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Alexandre Dumas (French: Alexandre Dumas, pronounced: [alɛksɑədʁ dyma]; July 24, 1802 - December 5, 1870), formerly known as Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, [dyma davi də la pajtʁi], a 19th-century French romantic literary giant and the author of the world literary masterpiece "The Count of Monte Cristo". Alexandre Dumas is self-taught and is mainly famous for his novels and plays. In addition to "The Grudge of Monte Cristo", his most famous works also include "The Three Musketeers", "Twenty Years Later" and "The Vicomte de Bragelona", which is the "Dartan Romance Trilogy". He wrote many works in his life, including more than 150 novels and more than 90 screenplays. In fact, most of them were written by other writers in order to pay off debts and named "Author Dumas" for marketing purposes. Therefore, he was attacked as "the director of a novel manufacturing factory." The translation of "Zhong Ma" was made by Lin Shu, a translator in the late Qing Dynasty, based on the phonetic translation of Fuzhou dialect. His son Dumas is also a famous French writer. In order to distinguish the two, he called his son Dumas the younger and Dumas (French: Dumas, père).

David Hamilton Koch (English: David Hamilton Koch, May 3, 1940 – August 23, 2019) was an American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer. He was the fourth richest person in the United States in 2012, the richest person in New York City in 2013, and the ninth richest person in the world in 2014. He was also ranked 11th on Forbes' 2019 billionaire list, with assets of US$50.5 billion. He is a survivor of the crash of US Airways Flight 1493.

David Hume (English: David Hume, /hjuːm/; May 7, 1711 - August 25, 1776), a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, was a British philosopher, ethicist, economist, historian and essayist. He was a representative figure of the Scottish Enlightenment and late empiricist philosophy, and his representative is "A Treatise of Human Nature". Although modern studies of Hume's work focus on his philosophical thought, he first became famous as a historian. His book "History of Great Britain" became the foundation work of English historical circles for 60 to 70 years. Traditional historians often classify Hume's philosophy as skepticism. Since the 20th century, some scholars have begun to emphasize Hume's commitment to constructing secular "the science of man" and argue that ethical naturalism is also one of Hume's central ideas. On the whole, Hume used skepticism to undermine the basis of Christian arguments, pointing out that humans can only recognize things experienced, so philosophers should focus their attention on secular life. Hume's philosophy absorbed the theories of English intellectuals such as Isaac Newton and Francis Hutcheson. He refused to accept the existence of innate ideas and believed that all human knowledge comes entirely from experience. This made him an empiricist along with Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and George Berkeley.

Sir David Lean, CBE (English: Sir David Lean, March 25, 1908 - April 16, 1991) was a British film director, film master, and one of the greatest directors in film history. His movies are famous for their majestic and moving plots. The main representative works are "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "Lawrence of Arabia", "Dr. Zivago" and "A Journey to India".

David Caruso (David Caruso, January 7, 1956 -) was born in Forest Hills, New York, United States. David has many identities. He is a film actor, television actor, producer, and owner of a high-end clothing store and a home furniture store. The two stores are located in Miami, Florida, United States. David began filming TV series in the 1970s. His achievements in TV series far exceed his achievements in movies. He was a popular actor during the days of NYPD Blue (1993), but he left television acting after that to become a film actor. After making many less successful movies, he joined the cast of "CSI: Miami" and played the main role as Horatio Caine, which was a great success. This brought him back to stardom.

David Hilbert (German: David Hilbert, January 23, 1862 - February 14, 1943), a German mathematician, was one of the most influential mathematicians in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and is known as the "Father of Modern Mathematics." Hilbert was born in Königsberg in 1862. He was respected as a great mathematician for proposing a large number of ideas (such as invariant theory, axiomatic geometry, Hilbert spaces). He later succeeded Felix Klein and built the University of Göttingen into a world center of mathematics. Later, under the impact of the Nazi regime, the University of Göttingen lost a large number of talents and its glory collapsed. In 1943, the melancholy Hilbert died in Göttingen, Germany. He proposed the theory of Hilbert space, which is one of the foundations of functional analysis. He enthusiastically supported Cantor's research on set theory and transfinite numbers. A series of problems he raised at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1900 (Hilbert's 23 problems) pointed out the direction for many mathematical studies in the 20th century. Hilbert and his students made important contributions to forming the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics and general relativity. He was also one of the founders of proof theory, mathematical logic, and the distinction between mathematics and metamathematics. Hilbert is also a well-known mathematics educator, known for his vivid lectures and appropriate examples.

David Joel Stern (English: David Joel Stern, September 22, 1942 - January 1, 2020), a Jewish American, joined the NBA in 1978, became NBA vice president in 1980, succeeded O'Brien as NBA president in 1984, retired on February 1, 2014, and served as NBA president for a total of 30 years. His successor was Silver. Stern graduated from Rutgers University in 1963 with a history degree and became a lawyer after graduating from Columbia University Law School in 1966. He later served as a member of the Board of Chancellors of Rutgers University and Chairman of the Board of Regents of Columbia University. On August 9, 2014, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced that David Stern was officially inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. At around 2 pm U.S. time on December 13, 2019, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while dining at a restaurant in Manhattan and was immediately sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. He died of cerebral hemorrhage on January 1, 2020, U.S. time, at the age of 77.

