David or Dave Martin may refer to:

Entertainment

David Martin (artist) David Martin (1 April 1737 – 30 December 1797) was a Scottish painter and engraver. Born in Fife, he studied in Italy and England, before gaining a reputation as a portrait painter. Early life Born in Anstruther Easter, he was the first of the ...

(1737–1797), British painter and engraver *

David Stone Martin David Stone Martin, born David Livingstone Martin (June 13, 1913 – March 6, 1992 in New London, Connecticut) was an American artist best known for his illustrations on jazz record albums.Detailed biographical information is spread throughout ...

(1913–1992), American artist *

David Martin (poet) David Martin (22 December 1915 – 1 July 1997), born Lajos or Ludwig Detsinyi, into a Jewish family in Hungary (then part of Austria-Hungary), was an Australian novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, editor, literary reviewer and lecturer. He ...

(1915–1997), Hungarian-Australian poet and novelist *

Dave Martin (screenwriter) David Ralph Martin (1 January 1935 – 30 March 2007) was an English television and film writer. He was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, and attended Handsworth Grammar School. Doctor Who David contributed numerous scripts for the ...

(1935–2007), writer for the television program ''Doctor Who'' *

Dave Martin (jazz musician) Dave Martin (1907–1975) was an American jazz musician. He was a New York-based bandleader A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or pop band or jazz quartet. The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular ...

(1907–1975), jazz pianist and songwriter *

David A. Martin (musician) David A. Martin (1937 – August 2, 1987)
– accessed November 2010 was a founding member and original bass player for ...

(1937–1987), American pop musician with Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs * David Martin (humorist) (born 1950), Canadian humorist and newspaper columnist * Dave Martin (chef), contestant on the reality television program ''Top Chef'' *

David L. Martin David Martin is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Works David Martin has produced interior illustrations for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books since 1990, as well as cover art for ''Domains of Dread'' (1997). He has also produced ...

, role-playing games artist

Politics

David Martin (Michigan politician) David Martin (born May 12, 1961) is an American Republican politician from Michigan. He was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from the 48th district in 2020, defeating incumbent representative Sheryl Kennedy Sheryl Yvonne Ke ...

, Republican State Assemblyman * David Martin (Nebraska politician) (1907–1997), Republican U.S. Representative *

David Martin (Wisconsin politician) David Martin (born March 7, 1931) is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Martin was born on March 7, 1931, in Appleton, Wisconsin. After graduating from Neenah High School in Neenah, Wisconsin, Martin attended the Universit ...

(born 1931), Republican State Assemblyman *

David Martin (mayor) David R. Martin (born February 23, 1953) was the mayor of Stamford, Connecticut, from 2013 to 2021. A Democrat, he was elected Mayor of Stamford in November 2013 in a four-candidate race with approximately 48% of the vote. He was sworn in on De ...

(born 1953), politician in Stamford, Connecticut *

David O'Brien Martin David O'Brien Martin (April 26, 1944 – November 20, 2012) was an American lawyer, politician, and veteran of the Vietnam War who served six terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1981 to ...

(1944–2012), Republican New York U.S. Representative *

David Martin (English politician) David John Pattison Martin (born 5 February 1945) is a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Early life Martin is a farmer, barrister and former employee of the family Caravan (towed trailer), caravans and motorhomes sales ...

(born 1945), Conservative MP *

David Martin (Scottish politician) David Martin (born 26 August 1954) is a Scottish politician who has served as co-convener of the Citizens' Assembly of Scotland since 2019. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1984 to 2019 ...

(born 1954), Labour party MEP for Scotland *Sir

David Martin (governor) Rear admiral (Australia), Rear Admiral Sir David James Martin, (15 April 1933 – 10 August 1990) was a senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy and later Governor of New South Wales. He also established the Sir David Martin Foundation to a ...

(1933–1990), Australian admiral, NSW Governor * David C. Martin (politician), Florida state senator

Sports

Football

Boy Martin David Kirker Martin (1 February 1914 – 10 January 1991), known as Boy Martin or Davy Boy Martin, was a Northern Irish professional football centre forward, best remembered for his spells in the Football League with Nottingham Forest, Wolver ...

