David McAlister Barry (born July 3, 1947) is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005.

Innovative jazz pianist and composer.

David Joseph Smith (April 2, 1950 – May 31, 2022) was an American engineer and founder of the synthesizer company Sequential.

David Daniel Beck (June 16, 1894December 26, 1993) was an American labor leader, and president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1952 to 1957.

Rex David Thomas (July 2, 1932 – January 8, 2002) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and fast-food tycoon who was the founder and chief executive officer of Wendy's, a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers.

David John Hill (born 4 April 1946) is an English rock musician.

David Arthur McNally (October 31, 1942 – December 1, 2002) was an American professional baseball player.

David Olson Ulrich (born 1953) is a university professor, author, speaker, management coach, and management consultant.

(born May 2, 1955, in Queens, New York City) an American software developer, entrepreneur, and writer who resides in New York City.

David Khari Webber Chappelle (born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer.

(born 1967) a Canadian cartoonist, oil painter and animator.

David Glenn Patterson (born July 25, 1956) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who made 36 relief appearances for the Los Angeles Dodgers in its 1979 season.

(June 12, 1920 in Brooklyn – May 17, 2002 in Marina del Rey, California) an American cartoonist, most noted for his five decades of work in Mad of which The Lighter Side of... was the most famous.