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Dunc Munro
Dunc Munro (Duncan Brown Munro, 1901-1958), Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey defenseman; captained Canada to 1924 Olympic gold with 16 goals, won the 1926 Stanley Cup as Montreal Maroons captain, later coached the Maroons.
Duncan A. MacInnes
Duncan A. MacInnes (1885–1965) was an American electrochemist at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, known for the glass electrode for pH measurement, the moving-boundary method for transference numbers, and experimental confirmation of the Debye-Hückel theory.
Duncan Armstrong
Duncan Armstrong, born 1968 in Rockhampton, Queensland, is an Australian swimmer who won gold in the 200 meter freestyle at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in world record time.
Duncan Bannatyne
Duncan Bannatyne, full name Duncan Walker Bannatyne, is a Scottish entrepreneur born in 1949 in Clydebank who built the Bannatyne Group of health clubs and was a Dragons' Den investor.
Duncan D. Hunter
Duncan D. Hunter (Duncan Duane Hunter, born 1976), California Republican congressman for the 50th/52nd district 2009-2020, son of Duncan Lee Hunter; pleaded guilty in 2019 to misusing over $150,000 in campaign funds, resigned, was sentenced to 11 months, and was pardoned by Trump in December 2020.
Duncan Dhu
Duncan Dhu is a Spanish pop-rock group from San Sebastián, formed in 1984 by Mikel Erentxun and Diego Vasallo, known for the hits 'En algún lugar' and 'Cien gaviotas'.
Duncan Edwards
Duncan Edwards (1936–1958), English footballer, Manchester United left half and Busby Babe; 18 England caps, 5 goals, two First Division titles; died 15 days after the 1958 Munich air disaster.
Duncan Ferguson
Duncan Ferguson, nicknamed "Big Dunc", is a Scottish former center forward for Everton, Rangers, and Newcastle United who won the 1995 FA Cup with Everton.
Duncan Fox
Duncan Fox S.A. is a Chilean investment holding company based in Santiago, controlled by the Lecaros Menéndez family, holding stakes in frozen food (Alifrut), hotels, and Argentine real estate.
Duncan Free
Duncan Free (Duncan Seth Free), Australian Olympic rower born 1973 in Hobart; gold in the coxless pair with Drew Ginn at Beijing 2008, bronze quad sculls Atlanta 1996, world champion 2006 and 2007.
Duncan Goodhew
Duncan Goodhew (born 1957, Marylebone, London) is a British swimmer, MBE, who won 100m breaststroke gold and medley relay bronze at the 1980 Moscow Olympics after overcoming alopecia and dyslexia.
Duncan Grant
Duncan Grant (1885-1978), Scottish painter and decorative artist, central Bloomsbury Group figure, Omega Workshops co-director, and lifelong partner of Vanessa Bell at Charleston, Sussex; known for Post-Impressionist painting and queer erotic drawings.
Duncan Gregg
Duncan Gregg (Duncan Smith Gregg, 1910–1989) was an American rower who won a gold medal in the men's eight at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Duncan I of Scotland
Duncan I (Donnchad mac Crínáin), king of Alba 1034–1040, grandson of Malcolm II, son of Crínán of Dunkeld and Bethóc; defeated at Durham and by Thorfinn of Orkney, killed by Macbeth near Elgin on 14–15 August 1040, buried on Iona, and later Shakespeare's murdered king in Macbeth.
Duncan Idaho
Duncan Idaho, Frank Herbert's Dune saga character: Atreides Ginaz Swordmaster who dies in Dune (1965) and returns across all six novels as Tleilaxu gholas, first as Hayt, later God Emperor's commander; played by Jason Momoa in Villeneuve's films.
Duncan J. Stewart
Duncan J. Stewart is a Canadian cardiologist and regenerative medicine researcher who led the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute as CEO and Scientific Director from 2007 to 2024.
Duncan J. Watts
Duncan J. Watts, also published as Duncan Watts, is a computational social scientist at the University of Pennsylvania known for the Watts–Strogatz model and research on online misinformation.
Duncan James
Duncan James (Duncan Matthew James Inglis, born 1978), English singer and actor, member of boy band Blue (2000-2005, 2011-present), UK Eurovision 2011, Hollyoaks actor Ryan Knight, came out in 2009, album Reflections 2026.
Duncan Jones
Duncan Jones, also known as Zowie Bowie, born 1971, is a British film director, son of David Bowie, director of Moon (2009), Source Code (2011), Warcraft (2016), Mute (2018), and the upcoming Rogue Trooper.
Duncan Keith
Duncan Keith, Canadian NHL defenceman (born 1983, Winnipeg), three-time Stanley Cup champion with Chicago Blackhawks, two-time Norris Trophy winner, 2015 Conn Smythe, two Olympic golds, Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2025.
Duncan Lamont
Duncan Lamont (Duncan William Ferguson Lamont, 1918-1978) was a British character actor born in Lisbon, known for Victor Carroon in The Quatermass Experiment, Sladden in Quatermass and the Pit, and seven Hammer films.
Duncan Laurence
Duncan Laurence (Duncan de Moor, born 1994, Spijkenisse) is a Dutch singer-songwriter who won Eurovision 2019 with "Arcade", the Netherlands' first win since 1975.
Duncan Mackinnon
Duncan Mackinnon (1887–1917), British rower, 1908 London Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxless fours for Magdalen College Boat Club; killed in action at Ypres serving with the Scots Guards. Not the South African 1996 Olympic judoka of the same name.
Duncan Mcnaughton
Duncan McNaughton (1910–1998), Canadian Olympic high jumper, won gold at Los Angeles 1932 at 1.97 m after a four-way jump-off; later a petroleum geologist and RAAF... RCAF veteran.
Duncan Odom
Duncan T. Odom is a genomics researcher known for showing that tissue-specific transcription factor binding evolves rapidly between mammals, and for experimental studies of cancer genome evolution.
Duncan P. Thomas
Duncan P. Thomas is a hematologist and thrombosis researcher known for work on pulmonary embolism, platelet aggregation, and heparin, who taught at Tufts and later worked in England.
Duncan Phyfe
Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854) was a Scottish-born American cabinetmaker whose New York City workshop produced Neoclassical furniture for the early 19th-century elite, with demand peaking from 1805 to 1820.
Duncan Robinson
Duncan McBryde Robinson, born 1994, is an American professional basketball forward for the Detroit Pistons who set the Miami Heat's record with 1,202 three-pointers made.
Duncan Ross Lorimer
Duncan Ross Lorimer is a West Virginia University astronomer best known for co-discovering the first fast radio burst, the Lorimer Burst, and sharing the 2023 Shaw Prize in Astronomy.
Duncan S. Davies
Duncan S. Davies (1921–1987) was a British chemical industry research leader who ran ICI's corporate laboratories and served as the UK Department of Industry's Chief Scientist and Engineer.