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David Porter (naval officer)
David Porter (1780–1843) was an American naval officer who led the frigate Essex on a Pacific raid against British whalers in the War of 1812.
David R. Wolfe
David R. Wolfe is the 21st Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, advising the Air Force Secretary on standards and readiness for over 665,000 Total Force Airmen.
David Stirling
Sir David Stirling (1915-1990), Scottish aristocrat and colonel, founded the Special Air Service in Egypt in 1941; led desert raids destroying over 300 Axis aircraft, was captured in 1943, held at Colditz, and later founded the Capricorn Africa Society.
David Venturella
David J. Venturella, also called Dave Venturella, is an American immigration-enforcement official and acting director of ICE from June 1, 2026, formerly a GEO Group senior vice president and career INS/ICE detention and removal officer.
David Zini (דוד זיני)
David Zini (דוד זיני), born 1974, is a retired IDF major general and 16th head of Israel's Shin Bet since October 2025; former Sayeret Matkal soldier, Golani Battalion 51 commander, and founding commander of the Commando Brigade.
Davorjanka Paunović
Davorjanka Paunović, cover name Zdenka (Zdenka Horvat), Tito's wartime secretary and lover; born 1921, died 1 May 1946 of tuberculosis at Golnik, buried at the White Palace, Dedinje, secret until Dedijer's 1981 publication.
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett (David Crockett, 1786–1836), Tennessee frontiersman, Creek War veteran, three-term U.S. congressman who opposed Indian Removal, and Alamo defender killed March 6, 1836; his death circumstances are disputed, and his legend was reshaped by 1830s almanacs and Disney's 1954 series.
Daya Nayak
Daya Nayak (दया नायक), Mumbai Police encounter specialist who joined in 1995, credited with about 83 gangster killings; suspended over a 2006 disproportionate-assets case, reinstated 2012 and 2016, retired as ACP on 31 July 2025; basis of the film Ab Tak Chhappan.
Daya Ram Thapar
Daya Ram Thapar (1894–1965) was an Indian military physician who served in the Indian Medical Service and retired as Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Services of India.
Death of Gareth Williams
The death of Gareth Williams, a Welsh GCHQ codebreaker on secondment to MI6, remains unexplained after he was found in a locked holdall in his London flat in 2010.
Death of LaVena Johnson
Death of LaVena Johnson: 2005 death of Army PFC Lavena Lynn Johnson, 19, in Balad, Iraq, ruled a suicide by M-16 gunshot; her family disputes the finding, alleging rape, murder, and a cover-up.
Death of Subhas Chandra Bose
Death of Subhas Chandra Bose: reported 18 August 1945 Taihoku (Taipei) plane crash of Netaji, ashes at Tokyo's Renkoji Temple, three Indian inquiries (Shah Nawaz, Khosla, Mukherjee), and the unresolved official controversy.
Deborah Sampson
Deborah Sampson, later Deborah Sampson Gannett, was a Massachusetts woman who served about seventeen months in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War disguised as a man.
Dedan Kimathi
Dedan Kimathi (Dedan Kimathi Waciũri, 1920-1957), Kenyan rebel leader of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army in the Mau Mau uprising; self-proclaimed field marshal, captured October 1956, hanged 18 February 1957; commemorated by a 2007 Nairobi statue.
Denys Prokopenko (Денис Геннадійович Прокопенко)
Denys Prokopenko (Денис Прокопенко), call sign Redis, Ukrainian National Guard brigadier general commanding 1st Corps Azov; Hero of Ukraine 2022, Azovstal commander, former Russian captive.
Derek Chauvin
Derek Michael Chauvin, former Minneapolis police officer, convicted in 2021 of murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck 9.5 minutes; sentenced to 22.5 years state and 21 years federal prison, appeals denied.
Desmond Doss
Desmond Doss (1919–2006), also known as the Wonderman of Okinawa, was a Seventh-day Adventist Army medic and conscientious objector who saved 75 men at Hacksaw Ridge and received the Medal of Honor in 1945.
Desmond Hayde
Desmond E. Hayde (1926-2013), Indian Army officer of Irish-Indian descent, commanded 3 Jat at the Battle of Dograi in the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War, won the Maha Vir Chakra, retired as Brigadier in 1978, and wrote The Battle of Dograi and Batapore.
Desta Damtew
Ras Desta Damtew (ደስታ ዳምጠው) was an Ethiopian aristocrat and general, a son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie, who led southern resistance to the Italian invasion and was executed in 1937.
Deven Bharti
Deven Bharti (देवेन भारती), born 1968, is a 1994-batch Maharashtra-cadre IPS officer and Commissioner of Police, Mumbai since April 2025; former Maharashtra ATS chief, first Mumbai Special Police Commissioner (2023), and 26/11 attack investigator.
Dezydery Chłapowski
Dezydery Chłapowski (1788–1879) was a Polish general and agricultural reformer who fought under Napoleon and in the November Uprising, then transformed his Turew estate with crop rotation, shelterbelts, and modern farming methods.
Dharma Pongrekun
Dharma Pongrekun (born 1966, Palu) is a retired Indonesian Komjen Pol, former Deputy Head of BSSN and Bareskrim narcotics director, and the independent candidate with Kun Wardana in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election.
Dhiraj Seth (धीरज सेठ)
General Dhiraj Seth (धीरज सेठ), PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, is the 31st Chief of the Army Staff of India, in office from 30 June 2026. An Armoured Corps officer commissioned into 2nd Lancers in 1986, he is the first tankman to lead the Army since 1997.
Dian Wei (典韦)
Dian Wei (典韋), died 197 CE, was Cao Cao's personal bodyguard commander in the late Han, famed for wielding double halberds of eighty jin and for dying holding the gate at Wancheng during Zhang Xiu's rebellion; known from the Sanguozhi and the novel.
Dietrich von Choltitz
Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz (1894–1966), German general of infantry and last Wehrmacht commander of Paris, surrendered the city to Leclerc on 25 August 1944 without executing Hitler's destruction order; his 'savior of Paris' reputation is now heavily revised.
Dīghasandana
Dīghasandana (दीघसन्दन) was, according to Sri Lanka's Pali chronicles, commander-in-chief of King Devānampiyatissa in the 3rd century BCE, remembered for building a residence for the thera Mahinda at Anurādhapura.
Dimitar Obshti
Dimitar Obshti (Димитър Общи; born Dimitar Nikolov, 1835–1873) was a Bulgarian revolutionary who served as Vasil Levski's assistant and organized the 1872 Arabakonak postal robbery; his testimony led to Levski's capture and hanging.
Dimitrios Plapoutas
Dimitrios Plapoutas (Δημήτριος Πλαπούτας, also known as Koliopoulos, 1786–1864) was a Greek revolutionary chieftain and general of the War of Independence of 1821 and a close collaborator of Theodoros Kolokotronis.
Dimitrios Ypsilantis
Dimitrios Ypsilantis (Δημήτριος Υψηλάντης) was a Greek prince and soldier of the Greek Revolution of 1821, brother of Alexandros Ypsilantis. He commanded the final battle at Petra in 1829 and died in Nafplio in 1832.
Dimo Hadzhidimov
Dimo Hadzhidimov (Димо Хаджидимов, 1875–1924) was a Bulgarian revolutionary, teacher, and publicist, the leading theorist of IMRO's left associated with Yane Sandanski, shot dead in Sofia in 1924 on the orders of Ivan Mihajlov's IMRO.