actor.

Edward Andrews
Edward Andrews is an actor. He was born in 1914.

Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1956.

Edward Asbury O'Neal
Edward Asbury O'Neal was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1882 until 1886.

Edward Ashley
Edward Ashley is an actor. He was born in 1904.

Edward Binns
Edward Binns is an actor.

Edward C. Smith
Edward C Smith was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1898 until 1900.

Edward C. Stokes
Edward C Stokes was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Jersey from 1905 until 1908.

Edward Caird
Edward Caird was professor of moral philosophy at Glasgow. He was born in 1835 and died in 1908.

Edward Cave
Edward Cave was an English printer and the founder of the 'Gentleman's Magazine'. He was born in 1691 and died in 1754.

Edward Chapman
Edward Chapman was an actor. He was born in 1901 and died in 1977.

Edward Clodd
Edward Clodd was an English banker, anthropologist and agnostic. He was born in 1840 and died in 1930. He was the author of "The story of creation" published in 1888 and many other works.

Edward Coles
Edward Coles was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Illinois from 1822 until 1826.

Edward Cummings
Edward Estlin Cummings was an American writer and painter. He was born in 1894 and died in 1962.

Edward D. DiPrete
Edward D DiPrete was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1985 until 1991.

Edward D. White
Edward D White was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Louisiana from 1835 until 1839.

Edward D. Wood Jr
Edward D Wood Jr was an actor. He was born in 1924 and died in 1978.

Edward DeSouza
Edward DeSouza is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Edward Elgar
Edward Elgar was a British composer. He was born in 1857 and died in 1934. He composed Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance.

Edward Ellis
Edward Ellis was an actor. He was born in 1872 and died in 1952.

Edward Everett
Edward Everett was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Massachusetts from 1836 until 1840.

Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton was an actor. He was born in 1886 and died in 1970.

Edward Eyre
Edward John Eyre was a British colonial governor. He was born in 1815 and died in 1901. He explored the north part of the newly colonised South Australia and his report resulted in the opening up of the land route between Adelaide and Western Australia. Lake Eyre in South Australia was named after him. He was Governor of St Vincent from 1854 to 1860 and was made Governor of Jamaica in 1864. He vigorously suppressed a negro revolt in Jamaica in 1845 and was as a result suspended and retired.

Edward F. Arn
Edward F Arn was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kansas from 1951 until 1955.

Edward F. Dunne
Edward F Dunne was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Illinois from 1913 until 1917.

Edward F. Noyes
Edward F Noyes was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Ohio from 1872 until 1874.

Edward Fielding
Edward Fielding is an actor.

Edward Fitzgerald
Edward Fitzgerald was an Irish soldier and patriot. He was born in 1763 and died in 1798. He served in America and explored part of Canada in 1789. He was arrested for conspiring with the French for a Dublin uprising and following being wounded during his arrest died in Newgate prison.

Edward Forster
Edward Morgan Forster was an English novelist. He was born in 1879 and died in 1970. He wrote Howard's End and A Passage To India.

Edward Fox
Edward Fox is an actor. He was born in 1937.

Edward G. Robinson
Edward G Robinson was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1973.

Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon was an English writer. He was born in 1737 at Putney and died in 1794. He wrote the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

Edward Grey
Edward Grey was a British statesman. He was born in 1862 and died in 1933. He was Foreign Secretary in 1905.

Edward Grieg
Edward Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer. He was born in 1843 at Bergen and died in 1907.

Edward Halifax
Edward Halifax was a British statesman. He was born in 1881 and died in 1959. He was British Ambassador to the USA from 1940 until 1944.

Edward Herrmann
Edward Herrmann is an actor. He was born in 1943.

Edward I
Edward I was King of England from 1272 to 1307.

Edward I. Edwards
Edward I Edwards was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Jersey from 1920 until 1923.

Edward II
Edward II was King of England from 1307 to 1327.

Edward III
Edward III was son of Edward II and King of England from 1327 to 1377.

Edward IV
Edward IV was King of England from 1461 to 1483.

Edward J. King
Edward J King was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 1979 until 1983.

Edward J. Thye
Edward J Thye was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Minnesota from 1943 until 1947.

Edward James Muggeridge
see "Eadweard Muybridge"

Edward James Olmes
Edward James Olmes is an actor.

Edward Judd
Edward Judd is an actor. He was born in 1932.

Edward Kavanagh
Edward Kavanagh was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maine from 1843 until 1844.

Edward Kent
Edward Kent was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Maine from 1841 until 1842.

Edward Law
Edward Law was an English politician, and the Earl of Ellenborough. He was born in 1790 and died in 1871. In 1841 he became Governor General of India but was recalled in 1844 by the East India Company.

Edward Lear
Edward Lear was an English painter and writer of verse. He was born in 1812 at London and died in 1888. He taught drawing to Queen Victoria, but he is remembered for his work A Book of Nonsense, published in 1846.

Edward Lexy
Edward Lexy is an actor. He was born in 1897.

Edward Lloyd
Edward Lloyd was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Maryland from 1809 until 1811.

Edward Lytton
Edward George Bulwer Lytton was an English writer and statesman. He was born in 1803 at London and died in 1873. He wrote The Last Days Of Pompeii.

Edward MacDowell
Edward MacDowell was an American composer. He was born in 1861 and died in 1908. He composed To a Wild Rose.

Edward Martin
Edward Martin was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Pennsylvania from 1943 until 1947.

Edward Mulhare
Edward Mulhare is an actor. He was born in 1923.

