| Charles Alfred Downer | 1866–1930 | 1 |
| Henry Downton | 1818–1885 | 1 |
| Ernest Christopher Dowson | 1867–1900 | 3 |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | 1859–1930 | 67 |
| Edward Doyle | 1854–1936 | 1 |
| Richard Doyle | 1824–1883 | 2 |
| Auguste Dozon | 1822–1891 | 1 |
| Holger Drachmann | 1846–1908 | 1 |
| Benjamin Drake | 1794–1841 | 2 |
| Durant Drake | 1878–1933 | 1 |
| Francis S. (Francis Samuel) Drake | 1828–1885 | 1 |
| Joseph Rodman Drake | 1795–1820 | 1 |
| Samuel Adams Drake | 1833–1905 | 1 |
| William F. Drannan | 1832–1913 | 2 |
| George Orrin Draper | 1884–1954 | 1 |
| Herbert James Draper | 1864–1920 | 1 |
| John William Draper | 1811–1882 | 1 |
| Daniel Drayton | 1802–1857 | 1 |
| Michael Drayton | 1563–1631 | 2 |
| Theodore Dreiser | 1871–1945 | 5 |
| John B. (John Beach) Driggs | 1852–1914 | 1 |
| John Drinkwater | 1882–1937 | 4 |
| Johann Gustav Droysen | 1808–1884 | 1 |
| Gustave Droz | 1832–1895 | 5 |
| Kate Drumgoold | 1858–1900 | 1 |
| Hamilton Drummond | 1857–1935 | 1 |
| Henry Drummond | 1851–1897 | 5 |
| James Drummond | 1869–1940 | 1 |
| William Henry Drummond | 1854–1907 | 2 |
| John Dryden | 1631–1700 | 14 |
| John F. (John Fairfield) Dryden | 1839–1911 | 1 |
| W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois | 1868–1963 | 7 |
| Fortuné Du Boisgobey | 1821–1891 | 1 |
| Ella Du Cane | 1874–1943 | 1 |
| Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu | 1835–1903 | 1 |
| Mme. Du Hausset | 1713–1801 | 10 |
| George Du Maurier | 1834–1896 | 2 |
| J. (Jules) Du Mont | 1881–1956 | 1 |
| Guangting Du | 850–933 | 1 |
| Scian Dubh | 1815–1896 | 1 |
| Simon Dubnow | 1860–1941 | 2 |
| Édouard Dubus | 1863–1894 | 1 |
| Jean-Louis Dubut de Laforest | 1853–1902 | 1 |
| Mabel Duckitt | born 1881 | 1 |
| Henry Ernest Dudeney | 1857–1930 | 1 |
| Douglas Duer | 1887–1964 | 1 |
| Hilarion Duerk | 1883–1954 | 1 |
| Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady | 1821–1869 | 3 |
| J. L. (James Leo) Duff | 1891–1987 | 1 |
| Mildred Duff | 1860–1932 | 1 |
| Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of | 1826–1902 | 1 |
| Edward Duffy | 1830–1899 | 1 |
| Charles Rivière Dufresny | 1657–1724 | 4 |
| Thomas Cantrell Dugdale | 1880–1952 | 3 |
| Georges Duhamel | 1884–1966 | 2 |
| Basil Wilson Duke | 1838–1916 | 1 |
| Chris Dulabone | 1964–2020 | 2 |
| Edmund Dulac | 1882–1953 | 2 |
| H. W. (Henry William) Dulcken | 1832–1894 | 1 |
| John Foster Dulles | 1888–1959 | 1 |
| Dum-Dum | 1869–1952 | 1 |
| Alexandre Dumas | 1802–1870 | 84 |
| Antoine Jules Dumesnil | 1805–1891 | 1 |
| F. A. L. (François Aimé Louis) Dumoulin | 1753–1834 | 1 |
| Wayland Fuller Dunaway | 1841–1916 | 1 |
| Olivia Howard Dunbar | 1873–1953 | — |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar | 1872–1906 | 6 |
| Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson | 1875–1935 | 3 |
| Norman Duncan | 1871–1916 | 2 |
| Sara Jeannette Duncan | 1861–1922 | 7 |
| Walter Jack Duncan | 1881–1941 | 1 |
| George Dunderdale | 1822–1903 | 1 |
| Dundonald, Thomas Barnes Cochrane, Earl of | 1814–1885 | 2 |
| Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of | 1775–1860 | 2 |
| Balthasar Anton Dunker | 1746–1807 | 5 |
| Arthur William Dunn | 1868–1927 | 1 |
| Harvey Dunn | 1884–1952 | 1 |
| Joseph Dunn | 1872–1951 | 2 |
| Oscar Dunn | 1845–1885 | 1 |
| Agnes Mary Dunne | 1857–1914 | 1 |