David Williams
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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), MP for Brecon, 1584–1589, 1597–1598, and Justice of the King's Bench, 1604–1613
Sir David Williams (English judge) (born 1964), British High Court judge
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
Taffy Williams (David Hugh Williams, 1933–1996), Welsh mercenary
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 G. Williams (1840–1903), member of the Wisconsin legislature
David Williams (Swansea East MP) (1865–1941), British Labour Member of Parliament for Swansea East, 1922–1940
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) (1926–2025), Welsh trade unionist
Delwyn Williams (David John Delwyn Williams, 1938–2024), 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 (Iowa politician), member of the Iowa House of Representatives
David Williams (civil servant) (born 1968), British civil servant
Dave Williams (Colorado politician) (born 1986), member of the Colorado House of Representatives
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 Davids) (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 Truro) (born 1961), Anglican Bishop of Truro
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 (mathematician) (born 1938), Welsh mathematician in probability theory
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
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: University of Washington, St.
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