Edward Norris
Edward Norris is an actor. He was born in 1910.

Edward P. Carville
Edward P Carville was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Nevada from 1939 until 1945.

Edward Palmer
Edward Henry Palmer was a British Orientalist. He was born in 1840 and died in 1882. His works include 'Oriental Mysticism' published in 1867.

Edward Platt
Edward Platt was an actor. He was born in 1916 and died in 1974.

Edward Rigby
Edward Rigby was an actor. He was born in 1879 and died in 1951.

Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of South Carolina from 1798 until 1800.

Edward S Brophy
Edward S Brophy was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1960.

Edward Salomon
Edward Salomon was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Wisconsin from 1862 until 1864.

Edward Scofield
Edward Scofield was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Wisconsin from 1897 until 1901.

Edward Somerset
Edward Somerset was an English engineer and inventor. He was born in 1601 and died in 1667. He was the second Marquis of Worcester and later Earl of Glamorgan and Earl and Marquis of Worcester. He invented the steam-engine and erected water works at Vauxhall.

Edward Stone
Edward James Stone was an English astronomer. He was born in 1831 at London and died in 1897. In 1860 he became chief assistant at Greenwich observatory. In 1870 he went to the Cape as astronomer-royal, and prepared the Cape Catalogue of stars which appeared in 1880. He also made very notable observations of eclipses. In 1879 he returned to England as Radcliffe observer at Oxford, and organized several astronomical expeditions for observations in distant parts of the earth.

Edward T. Breathitt
Edward T Breathitt was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Kentucky from 1963 until 1967.

Edward Telfair
Edward Telfair was an American politician. He was a governor of Georgia from 1786 until 1787.

Edward the confessor
Edward the confessor was a son of Ethelred and King of England from 1042 to 1066.

Edward the Elder
Edward the Elder was King of England from 901 to 924.

Edward the martyr
Edward the martyr was son of Edgar and succeeded him as King of England from 975 to 978.

Edward Thurlow
Edward Thurlow was lord chancellor of England. He was born in 1731 at Bracon Ash, Norfolk and died in 1806. In 1754 he was called to the bar, and made some reputation for himself by conducting famous cases, such as that deciding the succession to the Douglas estates. He was made solicitor-general in 1770 and lord chancellor in 1778. He held the great seal during the ministeries of North, Rockingham and Pitt, but was forced to retire by Pitt in 1792.

Edward Tiffin
Edward Tiffin was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Ohio from 1803 until 1807.

Edward Underdown
Edward Underdown is an actor. He was born in 1908.

Edward V
Edward V was King of England in 1483.

Edward VanSloan
Edward VanSloan was an actor. He was born in 1882 and died in 1964.

Edward Vernon
Edward Vernon was an English admiral. He was born in 1684 and died in 1757. He obtained command of the expedition against Spanish South American possessions and took Porto Bello with a squadron of six ships. In 1740 he attacked Cartagena without success and in 1746 he was dismissed from service.

Edward VI
Edward VI was King of England from 1547 to 1553.

Edward VII
Edward VII was King of England from 1901 to 1910.

Edward VIII
Edward VIII was King of England in 1936.

Edward Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield was a British colonial statesman. He was born in 1796 and died in 1862. He was imprisoned for abducting an heiress from 1826 to 1829 and emigrated to Australia in 1831 where he developed a plan of systematic colonization. In 1853 he settled in New Zealand.

Edward Wallis Hoch
Edward Wallis Hoch was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kansas from 1905 until 1909.

Edward Ward
Edward Matthew Ward was an English painter. He was born in 1816 at LOndon and died in 1879. He studied at the Royal Academy and at Rome and Munich. His cgief works are eight frescoes in the House of Commons.

Edward Woodward
Edward Woodward was an English actor. For many he is best known for his portrayal of 'The Equalizer'.

Edwige Feuillere
Edwige Feuillere is an actress. She was born in 1907.

Edwin
Edwin was a son of Ella, king of Deira in 590 and king of Northumberland in 617. He was killed in a battle with Penda of Mercia.

Edwin Abbey
Edwin Austin Abbey was an American painter and illustrator. He was born in 1852 at Philadelphia and died in 1911. He was the staff illustrator from 1871 at Harper's Weekly and in 1878 moved to London. He illustrated 'Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick', 'Old Songs', 'comedies of Shakespeare'. Between 1890 and 1902 he executed panels, illustrating the Quest of the Holy Grail, for Boston Public Library. In 1902 he painted a coronation portrait for Edward VII and in 1911 executed a group of murals at Pennsylvania State Capitol.

Edwin B. Winans
Edwin B Winans was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Michigan from 1891 until 1892.

Edwin Booth
Edwin Thomas Booth was an actor. He was born in 1833 near Baltimore and died in 1893. He made his name as a Shakespearean actor.

Edwin C. Burleigh
Edwin C Burleigh was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1889 until 1893.

Edwin C. Johnson
Edwin C Johnson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Colorado from 1933 until 1937.

Edwin Denison Morgan
Edwin Denison Morgan was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New York from 1859 until 1862.

Edwin L. Mechem
Edwin L Mechem was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Mexico from 1961 until 1963.

Edwin L. Norris
Edwin L Norris was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Montana from 1908 until 1913.

Edwin Maxwell
Edwin Maxwell was an actor. He was born in 1886 and died in 1948.

Edwin Muir
Edwin Muir was a Scottish poet. He was born in 1887 on Orkney and died in 1959.

