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Darshan (ದರ್ಶನ್ ತೂಗುದೀಪ) (Kannada actor)
Darshan Thoogudeepa (ದರ್ಶನ್ ತೂಗುದೀಪ), born 1977, is a Kannada film actor, producer, and distributor, son of villain actor Thoogudeepa Srinivas, known as the Challenging Star, D-BOSS, and leader of fan group D Company; jailed since 2024 as an accused in the Renukaswamy murder case.
Darshan Jariwala (દર્શન જરીવાલા)
Darshan Jariwala (દર્શન જરીવાલા), born 1958, is an Indian actor in Hindi films, television, and Gujarati theatre, known for Gandhi in Gandhi, My Father (2007), which won him the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Darshan Raval
Darshan Raval (दर्शन रावल) is an Indian singer and songwriter born in Ahmedabad in 1994 who rose from India's Raw Star to Bollywood and independent pop hits.
Darshan Singh
Darshan Singh (Darshan Singh Kular, born 15 April 1938, Sansarpur, Punjab) is an Indian former field hockey left wing and Punjab Police player who won gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and silver at the 1962 Jakarta Asian Games, then settled in England in 1966.
Darshan Singh Choudhary
Darshan Singh Choudhary, born in 1975, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician and a Member of the Lok Sabha for Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, since 2024, after leading farmers' agitations.
Darshana Patel
Darshana Patel is an American Democratic politician elected to the California State Assembly's 76th district in November 2024, after serving on the Poway school board.
Darshana Singh
Darshana Singh is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has represented Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha since 2022, after leading the BJP Mahila Morcha.
Darsheel Safary
Darsheel Safary (born 1997, Mumbai) is an Indian actor famous as Ishaan in Taare Zameen Par (2007); Filmfare and Zee Cine Critics' Best Actor winner, later in theatre, Tibba, Phule, and Gamerlog.
Dart (programming language)
Dart is an open-source, client-optimized programming language developed by Google, announced in 2011 and best known as the language behind the Flutter toolkit for mobile, desktop, and web apps.
DART simulator
DART (Dynamic Animation and Robotics Toolkit) is an open-source C++ physics simulator for articulated bodies in robotics and animation, developed at Georgia Tech and powering Gazebo.
dArtagnan
dArtagnan is a German folk rock band from Nuremberg, formed in 2015, whose "Musketier-Rock" with bagpipes and mandolin has produced three German top 5 albums and a Wacken appearance.
Dartford
Dartford is a town and borough in north Kent on the River Darent near the Thames, a Roman Watling Street ford, industrial papermaking and brewing center, and between 1877 and 1903 the site of an unmatched hospital concentration of nearly 10,000 beds.
Dartford Crossing
The Dartford Crossing is a road crossing of the River Thames between Kent and Essex, made up of two tunnels and the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.
Darth Bane
Darth Bane, Star Wars Sith Lord and creator of the Rule of Two, born Dessel the cortosis miner; subject of Drew Karpyshyn's Legends trilogy and a Clone Wars Force vision voiced by Mark Hamill.
Darth Maul
Darth Maul, the Zabrak Sith apprentice from Dathomir in Star Wars, introduced in The Phantom Menace (1999), cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi, later revived in The Clone Wars, Crimson Dawn leader in Solo, and lead of the 2026 series Maul – Shadow Lord.
Darth Plagueis
Darth Plagueis, also known as Hego Damask II, is a fictional Dark Lord of the Sith in Star Wars, master of Darth Sidious, who could create life and cheat death.
Darth Vader
Darth Vader, once Anakin Skywalker, is the cybernetically enhanced Sith Lord and Imperial enforcer of the Star Wars saga, scarred by defeat on Mustafar, revealed as Luke Skywalker's father in The Empire Strikes Back, and redeemed at the end of Return of the Jedi.
Darth Vader in Ukrainian politics
Darth Vader in Ukrainian politics: a legally renamed candidate (formerly Viktor Shevchenko) of the Internet Party of Ukraine who ran for president, parliament, and Odessa mayor in 2014–2015, was barred from voting for refusing to unmask, and inspired a Darth Vader Bloc of 44 same-named council candidates.
Dartington Hall
Dartington Hall, a Grade I listed medieval great house near Totnes, Devon, built 1388-1399 for John Holland, half brother of Richard II, and restored from 1925 by the Elmhirsts for the Dartington Experiment.
Dartmoor
Dartmoor, Devon upland and national park designated 30 October 1951; 954 km2 granite moor with High Willhays (621 m), 8,500 ha blanket bog, and a Supreme Court-confirmed public right to wild camp under the 1985 Act.
Dartmoor pony
Dartmoor pony, native British pony breed of Dartmoor, Devon, also called Dartmoor Hill Pony in semi-wild form. Max 127 cm (12.2 hh), 250-350 kg; RBST 'At Risk' rare breed; about 900-1,500 graze the moor, protected by 2026 government measures.
Dartmoor Zoological Park
Dartmoor Zoological Park (Dartmoor Zoo), Sparkwell, Devon: a 33-acre charitable zoo run by Dartmoor Zoological Society (charity 1158422), bought by Benjamin Mee in 2006, subject of We Bought a Zoo, BIAZA-accredited since 2026.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College, founded by royal charter in 1769 in Hanover, New Hampshire, is an Ivy League university with about 4,715 undergraduates, a 6% acceptance rate, quarter-system D-Plan calendar, and Geisel, Thayer, and Tuck professional schools.
Dartmouth College fraternities and sororities
Dartmouth College fraternities and sororities are Greek organizations at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. In Winter 2026, 70.98% of eligible students belonged to a GLASS organization.
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 518 (1819): Supreme Court case holding Dartmouth's 1769 royal charter a contract under the Contract Clause, shielding private corporate charters from state legislative alteration.
Dartmouth workshop
The Dartmouth workshop, formally the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, was a 1956 summer gathering at Dartmouth College regarded as the founding event of AI.
Dartmouth, Devon
Dartmouth, Devon: a deep water port town at the mouth of the River Dart, a medieval wine-trade and military harbour, site of the 1243 tide-mill dam, a 1646 Civil War surrender, and a protected conservation area in the South Devon AONB.
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (Punamu'kwati'jk), the City of Lakes on Halifax Harbour's east shore: founded 1750 by Alderney settlers, town 1873, amalgamated into HRM 1996, about 72,000 people, 1752 saltwater ferry, Shubenacadie Canal heritage.
Darts
Darts: precision sport of throwing darts at a 20-segment board, 501 double-out format, oche 2.37 m. Two governing bodies, PDC (professional circuit) and WDF; PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace, £5m prize fund.
Darts in media and popular culture
Darts in media and popular culture covers how darts grew from English working-class pubs into televised entertainment, from the 1970s TV boom to Luke Littler's streaming era.