Dave is a given name, a shortened form of the name

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

, Davey, etc. The name means "beloved". Notable people with the name include:

People

Dave Bailey (musician) Samuel David Bailey (born February 22, 1926) is an American jazz drummer. Early life Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Bailey studied drumming in New York City at the Music Center Conservatory after serving in the United States Air Force during Wor ...

, professional name of American jazz drummer Samuel David Bailey * Dave Bailey (runner), Canadian track and field athlete, later a pharmacologist *

Dave Barker Dave Barker (born David John Crooks, 10 October 1947, Franklyn Town, Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae and rocksteady singer who has made a string of solo albums along with recordings as a member of The Techniques and as half of the duo Dave and An ...

, professional name of Jamaican musician David Crooks * Dave Barry, American comedian and humor author *

Dave Bautista David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. He had several stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019. In his acting career, he is most widely known for his portrayal of Drax the Dest ...

, American actor and former professional wrestler * Dave Bayley, British songwriter, singer and producer * Dave Brubeck (1920–2012), American jazz musician *

Dave Boat Dave Boat is an American voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice tale ...

, American voice actor * Dave Butterfield, American football player * Dave Chappelle, American stand-up comedian, satirist and actor *

Dave Clark (musician) David Clark (born 15 December 1939) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur. Clark was the leader, drummer and manager of the 1960s beat group the Dave Clark Five, the first British Invasion band to follow the Be ...

, English drummer, rock singer, songwriter, record producer * Dave Colclough, Welsh professional poker player * Dave Coulier, 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) David Freeman (22 August 1922 – 28 March 2005) was a British film and television writer, working chiefly in comedy. He was one of the first generation of writers who established television, taking over from radio, as the most popular medium ...

, British film and television writer * Dave Garnett (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 the Man ...

, 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 (after ...

, American puppeteer known for playing Gonzo on The Muppets * Dave Gorman, English stand-up comedian, best known for his project ''Are You Dave Gorman?'' * Dave Grohl, 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 in ...

(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 dermatologis ...

, 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. Bungl ...

, 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. ...

, 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 li ...

, 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 Al ...

(1953–2015), American basketball player *

Dave Minor Davage T. Minor (February 23, 1922 – March 14, 1998) was a player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played with the Baltimore Bullets (1944–54), Baltimore Bullets before being traded along with Stan Miasek to the Milwaukee Hawk ...

(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 relea ...

, 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 has ...

, 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 Draft ...

, 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) David Patrick Saunders (born October 19, 1960, in Seattle, Washington) is a former volleyball player from the United States. He was a member of the American Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Four years later ...

, American volleyball player *

Dave Thomas (businessman) Rex David Thomas (July 2, 1932 – January 8, 2002) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and fast-food tycoon. Thomas was the founder and chief executive officer of Wendy's, a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers. I ...

(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 wri ...

, American geologist and IWW leader *

Dave Ulliott David A. Ulliott (also known as Devilfish)(1 April 1954 – 6 April 2015), was an English professional gambler and poker player. Formerly, Ulliott was a minor figure in the Hull underworld, but went on to become a World Series of Poker bracele ...

, English professional poker player *

Dave Valentin David Peter Valentin (April 29, 1952 – March 8, 2017) was an American Latin jazz flautist of Puerto Rican descent. Life and career Valentin was born to Puerto Rican parents in The Bronx in New York City. He attended The High School of Mu ...

(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 set ...

, American drummer * Dave Welch, English professional poker player *

Dave Whinham Dave Whinham (born January 2, 1957) is a sports and entertainment executive, filmmaker, and former American football coach and team executive. Whinham formed in 2002 and has since served as president of a consulting and production company now known ...

(born 1957), American football coach

Fictional characters

Dave (EastEnders) The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins, or his successor Sea ...

, from the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Dave, a character from the Cartoon Network show Camp Lazlo * D.A.V.E., 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 ...

, from the BBC comedy series ''Red Dwarf'' * Dave Rudman, from the novel '' The Book of Dave'' (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 ...

'' * 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'', 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 obj ...

'', 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 supp ...

'' * 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 outb ...

'' * 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, 2006 ...

'' * David "Dave" Skunkerton Weeb, from the Canadian animated TV series ''

Scaredy Squirrel ''Scaredy Squirrel'' is a children's book series written and illustrated by Canadian author Mélanie Watt. The first book of the ''Scaredy Squirrel'' series was published in March 2006 by Kids Can Press. A television series based on the books ...

'' * Dave, a camp counselor from the TV series ''Camp Cretaceous.''

People

Fictional characters

See also