Rosemary Dinnage (1928–2015), a journalist and author, was named by The Observer in 2011 as one of Britain's top 300 intellectuals. Dinnage had an active in interest in parapsychology...

York Dobyns was a long-term member of the research team at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory and continues to publish in parapsychology. 

Oxford classics professor (1893-1979), an authority on supernatural beliefs in antiquity. His 1934 paper ‘Why I Do Not Believe in Survival’ has been frequently cited.

Larry Dossey is an American physician and author of books about psychic experiences, healing and nonlocal consciousness. 

Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding (1882-1970), head of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, was later involved in spiritualist activities, authoring several books.

In later life, the creator of Sherlock Holmes became an evangelist for spiritualism. 

German biologist and philosopher (1867-1941) who published extensively on psychical research, considering it to be empirical support for his theory of vitalism.

German philosopher (1839-1899), a prominent theoretician and proponent of research into postmortem survival, psychic phenomena and the unconscious mind. 

 American philosopher who in 1961 published a major study of psi phenomena, endorsing their existence and arguing that they constitute evidence for postmortem survival. This article describes and critiques his ideas. 

Manager of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory (1944–2022), whose remote viewing and psychokinesis research made important contributions to parapsychology.