David or Dave Davis may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

David Montague Davis David Montague Davis (c.1853 – 30 November 1932), was a British choirmaster and music teacher. David Montague Davis was born in London in c. 1853, and privately educated there. Davis started as choirmaster of the East London Synagogue in 1877, ...

(1853–1932), British choirmaster *

David Davis (broadcaster) William Eric Davis , (27 June 1908 – 29 April 1996), better known by his professional name David Davis, was a British radio executive and broadcaster (voice actor or storyteller). He was the head of the BBC ''Children's Hour''. Story-telling Bor ...

(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) (born 1961), American mandolinist and singer *

JD Davis David Henrard (born 13 April 1973), also known by his stage name JD Davis and Dave Davis, is a Belgian musician. He started his career in music at the age of 17 when he moved to Antwerp to work at Bonzai Records. His early releases, starting with ...

(a.k.a. Dave Davis, born 1973), Belgian musician *

Dave Davis (actor) Dave Davis (born 1989) is an American actor based out of Los Angeles and New Orleans. He is best known for his role in the 2019 horror film ''The Vigil (2019 film), The Vigil''. Early life and education Davis was born in 1989 in Princeton, New ...

(born 1989), American actor *

Dave Davis (musician) Dave Davis is a jazz musician known for playing trombone with the Sun Ra Arkestra since 1997. He is one of the younger members of the band and has been called the "party-starting trombonist," with his Twitter account offering a new look into the ...

, 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 R ...

(1815–1886), American Supreme Court justice and U.S. Senator * David Floyd Davis (1867–1951), American oil businessman and politician *

David J. Davis David J. Davis (November 22, 1870 – November 19, 1942) was an American politician and military officer who served as the 13th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1927. Davis was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Re ...

(1870–1942), American politician, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania *

D. W. Davis David William Davis (April 23, 1873 – August 5, 1959) was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Idaho from 1919 to 1923. He later served briefly as commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation in 1923 and 1925. ...

(David William Davis, 1873–1959), American politician, Governor of Idaho * David Jackson Davis (1878–1938), U.S. federal judge *

David Davis IV David Davis IV (July 29, 1906 – April 14, 1978) was an American lawyer and politician. Davis was born in Bloomington, Illinois. His great-grandfather was David Davis (Supreme Court justice), David Davis, who served in the United States Sen ...

(1906–1978), American lawyer and politician *

David Davis (Tennessee politician) David Lee Davis (born November 6, 1959) is an American Republican politician from Tennessee and one-term member (2007–2009) of the United States House of Representatives and Tennessee House of Representatives. He represented Tennessee's 1st c ...

(born 1959), American politician, U.S. Representative from Tennessee

Other countries

David Davis (New South Wales politician) David Davis (1 February 1854 – 6 July 1927) was an Australian politician. He was born on Norfolk Island, and moved to Victoria around 1859. In 1875, he moved to Sydney, where he was a builder; his buildings included three public libraries, ...

(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) David Michael Davis (born 23 December 1948) is a British politician who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2003 to 2008 and Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from 2016 to 2018. A member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conserv ...

(born 1948), British Member of Parliament, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union *

David Davis (Australian politician) David McLean Davis (born 8 April 1962) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since March 1996, representing East Yarra Province from 1996 until 2006 when it was abolished and the Southe ...

(born 1962), Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council *

David TC Davies David Thomas Charles Davies (born 27 July 1970) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Wales since 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth since 2005. A member of the Conservative Party, he chaired the Wels ...

(born 1970), British Member of Parliament

Sports

* David Davis (cricketer) (1902–1995), New Zealand cricketer and judge * Dave Davis (athlete) (born 1937), United States national shot-put champion *

Dave Davis (bowler) } Dave Davis (April 28, 1942 – December 29, 2022) was an American professional ten-pin bowler who was a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey, and resided in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in hi ...

(1942–2022), American tenpin bowler *

Dave Davis (American football) Dave Davis (born David Glenn Davis) is a former wide receiver in the National Football League. Davis was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 1971 NFL Draft and played two seasons with the team. He later played with the Pi ...

(born 1948), American football player *

David Davis (handballer) David Davis Cámara (born 25 October 1976) is a retired Spanish handball player and current coach of Al Ahly. His usual playing position was as left winger. His last team was FC Porto in 2013. In 2014 he became assistant coach in RK Vardar from S ...

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

Others

David Davis (Castellhywel) David Davis (14 February 1745 – 3 July 1827), known as "Castellhywel" or "Dafis Castellhywel" to differentiate him from others of the same name, was a Welsh minister and poet. He was born at Goetre Farm in Llangybi, Cardiganshire, and educate ...

(1745–1827), Welsh minister and poet *

David Daniel Davis David Daniel Davis M.D. F.R.C.P. (15 June 1777 – 4 December 1841) was a British physician. Born David Davies in Llandyfaelog in Wales, he received his M.D. from the University of Glasgow in 1801. He set up his practice as a physician in Shef ...

(1777–1841), British physician *

David Davis, Blaengwawr David Davis, Blaengwawr (1797 – 19 May 1866), was a leading figure in the South Wales coal industry and a founder of the steam coal trade. David Davis was born in Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, in 1797. At a young age, he went to Merthyr Ty ...

, (1797–1866) Australian industrialist, leading figure in the South Wales coal industry *

David Davis, Maesyffynnon (coal owner) David Davis, Maesyffynnon, (1821–1884), son of David Davis, Blaengwawr was a prominent Welsh coal owner and public figure. He built upon the work of his father and expanded the family's industrial holdings in the Aberdare and Rhondda valleys. He ...

(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, a ...

(1927–2019), American historian of slavery and abolitionism *

David E. Davis David Evan Davis Jr. (November 7, 1930 – March 27, 2011) was an American automotive journalist and magazine publisher widely known as a contributing writer, editor and publisher at ''Car and Driver'' magazine and as the founder of ''Automobile ...

(1930–2011), American automotive journalist *

Albert Johnson Walker Albert Johnson Walker (born 1946), also known as "The Rolex Killer" (before being caught), is a Canadian criminal serving a prison term for embezzlement and murder. He is known for murdering an Englishman whose identity he had been assuming, and ...

(a.k.a. David W. Davis, born 1946), Canadian murderer

Other uses

David Davis Mansion The David Davis Mansion, also known as Clover Lawn, is a Gilded Age home in Bloomington, Illinois that was the residence of David Davis, Supreme Court justice (1862–1877) and Senator from Illinois. The mansion has been a state museum ...

, historic home in Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.