David, Dave, or Dai Evans may refer to:

Academics

* Sir David

Emrys Evans Sir David Emrys Evans (29 March 1891 – 20 February 1966) was a Welsh classicist and university principal. Life Evans, from Clydach, Glamorgan, was educated at Ystalyfera County School, before going on to University College, Bangor, and t ...

(1891–1966), Welsh classicist and university principal *

David Evans (microbiologist) Sir David Gwynne Evans Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (6 September 1909 – 13 June 1984) was a British microbiologist. Early life He was born at 15 Kay Street, Atherton, Greater Manchester, Atherton, Lancashire. His father was a headmaster an ...

(1909–1984), British microbiologist *

David Stanley Evans David Stanley Evans (28 January 1916 – 14 November 2004) was a British astronomer, noted for his use of lunar occultations to measure stellar angular diameters during the 1950s. Early life and education Evans was born in Cardiff, Wales on 28 Ja ...

(1916–2004), British astronomer *

David C. Evans David Cannon Evans (February 24, 1924 – October 3, 1998) was the founder of the computer science department at the University of Utah and co-founder (with Ivan Sutherland) of Evans & Sutherland, a pioneering firm in computer graphics hardwar ...

(1924–1998), American computer graphics pioneer *

David C. Evans (paleontologist) David Christopher Evans (born 1980) is a Canadian palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist who specializes in the evolution and paleobiology of Cretaceous dinosaurs in western North America. He received his B.Sc. from the University of British ...

(born 1980), Canadian paleontologist *

David Evans (mathematician) David V. Evans (born 27 October 1940) is a British applied mathematician noted for his contributions to water waves and acoustics. He is the father of British actress Alice Evans. Together with John Nicholas Newman, he initiated the ''Interna ...

(born 1940), professor of applied mathematics at University of Bristol *

David A. Evans David A. Evans (January 11, 1941 – April 29, 2022) was an American chemist who was the Abbott and James Lawrence professor of chemistry at Harvard University. He was a prominent figure in the field of organic chemistry and his research focus ...

(1941–2022), organic chemist at Harvard University *

David Andreoff Evans David Andreoff Evans (born 1948 in St. Louis) is an American scientist in the field of computational linguistics, best known for his research into indexing using natural language processing, and in ontology learning, especially in medical informa ...

(born 1948), American computational linguist, entrepreneur * David S. Evans (born 1954), economist and lecturer at University College London and the University of Chicago Law School *

David Evans (Yale professor) David Evans is an American professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University. He works on quantitative reconstruction of supercontinents. He is involved in the Snowball Earth theory of Precambrian ice ages by demonstrating that the magnetic ...

(born 1970), professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University * David E. Evans (born 1950), professor of mathematics at Cardiff University *

David Evans (musicologist) David Evans (born January 22, 1944) Dr. David Evans
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(born 1944), ethnomusicologist at the University of Memphis *

Dai Morgan Evans Dai Morgan Evans (1 March 1944 – 1 March 2017) was a British archaeologist and academic. He is best known for his television appearances in programmes such as '' Rome Wasn't Built in a Day''. Morgan Evans was born in West Kirby and grew up in Ch ...

(1944–2017), British archaeologist and academic * David Evans (geneticist), Australian geneticist

Artists

Musicians

David Evans (composer) David Evans (6 February 1874 – 17 May 1948) was a Welsh musician, academic and composer. Evans was born at Resolven, Glamorgan. He worked in the coal industry as a teenager, but music was always his primary interest. He won a music scholarsh ...

(1874–1948), Welsh composer *

Dave Evans (bluegrass) William "Dave" Evans (July 24, 1950 - June 26, 2017) was a tenor singer, banjo player, composer, and bluegrass band leader. He was noted for his powerful tenor vocal range and for his style which bridged traditional and contemporary bluegrass. N ...

