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Dr. Dru

Dr. Dru, also known as Doctor Dru, is a German house producer and DJ from Hamburg, best known for "Juicy Fruit" and "The Voice of Dru".

Dr. Evil

Dr. Evil is the fictional supervillain of the Austin Powers trilogy, played by Mike Myers as a comedic parody of Bond's Blofeld, with henchmen Mini-Me, Number Two, and son Scott, and revived in SNL and talk-show appearances.

Dr. Feelgood (album)

Dr. Feelgood (album): Mötley Crüe's fifth studio album, 1989, Elektra, produced by Bob Rock in Vancouver; their first US Billboard number one, with 'Kickstart My Heart'; distinct from the 1970s English pub rock band Dr. Feelgood.

Dr. Feelgood (band)

Dr. Feelgood: British pub rock/R&B band formed 1971 on Canvey Island, Essex; original lineup Brilleaux, Wilko Johnson; live album Stupidity hit UK No. 1 in 1976; "Milk and Alcohol" 1978; still touring with Kane, Russell, Morris, Mitchell.

Dr. Frank Mathias

Dr. Frank Mathias is a biopharmaceutical executive who led Germany's Rentschler Biopharma SE as CEO from 2016 to 2023, tripling revenues, before becoming CEO of Oxford Biomedica.

Dr. Frank-N-Furter

Dr. Frank-N-Furter, also Frank N. Furter, is the alien transvestite mad scientist created by Richard O'Brien for The Rocky Horror Show (1973), famous through Tim Curry's 1975 film portrayal as creator of Rocky and a queer Frankenstein figure.

Dr. Fresch

Dr. Fresch is the stage name of Tony Fresch, a Los Angeles-based DJ and producer of bass house and G-house, launched in 2013 after winning Insomniac's Discovery Project Contest.

Dr. Fuchs

Dr. Fuchs is the professional name of Tarık Gamert, born 1978 in Germany, a Turkish rapper who co-founded Nefret with Ceza in 1998 and stayed underground.

Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital

RSUP Dr. Hasan Sadikin (RSHS), Bandung, Indonesia's Ministry of Health vertical hospital founded 1923 as Het Algemeene Bandoengsche Ziekenhuijs; West Java's top tertiary referral and FK Unpad teaching hospital, JCI accredited.

Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz is the mad scientist antagonist of Phineas and Ferb, voiced by co-creator Dan Povenmire, who builds -inator devices to take over the Tri-State Area and is foiled daily by Agent P, Perry the Platypus.

Dr. Hook discography

Dr. Hook discography: studio albums 1971–1983 by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show / Dr. Hook, from Doctor Hook to Let Me Drink From Your Well, plus hits like Sylvia's Mother, A Little Bit More, and Greatest Hits compilations.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a 2008 three-act musical web series by Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day; self-funded at about $200,000 during the WGA strike, it drew over 2 million free views in five days and won a 2009 Emmy.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 film)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) is a silent Paramount-Artcraft horror-drama directed by John S. Robertson, starring John Barrymore as both Jekyll and Hyde, famed for his makeup-free transformation; a rival Sheldon Lewis version and Murnau's Der Januskopf appeared the same year.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) is Rouben Mamoulian's Paramount pre-Code horror film adapted from Stevenson's novella, starring Fredric March, who shared the 1931-32 Best Actor Oscar with Wallace Beery, with Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (character)

Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde are the dual identities of the physician protagonist of Stevenson's 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, whose potion releases his repressed evil self, Hyde, until the transformation consumes him.

Dr. Joachim Kuhn

Dr. Joachim Kuhn is a German physicist who co-founded the vacuum thermal packaging company va-Q-tec in Würzburg in 2001 and led it as CEO for over two decades.

Dr. John

Dr. John, born Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack Jr. (1941–2019), was a New Orleans pianist and singer, aka Dr. John the Night Tripper, whose 1968 album Gris-Gris fused voodoo mysticism with Crescent City funk; he won six Grammys and recorded over 30 albums.

Dr. John Hennessy

John L. Hennessy is an American computer scientist who cofounded MIPS Computer Systems and Atheros Communications, served as Stanford's 10th president from 2000 to 2016, and won the 2017 Turing Award.

Dr. Karl

Dr. Karl is the professional name of Karl Kruszelnicki AM, Australian science communicator, broadcaster, and author; Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney, 48 books, ABC Radio for 40 years, Kalinga Prize 2019.

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist: American adult animated sitcom (1995–2002, Comedy Central) by Jonathan Katz and Tom Snyder, using Squigglevision and improvised retro-scripting; comedians played therapy patients; won a Peabody Award.

Dr. Ken

Dr. Ken: ABC multi-camera family sitcom (2015-2017, two seasons) starring Ken Jeong as Korean American physician Ken Park, loosely based on Jeong's seven years practicing internal medicine; aired alongside Fresh Off the Boat.

Dr. Kildare (TV series)

Dr. Kildare (TV series): NBC American medical drama, 1961–1966, starring Richard Chamberlain as intern Dr. James Kildare and Raymond Massey as Dr. Leonard Gillespie at Blair General Hospital; produced by Norman Felton, loosely based on MGM films, rival to Ben Casey.

Dr. Lal PathLabs

Dr. Lal PathLabs is an Indian diagnostics company founded in New Delhi in 1949 by Dr. Major S. K. Lal, operating one of India's largest testing laboratory networks.

Dr. Luke

Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald), American pop songwriter-producer and former SNL band guitarist behind 18 No. 1 hits for Katy Perry, Kesha, Doja Cat and others; known for the Kesha defamation litigation and Prescription Songs/Kemosabe ventures.

Dr. Luke production discography

Dr. Luke production discography catalogs songs produced or written by Lukasz Gottwald, from the SNL Band and 2004's "Since U Been Gone" with Max Martin to Katy Perry, Kesha, Doja Cat, and 2024's 143; Kemosabe founder, Billboard's No. 2 producer of the 21st century.

Dr. Mabuse

Dr. Mabuse (Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler) is a fictional criminal-mastermind hypnotist created by Norbert Jacques, famous through Fritz Lang's 1922, 1933, and 1960 films and later West German sequels and remakes.

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler) is Fritz Lang's 1922 two-part German silent crime film about a hypnotic master criminal, starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge, premiered 27 April 1922 in Berlin.

Dr. Mario

Dr. Mario (ドクターマリオ) is Nintendo's 1990 Famicom/NES falling-capsule puzzle game in which Mario, as a doctor, clears red, blue, and yellow viruses by aligning four same-colored capsule halves; later entries include Dr. Mario 64 and the 2019 mobile Dr. Mario World.

Dr. Mario World

Dr. Mario World (ドクターマリオ ワールド) was Nintendo's free-to-start mobile puzzle game for iOS and Android, launched July 10, 2019, with upward gravity, Stage/Versus/Skill Summit modes, and diamonds; service ended November 1, 2021.

Dr. Martens

Dr. Martens (Doc Martens, DMs; AirWair International Ltd) is a British footwear brand founded on Klaus Maertens' 1945 air-cushioned sole, launched as the 1460 boot on 1 April 1960 by R. Griggs Group, London-listed since 2021.