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Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappa, also Ian Donald Calvin Zappa (birth name), American guitarist born 1969, eldest son of Frank Zappa; leads Zappa Plays Zappa, has solo records including Confessions, and has PRS and Gibson Roxy SG signature/replica guitars.
Dwelling by the West Lake
Dwelling by the West Lake (草木人间) is Gu Xiaogang's 2024 Chinese drama, second in his landscape-painting series, retelling "Mulian Rescues His Mother" as an anti-pyramid-scheme story starring Leo Wu and Jiang Qinqin; it earned 121 million yuan and festival honors.
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (富春山居图) is a Yuan dynasty ink landscape handscroll by Huang Gongwang, begun in 1347, depicting the Fuchun River in Zhejiang and split by a 1651 fire into two sections.
Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains
Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains (青卞隐居图) is a 1366 ink hanging scroll by the Yuan painter Wang Meng, depicting Bian Mountain and held by the Shanghai Museum.
DWI courts
A DWI court is a specialized problem-solving court for repeat and high-BAC impaired drivers, using treatment and intensive supervision instead of jail and adapted from the drug court model.
Dwight C. Streit
Dwight C. Streit is an American electrical engineer at UCLA known for heterojunction transistors and millimeter-wave circuits, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2001.
Dwight Clark
Dwight Clark (1957-2018), San Francisco 49ers wide receiver 1979-87, made "The Catch" in the 1981 NFC Championship; two-time Super Bowl champion, 1982 All-Pro, later 49ers and Browns GM, died of ALS.
Dwight Clark Carpenter
Dwight Clark Carpenter (1890–1953) was an American chemist and Cornell professor who spent his career studying protein chemistry at the New York Experiment Station in Geneva, New York.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), called Ike, was the 34th US president (1953-1961), Supreme Allied Commander who directed the D-Day Normandy invasion, later NATO's first SACEUR, and architect of the New Look strategy and Interstate Highway System.
Dwight E. Bergles
Dwight E. Bergles is an American neuroscientist and professor at Johns Hopkins who studies how glial cells communicate with neurons, how myelin forms and repairs, and how spontaneous electrical activity shapes the developing auditory system.
Dwight E. Harken
Dwight E. Harken (1910–1993) was an American cardiac surgeon at Harvard Medical School who pioneered surgery inside the beating heart and performed the first aortic valve replacement.
Dwight Eaglin
Dwight T. Eaglin, "Tommy" Eaglin, former professional boxer from Clearwater, Florida, twice sentenced to death for the 2003 murders of officer Darla Lathrem and inmate Charles Fuston during an escape attempt at Charlotte Correctional Institution.
Dwight Evans (baseball)
Dwight Evans, nicknamed Dewey (born 1951), is an American former MLB right fielder who played 20 seasons, 19 with the Boston Red Sox; 385 home runs, eight Gold Gloves, never elected to the Hall of Fame.
Dwight Evans (Pennsylvania politician)
Dwight Evans, born in 1954, is an American Democratic politician serving as U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd district since 2019, after more than three decades in the Pennsylvania House.
Dwight F. Metzler
Dwight F. Metzler was an American sanitary engineer and Kansas health administrator who led New York's Clean Waters Program and joined the National Academy of Engineering in 1973.
Dwight Freeney
Dwight Freeney (born 1980, Hartford, CT) is a Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024 defensive end, drafted 11th overall by the Colts in 2002; 125.5 career sacks, 47 forced fumbles, 16-sack 2004 title, seven Pro Bowls.
Dwight Gayle
Dwight Devon Boyd Gayle (born 1989, London), English retired striker; Championship specialist with 59 goals in 100 games, 23-goal 2016/17 title season for Newcastle, 24 goals on West Brom loan, retired 2025.
Dwight Gooden
Dwight Gooden, known as Doc Gooden, is an American former baseball pitcher who starred for the New York Mets and won the 1985 NL Cy Young Award.
Dwight Howard
Dwight Howard (Dwight David Howard, born 1985, Atlanta) is an American center, 2004 No. 1 pick straight from high school, 3x Defensive Player of the Year, 2020 Lakers champion, and 2025 Naismith Hall of Fame inductee.
Dwight Ingle
Dwight Joyce Ingle (1907–1978) was an American endocrinologist and professor of physiology at the University of Chicago known for the permissive concept of hormone action and adrenal cortex research.
Dwight J. Rouse
Dwight J. Rouse is an American maternal-fetal medicine specialist, professor at Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital, known for the 2008 NEJM magnesium sulfate trial.
Dwight L. Moody
Dwight Lyman Moody was an American evangelist, publisher, and educator whose mass revival campaigns with song leader Ira D. Sankey in Britain and the United States shaped modern evangelical revivalism.
Dwight L. Wilbur
Dwight Locke Wilbur (1903–1997) was an American gastroenterologist in San Francisco and Stanford clinical professor who, as American Medical Association president from 1968 to 1969, helped ease its opposition to Medicare.
Dwight McNeil
Dwight McNeil (born 1999) is an English left-footed winger, ex-Manchester United youth, who broke through at Burnley in 2018/19, played for Everton from 2022, and joined Crystal Palace in a 2026 swap for Brennan Johnson.
Dwight Morrow
Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873–1931), American lawyer, J.P. Morgan partner, and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico 1927–1930, credited with easing the oil, debt, and Cristero church-state crises and befriending President Calles.
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Dwight Muhammad Qawi, born Dwight Braxton (1953-2025), American boxer, the Camden Buzzsaw, two-division world champion: WBC light heavyweight 1981-83 and WBA cruiserweight 1985-86, IBHOF 2004, record 41-11-1.
Dwight Phillips
Dwight Phillips (born 1977, Decatur, Georgia) is a retired American long jumper, 2004 Athens Olympic champion, and four-time World outdoor champion (2003, 2005, 2009, 2011) with a personal best of 8.74 m.
Dwight Powell
Dwight Powell (born 1991, Toronto) is a Canadian NBA forward-center, Stanford product, drafted 45th in 2014, who has played his entire career for the Dallas Mavericks as an undersized screen-and-dive center.
Dwight Schrute
Dwight Schrute is a fictional salesman and Assistant to the Regional Manager on NBC's The Office, played by Rainn Wilson across all nine seasons (2005–2013). Known for his 60-acre beet farm, fabricated German heritage, 'False!' catchphrase, rivalry with Jim Halpert, and Emmy-nominated portrayal.
Dwight Seferos
Dwight Seferos, also known as Dwight S. Seferos, was a University of Toronto chemistry professor who studied conjugated polymers for solar cells and batteries until his death in 2026.