David Baker may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* David Baker (composer) (1931–2016), American symphonic jazz composer *

David Baker (singer) David Baker is an American musician best known as a founding member and the former lead singer of the indie rock band Mercury Rev,Huggett, Stuart.From Mercury Rev To Variety Lights: David Baker Interviewed. ''The Quietus'', 12 June 2013. Retrieved 3 ...

, former lead singer for Mercury Rev *

David Baker (poet) David Baker (born December 27, 1954; Bangor, Maine) is an American poet. He is Emeritus Professor of English at Denison University where he still teaches. He served for more than 25 years as poetry editor of the Kenyon Review and continues to c ...

(born 1954), American poet *

David Erskine Baker David Erskine Baker (30 January 1730 – 16 February 1767) was an English writer on drama. Life David Erskine Baker was the son of Henry Baker, F.R.S., and his wife, the youngest daughter of Daniel Defoe. Baker was born in the parish of St Dunst ...

(1730–1767), English drama critic * David Aaron Baker (born 1963), American actor and audiobook narrator * David Baker (born 1931), Australian film director and writer of '' Libido'' *

David James Baker David James Baker is an American filmmaker. Education Baker holds a B.A. from the University of Denver, an M.A. from New Mexico Highlands University, and an M.F.A from New Mexico State University. Career Baker is the writer-director of ''Portrait ...

, American filmmaker

Law and politics

David Gordon Baker David Gordon Baker (February 17, 1884 – March 25, 1958) was an associate justice and chief justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court. He served on the Florence City Council from 1910 to 1912 and in the South Carolina Senate from 1919 to 1922 ...

(1884–1958), justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court * David J. Baker (1792–1869), US Senator from Illinois *

David Hume Baker David Hume Baker (October 7, 1841 – June 1, 1917) was a state senator in the US states of Kentucky and Florida. His historic home, which was built between 1886 and 1890, still stands in Wildwood, Florida, and hosts various events. The home was bu ...

(1841–1916), state legislator in Kentucky and then Florida *

David J. Baker Jr. David Jewett Baker Jr. (November 20, 1834 – March 13, 1899), the son of David J. Baker, was a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois. Born in Kaskaskia, Illinois, Baker received his bachelor's degree from Shurtleff College in 1856. Baker w ...

(1834–1899), American judge, son of David J. Baker *

David L. Baker David L. Baker was a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from 2008 to December 31, 2010. Justice Baker attended undergraduate and law school at the University of Iowa, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1975 with Honors in Sociology and his Juris Do ...

, justice of the Iowa Supreme Court * David Martin Baker (1923–2010), Republican member of West Virginia State House of Delegates *

Dave Baker (Minnesota politician) Dave Baker (born March 27, 1962) is an American politician serving as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2015. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Baker represents District 16B in west-central Minnesota, which inc ...

(born 1962), Minnesota politician * David Baker (activist), American activist and founder of Community Against Pollution * Dave Baker (Kansas politician), member of the Kansas House of Representatives

Religion

* Augustine Baker (1575–1641), English Benedictine mystic, born David Baker *

David Bristow Baker David Bristow Baker (1803, Newington, Surrey – 24 July 1852) was an English religious writer. Baker was born in 1803, the second son of David Bristow Baker, a Blackfriars, London, Blackfriars merchant. He was educated at St. John's College, Cam ...

(1803–1852), English religious writer

Science

* David Baker (biochemist) (born 1962), American biochemist *

David H. Baker (animal nutritionist) David Hiram Baker (February 26, 1939 – December 2, 2009) was an American animal nutritionist who was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2005. Baker is professor emeritus of animal sciences and nutritional science ...

(1939–2009), American animal nutritionist * David Baker (aerospace engineer), aerospace engineer, co-author of the

Mars Direct Mars Direct is a proposal for a human mission to Mars which purports to be both cost-effective and possible with current technology. It was originally detailed in a research paper by Martin Marietta engineers Robert Zubrin and David Baker in 1990 ...

proposal *

David Baker-Gabb David John Baker-Gabb is a New Zealand and Australian ornithologist. He is best known for his work on Australian birds of prey and the birds of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. He also served from 1993 to 1997 as director of the Royal Australa ...

, ornithologist *

David Baker (author) David Baker (born 1944) is a prolific British space author and self-described space scientist. His description of his career is that he first visited the US in 1962 and returned to work for NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs be ...

(born 1944), British space scientist and author

Sports

* Dave Baker (American football) (1937–2002), American football player *

Dave Baker (baseball) David Glenn Baker (born November 25, 1956) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. Baker appeared in nine games with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1982. He is an alumnus of UCLA The University of ...

(born 1956), baseball player *

David Baker (cricketer, born 1935) David William Baker (26 July 1935 – 26 December 2021) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1961 and 1965 for Kent and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Clubs. Baker was born at Kingston upon Hull in 1935 ...

, English cricketer *

David Baker (cricketer, born 1945) David Henry John Baker (born 2 February 1945) is a former English cricketer. Baker was a right-handed batsman who bowled off break. He was born in Histon, Cambridgeshire. Baker made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1970 Minor Counties Ch ...

, English cricketer * David Baker (cyclist) (born 1965), British Olympic mountainbike racer * David Baker (track cyclist) (born 1965), English Commonwealth Games cyclist * Paul Baker (footballer) (David Paul Baker, born 1963), English professional footballer *

C. David Baker Carl David Baker (born February 16, 1953) is the former President and CEO of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Criticism from the University of California, Irvine and hi ...

, former President & CEO of the Pro Football Hall of Fame; former commissioner of the Arena Football League

Other

* David Baker (architect) (born 1949), American architect *

David Baker (academic and musician) David Michael Baker, (born 24 August 1952) is a British academic, musician and writer specialising in the field of library & information science (LIS). He holds an Emeritus Chair in Strategic Information Management from Plymouth Marjon Universi ...

(born 1952), British academic librarian and organist *

David William Baker David William Baker OBE (born 30 October 1959) is CEO of Robust Details Limited and former Technical Director of the Home Builders Federation (HBF). Background Baker was born in Fleetwood, Lancashire. He studied Building at the Polytechnic o ...

(born 1959), British businessman * David Baker (detective), introductory use of DNA profiling *

David ODB Baker David ODB Baker (born July 14, 1972) is an American professional poker player living in Sahuarita, Arizona, who has appeared at five World Series of Poker (WSOP) final tables. Baker currently has over $5.4 million in Poker tournament, tournamen ...

(born 1972), American professional poker player * David Bakes Baker (born 1986), American professional poker player {{hndis, Baker, David