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- Arthur Dake (USA, 1910–2000)
- Pedro Damiano (Portugal, 1480–1544)
- Mato Damjanović (Croatia, 1927–2011)
- Gösta Danielsson (Sweden, 1912–1978)
- Silvio Danailov (Bulgaria, born 1961)
- A. Polak Daniels (Netherlands, before 1855–after 1883)
- Dawid Daniuszewski (Poland, 1885–1944)
- Klaus Darga (Germany, born 1934)
- Alberto David (Luxembourg, born 1970)
- Jacques Davidson (Netherlands, 1890–1961)
- Nigel Davies (England, born 1960)
- Boris De Greiff (Colombia, born 1930)
- Frederic Deacon (Belgium, 1829–1875)
- Chakkravarthy Deepan (India, born 1987)
- Nick de Firmian (USA, born 1957)
- Marigje Degrande (Belgium, born 1992)
- Aleksander Delchev (Bulgaria, born 1971)
- Eugene Delmar (USA, 1841–1909)
- Yelena Dembo (Russia, Israel, Hungary, Greece, born 1983)
- Arnold Denker (USA, 1914–2005)
- Alexandre Deschapelles (France, 1780–1847)
- Andrei Deviatkin (Russia, born 1980)
- Paul Devos (Belgium, 1911–1981)
- André Diamant (Brazil, born 1990)
- Emil Josef Diemer (Germany, 1908–1990)
- Mark Diesen (USA, 1957–2008)
- Julius Dimer (Germany, 1871–1945)
- Nathan Divinsky (Canada, born 1925)
- Rune Djurhuus (Norway, born 1970)
- Maxim Dlugy (Russia, USA, born 1966)
- Josef Dobiáš (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1886–1981)
- Yosef Dobkin (Russia, Israel, born 1909)
- Yury Dokhoian (Russia, born 1964)
- Sergey Dolmatov (Russia, born 1959)
- Lenier Dominguez (Cuba, born 1983)
- Józef Dominik (Poland, 1894–1920)
- Zadok Domnitz (Israel, born 1933)
- Elena Donaldson (Russia, Georgia, USA, born 1957)
- John W. Donaldson (USA, born 1958)
- Ivo Donev (Austria, born 1959)
- Jan Hein Donner (Netherlands, 1927–1988)
- Iossif Dorfman (Ukraine, France, born 1952)
- Alexey Dreev (Russia, born 1969)
- Leonids Dreibergs (Latvia, USA, 1908–1969)
- Kurt Dreyer (Germany, South Africa, 1909–1981)
- Tihomil Drezga (Croatia, USA, 1903–1981)
- Yuri Drozdovskij (Ukraine, born 1984)
- Leroy Dubeck (USA, born 1939)
- Serafino Dubois (Italy, 1817–1899)
- Daniil Dubov (Russia, born 1996)
- Andreas Dückstein (Hungary, Austria, born 1927)
- Jean Dufresne (Germany, 1829–1893)
- Andreas Duhm (Germany, Switzerland, 1883–1975)
- Dietrich Duhm (Germany, Switzerland, 1880–1954)
- Hans Duhm (Germany, Switzerland, 1878–1946)
- Arthur Dunkelblum (Poland, Belgium, 1906–1979)
- Oldřich Duras (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1882–1957)
- Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky (Ukraine, 1879–1965)
- Mark Dvoretsky (Russia, born 1947)
- Joanna Dworakowska (Poland, born 1978)
- Eduard Dyckhoff (Germany, 1880–1949)
- Viacheslav Dydyshko (Belarus, born 1949)
- Boruch Israel Dyner (Poland, Belgium, Israel, 1903–1979)
- Semen Dvoirys (Russia, born 1958)
- Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia, born 1987)
- Roman Dzindzichashvili (Georgia, Israel, USA, born 1944)
- Marat Dzhumaev (Uzbekistan, born 1976)
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