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- Stig Dagerman (1923–1954) (Sweden)
- George Dalton
- Augustin Daly (1838–1899) (United States)
- Florent Carton Dancourt (1661–1725) (France)
- Clemence Dane (1888–1965) (England)
- Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863–1938) (Italy)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897) (France)
- Indy Daugherty (1995-present) (United States)
- William Davenant (1606–1668) (England)
- Robertson Davies (1913–1995) (Canada)
- Jack Davis (1917–2000) (Australia)
- Ossie Davis (1917–2005) (United States)
- Owen Davis (1874–1956) (United States)
- Roxann Dawson
- Frederic Lansing Day (1886–1982) (United States)
- April De Angelis (England)
- Eduardo De Filippo (1900–1984) (Italy)
- Thomas Dekker (c. 1572–1632) (England)
- Shelagh Delaney (born 1939) (England)
- Casimir-Jean-François Delavigne (1793–1843) (France)
- Barbu Delavrancea (1858–1918) (Romania)
- Giambattista Della Porta (1535–1615) (Italy)
- Federico Della Valle (c. 1560–1628) (Italy)
- Merrill Denison (1893–1975) (Canada)
- Lucien Descaves (1861–1949) (France)
- Jean Desmaretz de Saint-Sorlin (1595–1676) (France)
- Sugathapala de Silva
- Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680–1754) (France)
- Jacques Deval (1894–1972) (France)
- Juan Bautista Diamante (1625–1687) (Spain)
- Lydia R. Diamond (born 1969) (United States)
- Joaquín Dicenta y Benedicto (1863–1917) (Spain)
- Denis Diderot (1713–1784) (France)
- Steven Dietz
- Salvatore Di Giacomo (1860–1934) (Italy)
- Tony DiMurro (United States)
- Joe DiPietro
- Madge Dishman
- Ludovico Dolce (1508 – c. 1568) (Italy)
- Maurice Donnay (1859–1945) (France)
- Ariel Dorfman
- Earl of Dorset {redirect to Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset}
- Tankred Dorst (born 1925) (Germany)
- Stuart Draper (England)
- Michael Drayton (1563–1631) (England)
- Alex Dremann (born 1966) (United States)
- John Drinkwater (1882–1937) (England)
- John Dryden (1631–1700) (England)
- Marin Drzic
- Marcel Dubé (born 1930) (Canada) *French language*
- Charles Rivière Dufresny (1654–1724) (France)
- Roger Martin du Gard {redirect to Martin du Gard, Roger}
- Alexandre Dumas, fils (1824–1895) (France)
- Alexandre Dumas, père (1802–1870) (France)
- D Underbelly (United States)
- Govind Deshpande
- William Dunlap (1766–1839) (United States)
- Marc Dunn
- Nell Dunn
- Philip Dunning (1891–1957) (United States)
- Lord Dunsany (1878–1957) (England/Ireland)
- Christopher Durang
- Marguerite Duras (1914–1996) (France)
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990) (Switzerland) *German language*
- Pierre Du Ryer (1606–1658) (France)
- Jean Dutourd (born 1920) (France)
- Don Duyns (born 1967) (Holland)
- Swadesh Deepak(born 1942– ) (India)
- Henri Duvernois (1875–1937) (France)
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