(Davy Martin, 1914–1991), Northern Irish footballer * Dave Martin (footballer, born 1963), English footballer *

Dave Martin (footballer, born 1985) David John Martin (born 3 June 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a left winger for Burgess Hill Town. Football career Early career Martin was spotted at the age of 10 by Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to South East London b ...

, English footballer with Whitehawk F.C. * David Martin (footballer, born 1964), Scottish footballer *

David Martin (footballer, born 1986) David Edward Martin (born 22 January 1986) is an English professional footballer who is a goalkeeper player-coach for Milton Keynes Dons. He has played for the England under-17, England under-19 and England under-20 teams. Club career Youth ...

, English football goalkeeper * David Martín (footballer, born 1992), Spanish footballer * Dave Martin (linebacker) (born 1946), American football linebacker *

David Martin (cornerback) David Martin (born March 15, 1959) is a former gridiron football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football at Villanov ...

(born 1959), American football player *

David Martin (tight end) David Earl Martin (born March 13, 1979) is a former American football tight end and is currently the tight ends coach at Maryville College. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He also played for the M ...

(born 1979), American football player * Dave Martin (soccer) (born 1988), American soccer player

Other sports

David Martin (tennis) David Martin (born February 22, 1981) is an American professional tennis player. He teamed with Scott Lipsky to win his first ATP doubles title in February 2008 at the SAP Open in San Jose, California, defeating the number one ranked doubles te ...

(born 1981) *

David Martín (water polo) David Martín Lozano (born 2 January 1977) is a Spanish water polo player who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championship ...

(born 1977), Spanish water polo player *

Dave Martin (snooker player) Dave Martin (born 9 May 1948) is a retired English snooker player. He became a professional player in 1980, and later reached the semi-finals at the 1981 International Open. He was runner-up to Steve Davis at the 1984 International Masters. C ...

(born 1948), English snooker player * David Martin (gymnast), French trampoline gymnast

Other

David Martin (French theologian) David Martin (7 September 1639; Revel, Diocese of Lavaur – 9 September 1721), was a learned French Protestant theologian. He was educated at Montauban, and at the academy of the reformed at Nîmes. He afterwards studied divinity at Puy-Laur ...

(1639–1721), French theologian *

David Grier Martin David Grier Martin Sr. (November 11, 1910 – April 5, 1974) was the 13th president of Davidson College. A graduate of Davidson College, class of 1932, he served as college treasurer under President Cunningham. He was forty-eight years old when ...

(1910–1974), president of Davidson College *Sir David Christie Martin (1914–1976), Scottish-born scientific administrator * David Martin (criminal), escaped prisoner in the 1980s * David A. Martin (lawyer), American lawyer *

David Martin (Kansas judge) David Martin (October 16, 1839 – March 2, 1901) was a chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from April 30, 1895, to January 11, 1897. Life and education Martin was born October 16, 1839, in Catawba, Ohio, and after his basic education ...

(1839–1901), Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court *

David Martin (journalist) David C. Martin (born July 28, 1943) is an American television news correspondent, journalist and author who works for CBS News. He is currently the network's National Security Correspondent reporting from The Pentagon, a position he has held si ...

(born 1943), American television news correspondent *

David Martin (sociologist) David Alfred Martin, FBA (30 June 1929 – 8 March 2019) was a British sociologist and Anglican priest who studied and wrote extensively about the sociology of religion. Early life and education David Martin was born on 30 June 1929, the son o ...

(1929–2019), British academic * David C. Martin, American architect * David N. Martin (1930–2012), American advertising executive *

Dave Martin (sportscaster) Dave Martin is a former American sportscaster who spent seven seasons as a play-by-play announcer in Major League Baseball. Career Martin called Chicago White Sox games on WFLD in 1968. He spent the next three seasons on WJW-TV calling Cleveland I ...

, American sports announcer