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| Name | Main Title | Dynasty | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dakhamunzu | Queen | 18th dynasty | (fl. c. 14th century BC) | Also called Dahamunzu. An Egyptian queen known from the Hittite annals The Deeds of Suppiluliuma, which were composed by Suppiluliuma I's son Mursili II. The identity of this queen has not yet been established with any degree of certainty and Dakhamunzu has variously been identified as either Nefertiti, Meritaten or Ankhesenamen. |
| Dagi | Vizier | 11th dynasty | (fl. c. 21st century BC) | An Egyptian vizier of the 11th dynasty during the reign of Mentuhotep II. |
| Dedi | Magician | 4th dynasty | (fl. c. 26th century BC) | A soothsayer and magician in an Ancient Egyptian tale set in the era of Khufu, one of a number of stories to be found in the Westcar Papyrus. |
| Dedumose I | Pharaoh | 13th dynasty | (fl. c. mid-17th century BC) | A Pharaoh of Egypt during the 13th dynasty. Also known as Tutimaios. |
| Dedumose II | Pharaoh | 16th dynasty | (fl. c. mid-17th century BC) | A native Egyptian king of the 16th Theban dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period. His Horus name was Djedneferre. |
| Demetrius the Fair | King of Cyrene | Ptolemaic | (c. 285 BC – c.249 BC) | Reigned 250 BC – c. 249 BC. He was a son of King Demetrius I of Macedon and Ptolemais. When the Cyrenaean king Magas died in 250 BC, his widow, Apama II summoned Demetrius from Macedonia to become king of Cyrenaica and marry her daughter Berenice II. Shortly after his marriage to Berenice, Demetrius and Apama became lovers. In a jealous rage, Berenice killed Demetrius. Also known as Demetrius the Handsome. |
| Den | Pharaoh | 1st dynasty | (fl. c. 30th century BC) | He was the son of Queen Merneith. He was the first to use the title King of the Two Lands, and the first depicted as wearing the double crowns. |
| Didia | High Priest of Ptah | 19th dynasty | (fl. c. mid-13th century BC) | High Priest of Ptah during the reign of the 19th dynasty pharaoh, Ramesses II. Didia succeeded his father Pahemnetjer into the office. |
| Djaty | Prince | 4th dynasty | (fl. c. 26th century BC) | Djaty was a son of Queen Meresankh II and either pharaoh Djedefre or pharaoh Khafra. Also known as Djati, Zaty, Zati. |
| Djau | Vizier | 6th dynasty | (fl. c. 23rd century BC) | He was a member of an influential family from Abydos; his mother was the vizier Nebet. His two sisters Ankhesenpepi I and Ankhesenpepi II married Pharaoh Pepi I. |
| Djedefhor | Prince | 4th dynasty | (fl. c. 26th century BC) | He was a son of Pharaoh Khufu and brother of pharaohs Djedefre and Khafre. Also known as Hordjedef. |
| Djedefptah | Pharaoh | 4th dynasty | see Thamphthis | |
| Djedefre | Pharaoh | 4th dynasty | (fl. c. 26th century BC) | He reigned c. 2566 BC – c. 2558 BC, the son and immediate successor of Khufu. Djedefre was the first king to use the title Son of Ra, which is seen as an indication of the growing popularity of the cult of the solar god Ra. Also known as Radjedef. |
| Djedhor | Pharaoh | 30th dynasty | (fl. c. 4th century BC) | He reigned 362–360 BC, the son and immediate successor of Nakhtnebef. Also known as Djedher, Takhos and Teos. |
| Djedi | Prince | 4th dynasty | (fl. c. 26th century BC) | He was a son of Rahotep and Nofret and nephew of the pharaoh Khufu. |
| Djediufankh | Priest | An ancient Egyptian priest who lived between 2,000 and 4,000 years ago. | ||
| Djedkare Isesi | Pharaoh | 5th dynasty | Reigned c. 2414 BC – c. 2375 BC | Built his pyramid at Saqqara instead of Abusir. Also referred to as Tancheres. |
| Djedkare Shemai | Pharaoh | 7t dynasty | (fl. c. 22nd century BC) | A 7th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. |
| Djedkhonsuefankh | High Priest of Amun | 21st dynasty | (fl. c. mid-11th century BC) | High Priest of Amun in Thebes. He was a son of Pinedjem I and succeeded his brother Masaherta during a time of great turmoil in the city of Thebes. |
| Djedptahiufankh | Prophet of Amun | 22nd dynasty | (fl. c. mid-10th century BC) | Served as the 3rd or 4th Prophet of Amun and was the husband of Nestanebtishru (who was the daughter of Pinudjem II and Neskhons) during the reign of pharaoh Shoshenq. |
| Djefatnebti | Queen | 3rd dynasty | (fl. c. 27th century BC) | Probably a wife of the 3rd dynasty Egyptian king Huni. |
| Djefatsen | Princess | 4th dynasty | (fl. c. 26th century BC) | A daughter of Nefermaat, the eldest son of pharaoh Sneferu and Itet. |
| Djehuti | Pharaoh | 16th dynasty | (fl. c. late-17th century BC) | An Egyptian pharaoh belonging to the Theban 16th dynasty based in Upper Egypt during the Second Intermediate period. Also called Djehuty Sekhemresementawy or Thuty. |
| Djehuty | General | 18th dynasty | (fl. c. mid-15th century BC) | A general under the Egyptian king Thutmosis III in the 18th dynasty. He led Egyptian forces in the capture of Joffa (modern Jaffa) in Canaan. Also referred to as Thuti or Thutii. |
| Djer | Pharaoh | 1st dynasty | (fl. c. 31st century BC) | The second or third pharaoh of the 1st dynasty of Egypt. |
| Djeseretnebti | Queen | 3rd dynasty | (fl. c. 27th century BC) | Wife of pharaoh Sekhemkhet from the 3rd dynasty. They were possibly the parents of pharaoh Khaba, Sekhemkhet's successor. |
| Djet | Pharaoh | 1st dynasty | (fl. c. 30th century BC) | An Egyptian pharaoh of the 1st dynasty. Also referred to as Wadj, Zet, and Uadji or Uenephes. |
| Djoser | Pharaoh | 3rd dynasty | (reigned c. 2668 BC – c. 2649 BC) | The best-known pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty of Egypt. He commissioned his official, Imhotep, to build the Step Pyramid for him at Saqqara. Also referred to as Netjerikhet, Tosarthros, Zoser, Dzoser, Zozer, Dsr, Djeser, Djésèr, Horus-Netjerikhet, and Horus-Netjerichet. |
| Duaenhor | Prince | 4th dynasty | (fl. c. 26th century BC) | He was probably a son of Prince Kawab (son of Khufu) and Hetepheres II. |
| Duaenre | Vizier | 4th dynasty | (fl. c. 26th century BC) | Duaenre was the son of King Khafre and Queen Meresankh III. |
| Duatentopet (or Tentopet) | Queen | 20th dynasty | (fl. c. mid-12th century BC) | The wife of Pharaoh Ramesses IV and mother of Ramesses V. |
| Duathathor-Henuttawy | Princess / Queen | 21st dynasty | (fl. c. early-11th century BC) | Probably the daughter of Ramesses XI, last king of the 20th dynasty, and queen Tentamun. She married Pinedjem I, the Theban High Priest of Amun who effectively ruled Upper Egypt during the reign of Ramesses XI. |
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