Daniel Emilfork (1924 - 2006)

Actor. He was born in Chile. At the age of 25 he left his homeland and settled in France because he suffered problems over his open homosexuality. There he became a prolific and beloved character actor, appearing in over 100 films. He worked with such noted directors as Fellini, George Cukor and Jean Pierre Jeunet. […]

Daniel Frohman (1851 - 1940)

Daniel Frohman (August 22, 1851 – December 26, 1940) was an American theatrical producer and manager, and an early film producer. Daniel Frohman was born to a Jewish family in Sandusky, Ohio. In his younger days he worked as a clerk at the New York Tribune, and while there witnessed the fatal shooting of the reporter […]

Daniel Gélin (1921 - 2002)

Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire into a Jewish family, the son of Yvonne (Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin. When he was ten, his family moved to Saint-Malo where Daniel went to college until he was expelled for ‘uncouthness’. His father then found him a job in a shop that sold cans of […]

Daniel Guggenheim (1856 - 1930)

Business Magnate and Philanthropist. Daniel was the second son of Meyer Guggenheim and father of Harry F. Guggenheim the Ambassador to Cuba. At an early age he became a member of the firm of Meyer Guggenheim and Sons. At the beginning of the 20th century the family had gotten involved in mining adventures. They were […]

Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846 - 1912)

Architect. Known as”The Father of American City Planning”, he is best remembered for his direction of the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1892 to 1893, and for designing several famous buildings, including the New York City, New York’s Flatiron Building and the Postal Square Building in Washington, DC.  Born in Henderson, New York and raised in […]

Daniel Huntington (1816 - 1906)

Artist.  As a descendant of two Mayflower passengers, William Brewster and John Alden, and the grandson of two famous Huntingtons, paternal-grandson of Benjamin Huntington, Senior who had been a Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress, and also as a maternal-grandson of Revolutionary War Brigadier-General Jedediah Huntington, he was born into a privileged and highly respected […]

Daniel Mainwaring (1902 - 1977)

Daniel Mainwaring (July 22, 1902 – January 31, 1977) was an American novelist and screenwriter. A native of Oakland, California, he began his professional career as a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle and enjoyed a successful career as a mystery novelist (under the name Geoffrey Homes). He worked as a film publicist and eventually […]

Daniel Massey (1933 - 1998)

Massey was born in London in 1933. He was educated at Eton College and King’s College, Cambridge. He was a member of the noted Massey family, which included his father, Raymond Massey, his sister, Anna Massey and his uncle Vincent Massey, the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada. His mother was the actress Adrianne Allen. Living […]

Daniel Mauser (1983 - 1999)

Daniel Mauser was born on June 25, 1983 to Tom and Linda Mauser. He has one sister named Christine. He was a Sophomore who excelled in math and science, and got straight ‘A’s on his last report card. His dad, Tom Mauser, remembered his son as a smart young man who wasn’t afraid of challenges […]

Daniel Morris Angel (1911 - 1999)

Motion Picture Producer. Produced the 1958 film “Carve Her Name With Pride”. (bio by: Kieran Smith)

Daniel Nathans (1928 - 1999)

Daniel Nathans (October 30, 1928 – November 16, 1999) was an American microbiologist. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for the discovery of restriction enzymes. Daniel Nathans was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the last of nine children born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Sarah (Levitan) and Samuel Nathans. During the Great […]

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726 - 1801)

Painter. Largely self-taught, Daniel achieved his first popular success with the sentimental painting The Parting of Jean Calas from His Family (1767), which shows the influence of Greuze. He began engraving in 1758. The bulk of his work was in illustrating scientific books by Basedow, Buffon, Lavater, Pestalozzi and others. He also painted many portraits […]

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726 - 1801)

Painter. Largely self-taught, Daniel achieved his first popular success with the sentimental painting The Parting of Jean Calas from His Family (1767), which shows the influence of Greuze. He began engraving in 1758. The bulk of his work was in illustrating scientific books by Basedow, Buffon, Lavater, Pestalozzi and others. He also painted many portraits […]

Daniel Pearl (1963 - 2002)

Following a trip to the Soviet Union, China and Europe, Daniel Pearl started his professional journalism career at the North Adams Transcript and The Berkshire Eagle in western Massachusetts. From there he moved to the San Francisco Business Times. In 1990 Pearl moved to the Atlanta bureau of the Wall Street Journal, and moved again in […]

Daniel Pollock (1968 - 1992)

Daniel John Pollock (24 August 1968 – 13 April 1992) was an Australian actor best known for his role as Davey in the 1992 Australian drama film Romper Stomper, which featured Russell Crowe. Pollock is the son of John and Lucy Pollock. Pollock attended Swinburne Senior Community School in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn, Victoria in the […]

