British Famous Names Starting with Letter D

(31 March 1913 – 10 September 1983) was one of the Britain's leading golfers

(31 March 1913 – 10 September 1983) was one of the Britain's leading golfers

Is a British three-day eventing rider. With her horse Spring Along, she won the bronze medal for Gre

Is a British three-day eventing rider. With her horse Spring Along, she won the bronze medal for Great Britain in the team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

An English actress. Her debut was in the recently-released film The Golden Compass, as the lead char

An English actress. Her debut was in the recently-released film The Golden Compass, as the lead character Lyra Belacqua.[1][2] She has also been cast as the lead in another movie, The Secret of Moonacre, which is expected to be released in 2009.[3].In June 2006, it was announced that Richards had been cast in the lead role of Lyra Belacqua in The Golden Compass.[1][2]When she was nine years old, Richards had had the His Dark Materials books read to her by her mother. She immediately loved Lyra, feeling that she could "relate to her".[4] After she saw the stage adaption at the National Theatre, she says she "just wanted to be Lyra".[7] Richards found out about the auditions for the film from a family friend, who saw an item on CBBC's Newsround

Is an English former professional footballer. Playing as a midfielder, he represented his hometown c

Is an English former professional footballer. Playing as a midfielder, he represented his hometown club Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1980s before moving on to Preston North End, Norwegian club Djerv 1919, and Hednesford Town.

Is a former footballer who is currently assistant-manager for Atherstone United. He is a former goal

Is a former footballer who is currently assistant-manager for Atherstone United. He is a former goalkeeper.Belford started his professional career as an apprentice for Aston Villa back in July 1985, but after failing to secure a first team slot, he moved on to Sutton Coldfield Town in December 1986.

Is an English former footballer, who played for West Ham, Aldershot (scoring 47 goals in 106 appeara

Is an English former footballer, who played for West Ham, Aldershot (scoring 47 goals in 106 appearances) and York City.

Was a football player, a centre-half who started his playing career at Ipswich Town F.C.Roberts was

Was a football player, a centre-half who started his playing career at Ipswich Town F.C.Roberts was born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He was on the Ipswich team at the same time as other centre-half players such as Kevin Beattie, Allan Hunter, Russell Osman and Terry Butcher and he eventually moved on to Hull City A.F.C.

From April 1, 2000 to August 28, 2004 Dale hosted Pick of the Pops from 2.00-3.30 pm on Saturday aft

From April 1, 2000 to August 28, 2004 Dale hosted Pick of the Pops from 2.00-3.30 pm on Saturday afternoons on BBC Radio 2, taking over from Alan Freeman. From September 18, 2005, Dale returned to Radio 2 presenting Pick of the Pops once again, every Sunday afternoon from 3.30-5.00 pm. The programme currently airs between 2.30-4.30pm every Sunday.

Is an English former footballer who played as a striker.Atkinson is probably most often remembered f

Is an English former footballer who played as a striker.Atkinson is probably most often remembered for his magnificent solo goal against Wimbledon which won a BBC Match of the Day Goal of the Season competition.

Was the first English dancer to be titled a Prima Ballerina Assoluta.Markova was born Lilian Alicia

Was the first English dancer to be titled a Prima Ballerina Assoluta.Markova was born Lilian Alicia Marks to well-off parents in the Finsbury Park district of London. Her father, Alfred, was Jewish, and her mother, Eileen, was a convert to Judaism. At the age of eight, Marks was given ballet lessons to correct supposed problems with her legs and feet. She was soon spotted by Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev, who wanted her to dance in his Ballets Russes. Marks joined Diaghilev in Monte Carlo at the age of 14, and toured all over Europe. It was Diaghilev who "Russified" her name to Alicia Markova.

Was an English author. Cookson became Britain's most widely read novelist, while remaining a relativ

Was an English author. Cookson became Britain's most widely read novelist, while remaining a relatively low-profile figure in the world of celebrity writers. Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in North East England, the setting for her novels.

Was a famous British author of plays, novels and short stories. Many of her works were adapted into

Was a famous British author of plays, novels and short stories. Many of her works were adapted into films,

Was a German-born Austrian/British opera singer and recitalist. She was one of the leading sopranos

Was a German-born Austrian/British opera singer and recitalist. She was one of the leading sopranos of the post-World War II period, much admired for her performances of Mozart, Strauss and Hugo Wolf.

