Davids is a patronymic
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
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The name may refer to:
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Aäron Davids, chief rabbi of Rotterdam
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Arthur Rhys-Davids
Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids, (26 September 1897 – 27 October 1917) was an English flying ace of the First World War.
Rhys-Davids was born in 1897 to a distinguished family. His father was a professional academic and his mother a prolif ...
(1897–1917), British flying ace
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Dorothy Davids
Dorothy Davids (May 2, 1923 – October 4, 2014) was an American educator, educational services administrator, and a Native American and women's rights activist. She was an enrolled member of the Stockbridge–Munsee Community. Born in Red Sp ...
(1923–2014), American / Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans educator
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Edgar Davids
Edgar Steven Davids (; born 13 March 1973) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer. Davids was nicknamed "The Pitbull" because of his marking ability, aggression, and hard tackling style of play.
After beginning his care ...
, Dutch footballer
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Fadlu Davids
Fadluraghman "Fadlu" Davids (born 21 May 1981 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a retired South African football (soccer) striker who is a Head Coach for Tanzanian Premier league club Simba. He was twice the highest goal scorer in the South Afric ...
, South African soccer striker
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Faiek Davids was a South African first class cricketer in the 1980s
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Heintje Davids
Heintje Davids (13 February 1888 – 14 February 1975), born Hendrika David, was a prominent Dutch variety artist, known for her career as a singer and comedian from 1907 until her death. Performing under the name Henriëtte Davids, she gained wi ...
(1888–1975), Dutch singer and actress
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Hendrik Jan Davids
Hendrik Jan Davids (born 30 January 1969) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
During his career, Davids won seven doubles titles and finished as a runner-up 12 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. ...
, Dutch tennis player
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Henry Davids
Henry Davids (born 19 January 1980) is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a useful right-arm medium-fast bowler, Davids started his career with the Boland cricket team and then moved to the Nashua Cape Cobras. He performed we ...
, South African cricketer
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Lance Davids
Lance Davids (born 11 April 1985) is a South African former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Cape Town, Davids hails from Mitchell's Plain on the Cape Flats.
In 1999, Davids went for trials with Budgie By ...
, South African footballer
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Lorenzo Davids
Lorenzo Davids (born 4 September 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for ninth-tier Vierde Klasse side SV Nijmegen.
Club career Feyenoord
Lorenzo Davids started playing football at a young age and joined various youth teams, w ...
, Dutch footballer
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Neil Davids
Neil Davids (22 September 1955 – 23 December 2011) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender.
Born in Bingley, Bradford, Davids started his career Leeds United F.C., ...
, English footballer
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Sharice Davids
Sharice Lynnette Davids (; born May 22, 1980) is an American politician, attorney, and former mixed martial artist serving as the U.S. representative from since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents a district that includes ...
, American politician and MMA fighter
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Willibrord Davids
Willibrord Jacob Maria Davids (17 October 1938 – 11 February 2024) was a Dutch jurist. He served as President of the Supreme Court from 2004 to 2008.
Davids died in The Hague
The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland prov ...
, judge and former president of the high council of the Netherlands
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Patronymic surnames
Dutch patronymic surnames
Surnames from given names