David or Dave Davis may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* David Montague Davis (1853–1932), British choirmaster * David Davis (broadcaster) (1908–1996), British radio executive and broadcaster, head of the BBC's Children's Hour * David Stratton Davis (1917–2000), English architect *

David Davis (TV producer) David Davis (August 5, 1936 – November 4, 2022) was an American television producer and television writer. He co-created the sitcoms ''The Bob Newhart Show'' (with Lorenzo Music) and ''Taxi'' (with James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, and Ed. Wein ...

(1937–2022), American television producer * David Davis (bluegrass) (1961–2024), American mandolinist and singer * JD Davis (a.k.a. Dave Davis, born 1973), Belgian musician * Dave Davis (actor) (born 1989), American actor * Dave Davis (musician), American trombonist for Sun Ra Arkestra

Politics and law

United States

David Davis (Supreme Court justice) David Davis (March 9, 1815 – June 26, 1886) was an American politician and jurist who was a U.S. senator from Illinois and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He also served as Abraham Lincoln's campaign manager at the 1860 ...

(1815–1886), American Supreme Court justice and U.S. Senator * David Floyd Davis (1867–1951), American oil businessman and politician * David J. Davis (1870–1942), American politician, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania * D. W. Davis (David William Davis, 1873–1959), American politician, Governor of Idaho * David Jackson Davis (1878–1938), U.S. federal judge * David Davis IV (1906–1978), American lawyer and politician * David Davis (Tennessee politician) (born 1959), American politician, U.S. Representative from Tennessee

Other countries

* David Davis (New South Wales politician) (1854–1927), Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * David Davis (lord mayor of Birmingham) (1859–1938), British politician, first Jewish lord mayor of Birmingham, England *

David Davis (British politician) Sir David Michael Davis (born 23 December 1948) is an English Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Goole and Pocklington. He was previously t ...

(born 1948), British Member of Parliament, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union * David Davis (Australian politician) (born 1962), Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council

Sports

* David Davis (cricketer) (1902–1995), New Zealand cricketer and judge * Dave Davis (shot putter) (born 1937), United States national shot-put champion * Dave Davis (bowler) (1942–2022), American tenpin bowler * Dave Davis (American football) (born 1948), American football player *

David Davis (handballer) David Davis Cámara (born 25 October 1976) is a Spanish handball coach and former player. He was born in Barcelona and raised in Santa Maria de Palautordera to Equatoguinean Bubi people, Bubi parents from Malabo. His usual playing position wa ...

(born 1976), Spanish handball player * David Davis (footballer) (born 1991), English association football player

Others

* David Davis (Castellhywel) (1745–1827), Welsh minister and poet * David Daniel Davis (1777–1841), British physician * David Davis, Blaengwawr, (1797–1866) Australian industrialist, leading figure in the South Wales coal industry * David Davis, Maesyffynnon (coal owner) (1821–1884), Australian industrialist, son of David Davis, Blaengwawr * David E. Davis (ecologist) (1913–1994), American ecologist and animal behaviorist *

David Brion Davis David Brion Davis (February 16, 1927 – April 14, 2019) was an American intellectual and cultural historian, and a leading authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world. He was a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, ...

(1927–2019), American historian of slavery and abolitionism * David E. Davis (1930–2011), American automotive journalist * Albert Johnson Walker (a.k.a. David W. Davis, born 1946), Canadian murderer

Other uses

* David Davis Mansion, historic home in Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.