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Davul

The davul is a large double-headed drum of Turkey and the Middle East, played with a mallet and a thin switch, often paired with the zurna.

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier is Disney's 1955 feature film, directed by Norman Foster and starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen, edited from the first three Disneyland TV episodes covering the Creek War, Congress, and the Alamo.

Davy Jones (musician)

Davy Jones (David Thomas Jones, 1945-2012), Manchester-born English singer and actor, the lone British member of the Monkees; Broadway Tony nominee, lead vocalist on "Daydream Believer".

Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean character)

Davy Jones is the tentacled villain of Pirates of the Caribbean's Dead Man's Chest (2006) and At World's End (2007), captain of the Flying Dutchman, played by Bill Nighy via ILM's Imocap motion capture, with a Calypso heartbreak backstory and an Oscar-winning CG realization.

Dawes (band)

Dawes is an American folk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 2009, centered on brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith and known for a Laurel Canyon-inspired vintage sound.

Dawit Mellesse

Dawit Mellesse (ዳዊት መለሰ), also spelled Dawit Melesse, is an Ethiopian Amharic pop singer based in Addis Ababa whose career began with the 1991 album Alchalkum and continued with Mistir in 2025.

Dawn (drag queen)

Dawn is the stage name of drag performers, chiefly a Brooklyn queen with a computer science degree who reached the top six of RuPaul's Drag Race season 16 (2024) without a challenge win, and a separate Brighton performer, Dawn the Drag Queen.

Dawn (던) (rapper)

Dawn (던, born Kim Hyo-jong, 1994) is a South Korean rapper and singer, formerly E'Dawn of PENTAGON and Triple H, solo since 2019 with MONEY, DAWNDIDIDAWN, and the EP Narcissus; agencies P NATION and AT AREA.

Dawn FM

Dawn FM is The Weeknd's fifth studio album, released 7 January 2022 on XO/Republic. A purgatory radio-station concept album with Jim Carrey as DJ, it scored 88 on Metacritic.

Dawn French

Dawn French (Dawn Roma French), British comedian and actress born 1957 in Holyhead, Wales; half of French and Saunders with Jennifer Saunders, star of The Vicar of Dibley, BAFTA Fellow 2009, author and solo touring performer.

Dawn Greenhalgh

Dawn Greenhalgh (born 1934, Shanghai, China) is a Canadian actress, a member of the Stratford Festival's original acting company with roles in Antony and Cleopatra, Love's Labour's Lost, and Pericles, and screen credits from Slings & Arrows to Stealing the Sky (2025).

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 of the Dead (1978 film)

Dawn of the Dead (1978), George A. Romero's zombie sequel to Night of the Living Dead, set in Monroeville Mall, an Italian co-production with Dario Argento's Zombi cut, a consumerism satire and independent film landmark.

Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)

Dawn of the Dead is a 2004 American horror film directed by Zack Snyder, a remake of George A. Romero's 1978 film about zombie-plague survivors in a mall.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Matt Reeves' sequel to Rise, follows Andy Serkis' Caesar leading apes near San Francisco into failed peace with human flu survivors; $710 million gross, 91% Rotten Tomatoes, Weta outdoor motion capture.

Dawn of X

Dawn of X is the opening 2019-2020 phase of Marvel's Krakoan X-Men era, following House of X/Powers of X, overseen by Jonathan Hickman as Head of X, and collected in interleaved trade paperbacks.

Dawn Richard

Dawn Richard (Dawn Angelique Richard, born 1983, New Orleans) is an American R&B-electronic singer-songwriter, Danity Kane and Diddy-Dirty Money member, later independent solo artist on Merge Records with albums Goldenheart, Blackheart, Second Line, and creole culture.

Dawn Robinson

Dawn Robinson (Dawn Sherrese Robinson) is an American singer, born in New London, Connecticut, a founding member of En Vogue (1989-1997), later of Lucy Pearl, with a 2002 solo album Dawn.

Dawn Rochelle Warner

Dawn Rochelle Warner (born 1972, Dexter, Kansas), known as Dawn Rochelle, American model, actress, and pageant entrepreneur; founder of the Miss Bikini brand and Warner Models, creator of Miss Bikini Backstage.

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 Summers

Dawn Summers is a fictional character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy's younger sister, created by Joss Whedon and played by Michelle Trachtenberg (2000–2003). Introduced in season 5 as a retcon, she is revealed to be the mystical Key made human by monks to hide her from the hellgod Glory.

Dawn Ward (TV personality)

Dawn Ward (Dawn Louise Ward, née Burke, born 1973) is an English interior designer and reality TV personality, an original cast member of ITVBe's The Real Housewives of Cheshire (2015–2020), wife of ex-footballer Ashley Ward, based later in Dubai.

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.

Dawon

Dawon (다원) is the stage name of Lee Sang-hyok, a South Korean singer born in 1995 and a member of the boy group SF9 under FNC Entertainment.

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.

Dawson Leery

Dawson Leery (Dawson Wade Leery) is the title character of the WB teen drama Dawson's Creek (1998-2003), played by James Van Der Beek: a Spielberg-obsessed aspiring filmmaker in Capeside, Massachusetts, based on creator Kevin Williamson's youth.

Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek: American teen drama created by Kevin Williamson, aired on The WB 1998–2003, six seasons, 128 episodes, set in fictional Capeside, Massachusetts, starring James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, and Michelle Williams.

Dax (rapper)

Dax (Daniel Nwosu Jr., born 1994, Ottawa) is a Canadian rapper and singer, former college basketball player and janitor, known for "Dear Alcohol" (gold, then double platinum in Canada), "To Be a Man," and albums Pain Paints Paintings and From a Man's Perspective.