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David R. Beatty David Ross Beatty OBE MA CFA (born 1942) is an experienced global businessman with extensive Board experience, he is also the Conway Director of the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
David R. Brower David Ross Brower (July 1, 1912 – November 5, 2000) was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmentalist organizations, including the Sierra Club Foundation, the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies, Friends of the Earth (1969), the League of Conservation Voters, Earth Island Institute (1982), North Cascades Conservation Council, and Fate of the Earth Conferences. From 1952 to 1969 he served as the first Executive Director of the Sierra Club, and served on its board three times: from 1941-1953; 1983-1988; and 1995-2000.
David R. Feinberg David Feinberg is a psychologist who researches voices. His most prominent contributions have been in the area of vocal attractiveness, where he has investigated the effects of manipulating pitch and vocal tract length on the attractiveness of male and female voices.
David R. Floyd-Jones David Richard Floyd-Jones (April 6, 1813-January 8, 1871) was an American politician. He was a member of the New York State Senate (1844-47), Secretary of State of New York (1860-61), and served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1863 to 1864.
David R. Francis David Rowland Francis (October 1, 1850 – January 15, 1927) was an American politician. He served in various positions including Mayor of Saint Louis, Governor of Missouri, and United States Secretary of the Interior.
David Ragan David Ragan (born December 24, 1985 in Kannapolis, North Carolina) is a stock car racer who drives the #6 AAA Ford in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series for Roush Racing and who will be running for the 2007 Rookie of the Year award. He has raced ARCA, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the NASCAR Busch Series.
David Ragsdale David Ragsdale, violinist for Kansas, started violin at the age of three. After studies with renowned classical teachers and a stint at the Tulsa Philharmonic, David's violinist duties took him out of the largely-classical area and into rock and roll.
David Raksin David Raksin (August 4, 1912 - August 9, 2004) was an American composer born in Philadelphia, PA. With over 100 film scores and 300 TV scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music.
David Rall David Platt Rall (August 3, 1926 – September 28, 1999) was a cancer specialist and a leader in environmental health studies, whose work in environmental health helped turn it into a scientific discipline. Rall also advanced public health and prevention.
David Ramsay (congressman) David Ramsay (April 2, 1749 – May 8, 1815) was an American physician and historian from Charleston, South Carolina. He served as a South Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782–1783 and again in 1785–1786.
David Range David Range () is a mountain range 8 km (5 mi) west of Masson Range, which it parallels, in the Framnes Mountains of Antarctica. It extends 26 km (16 mi) in a NNE-SSW direction, with peaks rising to 1,500 metres.
David Raven (musician) David McSparran aka David Raven is an American session drummer, known for his work with artists like Greg Ginn, Mastedon, Mark Heard, Amy Grant, Peter Himmelman, Pierce Pettis, Tonio K, Mojo Monkeys, and the rock band The Swirling Eddies (credited as Hort Elvison).
David Rawlings David Rawlings is a professional guitarist best known as the longtime musical partner, and husband of bluegrass singer-songwriter Gillian Welch. He is also well known in his own right as a producer, having produced Welch and bands such as Old Crow Medicine Show.
David Ray Griffin David Ray Griffin (born 1939) is a retired professor of philosophy of religion and theology and a proponent of alternative 9/11 conspiracy theories that implicate members of the United States government in the attacks. Along with John B.
David Read Professor David Read FRS is Emiritus Professor of Plant Science in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at University of Sheffield. His first degree and PhD came from University of Hull, the latter in 1963.
David Reardon Dr David C Reardon is a pro-life campaigner, director of the Elliot Institute and author of a number of books including "Aborted Women, Silent No More", "Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion", "Making Abortion Rare: A Healing Strategy for a Divided Nation" and "The Jericho Plan: Breaking Down the Walls That Prevent Post-Abortion Healing." Biography of Reardon on afterabortion.
David Rees (cartoonist) David Thomas Rees (born June 22, 1972), a cartoonist whose best-known work combines bland clip art with outrageous "trash talk" to incongruous effect. The comic strips, often overtly political, have achieved wide popularity, while baffling or disgusting some readers.
David Reginald Younger David Reginald Younger (17 March 1871 - 11 June 1900) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
David Reich David Reich is a geneticist and professor in the department of genetics at the Harvard Medical School, an associate of the Broad Institute, whose research studies comparing human DNA with that of chimpanzees has generated controversy. Dr.
David Reilly (computer scientist) David Reilly (born Feb 19, 1977); is an Australian computer scientist and author. His first book, Italic Java Network Programming & Distributed Computing (ISBN 0-201-71037-4) is a college level textbook teaching network programming using the Java programming language, published in the US by Addison-Wesley.
