David Johnston (born 1941) is a former governor general of Canada. David Johnston or Dave Johnston may also refer to:

Politics

David Johnston (Australian politician) David Albert Lloyd Johnston (born 14 February 1956) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate from 2002 to 2016, representing the state of Western Australia. Johnston was the Minister for Defence from 1 ...

(born 1956), Australian Senator and former Defence Minister * David Johnston (British politician) (born 1981), British politician *

David Emmons Johnston David Emmons Johnston (April 10, 1845 – July 7, 1917) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1901. Early life Johnston was born n ...

(1845–1917), U.S. Congressman * David Russell Johnston (1932–2008), Scottish politician

Sports

David Johnston (Australian footballer) David Johnston (born 10 April 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Fitzroy in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). A half back, Johnston represented Victoria in the 1985 Teal Cup, during w ...

(born 1969), former Australian rules footballer * Davie Johnston (footballer, born 1942) (1942–2004), Scottish footballer, played for Heart of Midlothian FC and Aberdeen FC *

Davie Johnston (footballer, born 1948) Davie Johnston (born 29 February 1948) is a Scottish footballer, who played for Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid- ...

, Scottish footballer, played for Dundee FC *

David Johnston (rugby union, born 1958) David Ian Johnston (born 20 October 1958) is a Scottish former rugby union player. Johnston played 27 times at centre for the Scotland national rugby union team. He was formerly a commercial property partner in Burness Solicitors. Football John ...

, Scottish rugby player and coach, also played football for Heart of Midlothian FC *

David Johnston (English cricketer) David Johnston (born 17 April 1943) is a former English cricketer. Johnston was a right-handed batsman who was a leg break bowler. He was born at Blackpool, Lancashire. Watts made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Berkshire in 1960 ...

(born 1943), former English cricketer *

David Johnston (South Australia cricketer) David Johnston (born 14 December 1954) is an Australian cricketer. He played in ten first-class cricket, first-class and nineteen List A cricket, List A matches for South Australia cricket team, South Australia between 1978 and 1990. See also * ...

(born 1954), Australian cricketer * David Johnston (New South Wales cricketer) (born 1955), Australian cricketer * David Johnston (rugby union, born 1994), Irish rugby player * D. T. Johnston (1889–1953), Australian sportsman and local politician

Others

David Johnston (minister) David Johnstone (1734–1824) was a Church of Scotland minister who served almost 60 years as minister of North Leith Parish Church. He was Chaplain in Ordinary to King George IV in Scotland. Life He was born in Arngask manse, near Glenfa ...

(1734-1824) Church of Scotland minister of Leith *

Dave Johnston (musician) The Yonder Mountain String Band is an American progressive bluegrass group from Nederland, Colorado. Composed of Dave Johnston, Ben Kaufmann, Adam Aijala, and Nick Piccininni, the band has released five studio albums and several live recordings t ...

, American banjo player for Yonder Mountain String Band *

Dave Johnston (police officer) David Johnston is a former senior officer of the Metropolitan Police Service he served between 2004 -2008 as Commander of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command and as a hostage negotiator. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the 2008 B ...

, head of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command for the Metropolitan Police (United Kingdom) *

David Johnston (builder) David Johnston is president of What's Working, a design and consulting firm in Boulder, Colorado that specializes in environmental construction technology. For over 25 years, Johnston has been encouraging the building industry to focus more atten ...

, specialist in environmentally friendly building and construction *

David Johnston (newsreader) David Johnston (born 4 December 1941) is a Welsh-born Australian retired television news presenter. Johnston, known as ''DJ'' to hundreds of thousands of viewers and colleagues, presented his last bulletin on the Seven Network on 23 September 20 ...

(born 1941), former Australian newsreader *

David A. Johnston David Alexander Johnston (December 18, 1949 – May 18, 1980) was an American United States Geological Survey (USGS) volcanologist who was killed by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in the U.S. state of Washington. A principal scientist on ...

(1949–1980), volcanologist killed in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens * David Cay Johnston (born 1948), investigative journalist *

David Claypoole Johnston David Claypoole Johnston (25 March 1799 – 8 November 1865) was a 19th-century American cartoonist, printmaker, painter, and actor from Boston, Massachusetts. He was the first natively trained American to master all the various graphic arts ...

(1799–1865), American cartoonist, printmaker, painter and actor * David E. Johnston, British classical archaeologist and historian * David Johnston (admiral) (born 1962), senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy *

David Eric Lothian Johnston David Eric Lothian Johnston KC (born 1961) is a Scottish legal expert, currently Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Edinburgh.Profile oDavid Eric Lothian Johnston website of the Edinburgh Law School; read 17 July 2014. Career Johnsto ...

(born 1961), Scottish legal expert *

David Johnston (merchant) David Johnston (or Johnstone) (3 January 1724 – 12 January 1809) was an American merchant and politician of Scottish descent who served as the president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York. Early life Johnston was born on ...

(1724–1809), American merchant and politician *

David Jhave Johnston David Jhave Johnston is a Canadian poet, videographer, and motion graphics artist working chiefly in digital and computational media. This artist's work is often attributed, simply, to the name Jhave. Education and career Jhave completed his ...

, Canadian poet, videographer, and motion graphics artist * David Johnston (soldier) (1838-1931) American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor