Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television

Is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com. He is the older brother of current NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip.

Is a vertebrate palaeontologist and science writer. He obtained a geology degree at the University o

Is a vertebrate palaeontologist and science writer. He obtained a geology degree at the University of Southampton and later studied vertebrate palaeontology under British palaeontologist David Martill at the University of Portsmouth, where he obtained both an M. Phil. and Ph.D.

Was a volcanologist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Johnston was manning an observa

Was a volcanologist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Johnston was manning an observation post about 6 miles (10 km) from the volcano Mount St. Helens on the morning of May 18, 1980. He was the first to report the eruption, transmitting the famous message "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" before being swept away by the lateral blast created by the collapse of the mountain's north face. Ham radio operator Gerry Martin observed the lateral blast overtaking Johnston's camp before he, too, was killed. Though Johnston's remains have never been found, remnants of his USGS trailer were found by state highway workers in 1993.

Was born in 1966 in Greater Manchester, England. After attending school in Bolton he progressed to s

Was born in 1966 in Greater Manchester, England. After attending school in Bolton he progressed to study Biochemistry at Liverpool University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science. He remained at Liverpool to complete his Doctorate on penicillin binding proteins and after postdoctoral work in England and the Netherlands he began work at the University of Central Lancashire where he is now Deputy Vice Chancellor responsible for areas of strategic planning and performance across the University group.

Was an Armenian philosopher of the 5th century, best known as the author of several works including

Was an Armenian philosopher of the 5th century, best known as the author of several works including Definition of Philosophy and Exegesis of Aristotle. He was the member of Neoplatonic school and the founder of a non-religious branch of Medieval Armenian

A British ornithologist.After graduating from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1909, he travelled exte

A British ornithologist.After graduating from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1909, he travelled extensively in Africa, the West Indies, South America and the Atlantic Islands. [2]

American biologist who is a well-known and controversial figure in the sciences. He was awarded a No

American biologist who is a well-known and controversial figure in the sciences. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1975, and served as president of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 1997 to 2006.

He made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic, revolutionizing the way magic is depic

He made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic, revolutionizing the way magic is depicted around the world.On May 19, 1997, Blaine's first television special, David Blaine: Street Magic, introduced his unique brand of street magic to the world when it aired on the ABC network. With its strong focus on spectators' reactions and showmanship, Street Magic revolutionized the way magic is performed and portrayed on television. According to The New York Daily News, ôBlaine can lay claim to his own brand of wizardry. The magic he offers in tonightÆs show operates on an uncommonly personal level

An American biologist who has been the director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomi

An American biologist who has been the director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University since 2003.He graduated from Harvard in 1963 and received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1967. He then taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he became a Professor of Genetics. In 1990, he became Chairman of the Department of Genetics at Stanford University. He has also worked for Genentech, as the Vice President - Science. Dr. Botstein was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1981 and to the Institute of Medicine in 1993.

An American economist. He is currently the director of the research unit Entrepreneurship, Growth an

An American economist. He is currently the director of the research unit Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group at the Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena in Germany. He also holds the Ameritech Chair of Economic Development at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and is director of the Institute for Development Strategies at Indiana University and a research fellow at the CEPR, London. He is co-founder and co-editor of the academic journal on entrepreneurship and small business called Small Business Economics.

Was one of the most widely travelled plant collectors, who was sent by James Veitch & Sons to collec

Was one of the most widely travelled plant collectors, who was sent by James Veitch & Sons to collect plants in British Guiana, Burma and Colombia. In his later life, Burke became rather eccentric, preferring the privations of life away from his native En

A Professor of astronomy at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. He was born in 1958 in

A Professor of astronomy at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. He was born in 1958 in England, and is a 1979 graduate of the University of London. Jewitt received an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology in 1980 and 1983, respectively. His research interests include the trans-Neptunian Solar System, Solar System formation and the physical properties of comets. Along with Jane Luu, he discovered the first Kuiper belt object in 1992.

Was an Australian philosopher of science

Was an Australian philosopher of science

Is an Australian mathematical logician living in London, England.Makinson began his studies at Sydne

Is an Australian mathematical logician living in London, England.Makinson began his studies at Sydney University in 1958 and was an associate of the Libertarian Society and Sydney Push. He is a Visiting Professor in the London School of Economics, Univers

Is a Jewish American magician and illusionist best known for his combination of illusions and storyt

Is a Jewish American magician and illusionist best known for his combination of illusions and storytelling.