Daniel Pratt (1799 - 1873)

Industrialist. In 1836 he bought land on the Autuaga Creek in Alabama where he built a cotton gin factory, cotton mill, grist mill, woolen mill, and a foundry. The area became known as Prattville. Pratt was one of the first people to develop Alabama’s coal and iron ore mines, and he helped establish the North […]

Daniel Read Anthony (1824 - 1904)

Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts, one of eight children born to Daniel Anthony and Lucy Read. His older sister was Susan B. Anthony.  Anthony first came to Kansas in 1854 as part of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company to fight against the extension of slavery to the Kansas Territory. He settled in Leavenworth in […]

Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick (1891 - 1969)

Cartoonist. In 1913 he began to work for the St. Louis Dispatch in St. Louis, Missouri, as a cartoonist. During his time at the newspaper he created some 14,000 editorial drawings that were championed toward the underdog types. In 1926 and 1955 he won the Pulitzer Prize for his drawings. He retired in 1958 after […]

Daniel Schorr (1916 - 2010)

Schorr was born in the Bronx, New York, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants Tillie Godiner and Gedaliah Tchornemoretz. He began his journalism career at the age of 13, when he came upon a woman who had jumped or fallen from the roof of his apartment building. After calling the police, he phoned the Bronx […]

Daniel Theron (1872 - 1900)

Daniel Theron became a Boer Army Captain and was put in charge of organizing and leading the Boer Intelligence scouts, the Theron se Verkenningskorps (TVK) (Theron’s Reconnaissance Corps). To save horses for combat, he developed the use of bicycles for despatch and reconnaissance. His 105 recruits were equipped with various items including revolvers, binoculars and sometimes […]

Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852)

Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American politician who twice served in the United States House of Representatives, representing New Hampshire (1813–1817) and Massachusetts (1823–1827), served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1827–1841 and 1845–1850) and was twice the United States Secretary of State, under Presidents William Henry Harrison and […]

Daniele Amfitheatrof (1901 - 1983)

Following his graduation, Daniele Amfitheatrof took his place in Italian music circles of the day. In 1924 he was appointed pianist, organist, and assistant choral conductor of the Augusteo Symphony of Rome. Successive appointments included a position as the artistic director of the Italian Radio in Genoa and Trieste (1929–1932), as well as the management […]

Daniele Delorme (1926 - 2015)

French Actress. Delorme, born Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard, was a very prominent actress and producer in French cinema. She acted in her first film “La bella aventure” in 1942 using her birth name, but afterwards adopted the stage name Delorme. Delorme would go on to appear in more than 65 films including “The Crook” […]

Danitra Vance (1954 - 1994)

American motion picture and television actress of the 1980s and 90s. Best known as being a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” in the mid-1980s. (bio by: A.J. Marik) Cause of death: Breast Cancer

Dankmar Adler (1844 - 1900)

Adler was born in Stadtlengsfeld, Germany; his mother died when he was born. He came to the United States with his father Liebman, a rabbi, in 1854.  Adler served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Thereafter, he practiced in Chicago, from 1866 onward. He worked first with Augustus Bauer and next with Ozias […]

Danny Arnold (1925 - 1995)

Danny Arnold Arnold appeared in films as an actor opposite the comic duo Martin and Lewis, and also wrote the screenplay for the Martin and Lewis vehicle The Caddy (1953). In 1956, Arnold started writing for such television series as The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show and The Rosemary Clooney Show. In the 1960s, he began […]

Danny Borzage (1896 - 1975)

American motion picture actor of the 1940s through the 1960s. Brother of famed director Frank Borzage. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Melba May Brown Borzage (1898 – 1986)* *Calculated relationship

Danny Dark (1938 - 2004)

Actor. A voice actor, he was the voice of the NBC television network and countless other clients. Known as “Danny Dark,” for years he served as the spokesman or voice for Budweiser, RCA, Chevrolet, Kmart, AT&T, Texaco, Whitman’s Candies and Keebler Cookies. He was also the voice-over announcer for the television show “Bonanza” and had […]

Danny Dayton (1923 - 1999)

Actor. Born Daniel David Segall, Dayton played Hank Pivnik, Archie Bunker’s friend on “All in the Family” and “Archie Bunker’s Place”. He entered the world of entertainment after being drafted into the Army during World War II where he rose to head an entertainment division. He went on to a successful Broadway career, which included […]

Danny Greene (1933 - 1977)

Danny Greene After flirting with violence and dodging assassination attempts for more than a decade, Daniel J. (Danny) Greene, described by police as the king of Cleveland racketeering, was killed yesterday. Greene died when a bomb hidden in a car parked next to the late-model Continental he was entering was detonated by someone watching nearby, […]