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Dawn Lyn

Dawn Lyn, born Dawn Lyn Nervik, is an American former child actress. She is best known for playing Dodie Harper Douglas on My Three Sons from 1969 to 1972.

Dawn O'Porter

Dawn O'Porter (born Dawn Porter, 1979) is a Scottish author and broadcaster, wife of Chris O'Dowd, known for TV documentaries Super Slim Me and Extreme Wife and novels The Cows and Cat Lady; distinct from American filmmaker Dawn Porter.

Dawn Steele

Dawn Steele (born 1975, Glasgow) is a Scottish actress known as Lexie in Monarch of the Glen, Ange Godard in Holby City, and DCI Cora MacMillan in Granite Harbour.

Dawn Wells

Dawn Wells (1938-2020), American actress born in Reno, Nevada, best known as Mary Ann Summers on Gilligan's Island (CBS, 1964-1967); Miss Nevada 1959, University of Washington drama graduate, later Wishing Wells clothing designer; died in Los Angeles.

Dawnn Lewis

Dawnn Lewis (born 1961, Brooklyn) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter who played Jaleesa Vinson on A Different World (1987-1992), co-composed its theme, voiced LaBarbara Conrad in Futurama and Captain Freeman in Star Trek: Lower Decks, and runs Morning Jewel Inc.

Daws Butler

Daws Butler (Charles Dawson Butler, 1916-1988), American voice actor, the primary Hanna-Barbera voice from 1957, originating Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Elroy Jetson, Cap'n Crunch, and Snap.

Dax Flame

Dax Flame (Theodore Madison Patrello, born 1991, Dallas) is an American YouTuber and actor; his 2007 deadpan video diaries made him the 16th-most-subscribed YouTuber, and he acted in Project X and 21 Jump Street.

Dax Shepard

Dax Shepard (born 1975, Milford, Michigan) is an American actor, writer, director, and host of the Armchair Expert podcast with Monica Padman; known for Punk'd, Parenthood, CHIPS, and Spotify and Wondery podcast deals.

Dayana Mendoza

Dayana Mendoza, full name Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada, is a Venezuelan model who won Miss Venezuela 2007 and Miss Universe 2008, the fifth Venezuelan to hold the title.

Dayanand Shetty

Dayanand Shetty (born 1969, Katapadi, India) is an Indian actor famous as Senior Inspector Daya on CID (1998-2018, over 1,500 episodes); also films Johnny Gaddaar, Singham Returns, Singham Again.

Dayo Koleosho

Dayo Koleosho (Oludayo Koleosho, born 1984) is an English autistic actor, an Access All Areas associate artist, known for Kojo Asare in EastEnders since 2024, Jitney, and Faith, Hope and Charity.

Dean Andrews

Dean Andrews (born 1963, Rotherham) is an English actor known as DS Ray Carling in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, Robbie in Last Tango in Halifax, and Will Taylor in Emmerdale (2019–2024), after a 20-year singing career.

Dean Butler (actor)

Dean Butler (born 1956, Prince George, BC) is a Canadian-American actor and producer, best known as Almanzo Wilder on Little House on the Prairie (1979–1983), also Buffy's father Hank Summers, and producer of Feherty.

Dean Cain

Dean Cain, born Dean George Tanaka in 1966, is an American actor who played Superman in Lois & Clark (1993-97), a former Buffalo Bills player, later a Trump supporter and honorary ICE officer.

Dean Fujioka (藤岡竜雄)

Dean Fujioka (藤岡竜雄, also 藤岡靛), born 1980 in Fukushima, is a Japanese actor, musician, and director who built a career across Hong Kong, Taipei, Jakarta, and Tokyo, broke through with NHK's Asa ga Kita (2015), and wrote History Maker for Yuri on Ice.

Dean Gaffney

Dean Martin Gaffney (born 1978, Hammersmith, London) is an English actor known for Robbie Jackson on BBC's EastEnders (1993–2019, on and off), I'm a Celebrity 2006 and 2023, and the film Reckless with Vinnie Jones.

Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger (1903–1991), American film, stage, and television actor; Oscar winner for Twelve O'Clock High; also Brigham Young (1940), White Christmas (1954). Distinct from the younger Yorkshire-born actor of the same name.

Dean Jones (actor)

Dean Carroll Jones (1931-2015), American actor, Disney Legend (1995), star of The Love Bug, That Darn Cat!, and other Disney family films; later Born Again, St. John in Exile, Beethoven; distinct from James Earl Jones and Ben Jones.

Dean Lennox Kelly

Dean Lennox Kelly (born 1975, Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire) is an English actor, a Bristol Old Vic graduate known for Kev Ball in Shameless, Meredith Rutter in Jamestown, and Pekka Rollins in Shadow and Bone.

Dean McDermott

Dean McDermott (born 1966, Toronto) is a Canadian actor known as Constable Renfield Turnbull on Due South, Doc Barlow in Open Range, host of Chopped Canada, and Tori Spelling's former husband.

Dean Norris

Dean Joseph Norris (born 1963, South Bend, Indiana) is an American character actor known for DEA agent Hank Schrader on Breaking Bad, Big Jim Rennie on Under the Dome, and Uncle Daddy on Claws; Harvard 1985, RADA-trained.

Dean O'Gorman

Dean O'Gorman (born 1976, Auckland) is a New Zealand actor, director, and photographer, known as Fili in The Hobbit trilogy, Anders in The Almighty Johnsons, and for Bonjour Timothy, Trumbo, Pork Pie, Hillary, and After the Party.

Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell (Robert Dean Stockwell, 1936–2021), American actor: MGM child star of the 1940s, Oscar-nominated for Married to the Mob, four-time Emmy nominee as Al Calavicci on Quantum Leap, later collage artist.

Dean Winters

Dean Winters (born 1964) is an American actor known as Ryan O'Reily on HBO's Oz, Dennis Duffy on 30 Rock, and Mayhem in Allstate's commercials since 2010; he survived a 2009 cardiac arrest and amputations.

Deanna Dunagan

Deanna Dunagan (born May 25, 1940, Monahans, Texas) is an American actress, Tony winner as Violet Weston in August: Osage County (2008), also Nana in The Visit, based in Chicago theater.

Deanne Bray

Deanne Bray (Deanne Bray-Kotsur), born 1971, deaf American actress; title role of Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002-2005), Emma Coolidge on Heroes, wife of Troy Kotsur.

Death of Sushant Singh Rajput

Death of Sushant Singh Rajput: Indian Bollywood actor (Kai Po Che!, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story) found hanging in his Bandra, Mumbai home on June 14, 2020, aged 34; ruled suicide by postmortem and AIIMS, and the CBI's 2025 closure report found no foul play.

Debbi Morgan

Debbi Morgan (Deborah Morgan), born 1956 in Dunn, North Carolina, is an American actress famous as Angie Baxter Hubbard on All My Children, a Daytime Emmy winner also known for Eve's Bayou, Power, and her memoir The Monkey on My Back.

Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen (Deborah Kaye Allen, born 1950, Houston) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, director, and producer known for Lydia Grant in Fame, A Different World, Grey's Anatomy, the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, and a 2025 honorary Oscar; not the actress of A Murder in Oakland (2025).

Debbie Lee Carrington

Debbie Lee Carrington (Deborah Lee Carrington, 1959-2018), American little-person actress and stuntwoman born in San Jose; ewok in Return of the Jedi, Thumbelina in Total Recall, Alien Father in Men in Black, Chucky's stunt double.