| Chun Doo-hwan | Korean politician and army ge… | 1931–2021 |
| Mike Dooley | American writer | 1961 |
| James Doolittle | United States Air Force Medal… | 1896–1993 |
| MF Doom | hip hop artist from America | 1971 |
| Simon Doonan | British businessman | 1952 |
| Herman Dooyeweerd | Dutch philosopher | 1894–1977 |
| Christian Doppler | mathematician, physicist | 1803–1853 |
| Kevin Doran | Irish bishop | 1953 |
| Carl Van Doren | American biographer | 1885–1950 |
| Mamie Van Doren | American actress | 1931 |
| Ariel Dorfman | Chilean writer | 1942 |
| John C. Dorhauer | | |
| Chekawa Yeshe Dorje | Buddhist meditation master | 1102–1176 |
| Ogyen Trinley Dorje | Tibetan Lama | 1985 |
| Gerhard Dorn | alchemist, bibliophile, philo… | 1530–1584 |
| Walter Dornberger | German general | 1895–1980 |
| Rudiger Dornbusch | German economist | 1942–2002 |
| Rael Dornfest | American computer programmer | 1950 |
| Vladislav Doronin | European businessman | 1962 |
| Witold Doroszewski | Lexicographer and linguist | 1899–1976 |
| Julia Caroline Dorr | American writer | 1825–1913 |
| Nadine Dorries | British politician | 1957 |
| Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset | English politician and poet | 1536–1608 |
| Glenn Dorsey | American football player, def… | 1985 |
| Tim Dorsey | American writer | 1961 |
| Doug Dorst | writer | |
| Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Russian author | 1821–1881 |
| Mark Doty | Novelist, memoirist | 1953 |
| Sarah Doudney | English novelist and poet | 1841–1926 |
| Michael Dougherty | | |
| Carole Nelson Douglas | American writer | 1944 |
| Gavin Douglas | Scottish Churchman, Scholar, … | 1474–1522 |
| John E. Douglas | Criminal profiler | 1945 |
| Kirk Douglas | American stage and film actor | 1916–2020 |
| Mary Douglas | British anthropologist | 1921–2007 |
| Michael Douglas | American actor and producer | 1944 |
| Norman Douglas | British writer | 1868–1952 |
| Scott Douglas | American wheelchair tennis pl… | 1963 |
| Stephen A. Douglas | American politician | 1813–1861 |
| Susan J. Douglas | writer | 1950 |
| Tommy Douglas | Scottish-born Canadian politi… | 1904–1986 |
| William O. Douglas | Associate Justice of the Supr… | 1898–1980 |
| Alec Douglas-Home | Former Prime Minister of the … | 1903–1995 |
| David Douglass | | |
| Frederick Douglass | American social reformer, ora… | 1818–1895 |
| Mamady Doumbouya | Guinean military officer and … | 1980 |
| Brad Dourif | British actor | 1950 |
| Rita Dove | American poet and author (195… | 1952 |
| Stephen R. Dovez | | |
| Bernardo Dovizi | Italian cardinal and playwrig… | 1470–1520 |
| Arthur Wesley Dow | painter from the United States | 1857–1922 |
| Maureen Dowd | American journalist | 1952 |
| Siobhan Dowd | British writer and activist | 1960–2007 |
| Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding | British noble | 1908–1993 |
| Frances O'Roark Dowell | American writer | 1964 |
| John Dowland | English Renaissance composer,… | 1563–1626 |
| Bartholomew Dowling | Irish poet | 1823–1863 |
| Colette Dowling | | 1938 |
| Alisen Down | Canadian actress | 1976 |
| June Downey | American psychologist | 1875–1932 |
| Anthony Downs | English economist and politol… | 1930 |
| Bill Downs | American journalist | 1914–1978 |
| Hugh Downs | American broadcaster | 1921 |
| Lila Downs | Mexican American singer-songw… | 1968 |
| Ernest Dowson | English writer | 1867–1900 |
| Apostolos Doxiadis | Greek writer | 1953 |
| Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis | Greek architect | 1914–1975 |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Scottish physician and author | 1859–1930 |
| Robert Doyle | Australian politician | 1953 |
| Roddy Doyle | Irish author | 1958 |
| Wendelin Van Draanen | American writer | 1965 |
| Margaret Drabble | Novelist, biographer and crit… | 1939 |
| Mario Draghi | Italian banker and economist | 1947 |
| David Draiman | American singer and songwriter | 1973 |
| Drake | Canadian rapper, singer, song… | 1986 |
| Barbara Drake | British politician | 1876–1963 |
| Daniel Drake | American physician and writer | 1785–1852 |
| Francis Drake | English sea captain, privatee… | 1540–1596 |
| Frank Drake | American astronomer and astro… | 1930 |
| Jessica Drake | American pornographic actress | 1974 |
| Joseph Rodman Drake | Early American poet | 1795–1820 |
| Leah Bodine Drake | American writer | 1914–1964 |
| Monica Drake | American writer | 1967 |
| Nick Drake | British singer-songwriter | 1948–1974 |
| Robert Macias Drake (R. M. Drake) | | |
| Mark Drakeford | First Minister of Wales | 1954 |
| Jean Drapeau | former mayor of Montreal, Que… | 1916–1999 |
| Hal Draper | American activist | 1914–1990 |
| Sharon M. Draper | American children's writer | 1948 |
| Rahul Dravid | Indian cricketer | 1973 |
| Michael Drayton | English poet | 1563–1631 |
| Dr. Dre | American rapper, entrepreneur… | 1965 |
| Андре Ромелль Янг (Dr. Dre) | | 1965 |
| Oriah Mountain Dreamer | Canadian author | 1954 |
| Wolfgang Drechsler | Political Philosophy and Inno… | 1963 |
| Rod Dreher | American journalist | 1967 |
| Theodore Dreiser | Novelist, journalist | 1871–1945 |
| Sidney Drell | American physicist | 1926–2016 |
| Aleksandër Stavre Drenova | Albanian poet | 1872–1947 |
| Pacatus Drepanius | | |