(1950–2017), American tenor singer and banjo player *

Dave Evans (singer) Dave Evans is an Australian singer. He was the original lead singer for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC in 1973–1974 and sang on their debut single shortly before being replaced by Bon Scott. Evans then went on to join the band Rabbit wh ...

(born 1953), first lead singer of the rock band AC/DC *

David Howell Evans David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge,McCormick (2006), pp. 21, 23–24 is an English-born Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing voca ...

(born 1961), guitarist of Irish rock band U2, better known as The Edge

Other arts

David Evans (writer) David Evans (August 7, 1893 – May 20, 1966) was a British screenwriter and novelist. He entered the British film industry during the 1930s where he worked on a number of quota quickies. During the 1940s he was employed on several more prestigio ...

(1893–1966), British screenwriter and novelist *

David Allan Evans David Allan Evans (born 1940 Sioux City, Iowa) USA is an American poet. From 2002 to 2014, he was the poet laureate of the U.S. state of South Dakota. Life He attended college on a football scholarship and earned degrees from Morningside College, ...

(born 1940), American poet *

David Mickey Evans David Mickey Evans (born October 20, 1962) is an American film director and screenwriter. His films tend to focus on children and the challenges of childhood. A baseball fan, Evans directed and co-wrote ''The Sandlot'' (1993). Life and career ...

(born 1962), American film director and screenwriter *

David Evans (director) David, Dave, or Dai Evans may refer to: Academics * Sir David Emrys Evans (1891–1966), Welsh classicist and university principal * David Evans (microbiologist) (1909–1984), British microbiologist * David Stanley Evans (1916–2004), British ...

, director of British film ''

Fever Pitch ''Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life'' is a 1992 autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: ''Fever Pitch'' (1997, UK) and ''Fever Pitch'' (2005, U.S.). The first edition was subtitled "A Fan's Life", but ...

'' and various TV shows *

David Evans (sculptor) David Evans (18 June 1893 – 14 March 1959) was a British sculptor. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics. Amongst his works are the frieze over the doorway at 25 Marylebone Road ...

(1893–1959), English sculptor *

David Evans (comedian) Fayne and Evans were an English comedy duo who were popular in the late 1940s and 1950s. They were Tony Fayne (born Anthony Terence Alfred Senington; 18 January 1924–30 November 2009) and David Evans (David Frank Evans; 10 March 1922–1 ...

(1922–1980), English comedian

Politicians

David Evans (MP for Cardiff) David Evans or Yeuans (by 1523 – 1568), of The Great House, Neath, Glamorgan, was a Welsh politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 1 ...

(died 1568), MP for Cardiff *

David R. Evans (South Carolina politician) David Read Evans (February 20, 1769March 8, 1843) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born in Westminster, England, Evans immigrated to the United States in 1784 with his father, who settled in South Carolina. He attended Mount Zi ...

(1769–1843), U.S. Representative from South Carolina *

David Ellicott Evans David Ellicott Evans (March 19, 1788 – May 17, 1850) briefly served as a United States representative from New York in 1827. Biography Evans was born in Ellicotts Upper Mills, Maryland. He attended the common schools, moved to New Yor ...

(1788–1850), U.S. Representative from New York, 1827 * David H. Evans (1837–1920), New York politician *

David Arthur Evans David Arthur Evans (February 10, 1915 - December 14, 1989) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Simcoe Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1960 to 1977 as a Conservative member. Background Evans wa ...

(1915–1989), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario *

David Evans (Western Australian politician) Hywel David Evans AM (20 December 1924 – 3 September 2019) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1968 to 1989, representing the seat of Warren. He was a deputy leade ...

(1924–2019), Australian politician in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly *

David Evans (Victorian politician) David Mylor Evans (born 20 June 1934) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Richmond in Melbourne to grazier Evan Mylor Evans and Constance Muriel, ''née'' Burton-Bradley. He graduated from Melbourne Grammar School and farmed on t ...

