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Dili

Dili (Díli), capital and main port of Timor-Leste, founded by Portugal in October 1769 after abandoning Lifau; about 317,000 residents, roughly 40 percent with piped water, served by Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport.

Diligence

Diligence (diligenza) is the virtue of assiduous, careful attentiveness in fulfilling one's duties, opposed to negligence. Defined by Aquinas as a right choice of means to the end, it is part of prudence, acts on the will, and frees the soul from sloth.

Dilin Döğer

Dilin Döğer (Dilîn Döğer), Turkish actress born 1995 in Diyarbakır; Hacettepe English Linguistics graduate. Known as Zeynep in O Kız, Süreyya Hatun in Selahaddin Eyyubi, and Zerrin Albora in Kanal D's Uzak Şehir.

Dilin Jones

Dilin Jones is an American college football running back, No. 13 for the LSU Tigers in 2026 after transferring from Wisconsin, where he was a four-star 2024 recruit from Our Lady of Good Counsel in Maryland.

Dilip Chhabria

Dilip Chhabria, born around 1953, is an Indian car designer who founded DC Design in 1993 and created the DC Avanti, marketed as India's first sports car.

Dilip Chitre

Dilip Chitre (दिलीप चित्रे) was an Indian bilingual poet and translator who wrote in Marathi and English, best known for his English translation of Tukaram, Says Tuka.

Dilip Ghosh (দিলীপ ঘোষ) (politician)

Dilip Ghosh (দিলীপ ঘোষ), BJP leader in West Bengal; RSS pracharak from 1984; state BJP president 2015–2021; MP for Medinipur 2019–2024; MLA from Kharagpur Sadar 2026.

Dilip Kumar (दिलीप कुमार)

Dilip Kumar (दिलीप कुमार), born Muhammad Yusuf Khan (1922-2021), was a legendary Hindi film actor from Peshawar, debut Jwar Bhata 1944, known as the Tragedy King, Devdas, Mughal-e-Azam, and India's pioneering understated method-style actor.

Dilip Kumar filmography

Dilip Kumar filmography (दिलीप कुमार): the Hindi film career of actor Muhammad Yusuf Khan, from Jwar Bhata (1944) to Qila (1998), nearly 60 films including Mughal-E-Azam, Devdas, Ganga Jamuna, Kranti, and Saudagar.

Dilip Kumar Jaiswal

Dilip Kumar Jaiswal is an Indian BJP politician from Bihar who served as Revenue and Land Reforms minister and as president of the party's Bihar unit.

Dilip Mookherjee

Dilip Mookherjee is an economist at Boston University who works on development economics and contract theory, best known for showing with Debraj Ray how credit constraints make inequality persist across generations.

Dilip Prabhavalkar (दिलीप प्रभावळकर)

Dilip Prabhavalkar (दिलीप प्रभावळकर, born 1944, Mumbai) is an Indian Marathi and Hindi actor, playwright, and author. Known for Gandhi in Lage Raho Munna Bhai (National Award), Tatya Vinchu in Zapatlela, and Chaukat Raja; 14 published books.

Dilip Ratha

Dilip Ratha is a development economist who produced the first global tally of migrant remittances, led the World Bank's work on migration, and founded the knowledge hub KNOMAD in 2012.

Dilip Ray

Dilip Ray is an Indian politician and founder of the Mayfair hotel chain, elected to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha as an Independent in 2026 after earlier terms and service as a Union minister.

Dilip Saikia

Dilip Saikia, born 1973, is an Indian politician from Assam who represents Darrang Udalguri in the Lok Sabha and leads the BJP in Assam.

Dilip Sardesai

Dilip Sardesai (1940-2007), Indian Test batsman from Margao, Goa; 30 Tests, 2,001 runs at 39.23. Starred with 642 runs at 80.25 in India's first West Indies series win, 1971.

Dilip Shanghvi

Dilip Shanghvi, born 1955 in Gujarat, is an Indian billionaire businessman who founded Sun Pharmaceutical Industries in 1983 with $200 borrowed from his father, receiving the Padma Shri in 2016.

Dilip Singh (Bihar politician)

Dilip Singh (दिलीप कुमार सिंह), called Bade Sarkar, a Janata Dal politician from Mokama, Bihar: MLA 1990 and 1995, minister of state for Relief and Rehabilitation under Rabri Devi, MLC 2003, elder brother of Anant Singh, died 1 October 2006 in Patna.

Dilip Vengsarkar

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, Indian Test batsman and captain (1976-1992), 116 Tests, 6,868 runs at 42.13; scored a century in each of his three Lord's Tests; later BCCI chief selector.

Dilir Khan

Dilir Khan (دلیر خاں) was a Rohilla Pashtun noble who served the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb as grand vizier and governor of the Deccan, fighting Shivaji in the 1670s.

Dilis

Dilis, ancient place name in Gallia on the coast between Massilia (Marseille) and Fossae Marianae; tentatively identified ("Dilis?") with Port des Laurons near the Roman villa of Semenes, Provence, France; Pleiades 148068.

DiliTrust

DiliTrust is a Paris-based legal software company whose SaaS suite covers board portals, contracts, entities, litigation, and data rooms, serving over 2,500 businesses in over 60 countries.

Diljale (दिलजले)

Diljale is a 1996 Hindi action romance film directed by Harry Baweja, starring Ajay Devgn as a patriot's son who turns to terrorism for revenge.

Diljit Dosanjh (ਦਿਲਜੀਤ ਦੋਸਾਂਝ)

Diljit Dosanjh (ਦਿਲਜੀਤ ਦੋਸਾਂਝ), born Daljit Singh Dosanjh, 1984, Jalandhar, is an Indian singer-actor in Punjabi and Hindi cinema; debut album 2000, Bollywood debut Udta Punjab 2016, Chamkila 2024, first Punjabi Coachella artist.

Dill

Dill (Anethum graveolens), annual Apiaceae herb grown for feathery leaves and carvone-rich seeds used in pickling, flavoring, essential oil, and Ayurvedic medicine; native from North Africa to Iran.

Dill Mill Gayye

Dill Mill Gayye (दिल मिल गए) is a Hindi medical romantic drama, sequel to Sanjivani – A Medical Boon, airing 2007–2010 on Star One, created by Palki Malhotra, starring Karan Singh Grover as Dr. Armaan with three actresses as Dr. Riddhima.

Dillagence II

Dillagence II (also Dillagence 2) is a 2026 Busta Rhymes and J Dilla album on The Conglomerate Inc., 19 tracks built from roughly 300 unreleased Dilla beats, sequel to the 2007 Dillagence mixtape, featuring D'Angelo, Lil Wayne, and Ma Dukes.

Dillagi (दिल्लगी) (1978 film)

Dillagi is a 1978 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Basu Chatterjee, starring Dharmendra as a Sanskrit professor and Hema Malini as a chemistry lecturer, with music by Rajesh Roshan.

Dillagi (दिल्लगी) (1999 film)

Dillagi (दिल्लगी) is a 1999 Hindi romantic musical drama, Sunny Deol's directorial debut and his first film with brother Bobby Deol, opposite Urmila Matondkar; a love-triangle about two brothers who love the same woman, it flopped at the box office.

Dillan Vancil

Dillan Vancil is an American politician, a coffee shop owner from Monmouth, Illinois, and the Republican nominee for the U.S. House in Illinois's 17th District in 2026.