David Harris Explained

David Harris may refer to:

Academics and literature

• David Harris (activist) (1946–2023), American author, journalist and anti-war activist
• Dovid Harris (born 1945), American dean of the Rabbinical Seminary of America / Yeshiva Rabbi Israel Meir Hacohen (Chofetz Chaim)
• David R. Harris (geographer) (1930–2013), British academic geographer, anthropologist and archaeologist
• David R. Harris (sociologist), American sociologist, president of Union College, provost of Tufts University and former dean of Cornell University
• David W. Harris (1948–1994), Canadian experimental poet

Entertainment

• Dave Harris (born 1971), American disc jockey, songwriter and musician
• David Harris (American actor) (born 1959), American actor
• David Harris (Australian actor) (born 1975), Australian actor and singer
• David Ryan Harris (born 1968), American singer-songwriter

Politics and government

• David B. Harris, Canadian former Security Intelligence Service planner and terrorism consultant
• David Bullock Harris (1814–1864), American Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War
• David Harris (Illinois politician) (born 1948), American former Adjutant General of Illinois (1999–2003) and member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1983–1993 and 2011–2019)
• David Courtenay Harris, Dominican judge on the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
• David Harris (advocate) (born 1949), former CEO of the American Jewish Committee
• David Harris (Australian politician) (born 1966), Australian member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• David Harris (British politician) (born 1937), British Conservative MP
• David Harris (MP for Bristol) (died 1582), British MP for Bristol
• K. David Harris, American former justice of Iowa Supreme Court

Sports

Cricket

• David Harris (South Australia cricketer) (1930–2007), Australian cricketer
• David Harris (Victoria cricketer) (born 1966), Australian cricketer
• David Harris (English cricketer) (1755–1803), British cricketer

Other sports

• Dave Harris (baseball) (1900–1973), American baseball player
• David Harris (American football) (born 1984), American linebacker
• David Harris (Australian footballer) (born 1946), Australian rules footballer
• David Harris (footballer, born 1953), English footballer
• David Harris (rugby) (1879–1958), British rugby union and rugby league football player
• David Harris (rugby league), Australian rugby football player on the list of Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players
• David Harris (umpire), Australian Australian rules football umpire

Others

• David Harris (mason), American Welsh born stonemason in 1800s Iowa, United States
• David Harris (software developer) (born 1961), New Zealand software developer
• David Harris (South African businessman) (1852–1942), South African soldier, diamond magnate and legislator
• David A. Harris Jr., United States Air Force general
• David E. Harris (1934–2024), American pilot
• David Lynn Harris, American orthodontist who was murdered in 2002 by his wife
• David Ray Harris, American criminal and murderer featured in the 1988 film The Thin Blue Line