The given name "David" may refer to:

Medieval

Late antiquity to early medieval David was adopted as a Christian name from at least the 6th century. David the Invincible (6th century), Neoplatonic philosopher David (commentator) (6th century), Greek scholar Saint David (6th century), patron saint of Wales David the Dendrite (c. 450–540), a patron saint of Thessaloniki David (son of Heraclius) (b. 630), co-emperor of Byzantium David Saharuni (7th century), presiding prince of Byzantine-controlled Armenia David ibn Merwan al-Mukkamas (d. 937), Arabic philosopher and controversialist, the author of the earliest known Jewish philosophical work of the Middle Ages David I of Iberia (d. 881) David II of Iberia (d. 937) David of Bulgaria (d. 976), Bulgarian noble David III of Tao (d. 1000)

High medieval Saint David of Muscovy or Gleb (987–1015), brother of Saint Roman of Muscovy or Boris, and son of Saint Vladimir David of Taman, late 10th century Khazar ruler David (Da'ud), 11th-century ruler of the Seljuk Turks David of Munktorp (died c. 1082) David I of Scotland (d. 1153), Roman Catholic saint David Kimhi (1160–1235), Medieval rabbi David Mac Cerbaill (died 1289), Irish archbishop David of Makuria (ruled c. 1268–1272), ruler of Makuria (in what is now Egypt and Sudan) David Soslan (d. 1207), Georgian prince Kings of Georgia: David IV (d. 1125) David V (d. 1155) David VI (d. 1293) David VII (d. 1270) David VIII (d. 1311)

Late medieval and early modern David, Lord of Brechin (d. 1320) David II of Scotland (1324 – 22 February 1371) Kings of Georgia: David IX (d. 1360) David X (d. 1526) David XI (d. 1579) Davit as a name adopted by Emperors of Ethiopia: David I or Dawit I (1382 – 6 October 1413) David II or Dawit II (1501 – September 2, 1540) David III or Dawit III (8 February 1716 – 18 May 1721) David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra (1479–1573), Spanish Acharon David ben Solomon ibn Yahya (1455–1528), Spanish rabbi David ben Yom Tov ibn Bilia, Portuguese-Jewish philosopher David Bek (d. 1728), Armenian military commander David Davidsz de Heem (1570–1632), Dutch painter David ibn Ya'ish (d. 1375), Spanish-Jewish writer David Gwyn (fl. 1588), English poet David Reubeni (1490–1535/1541?), Jewish political activist and mystic David Davidse Schuyler (1669–1715), American fur trader and politician David Ungnad von Sonnegg (1535–1600), envoy of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

