List of Famous people named David

David Walters is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and world record-holder in two events. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Walters earned a gold medal by swimming in the heats of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay. Walters is also a seven-time medalist at the World Aquatics Championships.

David Kopp is a former German road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2011. Kopp's speciality was sprinting and the cobbled classics of Belgium.

David Armitage Bannerman OBE, MA, SD (Cantab), Hon. LL.D. (Glasgow), FRSE, FZS was a British ornithologist. From 1919 to 1952 he was Curator of the British Museum of Natural History.

David Coleman Dukes was an American character actor. He had a long career in films, appearing in 35. Dukes starred in the miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, and he was a frequent television guest star. Later in life, Dukes had recurring roles on shows such as Pauly, Sisters and Dawson's Creek.

David Browning Culberson was a Confederate soldier, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

David B. Kaplan is an American physicist. He was Director of the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington during the period 2006-2016 and is now a Senior Fellow there.

David Bailey was an American actor. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he went on to have a lengthy career in theater and television, perhaps his best known role being Dr. Russ Matthews on the long-running daytime soap Another World.

David Bainbridge was a British sculptor, Conceptual Artist and member of the artist group Art & Language.

David Baird Sr. was an Irish-born American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey.