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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Damião Feliciano

1952–

Damião Feliciano da Silva (born 28 April 1952) is a Brazilian politician who has been a federal deputy from the state of Paraíba since 2007, having also previously been a federal deputy from 1999 to 2004. He is currently affiliated with the Brazil Union…

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Sports

Damien Berry

1989–

Damien Berry (born October 21, 1989) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, leading the team in rushing and earning second-team…

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Film & Television

Damien Dante Wayans

1980–

Damien Dante Wayans ( WAY-ənz; born April 15, 1980) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director. He is a member of the Wayans family.

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Biography & Culture

Damien Diggs

Biography

Damien Diggs (born 1975/1976) is an American lawyer serving as United States attorney for the Eastern District of Texas since May 2023.

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Science & Inventions

Damien Fair

Biography

Damien Fair is a behavioral neuroscientist, professor at the University of Minnesota, and director of the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain. In 2020, he was selected for the MacArthur Fellows Program. In 2013, he received the Presidential Early…

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Music

Damien Horne

1978–

Damien Horne, also known as Mista D (born July 14, 1978) is an American recording artist, musician and songwriter. He is a member of the trio The Farm, as well as Nashville's MuzikMafia, and is involved with the Salvation Army, Samaritan's Feet, and other…

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Arts & Performance

Damien Leake

1952–

Damien Leake (born August 12, 1952, in The Bronx, New York City) is an American actor and world record-holding masters track and field athlete.

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Sports

Damien Pottinger

1982–

Damien Pottinger (born January 17, 1982) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a forward.

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Sports

Damion Easley

1969–

Jacinto Damion Easley (born November 11, 1969) is an American former professional baseball player whose career has also included coaching.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Damisa standing with a Commemorative Omeshe Masquerader in his compound, Ogiriga, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Damisa standing with a Commemorative Omeshe Masquerader in his compound, Ogiriga, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-6516
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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Damita Jo DeBlanc

1930–1998

Damita Jo DeBlanc (August 5, 1930 – December 25, 1998), known professionally as Damita Jo, was an American singer and comedian. Her second marriage was to her manager James "Biddy" Wood in 1961.

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Film & Television

Damita Jo Freeman

Biography

Damita Jo Freeman is an American dancer and actress, who started her career on the TV show Soul Train. In 1973 Freeman became a featured dancer on Soul Train after only her second appearance on the show, when Joe Tex invited her on stage to dance to his…

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Historical photographs & documents

Damn Ain't Got A Damn; Miscellaneous Lyrics

n.d.

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Cataloged as “Damn Ain't Got A Damn; Miscellaneous Lyrics” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref192
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Damn Lyrics

n.d.

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Cataloged as “Damn Lyrics” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref12
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Biography & Culture

Damola Adamolekun

1989–

Damola Adamolekun (born February 1989) is a Nigerian-American business executive and the current chief executive officer of Red Lobster Investor Holdings. He is the youngest CEO of Red Lobster and previously held experience in financial and operational…

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Sports

Damola Ajayi

2005–

Oyindamola Oluwatobi Peter Ajayi (born 27 December 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for EFL League Two club Barnet on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

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Sports & Achievement

Damon Buford

1970–

Damon Jackson Buford (born June 12, 1970) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1993 and…

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Business

Damon Dash

1971–

Damon Anthony Dash (born May 3, 1971) is an American entrepreneur and record executive. He co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay-Z and Kareem Burke in 1994, and co-founded the fashion retailer Rocawear with the former in 1999.

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Arts & Performance

Damon Davis

1985–

Damon Davis (born 1985) is a multi-media American artist, musician and filmmaker based in St. Louis, Missouri. His 2014 public art installation "All Hands on Deck" has been collected in the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Arts & Performance

Damon Evans

1949–

Damon Evans (born November 24, 1949) is an American actor and singer best known as the second of two actors who portrayed Lionel Jefferson on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. He also portrayed the young Alex Haley (ages 17–25) in the ABC television…

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Sports & Achievement

Damon Evans (athletic director)

1970–

Damon M. Evans is the athletics director at the Southern Methodist University. Previously, Evans had served as the interim and then permanent athletic director at the University of Maryland from 2017 until 2025. After graduating from Gainesville High…

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Music

Damon Gupton

1973–

Damon Jamal Gupton (born January 4, 1973) is an American actor and orchestral conductor, best known for his series regular roles as Charles Foster on Deadline, Evrard Velerio on Prime Suspect, Adam Page on The Divide, Detective Cal Brown on The Player,…

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Music

Damon Harris

1950–2013

Otis Robert "Damon" Harris Jr. (July 17, 1950 – February 18, 2013) was an American soul and R&B singer, most notable as a member of The Temptations from 1971 to 1975. Harris was the youngest member of The Temptations, joining the group at the age of…

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Sports

Damon Hollins

1974–

Damon Jamall Hollins (born June 12, 1974) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and current coach. Hollins played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

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