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Dale R. Corson
Dale R. Corson was an American physicist and academic administrator who co-discovered the element astatine in 1940 and served as the eighth president of Cornell University from 1969 to 1977.
Dale Robertson
Dale Robertson (born Dayle Lymoine Robertson) was an American actor known for playing special agent Jim Hardie in the NBC Western Tales of Wells Fargo from 1957 to 1962.
Dale S. Fischer
Dale S. Fischer is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Central District of California, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003.
Dale Sanders
Dale Sanders is a British plant biologist whose work on ion transport and plant nutrition underpins zinc biofortification of cereals; he led the John Innes Centre from 2010.
Dale Scheanette
Dale Devon Scheanette, the "bathtub killer," a Louisiana-born Texas death row inmate executed February 10, 2009, for the 1996 rape-strangulation of Wendie Prescott in Arlington; DNA and fingerprint evidence also linked him to Christine Vu's murder and five sexual assaults.
Dale Steyn
Dale Steyn, South African right-arm fast bowler (2004-2021), nicknamed the Steyn Gun; 439 Test wickets at 22.95, best strike rate (42.3) among 200-plus-wicket bowlers, 263 weeks as ICC's top-ranked Test bowler, retired from all cricket August 2021.
Dale Strong
Dale W. Strong (born 1970) is an American Republican politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 5th congressional district since January 2023, after 26 years in Madison County government.
Dale T. Mortensen
Dale T. Mortensen was an American labor economist at Northwestern University who shared the 2010 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for analyzing markets with search frictions.
Dale T. Umetsu
Dale T. Umetsu is an American physician-scientist and immunologist known for identifying the TIM gene family and NKT cells in asthma, and for professorships at Harvard and Stanford.
Dale Vince
Dale Vince, born in Great Yarmouth in 1961, is a British green energy entrepreneur who founded Ecotricity, the world's first green electricity supplier, and chairs Forest Green Rovers.
Dale W. Jorgenson
Dale W. Jorgenson (1933–2022) was an American economist at Harvard University known for the neoclassical theory of investment and growth accounting, and winner of the 1971 John Bates Clark Medal.
Dale Whibley
Dale Whibley (Dale Austin Whibley, born 1997, Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian actor known for Caleb Davis on Nickelodeon's Make It Pop, Zach Sandford in Netflix's There's Someone Inside Your House (2021), Big Shot, The Way Home, and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Dale Winton
Dale Winton (Dale Jonathan Winton, 1955–2018) was an English TV presenter and radio DJ, host of ITV's Supermarket Sweep (1993–2001, revived 2007) and the BBC's In It to Win It (2002–16), and Radio 2's Pick of the Pops; distinct from Nicholas Winton, the Kindertransport rescuer.
Dalea
Dalea L., the prairie clovers, is a New World legume genus (Fabaceae, Amorpheae) of about 175–193 xerophytic herb and shrub species, most diverse in Mexico, used for forage, restoration, medicine, and nitrogen fixation.
Daleel Oil Field
The Daleel oil field is an onshore oil field in the Wadi Aswad concession area of Block 5 in northwestern Oman, on stream since 1990.
Dalek
Dalek: the armoured mutant villains of Doctor Who, created by Terry Nation with designer Raymond Cusick, first appearing December 1963; Kaled mutants built by Davros on Skaro, famous for "Exterminate!" and Dalekmania, distinct from the arXiv agent machine of the same name.
Dalen Cambre
Dalen Cambre, wide receiver and special-teams player for the NFL's New York Giants (No. 83), born 2001; former Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns holder and coverage ace, signed as a 2025 undrafted free agent.
Daler Mehndi
Daler Mehndi (ਦਲੇਰ ਮਹਿੰਦੀ), born Daler Singh in 1967 in Patna, is an Indian bhangra-pop singer whose 1995 debut Bolo Ta Ra Ra sold over 20 million copies and whose Tunak Tunak Tun became a global viral hit.
Daley Blind
Daley Blind, born Amsterdam 1990, Dutch defender (CB/LB/DM); seven Eredivisie titles with Ajax, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Girona; 108 Netherlands caps; back at Ajax July 2026.
Daley Pearson
Daley Pearson is an Australian writer, director, and producer and co-founder of Ludo Studio. He is known for executive producing Bluey and creating the concept for Talk to Me.
Daley Thompson
Daley Thompson (Francis Morgan Ayodele Thompson, born 1958), British decathlete; Olympic gold 1980 and 1984, world champion 1983, four world records, 8,847 UK record, undefeated 1980-1986.
Dalfampridine
Dalfampridine (fampridine, 4-aminopyridine; brands Ampyra, Fampyra) is an extended-release potassium channel blocker improving walking in MS (EDSS 4-7); 10 mg twice daily, about one third of patients respond with ~25% speed gain; seizure and renal-impairment contraindications.
Dalfopristin
Dalfopristin, a semi-synthetic streptogramin A antibiotic derived from pristinamycin IIA, forms the 70:30 intravenous combination Synercid with quinupristin; FDA-approved in 1999 for vancomycin-resistant E. faecium and later discontinued in the US.
Dalgang Folk Village
Dalgang Folk Village (달강민속촌) is a theme park and tourist attraction in Yeonam-dong, Buk-gu, Ulsan, South Korea, at 88-1 Hwabong-ro, coordinates 35.58787 N, 129.36881 E; the name is also used by a Ulsan pub.
Dalgliesh (TV series)
Dalgliesh is a British detective drama (2021–) starring Bertie Carvel as P.D. James's poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh, produced by New Pictures for Acorn TV and Channel 5, adapting the novels in two-part cases set from 1975 onward, with a fourth season due in 2027.
Dalgona coffee (달고나 커피)
Dalgona coffee (달고나 커피), also called whipped coffee or café dalgona, is a frothy drink of instant coffee, sugar, and hot water whipped and spooned over milk; named after Korean dalgona candy in January 2020, it became the world's most searched coffee during the pandemic.
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, founded 1818 by George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie) is a U15 Canadian research university with 13 faculties, about 21,000 students, $270M+ research funding, and campuses in Halifax, Truro, and Saint John.
Dali
Dali (答里) was a Yuan dynasty prince and military commander, a younger brother of the chancellor Yan Tiemu'er, who was executed after raising troops in open rebellion.
Dali Ancient City
Dali Ancient City (大理古城, Zicheng) is the walled historic old town of Dali in Yunnan Province, China, which served as capital of the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms.
Dali Atomicus
Dali Atomicus is a 1948 photograph by Philippe Halsman showing Salvador Dalí leaping mid-air among three flying cats, a chair, and thrown water, inspired by his painting Leda Atomica.