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Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Dominic Calvert-Lewin, born 1997, English striker for Leeds United and formerly Everton (239 PL games, 57 goals); England debut goal 2020, Euro 2020 squad; 2020/21 peak of 16 league goals under Ancelotti.

Dominic Chianese

Dominic Chianese (born February 24, 1931) is a Bronx-born American actor, singer, and musician known as Johnny Ola in The Godfather Part II and Corrado "Uncle Junior" Soprano on HBO's The Sopranos, with two Emmy nominations.

Dominic Choi

Dominic H. Choi, LAPD career officer since 1995 and assistant chief from 2021, served as the department's 58th chief and first Asian American chief as interim leader from March 1 to November 2024, then continued under Chief Jim McDonnell.

Dominic Cooper

Dominic Cooper (Dominic Edward Cooper) is a British actor trained at Lamda, known for Dakin in The History Boys, Sky in Mamma Mia!, Jesse Custer in Preacher, and Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Dominic Cummings

Dominic Cummings (born 1971), British political strategist; Vote Leave campaign director who won the 2016 Brexit referendum, then Boris Johnson's chief adviser 2019–2020, known for the Durham lockdown trip and Barnard Castle row.

Dominic de Guzmán

Dominic de Guzmán, also known as St Dominic, was a Castilian canon regular who founded the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, and died in 1221.

Dominic DeLuca

Dominic DeLuca, Penn State linebacker (2021-2025) and Baltimore Ravens player, walk-on turned captain; two interceptions including a 23-yard pick-six vs SMU in the 2024 CFP, three blocked punts, No. 0 jersey.

Dominic Fike

Dominic Fike (Dominic David Fike, born 1995) is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor from Naples, Florida, known for "3 Nights," the EP Don't Forget About Me Demos, albums What Could Possibly Go Wrong, Sunburn, and How To Quit Smoking, and his role as Elliot in HBO's Euphoria.

Dominic Fritz

Dominic Fritz is a Romanian politician who leads the Save Romania Union (USR) and was twice elected mayor of Timișoara, in 2020 and 2024, serving until 2026.

Dominic Grieve

Dominic Grieve (born 1956), British barrister and Conservative MP for Beaconsfield 1997-2019, Attorney General 2010-2014 and Intelligence and Security Committee chair 2015-2019; lost the whip over Brexit in 2019 and his seat as an independent.

Dominic Grün

Dominic Grün is a German computational systems biologist, professor at the University of Würzburg since 2021, known for single-cell RNA-seq analysis methods including RaceID, StemID, and VarID2.

Dominic Holland

Dominic Holland (Dominic Anthony Holland), English stand-up comedian and author, Perrier Best Newcomer 1993; Radio 4 series, comic novels, memoir Eclipsed; father of actor Tom Holland.

Dominic Howard

Dominic Howard (born 1977) is the English drummer, percussionist, and co-producer who co-founded the rock band Muse in Teignmouth in 1994; left-handed kit setup, Tama/DW/Ludwig endorsements, two Grammys with the band.

Dominic Iorfa (footballer, born 1995)

Dominic Iorfa (born 1995, Southend) is an English defender, son of Nigeria forward Dominic Iorfa Sr. Wolves academy product, England U21, later 222 games for Sheffield Wednesday, leaving in 2026.

Dominic J. Withers

Dominic J. Withers is a British clinician-scientist, Clinical Chair in Diabetes & Endocrinology at Imperial College London, known for showing that IRS-2 disruption causes type 2 diabetes in mice.

Dominic Keating

Dominic Keating (birth name Dominic Power) is an English actor from Leicester, known as Lt. Malcolm Reed in Star Trek: Enterprise and Tony in Desmond's, with film, voice, and Heroes and Prison Break credits.

Dominic Kwiatkowski

Dominic Kwiatkowski was a British malaria genomics researcher, professor at Oxford and head of the Parasites and Microbes Programme at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, who founded MalariaGEN in 2005.

Dominic Lawson

Dominic Lawson, British journalist, editor of The Spectator 1990-1995 and Sunday Telegraph 1995-2005, son of Nigel Lawson; later Independent, Sunday Times, and Telegraph columnist and English Chess Federation president.

Dominic LeBlanc

Dominic LeBlanc, Liberal MP for Beauséjour since 2000 and son of governor general Roméo LeBlanc, is a Canadian cabinet minister under Trudeau and Carney, now responsible for Canada-U.S. trade.

Dominic Littlewood

Dominic (Dom) Littlewood, born 1965 in Southend-on-Sea, is a British TV presenter and journalist specializing in consumer affairs, known for Don't Get Done, Get Dom, Fake Britain, Cowboy Builders, and Saints and Scroungers on BBC and Channel 5.

Dominic M. Di Toro

Dominic M. Di Toro is an American environmental engineer at the University of Delaware, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for his water-quality models.

Dominic Matteo

Dominic Matteo (born 1974, Dumfries), Scottish defender-midfielder; Liverpool 1993-2000 (155 apps), Leeds United 2000-2004 and captain, Scotland international; recovered from 2019 brain tumour surgery.

Dominic Monaghan

Dominic Monaghan (born 1976, Berlin) is an English actor known as Merry Brandybuck in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Charlie Pace on Lost, later host of Wild Things and the Moriarty podcast.

Dominic Noonan

Dominic Noonan (Domenyk Lattlay-Fottfoy), born 1966, is a Manchester crime figure who with brother Desmond headed the Noonan crime family, controlled nightclub security including the Hacienda, featured in A Very British Gangster, and was jailed in 2018 for child sexual offences.

Dominic Perrottet

Dominic Perrottet (born 1982) is an Australian Liberal politician, 46th Premier of New South Wales from 5 October 2021 to 28 March 2023, formerly Treasurer and Deputy Leader, defeated by Chris Minns in 2023, later a BHP executive and TCorp board member.

Dominic Purcell

Dominic Purcell (born 1970, Wallasey, England) is an English-born Australian actor known for Lincoln Burrows in Prison Break and Mick Rory/Heat Wave in The Flash and DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

Dominic Raab

Dominic Rennie Raab (born 1974), British Conservative politician, MP for Esher and Walton 2010-2024; Foreign Secretary 2019-2021, Deputy PM and Justice Secretary 2021-2023; resigned April 2023 after bullying inquiry; later Appian Capital and RUSI roles.

Dominic Rains (امین ناظم‌زاده)

Dominic Rains (امین ناظم‌زاده), born Amin Nazemzadeh, is an Iranian-American actor known for The Taqwacores, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Kasius in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Dr. Crockett Marcel on Chicago Med.

Dominic Roque

Dominic Roque (Dominic Karl Manalo Roque, born 1990, Cavite City) is a Filipino actor, model, and content creator, known for Aryana and Seklusyon, distinct from actor Dominic Roco; he quit acting in 2018 and runs Black Peak Hypermedia.

Dominic Sandbrook

Dominic Sandbrook (born 1974) is a British historian, author of the bestselling postwar Britain series from Never Had It So Good to Who Dares Wins, and co-host with Tom Holland of The Rest Is History podcast.