Edwin P. Morrow
Edwin P Morrow was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kentucky from 1919 until 1923.

Edwin S. Stuart
Edwin S Stuart was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Pennsylvania from 1907 until 1911.

Edwin W. Edwards
Edwin W Edwards was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1972 until 1980.

Edwin Warfield
Edwin Warfield was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1904 until 1908.

Edwin Waugh
Edwin Waugh was an English poet. He was born in 1817 at Rochdale and died in 1890. He devoted himself to literature, writing poems in the Lancashire dialect.

Edwy
Edwy (son of Edmund the Elder) succeeded Edred as King of England from 955 to 959.

Efrem Zimbalist Jr
Efrem Zimbalist Jr is an actor. He was born in 1918.

Egbert
Egbert was king of the West Saxons in 800 and later the sole monarch of England and Bretwalda.

Egfrid
Egfrid was king of the East Angles in 632.
Egfrid was king of Mercia in 794.
Egfrid was king of Northumberland around 673.

Egyptian
An Egyptian is an inhabitant of Egypt.

Eijo Wakabayashi
Eijo Wakabayashi is an actor.

Eileen Atkins
Eileen Atkins is an actress. She was born in 1934.

Eileen Brennan
Eileen Brennan is an actress. She was born in 1935.

Eileen Davidson
Eileen Davidson is an actress.

Eileen Eckhart
Eileen Eckhart is an actress.

Eileen HeckMurrayart
Eileen HeckMurrayart is an actress. She was born in 1919.

Eileen Herlie
Eileen Herlie is an actress. She was born in 1919.

Eileen Moore
Eileen Moore is an actress.

Eily Malyon
Eily Malyon was an actress. She was born in 1879 and died in 1961.

El Brendel
El Brendel was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1964.

El Grecco
El Grecco (Domenico Theotocopouli) was a Spanish painter. He was born in 1541 and died in 1614.

Elaine May
Elaine May is an actress. She was born in 1932.

Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart is an actress. She was born in 1929.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Elayne Heilveil
Elayne Heilveil is an actress.

Elbert Lee Trinkle
Elbert Lee Trinkle was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Virginia from 1922 until 1926.

Elbert N. Carvel
Elbert N Carvel was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Delaware from 1949 until 1953.

Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Massachusetts from 1810 until 1812.

Ele Grigsby
Ele Grigsby is an actress.

Eleanor Boardman
Eleanor Boardman is an actress. She was born in 1898.

Eleanor Bron
Eleanor Bron is an actress. She was born in 1934.

Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine was the wife of Louis VII and then, following her divorce, wife of Henry II. She was born in 1122 and died in 1204. Through her marriage to Henry II, England acquired Aquitane which remained in England's posession for 300 years. When Henry II deserted her, she encouraged her sons in their revolt against Henry II in France in 1173. She went on to exert great influence during the reign of Richard I.

Eleanor of Castile
Eleanor of Castile was the wife of Edward I whom she married in 1254, thereby giving Edward I control of Ponthieu, Montreuil and Gascony.

Eleanor Ormerod
Eleanor Anne Ormerod was an English entomologist and the author of 'Textbook of Agricultural Entomology' published in 1892. She was born in 1828 and died in 1901.

Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Parker is an actress. She was born in 1922.

Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Powell was an actress. She was born in 1910 and died in 1982.

Eleanor Summerfield
Eleanor Summerfield is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Elena Fiore
Elena Fiore is an actress.

Eleonora RossiDrago
Eleonora RossiDrago is an actress. She was born in 1925.

Eli C. D. Shortridge
Eli C D Shortridge was an American politician. He was an Independent governor of New Dakota from 1893 until 1895.

Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach is an actor. He was born in 1915.

Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan is an actor. He was born in 1909.

Elias Carr
Elias Carr was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1893 until 1897.

Elias M. Ammons
Elias M Ammons was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Colorado from 1913 until 1915.

Elias Nelson Conway
Elias Nelson Conway was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1852 until 1860.

Elias P. Seeley
Elias P Seeley was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of New Jersey during 1833.

Elihu E. Jackson
Elihu E Jackson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1888 until 1892.

Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood is an actor. He was born in 1981.

Eliot Makeham
Eliot Makeham was an actor. He was born in 1882 and died in 1956.

Elisabeth Bergner
Elisabeth Bergner was an actress. She was born in 1898 and died in 1986.

Elisabeth Brooks
Elisabeth Brooks is an actress.

Elisabeth Depardieu
Elisabeth Depardieu is an actress.

Elisha Baxter
Elisha Baxter was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Arkansas from 1873 until 1874.

Elisha Cook Jr
Elisha Cook Jr is an actor. He was born in 1902.

Elisha Dyer
Elisha Dyer was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1897 until 1900.

Elisha Harris
Elisha Harris was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Rhode Island from 1847 until 1849.

Elisha Lawrence
Elisha Lawrence was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of New Jersey during 1790.

Elisha M. Pease
Elisha M Pease was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Texas from 1867 until 1869.

Elisha Otis
Elisha Graves Otis was an American engineer. He invented the safety elevator in 1853 at Yonkers, New York, shortly before his death in 1861.

Elisha P. Ferry
Elisha P Ferry was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Washington from 1889 until 1893.

Elissa Landi
Elissa Landi was an actress. She was born in 1904 and died in 1948.

Eliza Garrett
Eliza Garrett is an actress.

Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth Allan is an actress. She was born in 1908.

Elizabeth Allen
Elizabeth Allen is an actress. She was born in 1934.