David Reilly (singer) David Reilly (May 5 1971 – October 17 2005), as singer and songwriting/production partner in the seminal electro-rock band God Lives Underwater (GLU), spent the better part of the last decade as a producer and touring artist, first signed by Rick Rubin to American Recordings in 1993.
David Reimer David Reimer (August 22, 1965 – May 5, 2004) was a Canadian man who was born as a mentally and biologically healthy boy, but was sexually reassigned and raised as a girl in an attempt to improve his life after his penis was inadvertently destroyed during circumcision. Psychologist John Money depicted the reassignment as not only successful but also strong evidence that sex roles are a social construct.
David Reisman Category:Contemporary paintersDavid Reisman (born August 8, 1958) is a contemporary American artist, writer and editor. He studied art at the University of Kansas and received an MFA in painting from the University of Illinois in 1982.
David Remnick David Remnick (born October 29, 1958 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor. As a reporter for the Washington Post, he also served as the paper's Moscow correspondent.
David Rendall David Rendall (born April 22, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a young Canadian actor with frequent recurring roles as Ted on Radio Free Roscoe and Vern on Dark Oracle. He has also guest starred in episodes of Department S and 1-800-MISSING.
David Rendel David Digby Rendel (born April 15 1949) is a British politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Newbury for the Liberal Democrats from 1993, when he won the by-election caused by the death of Judith Chaplin, until 2005, when he lost to Conservative candidate Richard Benyon.
David Reville David Reville (born April 19, 1943 in Brantford, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990, and was later an advisor to the government of Bob Rae.
David Rhind David Rhind was a Scottish architect, born in Edinburgh in 1808 to parents John Rhind (a cashier to the Edinburgh Friendly Insurance Company) and his wife Marion Anderson. David Rhind was married twice, to Emily Shoubridge in 1840, then Mary Jane Sackville-Pearson in 1845.
David Ricardo David Ricardo (April 18, 1772–September 11, 1823), a political economist, is often credited with systematising economics, and was one of the most influential of the classical economists, along with Thomas Malthus, and Adam Smith. He was also a businessman, financier and speculator, and amassed a considerable fortune.
David Rice Atchison David Rice Atchison (August 11, 1807 – January 26, 1886) was a mid-19th century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. Frequently serving as President Pro Tempore of the Senate, he is probably best known as the focus of an urban legend claiming that, for one day, he was de jure President of the United States.
David Richardson (journalist) David "Sluggo" Richardson is a reporter on the Seven Network's Today Tonight programme. The ABC's media watchdog Media Watch has seized on some of Richardson's controversial stories, and has given him the dubious title of "Australia's worst serial offender" career==
David Richardson (NFL) David Richardson (born September 9, 1981 in Inglewood, California) is an American football player who currently plays cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was signed by the Jaguars as free agent in 2004.
David Riche David Riché (September 8, 1938 - ) is a British author born in London. Educated at Mill Hill School A marketing career followed in fashion , cosmetics and consumer electronics with Sanyo and Marubeni in the Orient, USA and Europe.
David Rintoul David Rintoul is a stage and television actor from the UK. Born David Wilson on 29 November 1948 in Aberdeen, Scotland, he studied at Edinburgh University and won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
David Ripley David Ripley (born September 13, 1966, Leeds, Yorkshire) was a cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001. He is the most successful wicketkeeper in the history of his county after Keith Andrew, with 678 catches and 85 stumpings.
David Risstrom David Risstrom is a Melbourne barrister, a former Melbourne city councillor, and a former Australian Greens candidate for the Australian Senate from Victoria. Risstrom has First Class degrees in Science and Arts, served as a barrister for nine years since graduating from Law at ANU, was elected in 1999 as a Melbourne City Councillor, and ran for the Australian Senate in Victoria as an Australian Green in 2004.
David Rittenhouse Laboratory David Rittenhouse Laboratory is located at 33rd and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It houses the Physics and Mathematics departments of the University of Pennsylvania, and is named in honor of David Rittenhouse.
David Rivas David Rivas, full name David Rivas RodrĂ­guez, (born 2 December 1978 in Dos Hermanas, Sevilla, Andalusia), is a Spanish football player who currently plays for La Liga side Real Betis. Rivas is a central defender.
David Robert Ford Sir David Robert Ford KBE, LVO (霍德爵士) (born February 22, 1935), was the fifth and the last non-Chinese Chief Secretary of Hong Kong. He initiated the planning for Hong Kong's new international airport at Chek Lap Kok in 1989.
