All articles starting with D

Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert (Dennis Dexter Haysbert, born 1954, San Mateo, California) is an American actor known for Pedro Cerrano in Major League, President David Palmer on 24, Jonas Blane on The Unit, and the Allstate spokesman.

Dennis Hof

Dennis Hof (1946–2018) was an American brothel owner in Nevada who starred in HBO's Cathouse and won election to the Nevada Assembly posthumously in 2018.

Dennis Holahan

Dennis Holahan (born 1942, Stamford, Connecticut) is an American entertainment lawyer and former actor, known for Jerry the Banker in Scarface (1983), Halloween II (1981), and roles in M*A*S*H; later a Lewis Brisbois partner.

Oct 10, 2026

Dennis Hong

Dennis Hong is a roboticist, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCLA, and founding director of RoMeLa, known for humanoid robots such as DARwIn-OP and ARTEMIS.

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper (1936–2010), American actor, director, and photographer; directed and starred in Easy Rider (1969), a Cannes-winning landmark of New Hollywood, and played Frank Booth in Blue Velvet (1986).

Dennis Hopper filmography

Dennis Hopper filmography: 82 AFI-cataloged titles by the American actor-director (1936-2010), from Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Easy Rider (1969) to Blue Velvet, Speed, and posthumous releases.

Dennis J. Picard

Dennis J. Picard (1932–2019) was an American defense-electronics engineer who served as chairman and CEO of Raytheon, completing Patriot and doubling the company through acquisitions.

Dennis J. Selkoe

Dennis J. Selkoe, also known as Dennis Selkoe, is an American neurologist and Harvard Medical School professor known for research on the molecular basis of Alzheimer's disease.

Dennis J. Slamon

Dennis J. Slamon, also known as Dennis Slamon, is an American oncologist at UCLA whose HER2 research led to Herceptin and CDK4/6 inhibitor breast cancer drugs.

Dennis J. Stuehr

Dennis J. Stuehr is an American biochemist at Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute who established the enzyme chemistry of nitric oxide synthase and macrophage nitric oxide biosynthesis.

Dennis J. Thiele

Dennis J. Thiele is an American molecular biologist who spent 35 years at Duke University studying copper metabolism and the stress factor HSF1, and founded Sisu Pharma.

Dennis Johnson

Dennis Johnson (D.J.), NBA point guard 1976-90 for Seattle, Phoenix, and Boston; three championships, 1979 Finals MVP, nine straight All-Defensive Teams, Celtics retired No. 3, Hall of Fame 2010.

Dennis Joseph (ഡെന്നീസ് ജോസഫ്)

Dennis Joseph (ഡെന്നീസ് ജോസഫ്), 1957–2021, Malayalam screenwriter and director; wrote Nirakkoottu, Rajavinte Makan, New Delhi, Manu Uncle, Kottayam Kunjachan, Akashadoothu; died of cardiac arrest in Kottayam.

Sep 19, 2026

Dennis Kogan

Dennis Kogan is a surgical-technology entrepreneur who co-founded Caresyntax, a surgical data and analytics company, in Germany in 2013, leading it as chief executive until July 2025.

Dennis Kucinich

Dennis Kucinich, Cleveland mayor 1977-1979 and Ohio Democratic congressman 1997-2013, two-time presidential candidate, known for the Muny Light default fight, opposing the Iraq War, and his 2024 independent House run.

Dennis L. Andress

Dennis L. Andress is an American nephrology researcher at the University of Washington known for renal osteodystrophy and vitamin D therapy in chronic kidney disease.

Dennis L. Hartmann

Dennis L. Hartmann is an American atmospheric scientist, Emeritus Professor at the University of Washington, known for research on cloud-radiative feedbacks, climate dynamics, and the stratosphere.

Dennis L. Kasper

Dennis L. Kasper is an American microbiologist and immunologist at Harvard Medical School known for group B Streptococcus vaccine work and discovering that gut bacterial polysaccharides activate T cells.

Dennis L. Murphy

Dennis L. Murphy (1936–2017) was an American neuropsychopharmacologist at the National Institute of Mental Health known for his 1996 Science paper linking a serotonin transporter gene variant to anxiety-related traits.

Dennis L. Stevens

Dennis L. Stevens is an American physician-scientist known for research on group A streptococcus toxins and for defining the modern treatment of necrotizing soft tissue infections.

Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane, born 1965, is an American crime novelist from Dorchester, Boston, author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, and Small Mercies, and a TV writer on The Wire, Black Bird, and Smoke.

Dennis Lettenmaier

Dennis P. Lettenmaier is an American hydrologist, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UCLA, known for the VIC model and elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2010.

Dennis Lillee

Dennis Lillee (Dennis Keith Lillee, born 1949), Australian fast bowler, 1971-1984; world record 355 Test wickets at 23.92, 103 ODI wickets, ICC Hall of Fame 2009, MRF Pace Foundation director.

Dennis Linde

Dennis Linde (1943-2006), Nashville songwriter of Elvis Presley's "Burning Love" and the Dixie Chicks' "Goodbye Earl"; Combine Music staff writer, NSAI and BMI Songwriter of the Year, Hall of Fame 2001.

Oct 10, 2026

Dennis Lindley

Dennis Lindley (1923–2013) was a British statistician, decision theorist, and leading advocate of Bayesian statistics, known for Lindley's paradox, Lindley's equation, and coining Cromwell's rule.

Dennis Locorriere

Dennis Locorriere, full name Dennis Michael Locorriere, was an American singer and songwriter, lead vocalist of Dr. Hook, who sang "Sylvia's Mother".

Dennis M. Bier

Dennis M. Bier is an American pediatric nutrition scientist and physician at Baylor College of Medicine, known for stable isotope tracer methods that transformed the study of metabolism in children.

Dennis M. Black

Dennis M. Black is an American biostatistician and epidemiologist, Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who led defining osteoporosis trials including FIT, PaTH, and HORIZON.

Dennis M. Bushnell

Dennis M. Bushnell was an American aerospace scientist who spent 60 years at NASA's Langley Research Center, the last 28 as Chief Scientist, retiring in 2023.