David Ricardo (English: David Ricardo; April 18, 1772 - September 11, 1823) was a British political economist and politician who served as a member of the British Parliament. He made systematic contributions to economics. Ricardo, along with Malthus, Adam Smith, and James Mill, is considered one of the most influential classical economists. He was also a successful businessman, financial and speculation expert, and accumulated a large amount of property. The University of Cambridge published 11 volumes of Ricardo's complete correspondence and writings between 1951 and 1973, edited by Piero Sraffa.

David Keith Lynch (English: David Keith Lynch, January 20, 1946 - January 15, 2025), American director, screenwriter, producer, composer and photographer. His film works have a distinctive style, mostly of surrealism. David Lynch has been nominated for 3 Oscars (Best Director and Best Screenplay). David Lynch has won two César Film Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Honorary Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The French government awarded him the Legion of Honor, a knighthood in 2002, and an officer in 2007. The Guardian described David Lynch as "the most important director of our time." Allmovie calls him "a polymath of modern American filmmaking." The TV series "Twin Peaks" directed by him won the 1990 Television Critics Association Award, the 1991 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and Actor, 8 1991 Emmy Awards and the 1991 American Association of Broadcasters Award for Best TV Series, and became a milestone in the history of American television. His style of work is so unique that it is often called "Lynchian" by film critics.

David Cronenberg, OC, FRSC (English: David Cronenberg, March 15, 1943 -), Canadian director and sometimes actor. David Cronenberg is a representative director of the body horror genre. David Cronenberg mostly explored horror and science fiction themes in his early career. He is considered by some film critics to be "the most daring and challenging director in the English-speaking world."

David Sarnoff (English: David Sarnoff, February 27, 1891 – December 12, 1971) was an American commercial radio and television pioneer and entrepreneur. Known as the father of the American broadcast communications industry.

David Mitchell (July 14, 1974 -) is a British actor, comedian, writer, television host and radio host. He partnered with British actor Robert Webb to form the duo "Mitchell and Webb" and collaborated on "Peep Show", "The Mitchell and Webb Situation", "That Mitchell and Webb Sound", "That Mitchell and Webb Look" and "This Mitchell and Webb Book". At the same time, he is also an assistant host and presenter on many television programs.

Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926) is a British commentator, biologist, natural historian and author. He is best known for writing and presenting nine natural history documentary series with the BBC Natural History Unit, making up the Life collection, a comprehensive survey of plant and animal life on Earth. He was a senior manager at the BBC, serving as director of BBC Two and program director of BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1954, he became the host of the famous documentary "Zoo Quest" for the first time. His career spanned 80 years as a writer, presenter and narrator. Its documentaries include the "Natural World", "Wildlife", "Pulse of the Earth" series and the "Blue Planet" series, as well as the "Prehistoric Planet" series in collaboration with Apple. He is the only person to win a BAFTA award in all categories including black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K television. Based on his broadcasts and love of nature, NPR said he "travels the world sharing his discoveries and passions in his signature semi-whisper narrative." In 2018 and 2019, he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Primetime Narrator. Attenborough's early works focused more on the wonders of the natural world, while his later works expressed more support for environmental causes. He advocates restoring the planet's biodiversity, limiting population growth, using renewable energy, slowing climate change, reducing meat consumption and setting aside more nature reserves. David Attenborough is recognized as a "national treasure" in Britain, although he himself does not like this term. In 2002, he was named one of the "100 Greatest Britons" following a UK-wide BBC poll. He is the younger brother of the late director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough, and the older brother of John Attenborough, the late executive of Italian carmaker Alfa Romeo.

David Andrew Leo Fincher (English: David Andrew Leo Fincher, August 28, 1962 -), American music video and film director. Before directing his first film, "Alien 3," he only helped shoot music videos and some commercials for Aerosmith and Madonna. Although the first film was very unsuccessful, the two subsequent films "Seven" and "Fight Club" were widely praised for their profound reflections on social issues such as moral decay in contemporary society.

David Michael Letterman (English: David Michael Letterman, April 12, 1947 -), born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, is an American talk show host, comedian, and television program producer. Letterman's satirical, absurdist comedy was strongly influenced by comedians such as Johnny Carson.

