* 1787 – Deaf Smith, American frontiersman and revolutionary ( d. 1837 )

* Daniel Boone ( November 2, 1734 October 22 – September 26, 1820 ) was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.

*" Davy " Crockett ( August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836 ) was a 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician.

* 1813 – Zebulon Pike, American frontiersman and explorer ( b. 1779 )

* 1809 – Kit Carson, American frontiersman ( d. 1868 )

Dissatisfied with his stage name as Davy ( and Davie ) Jones, which in the mid-1960s invited confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, Bowie renamed himself after the 19th century American frontiersman Jim Bowie and the knife he had popularised.

* 1846 – William F. " Buffalo Bill " Cody, American frontiersman ( d. 1917 )

* 1917 – William F. " Buffalo Bill " Cody, American frontiersman ( b. 1846 )

Christopher Houston " Kit " Carson ( December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868 ) was an American frontiersman and Indian fighter.

American frontiersman Davy Crockett was one of the first to apply the term to legislation:

* 1808 – David Swinson Maynard, American frontiersman and physician ( d. 1873 )

* January 10 – William F. " Buffalo Bill " Cody, American frontiersman ( b. 1846 )

* December 24 – Kit Carson, American frontiersman ( d. 1868 )

** Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, American farmer and frontiersman ( d. 1944 )

* February 26 – William F. " Buffalo Bill " Cody, American frontiersman ( d. 1917 )

** Davy Crockett, American frontiersman, Congressman and soldier ( b. 1786 )

* April 29 – Simon Kenton, frontiersman ; American Revolutionary militia general ( b. 1755 )

** David " Davy " Crockett, American frontiersman ( d. 1836 )

* November 2 – Daniel Boone, American frontiersman ( d. 1820 )

During his childhood he was influenced by tales of the exploits of American frontiersman Kit Carson and other tales of Western adventure involving American Indians, such as those in James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales.

Daniel Boone ( September 26, 1820 ) was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.

David " Davy " Crockett ( August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836 ) was a 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician.

The county was named for American frontiersman and Indian fighter Kit Carson.

* 1927 – Daniel Keyes, American author

* 1963 – Daniel Pelosi, American convicted murderer

* 1961 – Daniel House, American bass player and producer ( 10 Minute Warning and Skin Yard )

* New tribalist American author Daniel Quinn identifies himself as an animist and defines animism not as a religious belief but a religion itself, though with no holy scripture, organized institutions, or established dogma.

* 1986 – Daniel Dickey, American comedian and writer

* 1948 – Daniel Okrent, American writer and editor

* 1957 – Daniel Stern, American actor

* 1961 – Daniel Clowes, American cartoonist and screenwriter

* 1952 – Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor

In the company of Edwin and his loves are a dramatic array of thinly veiled representations of theatrical personages of the time, amongst them Daniel Mendoza, an exacting and powerful impresario, who controls the lives of his leading ladies ; the goatish, démodé manager, Matthew Lewis, who promotes Julia Scarlet as “ the American Sarah Bernhardt ”; the worldly-wise veteran of the stage, Ottilie Potter, who has gotten where she is because, “ Men had what I wanted, and I had what they wanted ”; and the huge, manlike Helen Sampson, chief among theatrical agents.

* 1968 – Daniel Dae Kim, American actor

* 1784 – Peter Vivian Daniel, American jurist, Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court ( d. 1860 )

* 1931 – Daniel Ellsberg, American military analyst

The town is named for famous American pioneer and explorer Daniel Boone, and every summer since 1952 has hosted an outdoor amphitheatre portrayal of the life and times of its namesake.

Designed by Daniel Asher Alexander and constructed originally between 1806 and 1809 by local labour, to hold prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars, it was also used to hold American prisoners from the War of 1812.

* 1970 – Daniel Cosgrove, American actor

Daniel Robert " Danny " Elfman ( born May 29, 1953 ) is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme.

* 1953 – Daniel Barry, American astronaut

* 1971 – Daniel Sunjata, American actor

Daniel Clement Dennett ( born March 28, 1942 ) is an American philosopher, writer and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.

* Scientific American Frontiers Profile: Daniel Dennett 2000-12-19

* 1852 – Daniel De Leon, South American socialist ( d. 1914 )

Danny Kaye ( born David Daniel Kaminsky ; 18 January 1913 – 3 March 1987 ) was a celebrated American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian.

One professor playing the game was Bob Sklar, who taught an American Studies seminar which included Daniel Okrent, who learned of the game his professor played.