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 Davis Isaac Stratton Davis was born in 1917, the son of Major Harold Stratton Davis and his wife Amy Buckingham Webb. He trained as an architect at the Royal West of England Academy School of Architecture in Bristol and joined the family firm S ...

(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) David Michael Davis (born 1961) is an American mandolinist and singer in the bluegrass tradition. He has been cited as a foremost practitioner of Bill Monroe's mandolin technique. Biography Early years Davis was raised In Cullman, Alabama in a ...

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

U.S.

* David Davis (Supreme Court justice) (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) (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) (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) David Grant Davis (12 January 1902 – 2 March 1995) was a New Zealand cricketer and judge. Cricket career Davis played three matches of first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay in 1920–21. They were Hawke's Bay's last three matches as a first-cl ...

(1902–1995), New Zealand cricketer and judge *

Dave Davis (athlete) Dave Davis (born August 20, 1937) is an American Shot Putter. He was on the 1960 United States Olympic Team. The circumstances of his failure to throw in those games are one of the quirky stories of the Olympics. Davis almost did not get to t ...

(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 ...

(born 1942), American tenpin bowler * Dave Davis (American football) (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) David Lowell Davis (born 20 February 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Kidderminster Harriers. Having trained with Walsall's Centre of Excellence as a boy, and then played local football for Tivida ...

(born 1991), English association football player

Others

* David Davis (Castellhywel) (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 (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, historic home in Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.