Dave is a given name, a shortened form of the name David, Davey, etc. The name means "beloved". Notable people with the name include:

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* Dave Bailey (musician), professional name of American jazz drummer Samuel David Bailey *

Dave Bailey (runner) David George Bailey (March 17, 1945 – August 27, 2022) was a Canadian track and field athlete, and subsequently a recognized pharmacologist, who pioneered the research of grapefruit–drug interactions. Athletic career Bailey represented Ca ...

, Canadian track and field athlete, later a pharmacologist * Dave Barker, professional name of Jamaican musician David Crooks *

Dave Barry David McAlister Barry (born July 3, 1947) is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the ''Miami Herald'' from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comic ...

, American comedian and humor author * Dave Bautista, American actor and former professional wrestler *

Dave Bayley Glass Animals are an English indie pop band formed in Oxford in 2010. Founded and led by singer, songwriter, and producer Dave Bayley, the group also features his childhood friends Joe Seaward, Ed Irwin-Singer and Drew MacFarlane. Bayley wrote ...

, British songwriter, singer and producer *

Dave Brubeck David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasti ...

(1920–2012), American jazz musician * Dave Boat, American voice actor *

Dave Butterfield Dave Butterfield (born July 29, 1954) is a former American football defensive back who played college football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and attended Sterling High School in Sterling, Colorado. He was drafted by the New York Jets in ...

, American football player *

Dave Chappelle David Khari Webber Chappelle ( ; born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for his satirical comedy sketch series ''Chappelle's Show'' (2003–2006), which he starred in until quitting in the middle of p ...

, American stand-up comedian, satirist and actor * Dave Clark (musician), English drummer, rock singer, songwriter, record producer * Dave Colclough, Welsh professional poker player *

Dave Coulier David Alan Coulier ( ; born September 21, 1959) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, and television host. He played Joey Gladstone on the ABC sitcom ''Full House'', voiced Peter Venkman on ''The Real Ghostbusters'', and voiced ...

, American stand-up comedian and television/voice actor *

Dave Franco David John Franco (born June 12, 1985) is an American actor. He began his career with small roles in films such as '' Superbad'' (2007) and ''Charlie St. Cloud'' (2010). Following a starring role in the ninth season of the comedy series '' Scru ...

, American television and film actor * Dave Frederick, American sportswriter and coach * Dave Freeman (American author) (1961–2008), American author * Dave Freeman (British writer), British film and television writer *

Dave Garnett David Eugene Garnett (born December 6, 1970) is a former American football linebacker who played four seasons in the National Football League with the Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos. He played college football at the Stanford Universit ...

(born 1970), American football player *

Dave Gibbons David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries '' Watchmen'' and the Superman story " For th ...

, British writer and artist of comics *

Dave Goelz David Charles Goelz (; born July 16, 1946) is an American puppeteer and puppet builder known for his work with the Muppets. As part of the Muppets' performing cast, Goelz performs Gonzo the Great, as well as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf (af ...

, American puppeteer known for playing Gonzo on The Muppets *

Dave Gorman David James Gorman (born 2 March 1971) is an English comedian, presenter, and writer. Gorman began his career writing for comedy series such as '' The Mrs Merton Show'' (1993–1998) and '' The Fast Show'' (1994–1997), and later garnered ...

, English stand-up comedian, best known for his project ''Are You Dave Gorman?'' *

Dave Grohl David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He is the founder of the rock band Foo Fighters, in which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter. Prior to forming Foo Fighters, he was the drummer of gru ...

, American rock musician and member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters *

Dave Guard Donald David Guard (October 19, 1934 – March 22, 1991) was an American folk singer, songwriter, arranger and recording artist. Along with Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane, he was one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio. Guard was born i ...

(1934–1991), American folk singer and songwriter, founding member of The Kingston Trio * Dave Huismans (born 1979), Dutch musician known professionally as 2562 * Dave Kaye (1906–1996), British pianist *

Dave Keuning David Brent Keuning (born March 28, 1976) is an American musician, best known for his role as the lead guitarist of the rock band The Killers, which he founded alongside Brandon Flowers in 2001 and with whom he has recorded six studio albums. K ...

