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Dali Atomicus

Dali Atomicus is a 1948 photograph by Philippe Halsman showing Salvador Dalí leaping mid-air among three flying cats, a chair, and thrown water, inspired by his painting Leda Atomica.

Dalia Ibelhauptaitė

Dalia Ibelhauptaitė (b. 1967, Vilnius), Lithuanian theatre and opera director and producer based in London, founder and artistic director of Vilnius City Opera (Bohemiečiai), director of La bohème (2006), Sweeney Todd, and Faust, consultant on Rocketman, producer of The Offer, wife of Dexter Fletcher.

Daliah Lavi (דליה לביא)

Daliah Lavi (דליה לביא), born Daliah Lewinbuk 1942 in Shavei Zion, Mandatory Palestine, was an Israeli actress of 1960s films (The Silencers, Casino Royale) and a German schlager star of the 1970s; died Asheville, North Carolina, 2017.

Dalida

Dalida (Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, 1933–1987), Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, Miss Egypt 1954, Paris star from "Bambino" (1956) to disco pioneer, 85 million records, died 3 May 1987.

Dalila Bela

Dalila Bela, Canadian actress born 2001 in Montreal, known as Agent Olive in PBS KIDS' Odd Squad and Diana Barry in Anne with an E; also voice of Sydney in Ready Jet Go! and a singer-songwriter.

Dalimil's Chronicle

Dalimil's Chronicle (Kronika tak řečeného Dalimila) is a rhymed Czech verse chronicle of the early 14th century and the oldest historical work composed in the Czech language.

Dalip Kaur Tiwana

Dalip Kaur Tiwana (ਦਲੀਪ ਕੌਰ ਟਿਵਾਣਾ; 1935–2020) was a Punjabi novelist who wrote about women's lives and won the Sahitya Akademi Award and Padma Shri.

Dalip Tahil

Dalip Tahil (Dalip Ghansam Tahilramani, born 1952, Agra) is a Sindhi Indian character actor of film, TV, and theatre; debut Ankur (1974), known for Baazigar's Madan Chopra, Buniyaad, EastEnders, and Bombay Dreams.

Dalit autobiography in Hindi

Dalit autobiography in Hindi (हिंदी दलित आत्मकथा) is first-person life writing by Dalit authors of North India, emerging in the mid-1990s with Naimishray's Apne-Apne Pinjre and Omprakash Valmiki's Joothan.

Dalit literature in English

Dalit literature in English is writing by members of India's caste-oppressed communities, formerly called untouchables, reaching English largely as translation, with autobiography and protest poetry as leading genres.

Dalit poetry in Hindi

Dalit poetry in Hindi (हिंदी दलित कविता) is poetry by and about Dalits, expressing caste reality and consciousness within a literary movement that first emerged in Marathi in the 1950s.

Dallah (دلة) (coffee pot)

Dallah (دلة): the long-spouted brass or copper coffee pot of Arabia used to brew and serve gahwa (Arabic coffee), central to Gulf hospitality; three-pot sets (khumra, talquma, mazla), UAE one-dirham coin emblem, UNESCO-listed since 2015.

Dallas (2012 TV series)

Dallas (2012) is a TNT continuation of the 1978–1991 CBS soap, developed by Cynthia Cidre, starring Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, and returning Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, and Linda Gray; it ran three seasons, 40 episodes, 2012–2014.

Dallas Austin

Dallas Austin, born 1970 in Columbus, Georgia, is an Atlanta-based songwriter and producer behind TLC, Boyz II Men, Madonna, and Monica hits; founder of Rowdy Records and DARP Studios; 1999 Grammy winner and 2019 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee.

Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club is a 2013 drama directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, starring Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof and Jared Leto as the fictional Rayon; made for about $3.5 million after 20 years of development, it won three Oscars from six nominations.

Dallas Jenkins

Dallas Jenkins, American filmmaker, son of Left Behind author Jerry B. Jenkins; creator, director, and co-writer of The Chosen, the crowdfunded seven-season series about Jesus, and chairman of 5&2 Studios.

Dallas Roberts

Dallas Mark Roberts, American actor born 1970 in Houston, Texas; Juilliard-trained stage and screen character actor known for Milton Mamet on The Walking Dead, Eliot Delson on Unforgettable, Owen Cavanaugh on The Good Wife, and films like 3:10 to Yuma.

Dallas Sonnier

Dallas Sonnier (Joseph Sonnier IV, born 1980) is a Texas film producer, founder of Cinestate and Bonfire Legend, producer of Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, Dragged Across Concrete, and Daily Wire titles.

Dallas Toler-Wade

Dallas Toler-Wade, born 1974 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is an American death metal guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, longtime Nile member (1997–2016/2017) and founder of Narcotic Wasteland.

Dalliance (TV series)

Dalliance is a 2026 Australian six-part Paramount+ drama miniseries created by John Edwards, Heather Mitchell, Pip Karmel and Liz Doran, starring Hugo Weaving as Billy, a retired cameraman who dies after meeting Dani on a Sydney Harbour ferry.

Dalljiet Kaur

Dalljiet Kaur (दलजीत कौर), born 1982 in Ludhiana, is an Indian Hindi television actress known for Kulvaddhu, Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?, Kaala Teeka, Nach Baliye 4 win, Bigg Boss 13, and her Silver Play jewellery venture; distinct from the late Punjabi actress Daljeet Kaur Khangura.

Dallon Weekes

Dallon Weekes, born 1981, is an American musician who played bass in Panic! at the Disco and fronts the band I Dont Know How but They Found Me.

Dalmatian humanist literature

Dalmatian humanist literature is the Latin, and later Croatian and Italian, writing produced under Renaissance humanism in the eastern Adriatic cities, chiefly from 1409 to the late sixteenth century.

Dalmiro Sáenz

Dalmiro Sáenz (1926–2016) was an Argentine writer, playwright, and screenwriter who published over 40 books and became famous for absurdist humor and provocations against religious and political institutions.

Dalton Trumbo

Dalton Trumbo, born James Dalton Trumbo, was an American screenwriter, novelist, and director and the most prominent of the Hollywood Ten, blacklisted after defying HUAC in 1947.

Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)

Dalziel and Pascoe is a British crime drama series adapted from Reginald Hill's novels, set in fictional Wetherton, Yorkshire. The BBC version ran 1996-2007 with Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan; BritBox and ITV commissioned a female-led six-part reimagining with Kerry Godliman and Nina Singh in 2026.

Đăm Săn

Đăm Săn, also written Đam Săn, is the great oral epic of the Ê Đê people of Vietnam's Central Highlands, chanted in the khan genre in 2,077 verses.

Đàm Vĩnh Hưng

Đàm Vĩnh Hưng, known professionally as Mr. Đàm, is a Vietnamese pop singer who has led V-pop since the early 2000s and is widely credited with reviving bolero.

Dama Dam Mast Qalandar

Dama Dam Mast Qalandar (دما دم مست قلندر), also called Lal Meri Pat, is a Sufi qawwali honoring Lal Shahbaz Qalandar of Sehwan Sharif, attributed to Amir Khusro and adapted by Bulleh Shah, made famous through film melodies, Noor Jehan, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Dama do Bling

Dama do Bling (Ivânnea da Silva Mudanisse, born 1979) is a Mozambican rapper and singer, called the Queen of Hip-Hop of Mozambique, active from the mid-2000s.