(born 1934), Australian politician in the Victorian Legislative Council *

David Evans (British politician) David John Evans (23 April 1935 – 22 October 2008) was an English businessman, football club chairman and Conservative politician. Biography Born in Edmonton in London, Evans came from a working-class background and attended Tottenham Techn ...

(1935–2008), British businessman and Conservative politician, MP 1987–1997 *

David Evans (West Virginia politician) David A. Evans (born May 3, 1945) is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 4 since January 12, 2013. Education Evans earned his BA in education from Glenville State College ...

(born 1945), member of the West Virginia House of Delegates *

David W. Evans David Walter Evans (born August 17, 1946) is an American educator who served four terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1975 to 1983. Early life and career Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Evans att ...

(born 1946), U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1975–1983 * David Evans, Jr. (1848–1929), Wisconsin politician *

David Evans (political official) David Richard Evans (born February 1961) is a British political official who has served as General Secretary of the Labour Party, general secretary of the Labour Party since 25 September 2021, having acted as general secretary since 26 May 2020. ...

(born 1961), British political official and General Secretary of the Labour Party

Religion

* David Evans (canon at St Asaph) (1705–1788), Welsh clergyman and writer * David Evans (archdeacon of St Asaph) (died 1910), Welsh priest * David F. Evans (born 1951), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *

David Evans (bishop) David Richard John Evans (born 5 June 1938) is a British former Anglican clergyman who was a missionary bishop from 1978 to 1988. Evans was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and ordained in 1966. His first post was a curacy at Chri ...

(born 1938), Peruvian bishop

Sportsmen

* Dai Evans (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1951), Welsh international footballer * Dai Evans (footballer, born 1934), Welsh football goalkeeper *

Dave Evans (racing driver) Dave Evans (August 31, 1898 – March 31, 1974) was an American racing driver. Evans was born in Los Angeles, California. In 1931, he performed a remarkable feat when his ''Cummins Diesel Special'' completed the entire Indy 500 without a pit ...

(1898–1974), American racecar driver *

Dave Evans (footballer) David Gordon Evans (born 20 May 1958) is an English retired professional footballer who made more than 500 league appearances for three clubs. Career Born in West Bromwich, Evans began his professional career with Aston Villa. He later played ...

(born 1958), English footballer *

David Evans (athlete) David Martin Evans, OAM (born 20 September 1967) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He is an arm amputee, and his nickname was 'Clock'. Career Evans competed in the 1500m and 5000m at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics. In 19 ...

(born 1967), Australian Paralympian * David Evans (footballer) (born 1967), former soccer player/footballer with Chester City *

David Evans (squash player) David Evans (born 24 October 1974, in Pontypool, Wales) is a squash player from Wales. He won the British Open in 2000, beating Paul Price of Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, soverei ...

(born 1974), Welsh professional squash player *

David Evans (darts player) David Evans (born 9 November 1989) is an English professional darts player and previous BDO world Number 2 until 2020 and held a PDC tour card for 2 years, losing it at the end of 2022. David has won 3 Challenge Tour Titles and topped the Challen ...

(born 1989), English darts player * David Evans, one of the three falsely accused students in

2006 Duke University lacrosse case The Duke lacrosse case was a widely reported 2006 criminal case in Durham, North Carolina, United States in which three members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team were falsely accused of rape. The three students were David Evans, Collin ...

Cricket

David Evans (cricketer, born 1869) David Linzee Evans (13 April 1869 – 11 November 1907) played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire from 1889 to 1891 and for Somerset in 1894, 1895 and 1902. Evans was born and died at West Town in Somerset. Educated at Loretto Colleg ...

(1869–1907), 22 first-class matches between 1889 and 1902 *

David Evans (Hertfordshire cricketer) David John Evans (23 April 1935 – 22 October 2008) was an English businessman, football club chairman and Conservative politician. Biography Born in Edmonton in London, Evans came from a working-class background and attended Tottenham Tec ...

