| David H. M. Brooks | |
| Birth Date: | 6 February 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
| Death Date: | 27 October 1996 (aged 46) |
| Death Place: | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Occupation: | Philosopher, Western Philosophy, 20th-century philosophy |
| Known For: | Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of the Mind |
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| Father: | Ronald Brooks |
| Mother: | Nan Jones |
| Spouse: | Rowena Sylvia |
| Relatives: | Alice Ann (sister), Peter Havard Macleod (brother) |
David Havard Macleod Brooks (6 February 1950 – 27 October 1996) was a South African philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Cape Town.
He went to Cordwalles Preparatory School in Pietermaritzburg (1957–1963) where his father, Ronald Charles Brooks, was headmaster. He then went to Michaelhouse (1964-1967) and on to university in Pietermaritzburg. His second degree was his MA at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and his doctorate was from the University of Cape Town.
Brooks was born in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. He is the author of The Unity of Mind, published by Macmillan in 1994 and also the author of papers on philosophical aspects of biology and on the special wrongness which characterises racial discrimination, On living in an Unjust Society published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, and subsequently anthologized in a collection entitled Social Ethics; and on human rights in South Africa. He died in Cape Town on 27 October 1996.