David Baker may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

David Baker (composer) David Nathaniel Baker Jr. (December 21, 1931 – March 26, 2016) was an American jazz composer, conductor, and musician from Indianapolis, as well as a professor of jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Baker is best k ...

(1931–2016), American symphonic jazz composer * David Baker (poet) (born 1954), American poet *

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 ...

, former lead singer for Mercury Rev *

David Aaron Baker David Aaron Baker (born August 14, 1963) is an American actor whose credits stretch across theater, film, television and audiobooks. Biography On Broadway, he is most prominently known for his starring role as "Prince Dauntless" opposite Sarah J ...

(born 1963), American actor and audiobook narrator *

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 Dun ...

(1730–1767), English drama critic * David Baker (born 1931), Australian film director and writer of ''

Libido In psychology, libido (; ) is psychic drive or energy, usually conceived of as sexual in nature, but sometimes conceived of as including other forms of desire. The term ''libido'' was originally developed by Sigmund Freud, the pioneering origin ...

Law and politics

* David Baker (activist), American activist and founder of Community Against Pollutio * David Gordon Baker (1884–1958), justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court *

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 b ...

(1841–1916), state legislator in Kentucky and then Florida * David J. Baker (1792–1869), US senator from Illinois * David J. Baker Jr. (1834–1899), American judge, son of David J. Baker * David L. Baker, justice of the Iowa Supreme Court * David Martin Baker (1923–2010), Republican member of West Virginia State House of Delegates * Dave Baker (Kansas politician) (born 1955), member of the Kansas House of Representatives * Dave Baker (Minnesota politician) (born 1962), Minnesota politician

Religion

* Augustine Baker (1575–1641), English Benedictine mystic, born David Baker * David Bristow Baker (1803–1852), English religious writer

Science

* David Baker (author) (born 1944), British space scientist and author *

David Baker (biochemist) David Baker (born October 6, 1962) is an American biochemist and computational biology, computational biologist who has pioneered methods to Protein design, design proteins and protein structure prediction, predict their three-dimensional struct ...

(born 1962), American biochemist and 2024 Nobel Laureate * David H. Baker (animal nutritionist) (1939–2009), American animal nutritionist * David Baker, 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 19 ...

proposal * David Baker-Gabb (born 1952), ornithologist *

David P. Baker David P. Baker is an American professor of Sociology, Education, and Demography at Pennsylvania State University. His research examines the global impact of education, particularly the emergence of the "schooled society" and the role of educat ...

(born 1952), American sociologist

Sports

Dave Baker (American football) Dave Baker (July 30, 1937 – September 4, 2002) was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL), playing for the San Francisco 49ers for three years. Biography David Baker grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, earning All-State honor ...

(1937–2002), American football player * Dave Baker (baseball) (born 1956), baseball player * David Baker (cricketer, born 1935) (1935–2021), English cricketer * David Baker (cricketer, born 1945), English cricketer *

David Baker (cyclist) David Baker (born 30 December 1965) is an English former professional cyclist, who competed in cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing. Biography Baker, from Dronfield, Derbyshire, began riding cyclo-cross with Norton Wheelers. He moved to Ace ...

(born 1965), British Olympic mountainbike racer * David Baker (track cyclist) (born 1965), English Commonwealth Games cyclist * C. David Baker (born 1953), former President & CEO of the Pro Football Hall of Fame; former commissioner of the Arena Football League *

Paul Baker (footballer) David Paul Baker (born 5 January 1963 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is an English former professional footballer. Playing career A centre-forward, Baker was a member of the famous Wallsend Boys Club as a youngster, and was subsequently sp ...

(David Paul Baker, born 1963), English professional footballer

Other

* David Baker (academic and musician) (born 1952), British academic librarian and organist *

David Baker (architect) David Baker, FAIA LEED AP (born December 20, 1949), is an American architect based in San Francisco, California. He and his firm, David Baker Architects (with principals Daniel Simons and Amanda Loper), are known primarily for designing affordabl ...

(born 1949), American architect * David Baker (detective), introductory use of DNA profiling * David Bakes Baker (born 1986), American professional poker player * David ODB Baker (born 1972), American professional poker player *

David William Baker David William Baker 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 of Central London, graduati ...

(born 1959), British businessman {{hndis, Baker, David