# David Davies

David Davies may refer to:

## Politics

* David Davies (industrialist) (1818–1890), also known as David Davies Llandinam, MP for Cardigan, 1874–1885, and Cardiganshire, 1885–1886
* David Davies (Australian politician) (c. 1840–1894), politician in colonial Victoria, Australia
* David Davies (textile merchant) (1852–1934), Liberal politician, MP for Denbigh 1918–1922
* Sir David Davies (dairyman) (1870–1958), Conservative politician
* David Lewis Davies (1873–1937), British Member of Parliament for Pontypridd, 1931–1937
* Dai Davies (trade unionist) (1909–1998), Labour Party official and general secretary of the ISTC
* Dai Davies (politician) (born 1959), Independent Member of the UK Parliament for Blaenau Gwent 2006–2010
* David T. C. Davies (born 1970), Welsh Conservative politician, and British Member of Parliament elected in 2005
* David Richard Seaborne Davies (1904–1984), Welsh legal academic, briefly a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament in 1945
* David Arthur Saunders Davies (fl. 1840s), British Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire
* David Davies, 1st Baron Davies (1880 – 1944) Welsh Liberal Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire from 1906 to 1929

## Arts, entertainment and journalism

* Dave Davies (born 1947), British musician with the Kinks
* Dave Davies (reporter) (born 1953), American reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News and radio host on WHYY
* David Davies (English actor), English actor
* David Davies (Welsh actor) (1906–1974), Welsh actor
* David Davies (artist) (1864–1939), Australian artist
* David Davies (author) (1741–1819), Welsh author
* David Davies (composer) (1810–1875), Welsh composer of "Glan'rafon"
* David Davies (harpist) (1817–1855), Welsh harpist
* David Davies (musician) (born 1954), British flautist, conductor and composer
* Ivor Novello (David Ivor Davies, 1893–1951), Welsh composer and actor
* David John Davies (1870–?), Welsh painter
* David Joshua Davies (1877–1945), Welsh dramatist
* David Lloyd Davies, Welsh singer and poet
* David Martin Davies (born c. 1960s), American journalist and broadcaster based and born in Texas
* David Stuart Davies (born 1946), editor, writer, and playwright
* David Thomas Davies (1876–1962), Welsh dramatist
* David Ffrangcon-Davies (1855–1918), Welsh operatic baritone

## Sportsmen

* David Davies (football administrator) (born 1948), former Executive Director of the (English) Football Association
* David Davies (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1956), Brecon F.C., Hereford Town F.C. and Wales international footballer
* David Davies (footballer, born 1888) (1888–?), Oldham Athletic F.C. and Wales international footballer
* David Davies (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s, and 1910s for Wales, Merthyr Tydfil, Swinton, and Oldham
* David Davies (rugby league, born 1902) (1902–1992), rugby league footballer of the 1920s, and 1930s for Wales, and Broughton, Warrington, Huddersfield and Keighley
* David Davies (rugby league, born c. 1915), rugby league footballer of the 1930s, and 1940s for Wales, and Salford
* David Davies (swimmer) (born 1985), British long-distance swimmer
* David Bailey Davies (1884–1968), Welsh rugby union fullback
* David Harris Davies (1877–1944), rugby union footballer of the 1900s for Wales, Tonna, Neath, Glamorgan Police, and Glamorgan
* Dai Davies (cricketer) (1896–1976), first-class cricketer for Glamorgan and Wales, and Test umpire
* Dai Davies (sportsman) (1880–1944), rugby union, rugby league, and association footballer for Llanelli (RU), Wales (RL), Swinton, Wales (soccer) and Bolton Wanderers
* Dai Davies (footballer, born 1948) (1948–2021), Everton F.C., Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international goalkeeper
* Dai Davies (rugby union) (1925–2003), rugby union footballer of the 1940s, and 1950s for British Lions, Wales, Penygraig, Somerset Police, British Police, Somerset, and Barbarian F.C.
* W. J. A. Davies (1890–1967), known as Dave Davies, rugby union footballer, captained England in the 1920s
* David Idwal Davies (rugby) (1915–1990), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1930s, and 1940s for Wales (RU), Swansea, Wales (RL), and Leeds
* John Davies (rugby, born 1941) (David John Davies, 1941–1969), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1960s for Wales (RU), Neath, and Leeds (RL)

## Sciences

* David Davies (electrical engineer) (born 1935), professor of electrical engineering at UCL; MoD Chief Scientific Adviser, 1993–1999
* David Christopher Davies (1827–1885), geologist and mining engineer
* David G. Davies, microbiologist and associate professor at Binghamton University

## Religion

* David Davies (archdeacon of Llandaff) (1858–1930), Welsh clergyman
* David Davies (Baptist minister) (1800–1856)
* David Davies (Dean of Wellington) (1912–1987), Welsh clergyman in New Zealand
* David Davies (Independent minister and magazine editor) (died 1807), Welsh editor of "Y Geirgrawn"
* David Davies (Welsh priest) (1742–1819), Welsh clergyman in the Church of England
* David Charles Davies (1826–1891), nonconformist clergyman
* David Christopher Davies (missionary) (1878–1958), Welsh representative of the Baptist Missionary Society
* David Edwardes Davies (died 1950), Anglican Bishop of Bangor
* D. Jacob Davies (1917–1974), Welsh Unitarian minister
* David Stephen Davies (1841–1898), Welsh writer, preacher, and colonist
* David Tegfan Davies (1883–1968), Welsh Congregational minister

## Peers

* David Davies, 1st Baron Davies (1880–1944), Liberal MP for Montgomershire 1906–1929, grandson of the industrialist David Davies (see above)
* David Davies, 2nd Baron Davies (1915–1944), major in the Royal Welch Fusiliers
* David Davies, 3rd Baron Davies (1940–2024), British peer and engineer
* David Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity (1935–2019), British peer and trade union leader

## Others

* David Davies (Dai'r Cantwr) (1812–1874), Welsh activist sentenced for his part in the Rebecca Riots
* David Davies (physician) (1792–1865), Welsh physician
* David Gwerfyl Davies (1913–1977), Welsh organist and composer
* David James Davies (1893–1956), Welsh economist, industrialist, political activist and internationalist
* David Percy Davies (1891–1946), Welsh newspaper editor
* David Pettit Davies (1920–2003), British test pilot