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Dwarves Empire
Dwarves Empire, or Kingdom of the Little People (小人国), is a dwarf theme park near Kunming, Yunnan, China, opened in 2009 by Chen Mingjing, staffed by performers under 130 cm, controversial as exploitation or empowerment.
Dwayne Bacon
Dwayne Bacon (born 1995, Lakeland, Florida) is an American basketball wing, ex-Florida State, 40th pick of the 2017 NBA draft; played for the Hornets and Magic, now a Dubai Basketball scorer in the EuroLeague and ABA League champion.
Dwayne Bowe
Dwayne Lorenzo Bowe, born 1984 in Miami, is a former NFL wide receiver from LSU drafted 23rd overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2007; he led the NFL with 15 TD catches in 2010, made one Pro Bowl, and finished with 537 receptions and 7,208 yards.
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo, also DJ Bravo, born 1983, Trinidadian all-rounder for the West Indies; three ICC titles, record 631 T20 and 183 IPL wickets, later CSK bowling coach and KKR mentor.
Dwayne Haskins
Dwayne Haskins Jr. (1997-2022), Ohio State quarterback who threw 50 TDs in 2018, was drafted 15th overall by Washington in 2019, released in 2020, signed by Pittsburgh, and died in April 2022.
Dwayne Hickman
Dwayne Hickman (1934–2022), American actor, Dobie Gillis on CBS's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; earlier Chuck MacDonald on The Bob Cummings Show; later CBS programming executive, comedy director, painter, and author of Forever Dobie.
Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (born 1972, Hayward, California) is an American actor, producer, and former WWE wrestler, the first third-generation WWE Superstar, an eight-time WWE Champion, and star of the Fast & Furious and Jumanji films.
Dwayne Johnson filmography
Dwayne Johnson filmography: screen credits of the WWE star turned actor, from The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Scorpion King (2002) through Fast Five, Moana, Black Adam, The Smashing Machine (2025), and the 2026 live-action Moana.
Dwayne McDuffie
Dwayne McDuffie (1962-2011), American comic and animation writer, co-founded Milestone Media (Static, Icon, Hardware) and shaped Justice League Unlimited, Static Shock, and Ben 10.
Dwayne Romero
Dwayne Romero is an American politician, Army veteran, and Aspen business owner who is the Democratic nominee for U.S. House in Colorado's 3rd District in 2026, facing incumbent Jeff Hurd.
Dwayne Schintzius
Dwayne Schintzius (1968–2012), "The Lobster," 7-foot-2 Florida Gators center, 1,624 career points, first three NCAA berths, 1990 first-round pick (24th, Spurs), six NBA teams, died of leukemia at 43.
DWDM
Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) is an optical fiber technique combining many closely spaced light channels on one fiber, governed by the ITU-T G.694.1 grid.
Dweepa (ದ್ವೀಪ)
Dweepa (ದ್ವೀಪ, The Island) is a 2002 Kannada drama by Girish Kasaravalli, based on Na D'Souza's novel, produced by and starring Soundarya, about a family stranded by dam backwaters; it won the 2001-02 National Award for Best Feature Film.
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.