Admiral Karl Dönitz (1891 - 1980) Dönitz was a German naval officer and the creator of Germany's World War Two U-boat fleet http: //bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/doni...
Benjamin Disraeli(1804 - 1881) British statesman and novelist, Disraeli provided the Conservative Party with its policies of popular democracy and imperialism. http: //bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/disr...
Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) Darwin was a British scientist who laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural world http: //bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/darw...
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Charles Dickens is much loved for his great contribution to classical English literature http: //bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dick...
Cornelius Drebbel (1572 - 1633) Drebbel was a Dutch inventor whose many inventions included the first submarine http: //bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dreb...
Djoser (reigned c. 2630 - c. 2611 BC) Djoser was the best known pharaoh, and possibly the founder, of the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom in Egypt. http: //bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/djos...
Eamon de Valera (1882 - 1975) De Valera opposed the treaty that established the Irish Free State but went on to lead and shape the new state http: //bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/de_v...