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Born in Budapest May 30, 1890, Czinner worked in film as a writer, producer and director He worked mostly in London and New York. He died June 22, 1972..

Archibald Douglas Darlington was a native of England, born July 31, 1887. He kept a store in Hazelton and at various other points in British Columbia. He wrote articles for various newspapers and magazines on a variety of subjects.

John Davidson worked in the Botany Museum at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland from 1893 to 1911. He came to Vancouver in 1911 and shortly thereafter was appointed Provincial Botanist and established botanical gardens at Essondale and later at the University of British Columbia. Davidson joined the faculty of UBC in 1916 and retired in 1948. He was involved with the B.C. Mountaineering Society and was a founder of the Vancouver Natural History Society. Davidson's work also led him to be active in the Arbor Day and City Beautiful movements of the 1920s.

John Davidson was a pioneer British Columbian botanist and conservationist who was educated in Scotland. He came to Vancouver in 1911 and shortly thereafter was appointed Provincial Botanist and established botanical gardens at Essondale and later at the University of British Columbia. Davidson joined the faculty of UBC in 1912 and retired in 1948. He was involved with the B.C. Mountaineering Society and was a founder of the Vancouver Natural History Society. Davidson's work also led him to be active in the Arbor Day and City Beautiful movements of the 1920s.

David Davies was a member of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association. He was interested in investigating the suggestion that the CPR English Bay Branch (or Kitsilano Branch) was built as the final piece of the main line section of the transcontinental railway.

Libby Davies was born Elizabeth Davies in Aldershot, England in 1953. Her father was a British Army Major and the family travelled extensively until arriving in Canada in 1968. Libby was married to Bruce Eriksen which whom she had a son, Lief. She met Eriksen through her father, a social planner, who had introduced Eriksen to advocacy work in the downtown eastside. In 1973 Libby joined DERA (Downtown Eastside Residents' Association), founded by Eriksen, as a community worker and did so for nine years. In her advocacy work she produced a community newsletter and established a cooperative food store. During that time Libby attended the University of British Columbia and withdrew prior to completing her studies. In 1976 and 1978 she ran unsuccessfully for Vancouver City Council. In 1980 she was elected and served two years on the Vancouver Parks Board. Libby was first elected to city council in 1982 and served five consecutive terms till 1993. She was a member of a civic political organization known as COPE (Committee of Progressive Electors). As an Alderman she was involved in issues such as affordable housing, an improved transit system, hot lunches for schoolchildren and a nuclear-free Port of Vancouver. She spoke out on poverty, peace and women's issues. In 1994 to 1997 she worked with the Hospital Employees' Union (HEU) serving as Ombudsperson for Human Rights, Complaints Investigator and Coordinator of Human Resources. In 1997 she was elected as Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and re-elected in 2000. She is presently (2002) the federal NDP spokesperson for Housing, Children & Youth, Post-Secondary Education, Multiculturism, Urban Affairs, and Social Policy. For her work in social justice and equality issues she has been acknowledged with awards from the Vancouver and District Labour Council and the YMCA.

Term of office:
1982-1993

Born Nov. 27, 1876 in England, Frederick Davies moved to British Columbia in 1913. He was a construction contractor who built in Vancouver during the 1920s to the 1950s. His larger building projects included some of Vancouver's more significant churches, e.g., Ryerson United Church, Canadian Memorial Chapel, St. Andrew's Wesley United Church, an addition to Christ Church Cathedral, West Point Grey United Church, St. Mary's Church, and St. John's Shaughnessy. Davies died Mar. 2, 1966.

Joseph Davis was a portrait and landscape photographer who worked out of New Westminster, B.C. he worked as a photographer 1869-1890.

Helen Dawe grew up in Vancouver. She later earned B.A. and B.Comm. degrees from U.B.C. and a B.L.S. from the University of Toronto. During World War II, Dawe enlisted in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (Wrens), took training in various places, and became a leading hand at Joint Services at Jericho Beach and in Halifax. She served as a Petty Officer Coder with the Canadian Naval Mission Overseas in London. After the war, she served as a librarian with the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Dawe returned to B.C. and eventually settled in Sechelt, where she maintains an active interest in local history. She has published several articles in Sechelt newspapers on the history of the area.

Rebecca Dayton (1859-1945) was a native of St. John, New Brunswick. She married H.W. Dayton in 1880 and moved to Manitoba in 1882. The Daytons moved to Vancouver in 1920. Mrs. Dayton was active in the National Council of Women and other community service groups.

Born Feb. 5, 1855 in New Brunswick, DeForest studied in London, Paris, Edinburgh and Italy. He worked as a curator for the Vancouver Museum. He painted landscapes. he moved to Banff in 1921 and died in Calgary March, 1924.

Delgado was born January 11, 1958 in San Jose, California. He has worked as a marine archaeologist. He was Executive Director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum from 1991 to 2006.

Born in Edgerton, Alberta November 7, 1929, Dempsey is a Canadian historian who also worked as a curator at the Glenbow Museum. He became a member of the Order of Canada in 1975.

Born in Coquitlam October 26, 1914, Dennett worked as a professional photographer for the Vancouver Sun. He died November 25, 1978.

John A. Denovan was an amateur photographer from Vancouver who won prizes in various provincial and national exhibitions.

