David or Dave Ellis may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* David Ellis (scriptwriter) (1918–1978), British television series writer *

David Ellis (composer) David Ellis (10 March 1933 – 20 April 2023) was an English composer, arranger and music producer at the BBC. Ellis was born in Liverpool, attending the Liverpool Institute (where he first met fellow composer John McCabe), and then the Roy ...

(1933-2023), English composer and BBC producer *

David Ellis (biographer) David Ellis (born 23 June 1939) is an English academic and writer. He went from a local grammar school to study English at Downing College, Cambridge under F. R. Leavis and then spent three years teaching at La Trobe University in Melbourne, ...

, (1939– ), writer of biographies of English authors *

David R. Ellis David Richard Ellis (September 8, 1952 – January 7, 2013) was an American film director and stunt performer born in Santa Monica, California in 1952. His credits included dozens of films and television series including ''National Lampoon's Vacat ...

(1952–2013), film director, former actor and stunt man *

Dave Ellis (game designer) Dave Ellis (born 1965) is an author, video game writer and video game designer. He is also an avid classic arcade game collector and was a columnist for '' Gameroom Magazine''. Career Ellis got his start in the video game industry with MicroPr ...

(born 1965), computer game designer and author *

Dave Ellis (saxophonist) Dave Ellis is an American saxophonist. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Ellis came to prominence in the 1990s as a member of guitarist Charlie Hunter's band. Ellis has since been known for his work with Bob Weir after the breakup of the Gra ...

, jazz saxophonist

Sports

* Dave Ellis (footballer) (1869–1940), Scottish international footballer * David Ellis (Scottish footballer) (1900–?), Scottish footballer *

David Ellis (Australian footballer) David Ellis (born 11 November 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one ...

(born 1949), Australian rules footballer *

David Ellis (Australian cricketer) David Ellis (born 2 January 1951) is an Australian cricketer. He played in one first-class and one List A match for Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland ...

(born 1951), Australian cricketer * David Ellis (English cricketer) (born 1934), former English cricketer * Dave Ellis (runner) (born 1937), Canadian Olympic athlete * David Ellis (swimmer), British swimmer

Other

* David Ellis (architect) (born 1953), Canadian architect * David Ellis (botanist) (1874–1937), British botanist, bacteriologist and baker *

David Ellis (consultant) David Wertz Ellis (born February 8, 1936) is an American consultant who previously worked as the president and director of the Museum of Science (Boston), interim president of the Boston Children's Museum, and the president of Lafayette College. ...

, president of Lafayette College * David Ellis (priest) (1736–1795), Welsh priest and poet * Dave Ellis, trade unionist and Respect – The Unity Coalition candidate {{human name disambiguation, Ellis, David