All articles starting with D
24,034 articles
Dayana Yastremska
Dayana Yastremska, Ukrainian tennis player born 2000 in Odessa; three WTA titles, career-high No. 21, 2024 Australian Open semifinalist as qualifier, first Ukrainian AO semifinalist.
Dayanand Shetty
Dayanand Shetty (born 1969, Katapadi, India) is an Indian actor famous as Senior Inspector Daya on CID (1998-2018, over 1,500 episodes); also films Johnny Gaddaar, Singham Returns, Singham Again.
Dayananda Sagar University
Dayananda Sagar University (DSU), a private unitary university in Bengaluru, Karnataka, established under Karnataka Act 20 of 2013 and notified 16 May 2014, run by the Mahatma Gandhi Vidya Peetha Trust with eight schools and campuses at Harohalli and Kudlu Gate.
Dayananda Saraswati (दयानन्द सरस्वती)
Dayananda Saraswati (दयानन्द सरस्वती) names two figures: the 1824–1883 Arya Samaj founder and Satyarth Prakash author from Gujarat, and the 1930–2015 Advaita Vedanta teacher and Arsha Vidya Gurukulam founder from Tamil Nadu.
Dayanara Torres
Dayanara Torres (Dayanara Yari Torres Delgado), Puerto Rican model and Miss Universe 1993 from Toa Alta; actress in the Philippines 1994–2000, Marc Anthony's ex-wife, stage 3 melanoma survivor, later TV host.
Dayanhe—My Wet Nurse
"Dayanhe—My Wet Nurse" is a free-verse poem by the Chinese poet Ai Qing, written in prison in Shanghai in January 1933 as a memorial to his peasant wet nurse.
Dayanidhi Maran
Dayanidhi Maran (born 1966), DMK politician, MP for Chennai Central and Union Minister of Communications and IT 2004-2007; son of Murasoli Maran, nephew of M. Karunanidhi, brother of Sun TV founder Kalanithi Maran.
Dayanita Singh
Dayanita Singh (born 1961, New Delhi) is an Indian artist whose practice centers on photography, book-making, and mobile museums of stackable wooden structures, winning the 2022 Hasselblad Award.
Dayann Methalie
Dayann Methalie (born 2006, Toulouse) is a French left-back, 1.88 m, Toulouse academy product who debuted in Ligue 1 in 2025 and joined Sunderland in August 2026 for a club-record fee.
Dayaram
Dayaram (દયારામ), also known as Kavi Dayarambhai, was a Gujarati devotional poet of the Pushtimarg tradition, the last great medieval Gujarati poet, best known for his garbi lyrics.
Dayavan (दयावान)
Dayavan (दयावान) is a 1988 Hindi action crime drama directed and produced by Feroz Khan, a remake of Tamil film Nayakan, starring Vinod Khanna as a benevolent gangster, with Madhuri Dixit, released 21 October 1988.
Daybreak (2019 TV series)
Daybreak (2019 TV series), Netflix post-apocalyptic comedy-drama based on Brian Ralph's graphic novel; created by Aron Eli Coleite and Brad Peyton; 10 episodes, TV-MA, canceled December 2019 after one season.
Daybreak Game Company
Daybreak Game Company, formerly Sony Online Entertainment (sold by Sony February 2, 2015), is a San Diego MMO studio owned by Enad Global 7 since 2020, operating EverQuest, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide 2, LOTRO, DDO, and Palia.
Daybreakers
Daybreakers is a 2009 science-fiction horror film directed by the Spierig brothers, starring Ethan Hawke in a world where vampires are running out of human blood.
Daydream (Mariah Carey album)
Daydream, Mariah Carey's fifth studio album (Columbia, October 3, 1995), debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200; its singles Fantasy, One Sweet Day (16 weeks at #1), and Always Be My Baby all topped the Hot 100, and it has sold over 27 million copies.
Daydream Believer
Daydream Believer: 1967 pop song by the Monkees, written by ex-Kingston Trio member John Stewart, produced by Chip Douglas. Final US number one (December 2, 1967, 4 weeks), UK peak number 5, later a hit for Anne Murray.
Daydream Nation
Daydream Nation: 1988 double album by Sonic Youth on Enigma/Blast First, recorded at Greene St. Recording, SoHo, with Nick Sansano; No. 2 in the 1988 Pazz & Jop poll, a National Recording Registry inductee, and the band's last indie-label album before Geffen.
Daye calendar
The Daye calendar (大业历) was the official calendar of China's Sui dynasty, compiled by the astronomer Zhang Zhouxuan and noted for accurate eclipse and planetary predictions.
Daye Mubiezi
大叶木鳖子 (Momordica macrophylla Gage) is a large-leaved Cucurbitaceae climber from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, with medicinal seeds and tuberous roots; now a synonym of gac fruit, Momordica cochinchinensis.
Daye Special Steel
Daye Special Steel, known as Daye Te Gang, is a Chinese special-steel manufacturer in Huangshi, Hubei, making over 1,800 grades as a CITIC Pacific subsidiary.
Daye, Hubei
Daye (大冶市) is a county-level city under Huangshi, Hubei, founded as a county in 967 and named for smelting; a major Chinese copper and iron mining center, later a resource-exhausted city undergoing transformation.
Dayfa Khatun
Dayfa Khatun (ضيفة خاتون) was an Ayyubid princess, daughter of al-'Adil, who ruled Aleppo as regent for her grandson al-Nasir Yusuf II from 1236 until her death in 1242.
Dayforce
Dayforce, formerly Ceridian, is a human capital management software company combining payroll, HR, workforce management, and talent on one database; it was acquired by Thoma Bravo for about $12.3 billion in 2026.
Dayi Daoxin (大毉道信)
Dayi Daoxin (大毉道信) was a Chinese Chan (Zen) master, 580 to 651, the fourth patriarch after Bodhidharma, who founded the first settled Chan monastic community at Huangmei.
Daying Dead Sea
Daying Dead Sea (中国死海, China Dead Sea) is a salt-lake water resort in Daying County, Suining, Sichuan, opened in 2003 on 150-million-year-old underground brine over 22% saline, distinct from Yuncheng Salt Lake.
Daylamite military mutinies in Baghdad
The Daylamite military mutinies in Baghdad (تمرد الديلم) were revolts by Daylamite Buyid troops against emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, culminating in Ruzbahan's rebellion, crushed at Qantarat Arbaq in 956–957.
Daylamites
The Daylamites (دیلمیان) were a warlike mountain people of the southern Caspian highlands in northern Iran who served as infantry across the Islamic Near East.
Dayle Haddon
Dayle Haddon (1948–2024), Canadian model and actress, 1973 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model, L'Oréal anti-aging spokeswoman, founder of WomenOne; died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania.
Daylen Lile
Daylen Lile (born 2002, Louisville, KY) is a Washington Nationals outfielder, 2021 second-round pick, 2025 MLB debut, led NL rookies in triples (11), average (.299), and OPS (.845).
Daylight (1996 film)
Daylight (1996) is a Universal disaster film directed by Rob Cohen, written by Leslie Bohem, starring Sylvester Stallone as ex-EMS chief Kit Latura rescuing survivors trapped in a collapsed Hudson River tunnel after a toxic-waste explosion; released December 6, 1996, shot at Cinecittà with ILM effects.