, American rock musician and member of The Killers *

Dave Koz David Stephen Koz (born March 27, 1963) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, record producer, and radio personality based in California. Early life Dave Koz was born in Encino, California, to Jewish parents: Norman, a dermatologist ...

, American jazz saxophonist *

Dave Lombardo David Lombardo (born February 16, 1965) is a Cuban-American drummer, best known as a co-founding member of American thrash metal band Slayer. He is currently playing drums with Testament, Fantômas, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Cross, Mr. Bun ...

, drummer for heavy metal bands Slayer and Fantômas *

Dave Mackintosh Dave Mackintosh is a Scottish drummer, best known as the former drummer for the power metal band DragonForce. Mackintosh also appeared on ''The Power Cosmic'' and ''Atlantis Ascendant'' albums, by the symphonic black metal band, Bal-Sagoth. On ...

, drummer for power metal band DragonForce *

Dave Marshall (musician) Dave Marshall is an American guitarist who has performed with Pair-A-Dice, Fiona, Vince Neil, Slaughter, and Michael Jackson. He was a member of the Nashville-based band Scrap Metal, with Mark Slaughter, Kelly Keagy, and Nelson. Early life ...

, American guitarist * Dave Matthews, American jam musician *

Dave Meyers (basketball) David William Meyers (April 21, 1953 – October 9, 2015) was an American basketball player who played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The forward played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He was an A ...

(1953–2015), American basketball player * Dave Minor (1922–1998), American basketball player *

Dave Murray (musician) David Michael Murray (born 23 December 1956) is an English guitarist, best known as a member of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He joined Iron Maiden early in its history, and is the second-longest serving member of the band after founder ...

, guitarist for heavy metal band Iron Maiden *

Dave Mustaine David Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is an American musician. He is the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter of the thrash metal band Megadeth, as well as their sole consistent member. Mustaine has releas ...

, singer/guitarist/founder of American heavy metal band Megadeth *

Dave Nilsson David Wayne Nilsson (born 14 December 1969) is an Australian retired professional baseball catcher and current manager of the Australia national baseball team and the Brisbane Bandits. He played for Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers ...

(born 1969), Australian baseball player, manager *

Dave Polsky David Polsky is an American film and television screenwriter who created ''The Buzz on Maggie'' and co-wrote ''Scary Movie 2''. He has also written episodes for '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' and '' Hanazuki: Full of Treasures'' among ...

(born 2000), American television screenwriter *

Dave Ramsey David Lawrence Ramsey III (born September 3, 1960) is an American personal finance personality, radio show host, author, and businessman. An evangelical Christian, he hosts the nationally syndicated radio program '' The Ramsey Show''. Ramsey ha ...

, American personal finance advisor, radio show host, author, and businessman *

Dave Rozumek David John Rozumek (born April 25, 1954) is a former American football linebacker who played four seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 15th round of the 1976 NFL D ...

, American football player *

Dave Rubin David Joshua Rubin (born in June 1976) is an American conservative political commentator and YouTuber. He is the creator and host of '' The Rubin Report'', a political talk show on YouTube and on the network BlazeTV. Launched in 2013, his show ...

(born 1976), American political commentator, YouTube personality, and talk show host * Dave Saunders (volleyball), American volleyball player * Dave Thomas (businessman) (1932–2002), American businessman, founder of Wendy's *

Dave Tucker (geologist) David Samuel Tucker is a geologist in Washington state. He is a research associate at Western Washington University. He was an instructor at North Cascades Institute, and the director of the Mount Baker Volcano Research Center (now closed). He wr ...

, American geologist and IWW leader * Dave Ulliott, English professional poker player * Dave Valentin (1952–2017), American Latin jazz flautist *

Dave Weckl Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz fusion drummer and the leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2000. Biography Weckl started playing his first s ...

