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1966–
Danielle Carr Ramdath (born March 16, 1966) is an American mathematician, academic and university administrator. She was the first black person to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics from Duke University. Ramdath is the Senior Associate Dean of Academic Engagement…
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Danielle Hairston is an American psychiatrist who is Director of Residency Training in the Department of Psychiatry at Howard University College of Medicine, and a practicing psychiatrist in the Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at the University…
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Danielle N. Lee is an American assistant professor of biology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, best known for her science blogging and outreach efforts focused on increasing minority participation in STEM fields. Her research interests focus…
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Danielle Wood is an associate professor in the MIT Media Lab, where she directs the research group Space Enabled. Prior to joining MIT, Wood worked as special assistant to Dava Newman at NASA. Wood looks to advance justice using technology created in space.
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Daniell "Danni" Washington is an American activist, artist, and presenter who campaigns for cleaner, plastic-free oceans. She founded the Big Blue & You, a non-profit organization. Washington presents the STEM-themed TV show Xploration Nature Knows Best,…
1988–
Danny Manu (born 5 December 1988), is a British engineer and tech entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO at Mymanu, a British electronic and software brand owned by CEH Technologies LTD, founded in 2014, known for producing various innovative audio…
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Daphne Letitia Smith was the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in 1985. She is the president of the National Alumnae Association of Spelman College, her alma mater, and a member…
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Dapo Adeola is a British-Nigerian illustrator. He co-created and illustrated the Waterstones children's book of 2020 Look Up!, which explored space science. Adeola is best known for creating graphics that challenge race and gender stereotypes.
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Dara M. Wilson is a naturalist, science educator, and co-chair of the Black Birders Week Advisory Group. She has been awarded the 2022-2023 Vanguard Fellow by the Cecil Corbin-Mark Vanguard Fellowship program. She has also worked with the Smithsonian…
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Dara J. Norman is an astronomer and the deputy director of the Community Science and Data Center at the National Science Foundation's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab) in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Norman is currently the 50th…
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Darlene Dixon is an American veterinary scientist and toxicologic pathologist researching the pathogenesis/carcinogenesis of tumors affecting the reproductive tract of rodents and humans and assessing the role of environmental and endogenous hormonal…
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Darryll John Pines is an American aerospace engineer and academic administrator currently serving as president of University of Maryland, College Park. He was previously dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering and held the Glenn L. Martin…
1960–2013
Daryl Chester "Brick" McNeill Sr. (September 20, 1960 – October 19, 2013) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Johnson C. Smith University from 1995 to 1998 and again from 2005 to 2009. He also served as the head…
Invented at age 17
Dasia tested natural beet dye and found it could make surgical thread change color when a wound’s chemistry suggests infection. She focused on an affordable idea that could help people with darker skin and communities with fewer resources.
1931–1980
David Bernard Todd Jr. (March 22, 1931 – October 21, 1980) was an American surgeon. He was a professor of surgery at Meharry Medical College, and the first African-American cardiovascular surgeon in Nashville, Tennessee.
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David Harold Blackwell (April 24, 1919 – July 8, 2010) was an American statistician and mathematician who made significant contributions to game theory, probability theory, information theory, and statistics. He is one of the eponyms of the Rao–Blackwell…
1892–1976
David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. (May 27, 1892 – February 25, 1976) was an African-American mechanical and electrical engineer, inventor, and writer. Crosthwait's expertise was on air ventilation, central air conditioning, and heat transfer systems. He was…
1955–
David Dabydeen FRSL (born 9 December 1955) is a Guyanese-born broadcaster, novelist, poet and academic. He was formerly Guyana's Ambassador to UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation) from 1997 to 2010, and was the youngest…
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David Jones Peck (c. 1826–1855) was an American medical doctor. He was the first African American to receive a Doctor of Medicine from an American medical school.
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David Joseph is a Canadian basketball coach. He most recently served as an assistant coach at Centennial College. A former college player, Joseph was named Canadian College Player of the Year and won a CCAA national championship in 1982, playing for the…
1933–2021
David Lee Hunter (September 10, 1933 – June 24, 2021) was an African American mathematician and educator. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Council on Black American Affairs (a council of the American Association of Community…
1913–1994
Pitt practised medicine in London, chaired the Greater London Council, and campaigned for decades against racial discrimination before his 1975 elevation to the peerage.
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David Rudyard Williams (born 1954) is the Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, as well as a professor of African and African American Studies and of Sociology at Harvard University.
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David Satcher (born March 2, 1941) is an American physician, and public health administrator. He was a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the 11th Assistant Secretary for Health, and the 16th…
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