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Daryl Johnston
Daryl "Moose" Johnston, born 1966 in Youngstown, NY, is a former Dallas Cowboys fullback (1989-1999), three-time Super Bowl champion, two-time Pro Bowler, and lead blocker for Emmitt Smith, now a FOX NFL analyst and UFL football-operations executive.
Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand cricketer)
Daryl Joseph Mitchell, born 1991 in Hamilton, is a New Zealand right-handed batting allrounder for Canterbury and the BLACKCAPS; Test debut 2019, 2021 T20 World Cup semi-final hero, top-ranked ODI batter.
Daryl Morey
Daryl Morey (born 1972) is an American NBA executive, Houston Rockets general manager 2007-2020 and Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations 2020-2026, known for analytics-driven "Moreyball" and co-founding the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.
Daryl Murphy
Daryl Murphy (born 1983), Irish centre-forward; Ipswich Town's 2014-15 Championship Golden Boot winner with 27 goals, 93 career Championship goals, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest striker, 32 Republic of Ireland caps.
Daryle Lamonica
Daryle Lamonica, the "Mad Bomber" (born 1941, died April 21, 2022), was an AFL MVP quarterback who led the Oakland Raiders to the 1967 AFL title, Super Bowl II, and four straight division titles.
Daryna Zevina
Daryna Zevina (Дарина Зевіна), Ukrainian backstroke swimmer born 1994 in Kyiv; 2010 Youth Olympic 100 m backstroke champion, 2012 world short course 200 m backstroke champion, six European short course titles, and Olympian at 2012, 2016, and 2020.
Das amulett
Das Amulett (The Amulet) is a 2001 auction and set-collection board game by Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum, published by Goldsieber Spiele, for 3-6 players who bid energy stones for spells and metals for jewels; distinct from Das Blaue Amulett and the 2023 game Amulett.
Das geisterschloss
Das Geisterschloss (My Haunted Castle) is a 1989 German children's memory board game by Virginia Charves, F.X. Schmid, for 2-4 players aged 6+, winner of the 1990 Spiel des Jahres Sonderpreis Kinderspiel; the name also labels a 1999 horror film and a 1956 DEFA short.
Dash Daniels
Dash Daniels (born 2007, Bendigo) is an Australian NBL guard, younger brother of Dyson Daniels; Next Stars signee with Melbourne United in NBL26 at 17, 2025 FIBA Asia Cup gold medalist, projected 2026 NBA first-round pick.
Dashon Goldson
Dashon Goldson (born 1984, Carson, CA) is a former NFL safety, 2007 fourth-round pick by the 49ers out of Washington; two-time Pro Bowler and 2012 AP first-team All-Pro who later played for Tampa Bay, Washington, and Atlanta.
Dasomi Jung
Jung Dasomi (정다소미, born 1990), South Korean recurve archer; world number one in 2011 after winning the London Olympic test event, missed the 2012 Games, then won individual and team gold at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games and team gold in 2018.
Dastan Satpayev (Дастан Талғатұлы Сәтпаев)
Dastan Satpayev (Дастан Талғатұлы Сәтпаев), Kazakh forward born 2008 in Almaty; Kairat Almaty academy product, youngest Kazakhstan debutant, signed by Chelsea 2026 for €4m, loaned to Burnley.
Dasun Shanaka
Dasun Shanaka (Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka), Sri Lankan batting allrounder born 1991 in Negombo; former limited-overs captain, Asia Cup 2022 winning captain, 2023 ODI World Cup captain, and T20I all-rounder with 2,075 runs and 50 wickets.
Dat Nguyen
Dat Nguyen (Dat Tan Nguyen), born 1975 in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, is a former NFL linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys (1999-2005), 2003 second-team All-Pro, first Vietnamese-American NFL All-Pro, and Texas A&M record holder with 517 career tackles.
Data East (データイースト株式会社)
Data East (データイースト株式会社), also called DECO, was a Japanese arcade game developer founded by Tetsu Fukuda in 1976, known for BurgerTime, Karate Champ, the DECO Cassette System, and bankruptcy in 2003 with rights going to G-mode.