, American drummer *

Dave Welch Dave Welch is an English poker player based in St Albans, who made several appearances on the Late Night Poker television series, including the season 1 grand final and the season 6 semi-final. His biggest cash win to date is FF 250,000 ($4 ...

, English professional poker player * Dave Whinham (born 1957), American football coach

Fictional characters

* Dave (EastEnders), from the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Dave, a character from the Cartoon Network show

Camp Lazlo ''Camp Lazlo'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Cartoon Network. The series follows Lazlo, an anthropomorphic spider monkey that goes to a camp called "Camp Kidney", a Boy Scout-like summer camp in Pimpleba ...

D.A.V.E. The following is a list of characters that have appeared in the television series ''The Batman'', which ran from September 11, 2004, to March 22, 2008. The animation style bares a strong resemblance to that of ''Jackie Chan Adventures'', since Jef ...

, from ''The Batman'' television series *

David Bowman (Space Odyssey) The ''Space Odyssey'' series is a series of science fiction novels by the writer Arthur C. Clarke. Two of the novels have been made into feature films, released in 1968 and 1984 respectively. Two of Clarke's early short stories may also be co ...

, in the book and movie ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' *

Dave Lister David "Dave" Lister, commonly referred to simply as Lister, is a fictional character from the British science fiction situation comedy ''Red Dwarf'', portrayed by Craig Charles. Lister is characterised as a third-class technician (the lowest r ...

, from the BBC comedy series ''Red Dwarf'' * Dave Rudman, from the novel ''

The Book of Dave ''The Book of Dave'' is a 2006 novel by English author Will Self. Content ''The Book of Dave'' tells the story of an angry and mentally ill London taxi driver named Dave Rudman, who writes and has printed on metal a book of his rantings ag ...

'' (2006), by English novelist Will Self * Dave Turner, in the television series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Dave Strider, from the webcomic ''

Homestuck ''Homestuck'' is an Internet fiction series created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie in the first half of the 2010s. The fourth and best-known of Hussie's four ''MS Paint Adventures'', it originally ran from April 13, 2009 to April 1 ...

'' * David "Dave" Lizewski, the title character and the protagonist of the ''Kick-Ass'' series * the title character of '' Dave the Barbarian'', a Disney Channel cartoon series * the title character of ''

Meet Dave ''Meet Dave'' is a 2008 American science fiction comedy film directed by Brian Robbins and written by Bill Corbett and Rob Greenberg. It stars Eddie Murphy in the title role, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms, Scott Caan and Kevin Hart ...

'', a 2008 comedy film starring Eddie Murphy * the title character of ''

Dangerous Dave ''Dangerous Dave'' is a 1988 computer game by John Romero. It was developed for the Apple II and DOS as an example game to accompany his article about his GraBASIC, an Applesoft BASIC add-on, for the ''UpTime'' disk magazine. Summary The obje ...

'', a computer game by John Romero * Dave, a fictional contestant from '' Total Drama Pahkitew Island'' * Dave, from the film ''

Encino Man ''Encino Man'' (known as ''California Man'' in France, Finland, Sweden, Great Britain, Asia, South Africa, and New Zealand) is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Les Mayfield in his directorial debut. The film stars Sean Astin, with a suppo ...

'' * Dave, from the Australian comic strip ''

Beyond the Black Stump ''Beyond the Black Stump'' is a novel by British author Nevil Shute. It was first published in the UK by William Heinemann Ltd, in 1956. Plot summary The story concerns a young American geologist, Stanton Laird, working in the Australian outba ...

'' * Dave, from the American-Canadian flash-animated series ''

Yin Yang Yo! ''Yin Yang Yo!'' is a flash-animated television series created by Bob Boyle for Jetix. Produced by Jetix Animation Concepts as the third Jetix original series, it first aired on August 26, 2006, as a sneak peek and premiered on September 4, 20 ...

'' * David "Dave" Skunkerton Weeb, from the Canadian animated TV series '' Scaredy Squirrel'' * Dave, a camp counselor from the TV series ''Camp Cretaceous.''

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