| Richard Harding Davis | 1864–1916 | 44 |
| Thomas Davis | 1814–1845 | 1 |
| William Stearns Davis | 1877–1930 | 2 |
| Charles Davison | 1858–1940 | 1 |
| Davy, Humphry, Sir | 1778–1829 | 1 |
| A. J. (Alec John) Dawson | 1872–1952 | 1 |
| Coningsby Dawson | 1883–1959 | 5 |
| Sarah Morgan Dawson | 1842–1909 | 1 |
| W. J. (William James) Dawson | 1854–1928 | 3 |
| William Harbutt Dawson | 1860–1948 | 1 |
| Bradford M. (Bradford Marshall) Day | 1916–2004 | 1 |
| Clarence Day | 1874–1935 | 1 |
| Edmund Day | 1866–1923 | 1 |
| Francis Day | 1863–1942 | 1 |
| Holman Day | 1865–1935 | 8 |
| Horace B. Day | 1819–1870 | 1 |
| Mary L. Day | 1836–1884 | 1 |
| Willard Gibson Day | 1834–1923 | 1 |
| Charles Turner Dazey | 1855–1938 | 2 |
| Edmondo De Amicis | 1846–1908 | 3 |
| James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville | 1867–1943 | 2 |
| J. (Januarius) De Concilio | 1836–1898 | 4 |
| John William De Forest | 1826–1906 | 4 |
| Angelo De Gubernatis | 1840–1913 | 1 |
| Anna De Koven | 1860–1953 | 1 |
| Walter De la Mare | 1873–1956 | 7 |
| De La Pasture, Henry, Mrs. | 1866–1945 | 1 |
| Mazo De la Roche | 1879–1961 | 1 |
| Daniel De Leon | 1852–1914 | 1 |
| T. C. (Thomas Cooper) De Leon | 1839–1914 | 1 |
| Epifanio De los Santos | 1871–1928 | 1 |
| Emilio De Marchi | 1851–1901 | 4 |
| James De Mille | 1833–1880 | 7 |
| Augustus De Morgan | 1806–1871 | 1 |
| John De Morgan | 1848–1926 | 1 |
| Odd De Presno | born 1944 | 1 |
| Thomas De Quincey | 1785–1859 | 22 |
| Federico De Roberto | 1861–1927 | 2 |
| Aubrey De Vere | 1814–1902 | 1 |
| Theodore Low De Vinne | 1828–1914 | 1 |
| Christiaan Rudolf De Wet | 1854–1922 | 1 |
| Harry De Windt | 1856–1933 | 2 |
| Elsie De Wolfe | 1865–1950 | 1 |
| Vinton A. (Vinton Adams) Dearing | 1920–2005 | 1 |
| A. (Auguste) Debay | 1802–1890 | 1 |
| Alfred D. (Alfred Duclos) DeCelles | 1843–1925 | 1 |
| Louis Dechmann | 1863–1924 | 1 |
| Adrien Decourcelle | 1824–1892 | 1 |
| Richard Dedekind | 1831–1916 | 1 |
| John Dee | 1527–1608 | 2 |
| A.-J.-B. (Auguste-Jean-Baptiste) Defauconpret | 1767–1843 | 4 |
| Charles DeGuise | 1827–1884 | 2 |
| Georg Dehio | 1850–1932 | 1 |
| Paula Dehmel | 1862–1918 | 1 |
| Agatha Deken | 1741–1804 | 1 |
| Alexander Del Mar | 1836–1926 | 1 |
| Lester Del Rey | 1915–1993 | 4 |
| John Delafield | 1812–1866 | 1 |
| F. (Freeman) Delamotte | 1814–1862 | 1 |
| Margaret Wade Campbell Deland | 1857–1945 | 6 |
| Theresa Delaney | 1849–1913 | 1 |
| Martin Robison Delany | 1812–1885 | 2 |
| Germain Delavigne | 1790–1868 | 1 |
| C.-G. (Charles-Gaspard) Delestre-Poirson | 1790–1859 | 1 |
| Rafael Delgado | 1853–1914 | 1 |
| Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell | 1881–1939 | 15 |
| Floyd Dell | 1887–1969 | 1 |
| Carol Della Chiesa | 1887–1972 | 1 |
| Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh | 1853–1935 | 3 |
| Amédée Delorme | 1850–1936 | 1 |
| Albert Delpit | 1849–1893 | 2 |
| François Delsarte | 1811–1871 | 1 |
| Walter DeMaris | 1877–1947 | 1 |
| Polyvios Demetrakopoulos | 1864–1922 | 1 |
| Edwin Willard Deming | 1860–1942 | 2 |
| Eugène Demolder | 1862–1919 | 1 |
| George Dempster | 1732–1818 | 1 |
| Denham, John, Sir | 1615–1669 | 1 |
| Eberhard Dennert | 1861–1942 | 1 |
| James Denney | 1856–1917 | 1 |