David Robert Wingate David Robert Wingate (1819-1899) was an American lumber businessman and plantation farmer who would serve in the Confederate Army as the commissioner of defense for Jefferson County, Texas during the Civil War. Overcoming numerous financial setbacks throughout his lifetime, he would remain a successful industrialist.
David Roberts (climber) David Roberts is a climber, mountaineer, and author of books and articles about climbing. He is particularly noted for his books The Mountain of My Fear and Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative, chronicling major ascents in Alaska in the 1960s.
David Roberts (footballer) David Roberts (born February 101988) is a young goalkeeper playing for the Liverpool reserve team, haing graduated from the club's youth academy. He has already featured in the reserve squad, having been promoted to train at Melwood in the summer of 2006.
David Robertson David Robertson (born 1958] in [[Santa Monica, California, USA) is the Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) and is the Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, both since 2005. He was born in Santa Monica, California and studied horn, composition, and conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
David Robie David Robie (1945-) is a New Zealand author, journalist and media educator who has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than two decades. He became an associate professor in Auckland University of Technology] School of Communication Studies in 2005.
David Robinson (film critic and author) David Robinson (born 1930) is a British film critic and author. He started writing for Sight and Sound and the Monthly Film Bulletin in the 1950s, becoming editor of Sight and Sound and deputy editor of the Monthly Film Bulletin from 1955-1956.
David Rocastle Trust The David Rocastle Trust is a charity based in London, England founded in memory of David Rocastle, a former Premier League footballer, who died of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2001 at the age of 33. The charity, which was chosen by Arsenal Football Club as their club charity for the 2005-06 season, supports Rocastle's family as well as community projects and other registered charities.
David Rocco's Dolce Vita David Rocco's Dolce Vita is a television show hosted by David Rocco. The show is shot on location in and around the cities and countrysides of Italy, following the cultural, social, and culinary escapades of David and his friends.
David Rockwell David Rockwell is an American architect and the CEO and founder of Rockwell Group. He is responsible for numerous architectural and design projects, including many notable restaurants, such as several in the Nobu group.
David Roentgen David Roentgen,In the eighteenth century sometimes called David De Lunéville (Herrenhag 1743–February 12 1807), was the single most famous German cabinetmaker of the eighteenth century, famed throughout Europe for his marquetry and his secret drawers and mechanical fittings. His work embraces the late Rococo and the Neoclassical styles.
David Rorvik David Rorvik (born 1944) is an American journalist who authored the 1978 book In His Image: the Cloning of a Man, in which he claimed to have been part of a successful experiment to create a clone of a human being.
David Rose David Rose (June 15, 1910 – August 23, 1990) was a British-born American songwriter, composer, arranger, and orchestra leader. His most famous compositions were "The Stripper," "Holiday for Strings," and "Calypso Melody.
David Rosen (rabbi) Rabbi David Rosen is the former Chief Rabbi of Ireland and currently serves as the President of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Cooperation that represents world Jewry in its relations with other world religions. He is Director of Interreligious Affairs and Director of the Heilbrunn Institute for International Interreligious Understanding of the American Jewish Committee.
David Ross (actor) David Ross is a British actor who has worked in drama, cinema, and television. His best-known roles include playing the first appearance of "Kryten" and the voice of the "Talkie Toaster" on the televised science fiction comedy Red Dwarf, "Elgin" on the BBC sitcom The Green Green Grass, and "Mr.
David Ross (trampolinist) David Ross (born April 30, 1950) is a Canadian trampolining coach and manufacturer of trampolines and trampoline equipment. Ross is probably the person most responsible for Canadian trampolinists becoming competitive on the international scene.
David Ross Lauder David Ross Lauder (21 January 1894- 4 June 1972) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
David Rotenberg David Rotenberg (born July 24, 1930) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller.
David Rothbard David Rothbard (born in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is President of the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), a leading public-interest organization he co-founded in 1985. CFACT is a public policy organization focusing on issues of environment and development.
David Rovics David Rovics (born April 10, 1967) is an indie singer/songwriter and outspoken grassroots political protestor from the United States. His music is most accurately described as protest-folk and concerns topical subjects such as the 2003 Iraq war, anti-globalisation and social justice issues.
David Rowlands David Rowlands Military artist David Rowlands is one of today's finest and most accurate military artists. His atmospheric oil paintings present a realistic record of the dramatic events of war, and have won him many commissions from the British Army and Royal favour.
David Royle David Royle is a Labour politician in the City of Manchester. He is a councillor in the Fallowfield ward notable for defecting to the Liberal Democrats on the eve of 2005 General Election, only to defect back to the Labour Party the day after.
