Society and history

Datu Puti

Datu Puti is the legendary leader of ten Bornean datus who fled Borneo in the 13th century and bought the lowlands of Panay from the Ati people.

Datu Sikatuna

Datu Sikatuna, also recorded as Katunao, was a chieftain of Bo-ol on Bohol in the Philippines, remembered for sealing a 1565 blood compact with the Spanish conquistador Legazpi.

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Datu Utto

Datu Utto, born Sultan Anwarud-din Uto, was a Maguindanao ruler of the upper Pulangi valley in Mindanao who resisted Spanish conquest until his defeat in 1886.

Datuk

Datuk is a Malaysian honorific conferred in its federal form by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and in its state form by the governors of four states without hereditary rulers.

Daubert standard: US evidence rule from Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals (1993) replacing Frye general acceptance with judicial gatekeeping of expert testimony under Rule 702, extended by Kumho Tire (1999) and codified in 2000 and 2023 amendments.

Daud Khan Karrani

Daud Khan Karrani (داؤد خان کرانی) was the last independent sultan of Bengal, reigning from 1573 until his defeat and execution by the Mughals in 1576.

Daudi Chwa II

Daudi Chwa II was Kabaka (king) of Buganda from 1897 to 1939, the 34th in the recorded line, who took the throne as an infant.

Daughters of the American Revolution

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR, NSDAR): women's lineage society founded October 11, 1890 in Washington, D.C. for female descendants of Revolutionary War patriots; distinct from the Sons of the American Revolution and the Dar-ul-Islam movement; known for Constitution Hall, the 1939 Marian Anderson exclusion, and genealogical research resources.

Daulat Kazi

Daulat Kazi (দৌলত কাজী), also written Daulat Qazi, was a Bengali poet at the Arakan court, the first to write under its patronage, active from 1600 to 1638.

Daulat Khan Lodi

Daulat Khan Lodi (دولت خان لودی) was an Afghan noble who governed the Punjab under the Lodi dynasty and invited Babur to invade India, leading to the Mughal conquest of 1526.

Daulat Rao Scindia

Daulat Rao Scindia (दौलतराव शिंदे) was the ruler of the Scindia dynasty of Gwalior from 1794 to 1827, succeeding Mahadji Scindia as a boy of about fifteen.

Daulatabadi Mahal

Daulatabadi Mahal, also Daulatabadi Begum, was a consort of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb who hailed from Daulatabad; her niece married prince Muhammad Sultan in August 1676.

Dauphin of France

Dauphin of France: title of the heir apparent, eldest son of the king, from Humbert II's 1349 cession of the Dauphiné to Philip VI until 1830; equivalent of Prince of Wales.

Daurama

Daurama was, according to Hausa tradition, the ninth and last queen of Daura in northern Nigeria, whom the legendary Bayajida married after killing the snake of the town's well.

Sep 19, 2026

Daurella family

The Daurella family is a Barcelona-based Catalan business family that has bottled Coca-Cola in Spain since 1951 and controls the largest bloc in Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

Dave Argall

Dave Argall is an American Republican politician in the Pennsylvania Senate's 29th district since 2009, previously a state representative from 1985 to 2009, including as House Majority Whip.

Dave Bailey

Dave Bailey Jr. is an American Democratic politician serving in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 3rd district, where he is Deputy Majority Leader.

Dave Barry

Dave Barry, American humor columnist, Miami Herald weekly column 1983 to 2005 in more than 500 newspapers, 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, author of over thirty books, Peter and the Starcatchers with Ridley Pearson, Dave's World, Talk Like a Pirate Day, Substack.

Dave Beckwith

Dave Beckwith is an American politician and retired U.S. Air Force colonel who won the 2026 Republican primary for Virginia's 10th Congressional District, facing incumbent Suhas Subramanyam.

Dave Boliek

Dave Boliek, North Carolina's 21st state auditor (Republican, took office January 1, 2025), former Cumberland County prosecutor and UNC-Chapel Hill trustees chairman; won the 2024 election over Jessica Holmes and gained State Board of Elections appointment power.

Sep 19, 2026

Dave Brackett

Dave Brackett is an American financier who co-founded Antares Capital in 1996 and was its chief executive until 2021, growing the firm to $42.9 billion under management.

Dave Brat

Dave Brat (born 1964) is an American economist, Republican former U.S. Representative for Virginia's 7th District (2014–2019), who upset House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the 2014 primary, lost to Abigail Spanberger in 2018, and now serves as U.S. Ambassador to Australia.