(1935–2008), List A cricketer with Hertfordshire *

David Evans (Somerset cricketer, born 1928) George Herbert David Evans (22 August 1928 – 20 June 1991) was a cricketer who played eight first-class matches for Somerset in 1953. Evans was born at Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. A club cricketer in Weston-super-Mare, he played first for So ...

(1928–1991), eight first-class matches in 1953 *

David Evans (umpire) David Gwilym Lloyd Evans (27 July 1933 – 25 March 1990) was a cricketer who played as a wicketkeeper for Glamorgan from 1956 to 1969 and then became a first-class umpire in 1971, standing in nine Tests from 1981 to 1985. Cricketer Born at Lam ...

(1933–1990), cricketer with Glamorgan and Test match umpire

Rugby

Dai Evans David "Dai" Evans (1872 – 29 January 1912) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Penygraig and international rugby for Wales. Evans was born in Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire, but came to the Rhondda Valley to ...

(1872–1912), Welsh rugby union player *

David Evans (rugby) David Alexander Evans (4 October 1886 – 12 October 1940) was a New Zealand dual-code international rugby player who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league. Playing career Rugby union Evans began his career playing rugby ...

(1886–1940), New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s *

David Morgan Evans David Morgan Evans (21 April 1911 – 24 May 1941) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Glynneath RFC and Neath RFC, as a forward, and representative ...

(1911–1941), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer *

David Wyn Evans David Wyn Evans (born 1 November 1965) is a former international rugby union player who represented the Wales national team on twelve occasions between 1989 and 1995. He played club rugby for Cardiff RFC and Treorchy RFC. Evans joined Cardiff ...

(born 1965), Welsh rugby union player * David Evans (rugby union) (born 1988), Welsh rugby union and rugby sevens player

Others

Dave Evans (entrepreneur) Dave Evans is an entrepreneur who led the design of Apple's first mouse and was an early employee at Electronic Arts before becoming a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University. He also co-wrote the book ''Designing Your Life: How to B ...

, American entrepreneur and Stanford professor *

Dave Evans (reporter) Dave Evans (born 1959) is a retired American television journalist. From 1999 to 2022, he worked as a reporter for WABC-TV in New York City, New York. Early life and education Evans earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the Mi ...

(born 1962), American reporter with WABC-TV * David Morier Evans (1819–1874), financial journalist * Sir

David William Evans Sir David William Evans (4 November 1866 – 17 March 1926) was a Welsh people, Welsh lawyer and public servant, who played a leading role in the fight against tuberculosis in Wales. In his early adult life, Evans was a very keen sportsman and ...

(1866–1926), Welsh lawyer, public servant and rugby international * Sir David Evans (archivist) (1893–1987), Welsh archivist, Keeper of the Public Records * Sir

David Evans (RAF officer) Air Chief Marshal Sir David George Evans, (14 July 1924 – 21 February 2020) was a senior commander of the Royal Air Force. Career Born and educated in Canada, Evans was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer under an eme ...

(1924–2020), Air Chief Marshal/Senior Commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF) * David Evans (RAAF officer) (1925–2020), Senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) *

David Evans, Baron Evans of Watford David Charles Evans, Baron Evans of Watford (born 30 November 1942) is a British publisher, entrepreneur and philanthropist. As a Member of the House of Lords, he sits as a Labour peer and also holds chairmanships that span across printing, bus ...

(born 1942), British trade unionist and businessman * David Evans (administrator) (born 1960), American relief organisation officer *

David Evans (mathematician and engineer) David Evans is an Australian mathematician and engineer. Evans obtained the degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Sydney in 1983; and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1989. He has four othe ...

, worked for the Australian Greenhouse Office * David Morier Evans (1819–1874), Welsh financial journalist *

David Evans (department store) David Evans was a small department store group based in South Wales with its flagship store located in Swansea. Establishment David Evans & Co was formed in 1900 by a partnership involving a local draper David Evans, Soloman Andrews – a prom ...

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