David Rudman David Rudman is the performer of many Sesame Street Muppet characters, notably Baby Bear, and Cookie Monster, for whom he is replacement Muppeteer. For his role as Cookie, Rudman was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series.
David Rudovsky David Rudovsky is a civil rights lawyer in Philadelphia. He is a founding partner of the law firm of Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing and Feinberg, and a Senior Fellow at University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he teaches evidence and constitutional criminal procedure.
David Ruffley David Laurie Ruffley (born 18 April 1962, Bolton) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds, which encompasses Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, and was first elected in 1997.
David Rumelhart David E. Rumelhart has made many contributions to the formal analysis of human cognition, working primarily within the frameworks of mathematical psychology, symbolic artificial intelligence, and parallel distributed processing.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection is one of the world's largest private collections of some 150,000 maps and cartographic items. The collection was created by David Rumsey, who after making his fortune in real estate, focused on collecting eighteenth- and nineteenth-century North and South America as this era "saw the rise of modern cartography.
David Rupert David Rupert is a former FBI/British intelligence agent whose testimony led to the arrest and prosecution of Michael McKevitt, the reputed leader of the Real IRA, for the Omagh Bombing which resulted in the killing of 29 people and maiming of 220 others. is not clear if the 6'5" Madrid, New York]-native ever met Michael McKevitt, who was convicted and is in prison.
David Rushe David Rushe (28 April 1827 - 6 November 1886) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
David Russell (George Cross) David Russell GC (30 March 1911-February 1945), was a Lance Corporal with the 22nd (Motor) Battalion, New Zealand Infantry, 2nd NZEF, who was awarded the George Cross posthumously after being executed by German forces in Italy.
David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland (died April 1701) was the son of Thomas Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven of Freeland by his wife Isabel Balfour. He succeeded his father as Lord Ruthven of Freeland in May 1671, and from 1689 to 1692 served as one of the commissioners for exercising the office of Lord High Treasurer of Scotland.
David Ruttenberg David Ruttenbergwas born in 1963 in Miami Beach, Florida. He has been recognized as a talented music producer, engineer and composer with a diverse career spanning nearly three decades in the music and Internet industry.
David S. Johnson David Stifler Johnson (born December 9, 1945) is a computer scientist specializing in algorithms and optimization. He is currently the head of the Algorithms and Optimization Department of AT&T Labs Research.
David Sacks David Sacks is a television writer and producer. His writing and producing credits include The Simpsons, 3rd Rock From the Sun (for which he won a Golden Globe), Malcolm in the Middle, Game Over (TV series), The Tick and Murphy Brown.
David Sale David Sale is an Australian-based author and television scriptwriter. He has been a contributor to many TV drama series, provided special material for Australia's leading entertainers, and has worked as producer, director, actor and journalist.
David Samanez Ocampo David Samanez Ocampo (born 1886 in Cusco, Peru; died 1947), the son of José Samanez, served as President of Peru during the transitional period of March to December 1931. He oversaw changes to the electoral statutes that effectively brought the vote to the masses, leading to the critical – if highly controversial – presidential election of December 1931, when Sánchez Cerro defeated Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre.
David Sammartino David Lugogo Sammartino (born September 29, 1960 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for being the son of former World Wide Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino.
David Samoylov David Samoylov (), pseudonym of David Samuilovich Kaufman (; 1 June 1920 in Moscow — 23 February 1990 in Tallinn). He is a notable poet of War generation of Russian poets, and considered one of the most important Russian poets of the post-World War II era.
David Samson Rabbi David Samson (born 1956) is an Orthodox rabbi and one of the leading English-speaking Torah scholars in the Religious Zionist movement in Israel. Rabbi Samson has written five books most of which are on the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook and Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook.
David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel OBE (born 8 July 1922) is the grandson of Herbert Samuel and thus also a second cousin of Rosalind Franklin. He was one of the founding fathers of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
David Sancious David Sancious (born November 30, 1953 in Asbury Park, New Jersey) is an American musician. He was an early member of Bruce Springsteen's backing group, The E Street Band, and contributed to the first three Springsteen albums.
David Sandford David Sandford is a film-maker who worked on independent films in British Columbia, Canada. He was Art Director for Unbound (1992, directed by Claudia Morgado), and matte designer for Sabor a Mi (1998, also directed by Morgado.
David Sarnoff David Sarnoff (February 27, 1891–December 12, 1971) led the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in various capacities shortly after its founding in 1919 to his retirement in 1970. Known as the general, he ruled over an ever-growing radio and electronics empire that became one of the largest companies in the world.
David Sassoon Library The David Sassoon Library is the name of a famous library and heritage structure in Mumbai, India. The idea of a library to be situated in the center of the city was the brainchild of Albert Sassoon, son of the famous Baghdadi Jew philanthropist, David Sassoon.
