# David Williams

David or Dave Williams may refer to:

## Architects

* David Williams (Australian architect) (1856–1940), South Australian architect
* David L. Williams (architect) (1866–1937), American architect
* David Williams (Alaska architect) (fl. 1930s), architect and community planner in Alaska

## Art

* David Dougal Williams (1888–1944), British artist and art teacher
* David E. Williams (1933–1985), American Kiowa-Tonkawa-Kiowa Apache painter from Oklahoma
* David B. Williams (artist) (1947–2009), Canadian Ojibway aboriginal painter and printmaker

## Film, television and radio

* David Williams (screenwriter), British television screenwriter
* David Williams, Australian film distributor, 1984 winner of the Raymond Longford Award
* David Walliams (David Edward Williams, born 1971), British comedian and author, especially of children books
* Dave Williams (radio announcer) (born 1971), Australian radio host
* David Williams (producer), American film director and producer for ADV Films
* David L. Williams (film director), British film director

## Law

* David Williams (Welsh judge) (died 1613), English MP for Brecon, 1584–1589, 1597–1598, and Justice of the King's Bench, 1604–1613
* David W. Williams (1910–2000), American federal judge
* Sir David Williams (British legal scholar) (1930–2009), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1989–1996
* Sir David Williams (arbitrator) (born 1941), New Zealand lawyer, jurist, and international arbitrator
* David C. Williams (inspector general) (born 1947), Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service
* David Williams (New Zealand legal scholar)

## Military and naval

* David Williams (pirate) (fl. 1698–1708), Welsh pirate active near Madagascar
* David Williams (soldier) (1754–1831), one of the captors of British spy John Andre in the American Revolutionary War
* Sir David Williams (Royal Navy officer) (1921–2012), British Royal Navy admiral, Second Sea Lord, 1974–1977

## Music

* Dave "Fat Man" Williams (1920–1982), New Orleans jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues pianist
* David "Happy" Williams (born 1946), Trinidadian jazz double-bassist
* David Williams (guitarist) (1950–2009), American session guitarist
* Dave Williams (singer) (1972–2002), American rock singer
* David Williams (Australian indigenous musician) (born 1983), Aboriginal musician and artist
* David Williams (born 1986), Welsh guitarist in Son of Dork
* David Williams (born 1986), musician formerly with The Dear & Departed
* David Williams, Australian musician with Augie March
* David Williams, head of Shock Records
* David C. Williams (film composer), American film composer

## Politics and government

* David Rogerson Williams (1776–1830), governor of South Carolina, 1814–1816
* David Williams (Liberal politician) (1799–1869), British Member of Parliament for Merioneth, 1868–1870
* David Williams (Swansea East MP) (1865–1941), British Labour Member of Parliament for Swansea East, 1922–1940
* David G. Williams (died 1903), member of the Wisconsin legislature
* David C. Williams (politician), member of the California legislature
* D. J. Williams (politician) (David James Williams, 1897–1972), British miner and checkweighman who became a Labour Party Member of Parliament
* David B. Williams (politician) (1919–1994), American jurist and politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
* David Williams (trade unionist) (born 1926), Welsh trade unionist
* Delwyn Williams (David John Delwyn Williams, born 1938), British Conservative politician, MP for Montgomeryshire, 1979–1983
* Sir David Williams (Richmond upon Thames politician) (born 1939), Leader of Richmond upon Thames Council, 1983–2001
* David Williams (Australian politician) (born 1941), Australian politician
* David L. Williams (politician) (born 1953), Kentucky judge, president of the Kentucky Senate and 2011 gubernatorial nominee
* Dave Williams (Colorado politician), member of the Colorado House of Representatives
* Dave Williams (Iowa politician), member of the Iowa House of Representatives
* David Williams (civil servant) (born 1968), British civil servant
* David Williams (Stoke-on-Trent North MP), British Labour Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North from 2024
* David Williams (Canadian politician), member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2024

## Religion

* David Williams (minister, born 1709) (1709–1784), Welsh independent minister and schoolmaster
* David Williams (philosopher) (1738–1816), Welsh minister, theologian and political polemicist
* David Williams (Oxford academic) (1786–1860), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1856–1858
* David Archard Williams (fl. 1865–1879), Welsh Anglican priest
* David Williams (priest, born 1841) (1841–1929), Archdeacon of Cardigan, 1903–1928
* David Williams (archdeacon of St David's) (1847–1920), Welsh Anglican priest
* David Williams (archbishop of Huron) (1853–1931), Welsh-born Anglican Bishop of Huron and later Metropolitan of Ontario
* David Williams (priest, born 1862) (1862–1936), Archdeacon of Cardigan, 1928–1936
* David Williams (Methodist minister, born 1877) (1877–1927), Welsh theologian and minister
* David Rhys Williams (1890–1970), American Unitarian minister
* David Williams (bishop of Basingstoke) (born 1961), Anglican Bishop of Basingstoke