Elizabeth Ashley
Elizabeth Ashley is an actress. She was born in 1939.

Elizabeth Berridge
Elizabeth Berridge is an actress.

Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to obtain an MD degree. She was born in 1821 in England. She graduated from the College of Geneva in New York in 1849.

Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen is an actress.

Elizabeth Daily
Elizabeth Daily is an actress.

Elizabeth Edmonds
Elizabeth Edmonds is an actress.

Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist. She was born in 1810 and died in 1865.

Elizabeth Hartman
Elizabeth Hartman is an actress. She was born in 1941.

Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I was queen of England. Born 1533, and died 1603 she was queen from 1558 to 1603.

Elizabeth James
Elizabeth James is an actress.

Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth McGovern is an actress. She was born in 1961.

Elizabeth Montgomery
Elizabeth Montgomery is an actress. She was born in 1933.

Elizabeth Mueller
Elizabeth Mueller is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson was an actress. She was born in 1876 and died in 1966.

Elizabeth Petterson
Elizabeth Petterson is an actress.

Elizabeth Risdon
Elizabeth Risdon was an actress. She was born in 1887 and died in 1958.

Elizabeth Rush
Elizabeth Rush is an actress.

Elizabeth Sellars
Elizabeth Sellars is an actress. She was born in 1923.

Elizabeth Shepherd
Elizabeth Shepherd was an actress.

Elizabeth Shue
Elizabeth Shue is an actress.

Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor is an actor. He was born in 1932.

Elizabeth Turner
Elizabeth Turner is an actress.

Elizabeth Ward
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward was an American novelist. She was born in 1844 and died in 1911.

Elizabeth Wetherell
see "Susan Warner"

Elizabeth Wilson
Elizabeth Wilson is an actress.

Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II is the queen of England. She ascended the throne in 1952.

Elke Sommer
Elke Sommer is an actress. She was born in 1940.

Ella
Ella was king of Deira in 560 and afterwards sole king of Northumbria.
Ella was the founder of the kingdom of Sussex. He led the Saxon invasion of Sussex from 477 to 491, repelling the Britons, and capturing the Roman city of Anderida.

Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald is an actress. She was born in 1918.

Ella Raines
Ella Raines is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Ellaline Teriss
Ellaline Teriss was an actress. She was born in 1871 and died in 1971.

Elle MacPherson
Elle MacPherson is an actress. She was born in 1966.

Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin is an actress. She was born in 1954.

Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn is an actress. She was born in 1932.

Ellen Corby
Ellen Corby is an actress. She was born in 1913.

Ellen Drew
Ellen Drew is an actress. She was born in 1915.

Ellen Garrison
Ellen Garrison is an actress.

Ellen Geer
Ellen Geer is an actress.

Ellen Hamilton Latzen
Ellen Hamilton Latzen is an actress.

Ellen Pollock
Ellen Pollock is an actress. She was born in 1903.

Ellen Terry
Ellen Terry was an actress. She was born in 1848 and died in 1928.

Ellen Verdugo
Ellen Verdugo is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Elliot Dexter
Elliot Dexter is an actor.

Elliott Gould
Elliott Gould is an actor. He was born in 1938.

Elliott Nugent
Elliott Nugent was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1980.

Elliott Reid
Elliott Reid is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Elliott W. Major
Elliott W Major was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Missouri from 1913 until 1917.

Ellis Arnall
Ellis Arnall was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1943 until 1947.

Elmer A. Benson
Elmer A Benson was an American politician. He was a Farmer-Labor governor of Minnesota from 1937 until 1939.

Elmer L. Andersen
Elmer L Andersen was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Minnesota from 1961 until 1963.

Elmo Lincoln
Elmo Lincoln was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1952.

Elmo Smith
Elmo Smith was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Oregon from 1956 until 1957.

Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Lanchester was an actress. She was born in 1902 and died in 1986.

Elsa Martinelli
Elsa Martinelli is an actress. She was born in 1933.

Elsa Maxwell
Elsa Maxwell was an actress. She was born in 1883 and died in 1963.

Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Ferguson was an actress. She was born in 1883 and died in 1961.

Elsie Randolph
Elsie Randolph was an actress. She was born in 1904 and died in 1982.

Elton John
Elton John is the stage name of Reginald Kenneth Dwight, an English pop singer, pianist, and composer. His best-known album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, published in 1973, includes the hit 'Bennie and the Jets'. Among his many other highly successful songs are 'Rocket Man', 'Crocodile Rock', and 'Daniel' all produced in 1972, 'Candle in the Wind' produced in 1973, 'Pinball Wizard' produced in 1975, 'Blue Eyes' produced in 1982, 'Nikita' produced in 1985, and 'Sacrifice' produced in 1989, the latter from his album Sleeping with the Past. His output is prolific and his hits have continued intermittently into the 1990s.

Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley was an American rock and roll singer and actor. He was born in 1935 and died in 1977.

Elwald
Elwald was king of Northumberland in 778.

Elyssa Davalos
Elyssa Davalos is an actress.

Emanuel L. Philipp
Emanuel L Philipp was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Wisconsin from 1915 until 1921.

Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg was a Swedish religious thinker. He was in 1688 and died in 1772.

Emanuel W. Wilson
Emanuel W Wilson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of West Virginia from 1885 until 1890.

Emanuelle Beart
Emanuelle Beart was an actress. She was born in 1965.

Emeric De Vattel
Emeric De Vattel was a Swiss jurist. He was born in 1714 and died in 1767. He entered the state service of Saxony and was appointed minister of the elector at Bern.