Was an English composer and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.

Was an English composer and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.

Is an English soprano, nick-named Flott.From her earliest years, she was musical, having started stu

Is an English soprano, nick-named Flott.From her earliest years, she was musical, having started studying piano at five. She also played violin and began singing lessons at 12. She is an alumna of Royal Holloway, University of London, having studied French and Latin there in the sixties.

Was an Oscar-nominated English actress, renowned as one of the great character players and one of Br

Was an Oscar-nominated English actress, renowned as one of the great character players and one of Britain's theatrical grandes dames.She was born in South Shields, of Scottish descent. Many of her forebears were engineers, mostly in shipping. Her father, who was a major influence in her life was a ship's engineer, prior to retiring and moving from South Shields to Welwyn Garden City. She was one of a large family, with two brothers, John and David, and sisters Eliza (Lila), Margaret (Darge), Helen (Nellie) and Shela. Flora, Lila and Darge remained unmarried.

Is an English stage, film and television actress. She has won an Oscar, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs

Is an English stage, film and television actress. She has won an Oscar, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards during her career.

An English stage, film and television actress. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards, four B

An English stage, film and television actress. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards during her career.Mirren was born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov[1] in a corridor of the maternity wing of Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith in West London.[2] Her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov (1913-1980), was of Russian origin, and her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (née Rogers; 1909-1980), was English.[3] Mirren's paternal grandfather, Pyotr Vassilievich Mironov, a Russian nobleman, tsarist colonel and diplomat,

Is an English UN Messenger of Peace, primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is well-know

Is an English UN Messenger of Peace, primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is well-known for her 45-year study of chimpanzee social and family interactions in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, and for founding the Jane Goodall Institute.

Is an English UN Messenger of Peace, primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is well-know

Is an English UN Messenger of Peace, primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is well-known for her 45-year study of chimpanzee social and family interactions in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, and for founding the Jane Goodall Institute.

Is an astrophysicist who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars with her the

Is an astrophysicist who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars with her thesis advisor Antony Hewish, for which he won a Nobel Prize.

Is a British human geneticist.Her research group has an international reputation for work on Duchenn

Is a British human geneticist.Her research group has an international reputation for work on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In the 1980s, she developed a test which allowed for the screening of foetuses whose mothers have a high risk of carrying DMD.

Was an Academy Award-winning English character actress, who first came to prominence following World

Was an Academy Award-winning English character actress, who first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

The British prima ballerina assoluta, was considered by many to be the greatest English ballerina of

The British prima ballerina assoluta, was considered by many to be the greatest English ballerina of her time.In the 1940s, she and Robert Helpmann formed a very successful dance partnership, and they toured together for several years. In the 1950s, she danced with Michael Somes. But her greatest partnership emerged at a time when many (including the head of the Royal Ballet, Ninette de Valois) thought she was about to retire. In 1961, Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West, and on February 21, 1962, he and Fonteyn first appeared on stage together, in a performance of Giselle. It was a great success; during the curtain calls Nureyev dropped to his knees and kissed Fonteyn's hand, cementing an on-and-offstage partnership which lasted until her 1979 retirement. Fonteyn and Nureyev became known for inspiring repeated frenzied curtain calls and bouquet tosses.

Was an acclaimed Academy Award-winning English actress.Peggy Ashcroft attended the Woodford School,

Was an acclaimed Academy Award-winning English actress.Peggy Ashcroft attended the Woodford School, Croydon and the Central School of Speech and Drama. A prolific stage actress from a young age, she first gained notoriety playing Naemi in Jew Suss in 1929, and Desdemona opposite Paul Robeson's Othello two years later. True stardom came in 1934 when she played Juliet in a legendary production of Romeo and Juliet, at the New Theatre, in which Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud alternated in the roles of Romeo and Mercutio. She stayed at the top of the British theatrical profession for the remainder of her career, with some of the highlights The Three Sisters (1937), The Heiress (1949), Antony and Cleopatra (1953), As You Like It and Cymbeline (as Imogen) (1957), The Taming of the Shrew (1960), and The War of the Roses, the Royal Shakespeare Company's massive landmark compendium of the three Henry VI plays and Richard III, directed by Peter Hall for the RSC in 1963.