## Science and space
### Geology

* David Williams (geologist, born 1792) (1792–1850), English geologist and priest
* David Williams (geologist, born 1898) (1898–1984), British professor of geology
* David Hiram Williams (1812–1848), Welsh geological surveyor

### Health and medicine

* David Innes Williams (1919–2013), British paediatric urologist
* David Williams (Canadian physician), Canadian physician, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health
* David R. Williams (scientist) (born 1954), American professor of sociology and public health

### Space

* Dafydd Williams (born 1954), Canadian astronaut
* David Williams (astrochemist) (born 1937), British astrochemist
* David Williams (space administrator) (born 1951), Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency

### Other scientists

* David Williams (archaeologist) (1949–2017), British archaeologist
* David Williams, co-founder of the journal Biomaterials
* David B. Williams (materials scientist), British materials scientist, former dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio State University
* David Williams (mathematician), Welsh mathematician in probability theory

## Sports
### Association football

* Dai Williams (footballer) (fl. 1912–1921), also known as Dave Williams, English footballer
* David Williams (footballer, born 1931) (1931–2012), English footballer
* Dave Williams (footballer, born 1942) (1942–2015), Welsh football coach and player for Newport County
* David Williams (footballer, born 1955), Welsh football coach and player for Bristol Rovers
* David Williams (footballer, born 1968), English football goalkeeper
* David Williams (Australian soccer) (born 1988), Australian soccer player

### Gridiron football

* Dave Williams (wide receiver) (1945–2024), American football player
* Dave Williams (running back) (born 1954), American football player
* David Williams, American football player, see Atlanta Falcons draft history
* David Williams (wide receiver) (born 1963), American football player at the University of Illinois
* David Williams (offensive lineman) (born 1966), American football offensive lineman
* D. J. Williams (tight end) (born 1988), American football tight end
* David Williams (running back) (born 1994), American football running back

### Australian rules football

* David Williams (Australian rules footballer) (born 1961), former Australian rules footballer

### Baseball

* Dave Williams (1900s pitcher) (1881–1918), American baseball pitcher
* David Williams (2000s pitcher) (born 1979), American baseball pitcher

### Cricket

* David Williams (cricketer, born 1948), English cricketer
* David Williams (cricketer, born 1963), West Indian cricketer

### Rugby league

* Dave Williams (rugby league, born 1967), rugby league footballer of the 1990s for Wales, Welsh Students, and South Wales Dragons
* David Williams (rugby league, born 1986), Australian rugby league player
* Dave Williams (rugby league, born 1989), rugby league footballer for Harlequins RL

### Rugby union

* David Williams (rugby union, born 1894) (1894–1959), Australian rugby union player
* Dai Williams (rugby union) (1913–1975), South African rugby union player
* David Williams (rugby union, born 1995), English rugby union player

### Other sports

* David Williams, tennis player; see 1929 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
* Dave Williams (basketball) (1913–1983), American basketball player
* Dave Williams (golf coach) (1918–1998), American college golf coach
* Tiger Williams (David Williams, born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
* David Williams (judoka) (born 1965), American judoka
* David Williams (sailor) (born 1966), British Olympic sailor
* David Williams (ice hockey) (born 1967), American ice hockey player
* David Williams (born 1972) American wrestler better known by the ring name David Young
* David Williams (card game player) (born 1980), American poker player
* David Williams (American cyclist) (born 1988), American cyclist
* David Williams (Canadian cyclist) (born 1994), Canadian cyclist
* David Williams, darts player; see 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship
* David Williams, golfer; see Atlantic Open
* David Williams, racing driver; see 1982 British Formula One season

## Writers

* David John Williams (1885–1970), Welsh-language writer and Welsh nationalist
* David Williams (historian) (1900–1978), Welsh historian
* Gwyn Williams (writer) (David Gwyn Williams, 1904–1990), Welsh poet, novelist, translator and academic
* David Williams (crime writer) (1926–2003), British advertising executive and crime writer
* David Williams (medievalist) (1939–2015), Canadian medieval literature scholar
* David J. Williams (born 1971), American science fiction writer and video game writer
* David Williams (journalist), Australian author and journalist
* David Williams (natural history writer), American natural history writer

## Other people

* David Williams (businessman, born 1969), British entrepreneur and founder of Avanti Communications Group plc
* David Williams (coal owner) (1809–1863), Welsh industrialist
* David A. Williams, American president and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation
* David Henry Williams (1819–1897), American railroad surveyor, civil engineer and writer
* David Marshall Williams (1900–1975), American inventor
* Russell Williams (criminal) (David Russell Williams, born 1963), Canadian convicted murderer, rapist, and officer in the Canadian Forces

## Fictional characters

* Dave Williams (Desperate Housewives), a fictional character on the TV series Desperate Housewives
* David Williams, character in Another Man, Another Chance