Profiles — Creators
Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist who is known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical naturalism.
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David Livingstone was a Scottish doctor, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa.
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David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922.
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David Ricardo was a British economist and politician.
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Demosthenes was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens.
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Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.
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Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert.
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Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie was an American computer scientist.
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Sir Derek Alton Walcott was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright.
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