Date Everything!
Date Everything! is a 2025 sandbox dating simulator by Sassy Chap Games, published by Team17, in which magical Dateviators glasses bring 100 fully voice-acted household objects to life as datable characters with love, friendship, or hate endings.
Dating sim
Dating sim (ren'ai simulation game): a video game genre of courting pre-scripted characters via affection meters, stat raising, and time management; pioneered in Japan, mainstreamed by Tokimeki Memorial (1994), with the female-oriented otome branch.
Daumants Dreiškens
Daumants Dreiškens (born 1984, Gulbene) is a retired Latvian bobsleigh brakeman, four-time Olympian, Sochi 2014 four-man gold medalist and two-man bronze medalist, 2016 world four-man champion.
Daunte Culpepper
Daunte Culpepper, former UCF Knights and Minnesota Vikings quarterback (1999-2005), 11th overall pick in 1999; three-time Pro Bowler whose 2004 season of 4,717 passing yards, 39 touchdowns, and an NFL-record 5,123 total yards finished second in MVP voting; later played for Miami, Oakland, and Detroit.
Dauntless (video game)
Dauntless was a free-to-play co-op monster-hunting action RPG by Phoenix Labs, announced 2016, launched 2019, with cross-play, 30 million accounts, an unpopular 2024 Awakening update, and shutdown on May 29, 2025.
Davante Adams
Davante Adams, NFL wide receiver (Packers 2014-21, Raiders 2022-24, Jets 2024, Los Angeles Rams 2025-), three-time First Team All-Pro (2020-22), 1,044 catches, 13,074 yards, 121 touchdowns, active touchdown-catch leader.
Dave Albritton
Dave Albritton was an American high jumper who tied the world record in 1936 and won the silver medal at the Berlin Olympics before serving in the Ohio House of Representatives.
Dave Aranda
Dave Aranda (born 1976) is an American college football coach, head coach of the Baylor Bears since January 2020 and former LSU and Wisconsin defensive coordinator; he won the 2021 Big 12 title and 2021 Sugar Bowl at Baylor.
Dave Arneson
Dave Arneson (David Lance Arneson, 1947–2009), American game designer from St. Paul, Minnesota, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax (1974) and creator of the Blackmoor campaign, the first fantasy roleplaying setting, first played April 17, 1971.
Dave Bautista
Dave Bautista (David Michael Bautista Jr., born 1969), ring name Batista, "The Animal": six-time WWE world champion and two-time Royal Rumble winner who retired in 2019 and became an actor, known as Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy, in Dune, Spectre, and as Kratos in Amazon's God of War series.
Dave Berkoff
Dave Berkoff (David Charles Berkoff, born 1966) is an American backstroker, Harvard graduate, and four-time Olympic medalist who pioneered the underwater 'Berkoff Blastoff' dolphin-kick start, set three 100 m backstroke world records in 1988, and prompted FINA's 10m then 15m rule.
Dave Bing
Dave Bing (born 1943, Washington, DC) is a Hall of Fame guard, 1967 NBA Rookie of the Year and 1968 scoring champion with the Detroit Pistons, later a steel businessman and mayor of Detroit from 2009 to 2013.
Dave Brailsford
Dave Brailsford (born 1965), British cycling performance director and Team Sky/INEOS Grenadiers principal; marginal gains philosophy, eight Beijing 2008 golds, seven Tour de France wins.
Dave Brown
Dave Brown (David Michael Brown, 1913–1974), Australian rugby league centre nicknamed the Bradman of League; Eastern Suburbs and Warrington player, 1935 record scorer, youngest Australia captain, Rugby League Immortal.
Dave Canales
Dave Canales, American football coach, head coach of the Carolina Panthers since January 2024; former Buccaneers offensive coordinator (2023) and 13-season Seahawks assistant; revived Geno Smith and Baker Mayfield; fifth Latino NFL head coach.