David Satterfield David Michael Satterfield (born December 18, 1954) is an American diplomat who was the first high ranking official to be caught up in the AIPAC/Larry Franklin Pentagon mole case. The indictment, however, did not accuse Satterfield of any wrongdoing.
David Sánchez (musician) David Sanchez took up the conga when he was eight and started playing tenor at age 12. He graduated from a performing arts high school in 1986, spent a year studying psychology, and then moved to New York in 1988, having decided to become a musician.
David Scarboro David Timothy ScarboroEngland & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2004 (February 3] [[1968 – April 27 1988) was a British actor who was best known for portraying Mark Fowler in the popular British soap opera EastEnders.
David Scott (politician) David Scott (born June 27 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 13th District of Georgia (map). He was born in Aynor, South Carolina and attended high school in Daytona Beach, Florida.
David Scott Stone David Scott Stone (sometimes referred to as Sir DSS) is a musician who recorded and toured with artists like The Melvins, Unwound, FantĂ´masMelvins Big Band, The Locust, Jello Biafra, Keiji Haino, Mike Patton, Adam Jones (Tool), Merzbow, Masonna, Big Business and others.
David Seal David Seal (born 26 January, 1972) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Mangotsfield United] as a forward in the Southern League Premier Division. He represented Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympic games in Spain.
David Seals David Seals (born April 29, 1947 in Denver, Colorado) is an American writer specializing in Native-American culture and history. His novel, "Powwow Highway" was made into a major motion picture starring A.
David Sedaris David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is an American humorist and radio contributor. Much of his humor is autobiographical and self-deprecating, concerning his large family life, Greek heritage, various jobs, education, and his life in France with his boyfriend Hugh.
David Segui David Vincent Segui (born July 19 1966 in Kansas City, Kansas) was primarily a first baseman with the Baltimore Orioles (1990-93 and 2001-04), New York Mets (1994-95), Montreal Expos (1995-97), Seattle Mariners (1998-99), Toronto Blue Jays (1999), Texas Rangers (2000) and Cleveland Indians (2000).
David Seisay David Seisay (aka MC Stranger aka D-Flex) was a pioneer in the Swedish hip hop scene. He enjoyed commercial success as part of Rob'n'Raz DLC which also included Lutricia McNeal, and the two producers Rob WĂĄtz and Rasmus Lindwall.
David Selby David Selby (born February 5 1941 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American character actor, best known for playing Quentin Collins from 1968-1971 on the ABC-TV cult serial Dark Shadows, and as Jane Wyman's evil and compassionate TV son, Richard Channing, on the long-running, primetime CBS soap opera Falcon Crest (from 1982 to 1990).
David Seltzer David Seltzer (born in 1940 in Highland Park, Illinois) is an American screenwriter who is perhaps best known for having an uncredited role in writing the screenplay of the 1971 musical film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The film credits the original book's author, Roald Dahl as the sole screenplay adaptor, however it has been revealed that Seltzer rewrote 30% of Dahl's script, adding such elements as the "Slugworth subplot", and music other than the original Oompa Loompa compositions (including "Pure Imagination", and "The Candy Man Can").
David Seymour Chim (pronounced shim) was the pseudonym of David Seymour (November 20, 1911 – November 10, 1956), an American photographer and photojournalist. Born David Szymin in Warsaw to Polish Jewish parents, he became interested in photography while studying in Paris.
David Shackleton Sir David James Shackleton (1863, Cloughfold, Rossendale – 1938) was a cotton worker and trade unionist who became the third Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, following the formation of the Labour Representation Committee. He later became a senior civil servant.
David Shaffer David Shaffer is chairman of the department of Child Psychiatry at the Columbia-Presbyterian College of Physicians and Surgeons and a child psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in New York City. Married to, but now estranged from, Vogue Editor Anna Wintour.
David Sharpe David Sharpe (born 1967) is a former British middle distance runner who won a silver medal at the European Championships in Split 1990 over 800 m. In 1988 he won the European Indoor Championships and in 1992 he came first in the 800 m race at the World Cup in Havana.
David Shaw (hockey player) David Shaw (born May 25, 1964 in St. Thomas, Ontario) is a retired former professional ice hockey player who played 769 National Hockey League games for the Quebec Nordiques, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota North Stars, Boston Bruins and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
David Shaw (UK politician) David Lawrence Shaw (born 14 November 1950) is a former British Member of Parliament. He was Conservative Member for Dover from 1987 general election until the 1997 election, when he lost the seat to Gwyn Prosser of Labour.

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