Modern

A

David Aaker (born 1938), American organizational theorist David Aardsma (born 1981), American baseball player David Abagna (born 1998), Ghanaian footballer David Aaronovitch (born 1954), English journalist David Abbasi, Persian-French writer, journalist, and Islamologist David Abel (general) (1935–2019), Burmese economist David Abel (cinematographer) (1883–1973), Russian-Dutch cinematographer David T. Abercrombie (1867–1931), American outdoor expert and founder of Abercrombie & Fitch David Abidor (born 1992), American soccer player David Abioye, Nigerian author and preacher David Abram (born 1957), American ecologist and philosopher David Abrard (born 1976), French butterfly swimmer David Manker Abshire (1926–2014), American civil servant and NATO representative David Abulafia (1949–2026), English historian, academic and author David Solomon Abwo (born 1986), Nigerian footballer David Accam (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer David J. Acer (1949–1990), American dentist David Acfield (born 1947), English cricketer and fencer David Campion Acheson (1921–2018), American attorney David Ackles (1937–1999), American singer-songwriter David Ackroyd (born 1940), American actor David Acord, American sound editor David Kpakpoe Acquaye (born 1928), Ghanaian academic David Addington (born 1957), American lawyer David I. Adelman (born 1964), American lawyer David Adger (born 1967), English professor David Adickes (1927–2025), American modernist sculptor David Adika (born 1970), Israeli photographer David Adjaye (born 1966), Ghanaian-British architect David Adjei (born 1977), Ghanaian footballer David Adjey (born 1964), Canadian chef David Adjmi (born 1973), American playwright David E. Adkins, American businessman and politician David Aebischer (born 1978), Swiss ice hockey player David Aers (born 1946), English professor David Affleck (1912–1984), Scottish footballer David Afkham (born 1983), German conductor David Agard, American professor and medical doctor David Agmon (born 1947), Israeli commanding officer David Agnew (president), Canadian academic administrator David Álvarez Aguirre (born 1984), Spanish-Equatoguinean footballer David V. Aguilar (born 1955), American civil servant David Agus (born 1965), American medical doctor and author David Ahenakew (1933–2010), Canadian indigenous politician David H. Ahl (born 1939), American magazine author David Aikinhead (1566–1637), 17th-century Scottish lawyer David M. Ainsworth (1954–2019), American politician David Aja (born 1977), Spanish comic book artist David Ajala (born 1986), English actor David Ajang (born 1970), Nigerian prelate David Ajiboye (born 1998), English footballer David "Stringbean" Akeman (1915–1973), American singer-songwriter David Akers (born 1974), American football player David Akers-Jones (1927–2019), British colonial administrator David Bobihoe Akib (1955–2020), Indonesian civil servant David Akiba (1940–2019), American photographer David Akin, Canadian reporter David Akinyooye (born 1989), American basketball coach David Akui (1920–1987), American soldier David Alaba (born 1992), Austrian footballer David Albahari (1948–2023), Serbian writer David Albelda (born 1977), Spanish footballer David Aldridge (born 1965), American sportswriter David Alexanian (born 1967), American director and producer David Alford (born 1964), American actor and playwright David Almond (born 1951), British author David Fernández Alonso (born 1996), Spanish handball player David Alpay (born 1980), Canadian actor and musician David Alter (1807–1881), American inventor David Altmejd (born 1974), Canadian sculptor David Alton (born 1951), English politician David Alvey, American politician David Alward (born 1959), Canadian politician David Amaral (born 1950), American psychiatry professor David Amber (born 1971), Canadian anchor David Ambrose (born 1943), British novelist David Amerson (born 1991), American football player David Amess (1952–2021), English politician David Amoo (born 1991), English footballer David Amram (born 1930), American composer and conductor David Ancrum (born 1958), American basketball player David Andahl (1964–2020), American politician and rancher David Anders (born 1981), American television actor David Andersen (born 1980), Australian basketball player David Andersen (goldsmith) (1843–1901), Norwegian goldsmith David Anenih (born 1999), American football player David Angell (1946–2001), American screenwriter and television producer David A. Ansell (born 1952), Chicago-based medical doctor David M. Apatang, American politician David Apotheker (1855–1911), Lithuanian humorist David Applebaum (1952–2003), American-Israeli medical doctor and rabbi David Appleyard (born 1950), British academic David Archard (born 1951), British philosopher David Archuleta (born 1990), American singer David Arellano (1901–1927), Chilean footballer David Arenas, Colombian chess grandmaster David Argyle, British veterinarian David Arkenstone (born 1952), American composer David Arkin (1941–1991), American actor David Arkin (American football) (born 1987), American football player David Armand (born 1977), English comedian David Armstrong-Jones (born 1961), English furniture maker and member of the royal family Davíð Arnar Ágústsson (born 1996), Icelandic basketball player David Arnott (born 1963), American actor and screenwriter David Whitehorn Arnott (1915–2004), British linguist David Aronson (1923–2015), American painter David Arora (born 1952), American mycologist David Arquette (born 1971), American actor, director and producer David Arseneault (born 1953), American basketball coach David Arseneault Jr. (born 1986), American-Canadian basketball coach David Arshakyan (born 1994), Armenian footballer David Artell (born 1980), English footballer David Arumugam (born 1950), Malaysian singer David Asante (1834–1892), Ghanaian native missionary David Asante-Apeatu (born 1957), Ghanaian forensic specialist David Asheri (1925–2000), Italian-Israeli historian David Åslin (born 1989), Swedish ice hockey player David Asman (born 1954), American television news anchor David Asper (born 1958), Canadian lawyer and businessman David E. Aspnes (born 1939), American physicist David Asscherick (born 1972), Australian pastor David Assing (1787–1842), Prussian physicist and poet David Aston (born 1953), New Zealand actor David Atanga (born 1996), Ghanaian footballer David Rice Atchison (1807–1886), American politician David Manyok Barac Atem (1959–2021), South Sudanese military figure David Atherton (baker) (born 1983), English baker David Atrakchi (born 1977), Yugoslavian-American actor David Attenborough (born 1926), English broadcaster and naturalist David Attewell, (born 1974), English basketball player David Atwell (born 1965), Canadian criminal David Atwood (1815–1889), American politician and publisher David Aubry (born 1996), French swimmer David Auburn (born 1969), American playwright David Aucagne (born 1973), French rugby union footballer David B. Audretsch (born 1954), American economist David Auerbach, American writer and software engineer David Aufhauser (born 19..), American lawyer,General Counsel of the United States Department of the Treasury David Augsburger (born 1938), American author David Auker, British film and television actor David Aukin (born 1942), British theatrical and executive producer David Aune (born 1939), American New Testament scholar David Ausberry (born 1987), American football player David Ausubel (1918–2008), American psychologist David Autor (born 1967), American economist David Avanesyan (born 1988), Russian boxer David Avellan, American grappler and mixed martial artist David Avery (born 1986), British film and television actor David Avnir (born 1947), Israeli professor David Avshalomov (born 1946), American classical composer David Aworawo (born 1968), Nigerian professor David Awschalom (born 1956), American physicist David Axe, American military correspondent David Axmark (born 1962), Swedish software developer David Axon (1951–2012), English astrophysicist David Ayala (footballer, born 2002) (born 2002), Argentine footballer David Ayer (born 1968), American filmmaker David Ayrapetyan (born 1983), Armenian-Russian boxer David Ayres (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player David Azéma (born 1960), French businessman David Azin (born 1990), German-Armenian footballer David Azrieli (1922–2014), Canadian real estate tycoon David Azulai (1954–2018), Israeli politician David Azzi (born 1981), Lebanese-Canadian football player

B

David Baan (1908–1984), Dutch lightweight boxer David Baas (born 1981), American football player David Baazov (1883–1947), Georgian religious figure David Bada (born 1994), German American football player David Backes (born 1984), American ice hockey player David Baddiel (born 1964), English comedian David Baerwald (born 1960), American singer-songwriter David Baev (born 1997), Russian wrestler David Bagoole (born 1998), Ugandan professional footballer David Bailie (1937–2021), South African actor David Bakhtiari (born 1991), American football player David Baldacci (born 1960), American novelist David Bamber (born 1954), English actor David Bamigboye (1940–2018), Nigerian military commander and politician David Banner (born 1974), American rapper