Famous People from Yorkshire…… D

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INDEX
A to Z of famous people from Yorkshire
http://yorkshirepeopleindex.blogspot.com/

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TOM D’URFREY
Poet

Tom D’Urfrey biography
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THOMAS DANBY
fl. 1661
Farnley (near Leeds)
The first Mayor of Leeds

Thomas Danby biography
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ANN DANIELS
1967 - fl. 2007
Bradford
Polar explorer

Ann Daniels biography
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Further references
http://www.anndaniels.com/
http://www.stuff.co.uk/media/polar-relay/progress_reports.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,237213,00.html
http://www.cityspeakersinternational.co.uk/speakers/speaker_ann_daniels.php

PAUL DANIELS
April 6 1938 - fl. 2007
Middlesbrough
Magician

Paul Daniels biography
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DARBY AND JOAN (JOHN DARBY AND JOAN DARBY)
fl. early 18th century
Healaugh
The happy old couple of popular fiction

THOMAS DARCY, 1ST BARON DARCY OF TEMPLE HURST
1467 - June 30 1537
Military leader

Thomas Darcy biography
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LORD HENRY STEWART (STUART) DARNLEY
1545 - 1567
Temple Newsam
The ancestor of all the English Sovereigns since 1603

Lord Henry Darnley biography
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LIONEL DAVIDSON
March 31 1922 - fl. 2007
Hull
Novelist

Lionel Davidson biography
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DONALD ALFRED DAVIE
1922 - fl. 2007
Poet and literary critic

Donald Alfred Davie biography
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ELIZABETH "LIZ" DAWN, M.B.E. (real name SYLVIA BUTTERFIELD)
November 8 1939 - fl. 2007
North Ormesby
Actor

Liz Dawn biography
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ALEX DEAKIN
fl. 2007
North Ferriby
Television weatherman

Alex Deakin biography
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KIKI DEE (born PAULINE MATTHEWS)
March 6 1947 - fl. 2007
Little Horton
Singer/songwriter

Kiki Dee biography
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FREDERICK DELIUS
January 29 1862 - June 10 1934
Bradford
Composer

Frederick Delius biography
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Further references
http://www.delius.org.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/works/s3/delius/index.shtml
http://www.steenslid.com/music/delius/index.htm
http://www.jeffgower.com/delius.html

DAME JUDITH "JUDI" OLIVIA DENCH
December 9 1934 - fl. 2007
York
Actor

Dame Judi Dench biography
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Further references
http://www.djdchronology.com/djdbio.htm
http://www.tmaw.co.uk/judid.html

JOHN MICHAEL TERRENCE WELLESLEY DENISON
November 1 1915 - July 22 1998
Doncaster
Actor

John Denison biography
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DAVID DENTON
July 4 1874 - February 16 1950
Wakefield
Cricketer

David Denton biography
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JERRY DESMONDE (born JAMES ROBERT SADLER)
July 20 1908 - February 11 1967
Linthorpe
Actor

Jerry Desmonde biography
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NEDDY DICK (born RICHARD ALDERSON)
Keld
Eccentric

Neddy Dick biography
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MICHAEL WILLIAM DICKINSON
fl. 2007
Dunkeswick
Racehorse trainer

Michael Dickinson biography
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FRANK GORDON DOBSON
March 15 1940 - fl. 2007
York
Politician

Frank Dobson biography
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MARGARET DRABBLE, C.B.E.
June 5 1939 - fl. 2007
Sheffield
Novelist, biographer and critic

Margaret Drabble biography
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Further reference
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth31

KEITH DRINKEL
November 14 1944 - fl. 2007
York
Actor

Keith Drinkel biography
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GEORGE DUFFIELD
November 30 1946 - fl. 2007
Stanley (near Wakefield)
Jockey

George Duffield biography
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STEVE DUGGAN
April 10 1958 - fl. 2007
Doncaster
Snooker player

Steve Duggan biography
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RICHARD DUNN
January 19 1945 - fl. 2007
Bradford
Boxer

Richard Dunn biography
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