Emerson C. Harrington
Emerson C Harrington was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1916 until 1920.

Emery J. San Souci
Emery J San Souci was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1921 until 1923.

Emigres
The emigres were monarchist fugitives from France who fled at the time of the Revolution in 1798, settling in Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Germany and the USA. Their estates were confiscated though an amnesty was granted in 1800.

Emil Fischer
Emil Fischer was a German chemist. He was born in 1852 and died in 1919. He was an authority on organic chemistry and won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1902.

Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings was an actor. He was born in 1881 and died in 1950.

Emile Coue
Emile Coue was a French psychotherapist. He was born in 1857 and died in 1926. A study of hypnotism led him to the belief that auto-suggestion was able to effect cures in all cases and in 1910 he opened a clinic in Nancy to put his theories to the test.

Emile Gaboriau
Emile Gaboriau was a French writer of detective stories. he was born in 1835 at Saujon and died in 1873. Among his stories are 'Monsieur Lecoq', 'The Slaves of Paris', 'Other People's Money', and 'File No. 113'.

Emile Meyer
Emile Meyer is an actor. He was born in 1903.

Emile Minty
Emile Minty is an actress.

Emile Verhaeren
Emile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet and dramatist. He was born in 1855 and died in 1916.

Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez is an actor.

Emily Lloyd
Emily Lloyd is an actress.

Emily Watson
Emily Watson is an actress. She was born in 1967.

Emlyn Williams
Emlyn Williams was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1987.

Emma Dunn
Emma Dunn was an actress. She was born in 1875 and died in 1966.

Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson is an actress.

Emmanuel Chabrier
Emmanuel Chabrier was a French composer. He was born in 1841 and died in 1894. He composed Le Roi Malgre Lui, Espana.

Emmanuel Fremiet
Emmanuel Fremiet was a French sculptor. He was born in 1824 and died in 1910. His works include the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps at the entrance to the Suez Canal.

Emmanuele Riva
Emmanuele Riva is an actress. She was born in 1932.

Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner is an actress. She was born in 1967.

Emmet D. Boyle
Emmet D Boyle was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Nevada from 1915 until 1923.

Emmett Forest Branch
Emmett Forest Branch was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Indiana from 1924 until 1925.

Emmett Kelly
Emmett Kelly was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1979.

Emmett O'Neal
Emmett O'Neal was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1911 until 1915.

Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell is an actor. He was born in 1894.

Emory Washburn
Emory Washburn was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Massachusetts from 1854 until 1855.

Empedocles
Empedocles was a Greek philosopher. He was born in 495 BC at Sicily and died in 435 BC. He advocated the experimental method in science.

Emperor
Emperor is a title originally borne by the heads of the Roman State and now borrowed by many other monarchs.

Emrys Jones
Emrys Jones was an actor. He was born in 1915 and died in 1972.

Ena Hartman
Ena Hartman is an actress.

Encyclopaedist
The name Encyclopaedist was first given to those people who took part or assisted in the compilation of the French Encyclopedie. The term now applies generally to any person involved with the creation of an encyclopaedia.

Endicott Peabody
Endicott Peabody was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 1963 until 1965.

Engelbert Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer. He was born in 1854 and died in 1921. He composed Hansel and Gretel.

Enid Markey
Enid Markey was an actress. She was born in 1890 and died in 1981.

Enid StampTaylor
Enid StampTaylor was an actress. She was born in 1904 and died in 1946.

Enoch Lincoln
Enoch Lincoln was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maine from 1827 until 1829.

Enoch Louis Lowe
Enoch Louis Lowe was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1851 until 1854.

Enos T. Throop
Enos T Throop was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New York from 1829 until 1832.

Enrici Cialdini
Enrici Cialdini was an Italian general. He was born in 1811 at Modena and died in 1892. As a general of the Sardinian army he went to the Crimea in 1855 and distingished himself at Tchernaya. He defeated the papal army at Castelfidardo in 1860.

Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi was an Italian physicist. He was born in 1901 at Rome and died in 1954. He worked primarily in nuclear energy.

Enver Pasha
Enver Pasha was a Turkish politician. He was born in 1881 and died in 1922 in Bukhara during a campaign against the Soviet. He joined the Young Turk party in the revolution of 1908. As war minister he promoted the alliance between Turkey and Germany during the Great War, fleeing to Russia when Turkey surrendered.

Envoy
An envoy is a diplomatic agent ranking next after an ambassador. The term is also applied to a person sent on a mission.

Enzo Vitale
Enzo Vitale is an actor.

Epaphroditus Ransom
Epaphroditus Ransom was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Michigan from 1848 until 1849.

Ephor
The Ephor were five annually elected magistrates of Sparta. Originally they were judges, but they finally controlled the government, controlling foreign affairs and acting as mediators between the king and the people.

Ephraim F. Morgan
Ephraim F Morgan was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of West Virginia from 1921 until 1925.

Epictetus
Epictetus was a Greek philosopher. He lived around 100BC. In his youth he was taken as a slave to Rome where he became an adherent to Stoicism. Expelled from Rome by Domitian he spent the rest of his life in Epirus.

Epicurus
Epicurus was a Greek philosopher. He was born in 341 BC on the island of Samos and died in 270 BC. He opposed the teachings of Plato as mystical, stating that knowledge of the world could only come from the study of the behaviour of matter.

Equerry
An equerry is an officer in the royal household who acts as personal attendant of the King, Queen or other member of the Royal Family, especially when riding in State.