A linguist, academic and author. He grew up in Holyhead, North Wales, and Liverpool, England where h

A linguist, academic and author. He grew up in Holyhead, North Wales, and Liverpool, England where he attended St Mary's College from 1951.Crystal studied English at University College London between 1959 and 1962. He was a researcher under Randolph Quirk between 1962 and 1963, working on the Survey of English Usage. Since then he has lectured at Bangor University and the University of Reading. He is currently an honorary professor and part-time lecturer of linguistics at Bangor. His many academic interests include English language learning and teaching, forensic linguistics, language death, "ludic linguistics" (Crystal's neologism for the study of language play),[1] English style, Shakespeare, indexing, and lexicography. He is the Patron of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).

Was a prominent American geologist. He conducted the first geological surveys of Indiana, Kentucky,

Was a prominent American geologist. He conducted the first geological surveys of Indiana, Kentucky, and Arkansas.[1] David Dale was the third son of Robert Owen, a Welsh reformer who moved to the United States and established a social experiment at New Harmony, Indiana, where David Dale also lived. It is likely that David Dale became interested in geology because of his father's partnership with geologist William Maclure. His first geological work was as an assistant mapping the geology of Tennessee, in 1836. He was appointed the first Geologist for the State of Indiana (1837-39), and worked as the State Geologist of Kentucky in 1854-1857; he was appointed State Geologist of Arkansas in 1857, continuing as the Kentucky geologist without pay. He returned to Indiana as State Geologist in 1859-1860. [2]

Canadian economist and Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2001 to 2008

Canadian economist and Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2001 to 2008

Was a Scottish]] [[botanist]his father being George Don of Forfar], Professor of Botany at King's Co

Was a Scottish]] [[botanist]his father being George Don of Forfar], Professor of Botany at King's College London from 1836–1841, and librarian at the Linnean Society of London from 1822–1841. David Dobn was born on December 21,1799, at Doo Hillock, Forgarshire, Scotland.He described several of the major conifers discovered in the period, including first descriptions of Coast Redwood (Taxodium sempervirens D. Don; now Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endlicher), Bristlecone Fir (Pinus bracteata D. Don, now Abies bracteata (D. Don) A. Poit.), Grand Fir (Pinus grandis Douglas ex D. Don; now Abies grandis (Douglas ex D. Don) Lindl.) and Coulter Pine (Pinus coulteri D. Don), and was the first to treat Sugi (Cupressus japonica Thunberg; now Cryptomeria japonica (Thunberg) D. Don) in a new genus.

Was a Scottish botanist. The son of a stonemason, he was born in the village of Scone north-east of

Was a Scottish botanist. The son of a stonemason, he was born in the village of Scone north-east of Perth. He attended Kinnoull School and upon leaving he found work as an apprentice gardener in the estate of the 3rd Earl of Mansfield at Scone Palace. He spent seven years at this position before leaving to attend college in Perth to learn more of the scientific and mathematical aspects of plant culture. After a further spell of working in Fife (during which time he had access to a library of botanical and zoological books) he moved to the Botanical Gardens of Glasgow and attended botany lectures at the University of Glasgow

An American linguist.He is best known for his work on relational grammar, especially the development

An American linguist.He is best known for his work on relational grammar, especially the development with Paul Postal in 1977 of arc pair grammar (Johnson and Postal, 1980). For a brief history of early work on relational grammar, see Newmeyer, 1980. In contrast to the generative-enumerative (proof-theoretic) approach to syntax assumed by transformational grammar, arc pair grammar took a model-theoretic approach. In arc pair grammar, linguistic laws and language-specific rules of grammar were formalized in the same manner, namely, as logical statements in an axiomatic theory. Further, sentences of a language,

Was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Ma

Was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science.[1]

Was a German theologian who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic astronomy, jo

Was a German theologian who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic astronomy, jointly with his eldest son, Johannes Fabricius (1587-1615).

Was an English economist. He was Professor of Statistical Economics at the University of Oxford (194

Was an English economist. He was Professor of Statistical Economics at the University of Oxford (1948-1959), and professor of Economics and Statistics at the University of Cambridge (1970-2000). He published work on Champernowne's Number in 1933, while st

Is a distinguished British statistician and epidemiologist. He is titular Professor of Biostatistics

Is a distinguished British statistician and epidemiologist. He is titular Professor of Biostatistics in the University of Cambridge and Wellcome Trust and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Principal Research Fellow in the Diabetes and Inflammation Lab