Born Dec. 19, 1903 in Nanaimo, B.C., Deppiesse worked as a longshoreman. He died in Vancouver Sept. 30, 1992.

Born in Manchester, England July 27, 1865, Devine worked in Brandon, Manitoba as a photographer starting in 1884. There he became partners with J.A. Brock and came to Vancouver together in 1886. The partnership dissolved in November 1887; Devine continued work as a photograph until 1889. Devine resumed work as a photographer in 1895 but had retired by 1897. He died Dec. 17, 1938.

George Devlin was an American employee of Remington Rand Ltd. He shot 8mm film during his travels across North America in the 1930's and 40's.

William Robert (Bob) Dibble was a professional photographer working in the Vancouver area.

Dibble was born in New Westminster, B.C. At some point in his career, he worked as a photographer for the Vancouver Sun. In 1972 or 1973, he acquired Croton Studios from Don Leblanc and operated under that business name.

Estelle Elizabeth Dickey was a commercial photographer working in Vernon, B.C.

She was born Apr. 4, 1898 in South Orange, New Jersey and died in Vernon, B.C. Nov. 14, 1980.

Diespecker worked as a radio and newspaper journalist in Vancouver and Victoria.

Born April 28, 1941, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. First president of the Association of Canadian Archivists. Records manager, then provincial archivist at the Archives of Manitoba. Died June 19, 2010 in Comox, B.C.

Richard Hart Dopson was born 22 October, 1945, in Winnipeg. He moved to Vancouver in 1975, and was hired as a school psychologist by the Vancouver School Board (VSB). He remained with the VSB for the duration of his professional career. After practising as a school psychologist for six years, he became a teacher and counsellor in a program for street youth in Downtown Vancouver for fourteen years. He then became a teacher in Distance Education, coaching teenagers on how to complete courses online, until his retirement. In addition to his work as a psychologist and educator, Dopson was also active within the community of professional psychologists. He was on the executive of the British Columbia Psychological Association (BCPA) for many years, and was also chair of the BCPA’s Promotion of the Profession (POP)/Marketing committee in 1999. From 2000 to 2001, he was president of the BCPA, as well as a member of the POP media subcommittee and chair of the BCPA Legislative Committee.

Outside of his psychology career, Dopson was an active member of the community. He was a past chair of the Family Court/Youth Justice committee and was also involved in politics, serving as the communications chair on the Vancouver Centre Liberal Executive from 2006 to 2007 for MP Hedy Fry. Despite these contributions, Dopson is perhaps most recognized within the gay and lesbian community. He played an integral part in developing gay and lesbian sports in Vancouver: Dopson helped found the Metropolitan Vancouver Athletic and Arts Association (MVAAA), which was established to bring the Gay Games to Vancouver and outside of San Francisco for the first time. Through the MVAAA, and in preparation for the Vancouver bid to host Gay Games III in 1990, Dopson was a leader in the organization of the Vancouver Gay and Lesbian Summer Games from 1983 to 1986. Following the announcement that Vancouver had won the right to host Gay Games III, Dopson became co-chair of the Celebration ’90 Gay Games III and Cultural Festival.

Dopson remained affiliated with the Gay Games after Celebration ’90, becoming a board member of Team Vancouver, Vancouver’s delegation to the Gay Games, and also the Vancouver representative to the International Federation of Gay Games. His contributions to Vancouver gay and lesbian athletics extend beyond the MVAAA and the Gay Games, however: he was chair of the Vancouver Gay Volleyball Association (VGVA) between the years of 1982 and 1984, and was also chair of the Vancouver Gay and Lesbian Centre for a period of time. His interest in the gay athletic community also led to his involvement in the Vancouver Pride Parade and Festival, as well as the police/gay-lesbian liaison committee.

C.S. Downing was born in New York City and moved to Vancouver in 1897.

William E. Drake (1864-1940) was a businessman and manager in Vancouver.
He was born in Kingsville, Ontario, the son of Dr. and Mrs. W.H. Drake. He moved to Vancouver in 1892 to work as manager of the Vancouver branch of the McClary Manufacturing Company. In 1898, he was declared the attorney for the Company at its British Columbia headquarters on Water Street. He resigned from this company in 1911, and later worked for the B.C. Agency of A.C. Leslie and Co. Ltd. He retired from this position in 1928, and died in Vancouver in 1940.

Roger Dudley Sr. worked as a commercial photographer in Seattle, Washington.

Samuel Dunn was a British mathematician, teacher and amateur astronomer.

Worked for the Vancouver Sun from 1955-1990.

Photographer and videographer located in Vancouver, B.C.

Eben (Ebenezer) Naismith Harvie was born at Mosen-Bellshill in the county of Lanark, Scotland, on July 3, 1883. He emigrated to Vancouver in 1908. Mr. Harvie was municipal engineer of South Vancouver, involved in the design, specifications, and layout for the water distributions system. He also held an engineering position with the Harbour Commission of the North Arm of the Fraser River. He served overseas during WWI, and spent several years following the war in various jobs in London. He returned to Vancouver with his family and was active in construction contracting. Eben Harvie died in 1979.

Oregon photographer.

C.H. Edmond was a Chilcotin explorer and landowner pre-WWI (Edmond Creek, a Chilko Lake tributary; Edmond Glacier); later natural resource promoter and logging operator on the B.C. coast (Bute Development Ltd., Blunden Harbour Logging, etc.).