Erastus Fairbanks
Erastus Fairbanks was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Vermont from 1852 until 1853.

Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes was an ancient Greek geographer and mathematician.

Ercenbert
Ercenbert was king of the Heptarchy in 640.

Erdulf
Erdulf was king of Northumberland in 794 and again in 808.

Eric Blore
Eric Blore was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1959.

Eric Bransby Williams
Eric Bransby Williams is an actor.

Eric Brook
Eric Brook was an English Association Football player for Barnsley, Manchester City and England, for whom he made 18 appearances in full international matches between 1929 and 1937. He was born in 1908 and died in 1965.

Eric Brown
Eric Brown is an actor.

Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon is an actor.

Eric Campbell
Eric Campbell was an actor. He was born in 1878 and died in 1917.

Eric Chitty
Eric Chitty is an actor.

Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton is an actor.

Eric Fryer
Eric Fryer is an actor.

Eric Harefoot
Eric Harefoot was king of Denmark in 1135.

Eric I
Eric I was king of Denmark in 850.

Eric Idle
Eric Idle is an English actor. He is best known for his work in Monty Python.

Eric II
Eric II was king of denmark in 854.

Eric IV
Eric IV was king of Denmark in 1241.

Eric Linden
Eric Linden is an actor. He was born in 1909.

Eric Pearce
Eric Pearce is an actor.

Eric Pohlmann
Eric Pohlmann was an actor. He was born in 1903 and died in 1979.

Eric Porter
Eric Porter is an actor.

Eric Portman
Eric Portman was an actor. He was born in 1903 and died in 1969.

Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts is an actor. He was born in 1956.

Eric Stoltz
Eric Stoltz is an actor. He was born in 1962.

Eric Sykes
Eric Sykes is an actor. He was born in 1923.

Eric the Good
Eric the Good was king of Denmark in 1095.

Eric the Lamb
Eric the Lamb was king of Denmark in 1137.

Eric Thompson
Eric Thompson was an actor. He was born in 1929 and died in 1982.

Eric V
Eric V was king of Denmark in 1259.

Eric VI
Eric VI was king of Denmark in 1286.

Eric VII
Eric VII (Eric XIII of Sweden) was king of Denmark and Sweden in 1397, reigning jointly with Margaret until 1412, and then on his own until 1438 when he was obliged to resign both crowns.

Erica Gavin
Erica Gavin is an actress.

Erich von Falkenhayn
Erich von Falkenhayn was a Prussian general. He was born in 1861 and died in 1922. After serving in China, he became general and Prussian War Minister. He hastened Germany's declaration of war in 1914 and superseded von Moltke as Chief of Staff. He precipitated the first battle of Ypres, and planned the offensives on Russia and Serbia in 1915.

Erich VonStroheim
Erich VonStroheim was an actor. He was born in 1885 and died in 1957.

Erik Barker
Erik Barker is an actor. He was born in 1912.

Erik Larsen
Erik Larsen is an actor.

Erik Rhodes
Erik Rhodes is an actor. He was born in 1906.

Erik Stern
Erik Stern is an actor.

Erin Gray
Erin Gray is an actress.

Erin Moran
Erin Moran is an actress.

Erinna
Erinna was a Greek poet. She lived around 600 BC.

Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson is an actor.

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari was a German-Italian composer. He was born in 1876 in Venice and died in 1948.

Ermelinda deFelice
Ermelinda deFelice is an actress.

Ernest Augustus
Ernest Augustus was King of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland. He was born in 1771 and died in 1851. He was the fifth son of George III of England, and commanded the Hanoverian army against the French in 1793 - 1795 and again in 1810 - 1814. He became King of Hanover in 1837.

Ernest Bevin
Ernest Bevin was a British trade unionist. He was born in 1881, dying in 1951 . He was Minister of Labour in 1940, and foreign secretary from 1945 to 1951.

Ernest Bloch
Ernest Bloch was a Swiss American composer. He was born in 1880 and died in 1959. He composed Macbeth (opera), Schelomo, Voice in the Wilderness.

Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine is an actor. He was born in 1915.

Ernest Clark
Ernest Clark is an actor. He was born in 1912.

Ernest Cosart
Ernest Cosart is an actor.

Ernest Dowson
Ernest Dowson was an English poet. He was born in 1867 and died in 1900.

Ernest F. Hollings
Ernest F Hollings was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina from 1959 until 1963.

Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist. He was born in 1898 at Oak Park and died in 1961.

Ernest Lister
Ernest Lister was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Washington from 1913 until 1919.

Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford was a British scientist. He was born in 1871 in New Zealand and died in 1937. He won the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1908 for his work with radium.

Ernest Thesiger
Ernest Thesiger was an actor. He was born in 1879 and died in 1961.

Ernest Torrence
Ernest Torrence was an actor. He was born in 1878 and died in 1933.

Ernest Truex
Ernest Truex was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1973.

Ernest Vandiver
Ernest Vandiver was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1959 until 1963.

Ernest W. Gibson
Ernest W Gibson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1947 until 1950.

Ernest W. Marland
Ernest W Marland was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Oklahoma from 1935 until 1939.

Ernest W. McFarland
Ernest W McFarland was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arizona from 1955 until 1959.

Ernest Whitman
Ernest Whitman was an actor.

Ernie Hudson
Ernie Hudson is an actor.

Ernie Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs was an actor. He was born in 1919 and died in 1962.

Ernst Deutsch
Ernst Deutsch was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1969.

