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David C. Howse is an American academic administrator. He is the 10th president of the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
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David S. Calloway is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Waldorf University, a position he has held since 2026. He previously served as the associate head coach and defensive coordinator at Missouri…
1953–
Air Commodore David Case (born c. 1953) is the highest ranking black officer in the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom, and as of 2000, at the age of 47, he became the highest ranking black officer ever to serve in Britain's armed forces.
1988–
David Michael Castain II (born August 5, 1988), is an American businessman and academic. He is perhaps best known for leaving a life of crime to later found a marketing firm worth over $5 million by November 2016 and $8.5 million by 2020.
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David John Chariandy (born 1969) is a Canadian writer and academic, presently working as a professor of English literature at the University of Toronto. His 2017 novel Brother won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and…
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David Alexander Clarke Jr. (born August 21, 1956) is an American former law enforcement official who served as Sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, from 2002 to 2017. In 2002, Clarke was appointed to the position by Republican governor Scott McCallum…
1893–1918
David Louis Clemetson (1 October 1893 – 21 September 1918), born in Jamaica into a wealthy family, was one of the first black people to serve as an officer in the British Army. He was commissioned in the Pembroke Yeomanry in October 1915. He was killed in…
1980–
David Corley Jr. (April 12, 1980) is an American football coach and former quarterback. He played college football at William & Mary and is currently the assistant quarterbacks coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).
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…
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David Carl Crowley (; born May 14, 1986) is an American politician who has served as the seventh executive of Milwaukee County since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Wisconsin's 17th Assembly district, including the west…
2002–
David Avery Curtiss (born July 4, 2002) is an American former professional swimmer. He is a US Open record holder in the 4×50-yard medley relay. At the 2019 World Junior Championships, he won the silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle. In 2021, he set a…
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…
1975–
David Calvert Daughtry is an American gospel musician, actor, and Assistant Minister Of Music at West Angeles Church of God in Christ, while he is an urban contemporary gospel and a traditional black gospel recording artist and singer. He started his solo…
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David Lowell Davis (born 20 February 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League club Kidderminster Harriers. Having trained with Walsall's Centre of Excellence as a boy, and then played local football for…
1970–2018
David Dejiro Defiagbon (12 June 1970 – 24 November 2018) was a Nigerian boxer. Nicknamed "The Dream", Defiagbon fought for Canada and won the heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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David Norman Dinkins (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 2020) was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 107th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993. Dinkins was among the more than 20,000 Montford Point Marines, the first…
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David Douglas is an American professional mixed martial artist and boxer. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, he has competed for Strikeforce, EliteXC and ShoXC.
1942–
David Downey (born February 18, 1942) is a former two-time Canadian middleweight champion and a member of the Boxing Downeys dynasty. He was the son of George Downey and is the father of Olympian Ray Downey. He is in the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame and…
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David C. Driskell (June 7, 1931 – April 1, 2020) was an American artist, scholar and curator recognized for his work in establishing African-American Art as a distinct field of study. In his lifetime, Driskell was cited as one of the world's leading…
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David Carl Drummond (born March 6, 1963) is an American business executive and former lawyer. He served as senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer for Alphabet Inc., and, formerly, for its subsidiary, Google. Prior to joining…
1965–
David Dyson (born 3 April 1965) is an American bassist, songwriter, arranger, and producer. Throughout his career, he has performed with an array of artists including New Kids on the Block, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lalah Hathaway, Pieces of a Dream, George…
Born 1869
David Eugene Crawford (December 26, 1869–?), was an American banker, lawyer, and real estate investor in Boston, Massachusetts. He founded Eureka Co–Operative Bank of Boston in 1910, the first Black-owned cooperative bank in the nation.
1934–2024
David Ellsworth Harris (December 22, 1934 – March 8, 2024) was an American commercial airline pilot. Harris was the first African-American commercial pilot and the first to achieve the rank of captain for a major American commercial airline.
1966–
David E. Talbert (born February 10, 1966) is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker. He is a graduate of Morgan State University and attended the New York University film program. Talbert has won numerous NAACP awards for his work The Fabric of a…
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