James Cook is correct
Go Clary
Thank you Fealola, I'm sorry I was asleep at 11 43 pm when you posted it, but here I am at 6 42 on MY BIRTHDAY - I wanted a famous person with the same birthday but John Greenleaf Whittier has too many initials and would have been too easy for you Americans.
So I'll go with the initials:
H. D.
Happy birthday Clary,
Hal David
Thanks a bunch Kev, no,
NOT:
Hal David
real?
male?
alive?
showbiz?
NO:
alive
showbiz
Hal David
YES:
real
male
NO:
alive
showbiz
Hal David
Hernando deSoto
YES:
real
male
NO:
alive
showbiz
Hal David
Hernando deSoto
Henry Dupont
YES:
real
male
Thank you kindly MacCactus!
NO:
alive (i e living)

showbiz
Hal David
Hernando deSoto
Henry Dupont
YES:
real
male
NO:
alive (i e living)
showbiz
Hal David
Hernando deSoto
Henry Dupont
YES:
real
male
European
NO:
alive (i e living)
showbiz
Hal David
Hernando deSoto
Henry Dupont
YES:
real
male
European
from the UK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NO:
alive
showbiz
Hal David
Hernando deSoto
Henry Dupont
writer
YES:
real
male
European
UK
born before 1900