Ernst Hoffmann
Ernst Theodor Hoffmann was a German writer and composer. He was born in 1776 and died in 1822.

Erpwald
Erpwald was king of the East Angles in 624.

Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn was an Australian-born American actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1959. His real name was Leslie Thompson and he is renowned for his portrayal of swashbuckling heroes in such films as Captain Blood, Robin Hood, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Sea Hawk and others.

Erskine Sanford
Erskine Sanford was an actor. He was born in 1880 and died in 1950.

Erwin Rommel
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel ('The Desert Fox') was a German field marshal. He was born in 1891 and died in 1944. He served in the Great War and the Second World War where he played an important part in the invasions of central Europe and France. He was commander of the North African offensive from 1941 until he was defeated at the Battle of El Alamein and he was expelled from Africa in March 1943.
He was commander in chief for a short time against the Allies in Europe 1944 but, as a sympathizer with the unsuccessful Stauffenberg plot to assassinate Hitler, was forced to commit suicide in 1944.

Esaias Tegner
Esaias Tegner was a Swedish poet. He was born in 1782 at Kyrkerud and died in 1846. In 1802 he became lecturer in philosophy at Lund University. In 1811 he wrote the fervidly patriotic 'Ode Svea' which marked a turning point in Swedish literature. In 1812 he was ordained.

Escwine
Escwine was king of the West Saxons in 674.

Eskimo
The Eskimo are an aboriginal people living in North America, and chiefly in Greenland. They are short of stature, averaging around 1.6 meters tall, with broad, fat faces, black eyes, brownish yellow skin and coarse black hair. They live by hunting and fishing. Hunting is done with dog drawn sledges, fishing from a canoe. During the summer they live in tents and in winter huts made from turf and snow heated by oil lamps. They tend to live in small groups of twenty to thirty families and practise a shamanistic religion. In 1912 an expedition discovered white Eskimos with red hair and blue eyes and implements which led to the belief that they may be descendants of old Norse vikings who visited North America from 1000 onwards.

Esme Chaplin
Esme Chaplin is an actress.

Esme Percy
Esme Percy was an actress. She was born in 1887 and died in 1957.

Esmond Knight
Esmond Knight was an actor. He was born in 1906 and died in 1987.

Esquimaux
see "Eskimo"

Esquire
Originally an Esquire was a man who served an apprenticeship to knighthood as attendant on a knight, and bore his shield and armour. Today the term is used to describe and ordinary man.

Essad Pasha
Essad Pasha was an Albanian leader. He was born in 1863 and died in 1920. He fought for the Turks against the Serbians in 1912 and was made ruler of an independant Albania in 1914.

Essenes
The Essenes were a Jewish religious body of monastic habits of life arising in the 2nd century BC. They combined strict Hebraism with asceticism and were thus marked off from the rest of the Jews.

Estelle Brody
Estelle Brody was an actress. She was born in 1905 and died in 1995.

Estelle Parsons
Estelle Parsons is an actress. She was born in 1927.

Estelle Taylor
Estelle Taylor was an actress. She was born in 1899 and died in 1958.

Estelle Wildwood
Estelle Wildwood is an actress.

Estelle Winwood
Estelle Winwood was an actress. She was born in 1882 and died in 1984.

Esther Howard
Esther Howard was an actress. She was born in 1893 and died in 1965.

Esther Minciotti
Esther Minciotti was an actress. She was born in 1883 and died in 1962.

Esther Muir
Esther Muir is an actress. She was born in 1895.

Esther Ralston
Esther Ralston is an actress. She was born in 1902.

Esther Williams
Esther Williams is an actress. She was born in 1923.

Ethan Allen Brown
Ethan Allen Brown was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Ohio from 1818 until 1822.

Ethan Wayne
Ethan Wayne is an actor.

Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore was an actress. She was born in 1879 and died in 1959.

Ethel Clayton
Ethel Clayton was an actress. She was born in 1884 and died in 1966.

Ethel Griffies
Ethel Griffies was an actress. She was born in 1878 and died in 1975.

Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1984.

Ethel Smyth
Ethel Mary Smyth was an English composer and suffragette. She was born in 1858, dying in 1944. She wrote the opera the wreckers.

Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters was an actress. She was born in 1896 and died in 1977.

Ethelard
Ethelard was king of the West Saxons in 728.

Ethelbald
Ethelbald was king of Mercia in 716. He was slain by his successor Beornred.

Ethelbert
Ethelbert was king of the East Angles in 790. He was treacherously put to death in Mercia in 792, when Offa, king of Mercia, overran the country, which was finally subdued by Egbert.

Ethelbert II
Ethelbert II was a son of Wihtred and king of the Heptarchy in 748.

Etheldreda
Etheldreda was the queen of Egfrid, king of Northumberland. She built a church on Ely island, Cambridgeshire in 673 and founded a religious house which she filled with virgins and became the first abbess herself.

Ethelfrith
Ethelfrith (the Fierce) was king of Bernicia in 593.

Ethelred
Ethelred was a son of Edgar and succeeded Edward the martyr as King of England from 978 to 1016.
Ethelred, son of Mollo, was king of Northumberland in 774 and again in 790.
Ethelred was king of the East Angles in 749, ruling jointly with Beorna.
Ethelred was king of the East Angles in 761.
Ethelred was king of Mercia in 675.

Ethelric
Ethelric was king of Bernicia in 588.
Ethelric was king of the East Angles in 654.

Ethelwald
Ethelwald was king of the East Angles in 655.

