| C. J. (Clarence James) Dennis | 1876–1938 | 4 |
| Morgan Dennis | 1891–1960 | 1 |
| Vivant Denon | 1747–1825 | 1 |
| W. W. (William Wallace) Denslow | 1856–1915 | 4 |
| Edward J. (Edward Joseph) Dent | 1876–1957 | 1 |
| John Charles Dent | 1841–1888 | 3 |
| William Denton | 1823–1883 | 1 |
| John Denvir | 1843–1916 | 1 |
| Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell) Depew | 1834–1928 | 1 |
| Princess Der Ling | 1886–1944 | 1 |
| Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of | 1799–1869 | 1 |
| Charles E. (Charles Edward) Derbyshire | 1880–1933 | 3 |
| Samuel A. (Samuel Arthur) Derieux | 1881–1922 | 1 |
| Jules Derocquigny | 1860–1936 | 1 |
| Samuel Derrick | 1724–1769 | 1 |
| Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin | 1743–1816 | 2 |
| Victor Derély | 1840–1904 | 1 |
| Alfred Des Essarts | 1811–1893 | 2 |
| Marceline Desbordes-Valmore | 1786–1859 | 2 |
| René Descartes | 1596–1650 | 6 |
| Émile Deschamps | born 1857 | 2 |
| Emile Deschanel | 1819–1904 | 1 |
| Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes | 1849–1928 | 1 |
| R. (René) Desgenettes | 1762–1837 | 1 |
| Adam Charles Gustave Desmazures | 1818–1891 | 1 |
| Fernand Desnoyers | 1828–1869 | 1 |
| M. Despeyrous | 1815–1883 | 1 |
| Néricault Destouches | 1680–1754 | 1 |
| João de Deus | 1830–1896 | 1 |
| Margaret Devereux | 1824–1910 | 1 |
| W. Cope (William Cope) Devereux | 1837–1903 | 1 |
| George H. Devol | 1829–1903 | 1 |
| Douglas Dewar | 1875–1957 | 2 |
| John Dewey | 1859–1952 | 2 |
| Lyster H. (Lyster Hoxie) Dewey | 1865–1944 | 1 |
| Mary Elizabeth Dewey | 1821–1910 | 1 |
| Melvil Dewey | 1851–1931 | 1 |
| Orville Dewey | 1794–1882 | 1 |
| H. B. (Henry Bronson) Dewing | 1882–1956 | 3 |
| John Dewé | 1821–1902 | 1 |
| Wilson C. Dexter | 1882–1921 | 1 |
| Lodewijk van Deyssel | 1864–1952 | 1 |
| M. V. (Mahadev Visvanath) Dhurandhar | 1867–1944 | 1 |
| Abby Morton Diaz | 1821–1904 | 1 |
| Samuel Edward Dibble | 1882–1970 | 1 |
| Sheldon Dibble | 1809–1845 | 1 |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | 1776–1847 | 3 |
| A. V. (Albert Venn) Dicey | 1835–1922 | 2 |
| Edward Dicey | 1832–1911 | 1 |
| Hugh G. (Hugh Gilchrist) Dick | 1909–1971 | 1 |
| Vinceslas-Eugène Dick | 1848–1919 | 2 |
| Charles Dickens | 1812–1870 | 92 |
| Mamie Dickens | 1838–1896 | 3 |
| D. A. (David Augustus) Dickert | 1844–1917 | 1 |
| Paul Dickey | 1885–1933 | 2 |
| Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth) Dickinson | 1842–1932 | 1 |
| Asa Don Dickinson | 1876–1960 | 6 |
| Austin Dickinson | 1791–1849 | 2 |
| Emily Dickinson | 1830–1886 | 4 |
| G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson | 1862–1932 | 3 |
| Harris Dickson | 1868–1946 | 1 |
| Marguerite Dickson | 1873–1953 | 1 |
| William P. (William Purdie) Dickson | 1823–1901 | 6 |
| Denis Diderot | 1713–1784 | 3 |
| Jules Didier | 1831–1892 | 1 |
| père (Henri) Didon | 1840–1900 | 1 |
| Theodor Dielitz | 1810–1869 | 1 |
| Henriette Dietz | 1857–1939 | 1 |
| Jane Dieulafoy | 1851–1916 | 4 |
| Kenelm Digby | 1603–1665 | 1 |
| Richard Dighton | 1795–1880 | 1 |
| Charles K. (Charles Knapp) Dillaway | 1804–1889 | 1 |
| Thérèse de Dillmont | 1846–1890 | 1 |
| Alice Christie Dillon | born 1876 | 1 |
| Emile Joseph Dillon | 1855–1933 | 2 |
| Frank Dilnot | 1875–1946 | 1 |
| A. W. (Anthony Weston) Dimock | 1842–1918 | 1 |
| Aylward Edward Dingle | 1874–1947 | 1 |
| Edwin John Dingle | 1881–1972 | 1 |
| Júlio Dinis | 1839–1871 | 2 |