David Davis Explained

David or Dave Davis may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• David Montague Davis (1853–1932), British choirmaster
• David Davis (broadcaster) (1908–1996), British radio executive and broadcaster, head of the BBC's Children's Hour
• David Stratton Davis (1917–2000), English architect
• David Davis (TV producer) (1937–2022), American television producer
• David Davis (bluegrass) (born 1961), American mandolinist and singer
• JD Davis (a.k.a. Dave Davis, born 1973), Belgian musician
• Dave Davis (actor) (born 1989), American actor
• Dave Davis (musician), American trombonist for Sun Ra Arkestra

Politics and law

United States

• David Davis (Supreme Court justice) (1815–1886), American Supreme Court justice and U.S. Senator
• David Floyd Davis (1867–1951), American oil businessman and politician
• David J. Davis (1870–1942), American politician, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania
• D. W. Davis (David William Davis, 1873–1959), American politician, Governor of Idaho
• David Jackson Davis (1878–1938), U.S. federal judge
• David Davis IV (1906–1978), American lawyer and politician
• David Davis (Tennessee politician) (born 1959), American politician, U.S. Representative from Tennessee

Other countries

• David Davis (New South Wales politician) (1854–1927), Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• David Davis (lord mayor of Birmingham) (1859–1938), British politician, first Jewish lord mayor of Birmingham, England
• David Davis (British politician) (born 1948), British Member of Parliament, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
• David Davis (Australian politician) (born 1962), Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council
• David TC Davies (born 1970), British Member of Parliament

Sports

• David Davis (cricketer) (1902–1995), New Zealand cricketer and judge
• Dave Davis (athlete) (born 1937), United States national shot-put champion
• Dave Davis (bowler) (1942–2022), American tenpin bowler
• Dave Davis (American football) (born 1948), American football player
• David Davis (handballer) (born 1976), Spanish handball player
• David Davis (footballer) (born 1991), English association football player

Others

• David Davis (Castellhywel) (1745–1827), Welsh minister and poet
• David Daniel Davis (1777–1841), British physician
• David Davis, Blaengwawr, (1797–1866) Australian industrialist, leading figure in the South Wales coal industry
• David Davis, Maesyffynnon (coal owner) (1821–1884), Australian industrialist, son of David Davis, Blaengwawr
• David E. Davis (ecologist) (1913–1994), American ecologist and animal behaviorist
• David Brion Davis (1927–2019), American historian of slavery and abolitionism
• David E. Davis (1930–2011), American automotive journalist
• Albert Johnson Walker (a.k.a. David W. Davis, born 1946), Canadian murderer

Other uses

• David Davis Mansion, historic home in Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.

See also

• David Davies (disambiguation)
• David Davis Walker (1840–1918), American merchant, a first cousin of Justice Davis