Etienne Cabet
Etienne Cabet was a French communist. He was born in 1788 at Dijon and died in 1856 at St Louis. He went to Paris, became an advocat, and was for some time editor of the Journal de Jurisprudence. As a result of his ideas a colony was founded at Nauvoo, Illinois of mainly Parisian working-men.

Etienne Girardot
Etienne Girardot was an actor. He was born in 1856 and died in 1939.

Etruscans
The Etruscans were a race inhabiting Etruria, in ancient Italy. They were a powerful race, but internal rivalry of their loosely federated cities gave Rome an opportunity of destroying their power, although this took several centuries of spasmodic warfare, finally coming to a conclusion in the 4th century BC.

Ettori Manni
Ettori Manni was an actor. He was born in 1927 and died in 1979.

Euclid
Euclid was a Greek mathematician. His book the Elements of Geometry set down how geometry was to be taught for the next 2000 years. He was born in 365 BC and died in 275 BC.

Eugene Lipinski
Eugene Lipinski is an actor.

Eugene N. Foss
Eugene N Foss was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 1911 until 1914.

Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American dramatist. He was born in 1888 at New York and died in 1954. He had varied experiences as a gold prospector, banker, seaman, actor and other professions before learning drama at Pierce Baker's drama school at Harvard in 1914. His first full length play was 'Beyond the Horizon' which was an immediate success.

Eugene Pallette
Eugene Pallette was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1954.

Eugene Roche
Eugene Roche is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1933 until 1937.

Eugenie
Eugenie was wife of Napoleon III. She was born in 1826 and died in 1920. She was the daughter of the Spanish Count of Montijo and married Louis Napoleon in 1853. After Sedan she fled to England with her husband and settled at Chislehurst, and later at Farnborough where she had built a mausoleum in which she, her husband and her son were buried.

Eugenie Besserer
Eugenie Besserer was an actress. She was born in 1870 and died in 1934.

Eumenes II
Eumenes II was King of Pergamum. He was born in 197 BC and died in 159 BC. He assisted the Romans against Antiochus of Syria at Magnesia, and against Perseus of Macedonia. He made Pergamum a centre of great wealth and culture.

Euripides
Euripides was a Greek dramatist. He was born in 480 BC at Phyla on the island of Salamis and died in 406 BC.

Eurith D. Rivers
Eurith D Rivers was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1937 until 1941.

Eutropius
Eutropius was a Roman historian. He lived around the 4th century and was also secretary to the emperor Julian.

Eva Dahlbeck
Eva Dahlbeck is an actress. She was born in 1920.

Eva Gabor
Eva Gabor is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Eva Henning
Eva Henning is an actress. She was born in 1920.

Eva leGallienne
Eva leGallienne was an actress. She died in 1991.

Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint is an actress. She was born in 1924.

Eva Moore
Eva Moore was an actress. She was born in 1870 and died in 1955.

Eva Novak
Eva Novak is an actress. She was born in 1899.

Eva Renzi
Eva Renzi is an actress. She was born in 1944.

Evan Mecham
Evan Mecham was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Arizona from 1987 until 1988.

Evangelista Torricelli
Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist. He was born in 1608 and died in 1647. He discovered atmospheric pressure.

Evaristo Marquez
Evaristo Marquez is an actor.

Eve Arden
Eve Arden was an actress. She was born in 1912 and died in 1990.

Eve Bartok
Eve Bartok is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Eve Brent
Eve Brent is an actress. She was born in 1930.

Eve Francis
Eve Francis is an actress.

Eve Miller
Eve Miller is an actress.

Evel Knievel
Evel Knievel is an actor.

Evelyn Ankers
Evelyn Ankers is an actress. She was born in 1918.

Evelyn Baring
Evelyn Baring was a British statesman and the 1st Earl of Cromer. He was born in 1841 and died in 1917. He was secretary to the Viceroy of India from 1872 until 1876 and commissioner of the Egyptian Public debt from 1877 until 1879.

Evelyn Brent
Evelyn Brent was an actress. She was born in 1899 and died in 1975.

Evelyn Keyes
Evelyn Keyes is an actress. She was born in 1919.

Evelyn Knapp
Evelyn Knapp was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1981.

Evelyn Varden
Evelyn Varden was an actress. She was born in 1895 and died in 1958.

Evelyn Venable
Evelyn Venable is an actress. She was born in 1913.

Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Arthur Saint-John Waugh was a British author. He was born in 1903 and died in 1965.

Everett McGill
Everett McGill is an actor.

Everett Sloane
Everett Sloane was an actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1965.

Everley Gregg
Everley Gregg was an actress. She was born in 1898 and died in 1959.

Evzone
An evzone is a member of a select Greek infantry regiment.

Ewen Solon
Ewen Solon is an actor. He was born in 1923.

Ezekiel
Ezekiel was a Hebrew prophet who began to prophesy during the babylonian captivity. His sayings were recorded in the book of Ezekiel.

Ezekiel A. Straw
Ezekiel A Straw was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1872 until 1874.

Ezequiel C. de Baca
Ezequiel C de Baca was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Mexico during 1917.

Ezio Pinza
Ezio Pinza was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1957.

Ezra
Ezra was a Hebrew scribe. He was exiled in Babylon, and led a party of fellow exiles back to Palestine around 488 BC.

Ezra Butler
Ezra Butler was an American politician. He was a National-Republican governor of Vermont from 1826 until 1828.

Ezra P. Savage
Ezra P Savage was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nebrasaka from 1901 until 1903.

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