Sir David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE (English: Sir David Robert Joseph Beckham, May 2, 1975 -), retired English men's football player, former captain of the England football team, one of the world's football legends, played as a midfielder before retiring, and once held the England record holder other than the goalkeeper position. He was the runner-up of the World Footballer in 1999 and 2001. Beckham was born in Leytonstone, London, and plays as a right midfielder. He started his career in the Premier League club Manchester United and started playing for the team at the age of 17. During this period, he won 6 Premier League championships, two FA Cup championships and a Champions League championship. He later played for La Liga club Real Madrid, Serie A club AC Milan, Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy and French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain. Beckham is most famous for his "golden right foot" on the court, which can accurately carry out long-distance passes, crosses and extremely pleasing free kicks. He has used this to obtain a large number of assists and goals both in his club and England football career. He ranks third on the Premier League's all-time assist list, with 152 direct assists in 265 appearances. In addition, he is the first English footballer to play more than 100 times in the top tier of the Champions League. Beckham is not only a famous player, but also off the pitch. His wife is Victoria Caroline Adam, a member of the Spice Girls. He also has outstanding appearance, versatile hairstyles and a positive image, as well as his own brand of men's perfume and other products, and has been the spokesperson of the sports brand Adidas for a long time. Therefore, he has a great influence on the mass media and the fashion industry. He has gained an unprecedented degree of recognition outside the football circle. In addition, he was once the highest-paid football player in the world, with an annual salary of more than 65 million US dollars. According to an estimate published in 2009, his total assets were as high as 125 million pounds. Net assets in 2014 were US$350 million. He announced his retirement in May 2013. In February 2014, Major League Soccer announced that Beckham and a group of investors would establish a team in Miami. On September 5, 2018, the team was named Inter Miami and the team joined the league in 2020.

David Herbert Lawrence (English: David Herbert Lawrence, usually written as D. H. Lawrence; September 11, 1885 - March 2, 1930) was a 20th-century British writer. He is one of the most important figures in 20th century English literature and one of the most controversial writers. Major achievements include novels, poems, plays, essays, travel notes and letters.

David Hockney, OM, CH, RA (English: David Hockney, July 9, 1937 - June 11, 2026), British painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer.

David Robert Jones, stage name David Bowie, is an English rock musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He has been one of the major figures in popular music for over forty years. His works, especially his musical explorations in the 1970s, played a seminal role in the entire music scene. He is also known for his unique voice, depth of compositions and eclectic spirit.

Otomo Katsuhiro (Japanese: Otomo Katsuhiro/Ootomo Katsuhiro, Romanized: Otomo Katsuhiro, April 14, 1954 -) is a Japanese cartoonist and animation director. He was born in Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He made his debut in 1973 with "Manga ACTION". Representative works include "Child's Dream" and "Akira". With an innovative style that was not seen in Japanese comics at the time, such as detailed drawing of even lines that did not rely on brush strokes, and complex perspective picture composition, it had a huge impact on the Japanese comics industry after the 1980s. In 1988, "Akira", which he directed and produced, was highly praised outside Japan and became a pioneer of the "Japanimation" animation movement outside Japan. In recent years, he has been mainly active as a film director. Otomo Katsuhiro was awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal by the Japanese government in 2013 in recognition of his contribution to the field of art. He has also won many international awards, including the French Order of Arts and Letters, the Eisner Award Hall of Fame, the Winsor MacKay Award, the Prix Angouleme and other awards.

Osaka Naomi (Japanese: Osaka Naomi, Romanized: Ōsaka Naomi, also translated as Osaka Naomi, Osaka Naomi, October 16, 1997 -) is a Japanese-Haitian mixed-race female tennis player and a four-time Grand Slam winner.

Ōtsuka Ai (Japanese: Ōtsuka like/Otsuka love, Romanized: Ōtsuka Ai, September 9, 1982 -) is a Japanese female singer-songwriter. She belongs to the company Nippon Aibex. She was born in Suminoe District, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. Together with Ayumi Hamasaki, Kumi Koda, and BoA of the same company, she was one of the representatives of female singers in Japan in the 2000s. Ai Otsuka debuted in 2003, and soon became famous with her second single "Cherry". The single stayed in the top 200 on the Oricon singles weekly chart for 103 weeks, and later became one of the must-sing songs in Japanese karaoke. His representative works include "Cherry", "Happy Days", "Goldfish Fireworks", "SMILY", "Astrology", "Love Portrait", "Kissing Tulips", etc. Its composition style is funny or cheerful, but there are still some lyrical songs, and the melody often has an orchestra style; the lyrics are close to life, or there is still a funny style of its style, which can be clearly understood from the music videos of some songs. For example, in the video of "Super☆Optimistic", the song is performed wearing a nonsensical afro wig. It is not difficult to see the highly creative association in the song title. Ai Otsuka wrote lyrics and composed music under the name "Ai" until 2010. After 2012, she switched to the name "AIO" and "aio".

Ōshima Tadamori (Japanese: Ōshima insidesom/Oshima It's lonely, Romanized: Ōshima Tadamori, September 6, 1946 -) is a Japanese politician and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Born in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture. He was elected to the House of Representatives for 11 consecutive terms from 1983 to 2021.

Ōhira Masayoshi (Japanese: Ōhira Masayoshi/Ohira Masayoshi, Romanized: Ōhira Masayoshi, March 12, 1910 - June 12, 1980) was the Prime Minister of Japan. He died of myocardial infarction during his tenure and was succeeded by Zenyuki Suzuki.