Dave (given name)
Dave is a given name, often a shortened form of the names David, Davey, or others. The name means "beloved".
Notable people with the name include:
People
- Dave (American rapper), aka David Jolicoeur, of the hip hop group De La Soul
- Dave (artist), Swiss artist, born David Pflugi
- Dave (rapper), English rapper, born David Omoregie
- Dave (singer), Dutch-born French singer, born Wouter Otto Levenbach
- Dave Adolph, American football coach
- Dave Allen (comedian), Irish comedian
- Dave Atkins (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dave Bailey (musician), American jazz drummer
- Dave Bailey (runner), Canadian track and field athlete, later a pharmacologist
- Dave Bancroft, American baseball player and manager
- Dave Barker, professional name of Jamaican musician David Crooks
- Dave Barney, American educator and swimming coach
- Dave Barry, American comedian and humor author
- Dave Bautista, American actor and former professional wrestler
- Dave Bayley, British songwriter, singer and producer
- Dave Billes, Canadian racing driver
- Dave Bristol, American baseball manager
- Dave Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dave Brubeck, American jazz musician
- Dave Boat, American voice actor
- Dave Burba, American baseball player
- Dave Butterfield, American football player
- Dave Butz, American football player
- Dave Campo, American football coach
- Dave Canales, American football coach
- Dave Chappelle, American stand-up comedian, satirist and actor
- Dave Chisnall, English darts player
- Dave Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dave Colclough, Welsh professional poker player
- Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player
- Dave Coulier, American stand-up comedian and television/voice actor
- Dave Cousins, English musician, leader, singer and songwriter of "Strawbs"
- Dave Dalby, American football player
- Dave Dravecky, American baseball player and motivational speaker
- Dave Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dave 'Fit' Finlay, Northern Irish professional wrestler
- Dave Flint, American ice hockey coach
- Dave Foggin, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
- Dave Foutz, American baseball player and manager
- Dave Franco, American television and film actor
- Dave Frederick, American sportswriter and coach
- Dave Freeman (American author), American author
- Dave Freeman (British writer), British film and television writer
- Dave Gahan, English singer
- Dave Garcia, American baseball manager
- Dave Garnett, American football player
- Dave Gerlach, Canadian curler
- Dave Gettleman, American football executive
- Dave Gibbons, British writer and artist of comics
- Dave Goelz, American puppeteer known for playing Gonzo on The Muppets
- Dave Gorman, English stand-up comedian, best known for his project Are You Dave Gorman?
- Dave Grayson, American football player
- Dave Grohl, American rock musician and member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters
- Dave Guard, American folk singer and songwriter, founding member of The Kingston Trio
- Dave Hanner, American football player and coach
- Dave Henderson, American baseball player
- Dave Houpapa, New Zealand cricketer
- Dave Hoyda, Canadian ice hockey player
- Dave Huismans, Dutch musician known professionally as 2562
- Dave Kaye, British pianist
- Dave Keuning, American rock musician and member of The Killers
- Dave Kingman, American baseball player
- Dave Koz, American jazz saxophonist
- Dave Krieg, American football player
- Dave Lombardo, drummer for heavy metal bands Slayer and Fantômas
- Dave Lutz, American football player
- Dave Mackintosh, drummer for power metal band DragonForce
- Dave Magadan, American baseball player
- Dave Malarcher, American baseball player and manager
- Dave Marshall (musician), American guitarist
- Dave Martinez, American baseball player and manager
- Dave Matthews, American jam musician
- Dave McCormick, American politician and businessman
- Dave McCurry, American football player
- Dave McGinnis, American football coach and broadcaster
- Dave Means, American football player
- Dave Meyers (basketball), American basketball player
- Dave Miley, American baseball manager
- Dave Minor, American basketball player
- Dave Murray (musician), guitarist for heavy metal band Iron Maiden
- Dave Mustaine, singer/guitarist/founder of American heavy metal band Megadeth
- Dave Myers (American football), American football player
- Dave Myers (baseball), American baseball player, manager and scout
- Dave Myers (presenter), English television presenter and chef
- Dave Newhouse, American musician
- Dave Nilsson, Australian baseball player and manager
- Dave Orr, American baseball player
- Dave Parker (disambiguation), multiple people
- * Dave Parker, American baseball player
- Dave Parkin, American football player
- Dave Polsky, American television screenwriter
- Dave Portnoy, American businessman and social media personality
- Dave Ragone, American football player and coach
- Dave Ramsey, American personal finance advisor, radio show host, author, and businessman
- Dave Roberts (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dave Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dave Rozumek, American football player
- Dave Rubin, American political commentator, YouTube personality, and talk show host
- Dave Saunders (volleyball), American volleyball player
- Dave Severin, American politician
- Dave Shimizu, Guamanian politician
- Dave Stewart (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dave Stieb, American baseball player
- Dave Szott, American football player
- Dave Thomas (businessman), American businessman, founder of Wendy's
- Dave Tucker (geologist), American geologist and IWW leader
- Dave Ulliott, English professional poker player
- Dave Valentin, American Latin jazz flautist
- Dave Van Horn, American head baseball coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks
- Dave Wannstedt, American football coach
- Dave Waymer, American football player
- Dave Weckl, American drummer
- Dave Welch (poker player), English professional poker player
- Dave Whinham, American football coach
- Dave Winfield, American baseball player
- Dave Winfield (footballer), English footballer
- Dave Wommack, American football coach
- Dave Ziegler, American football executive
Fictional characters
- Dave (EastEnders), from the British soap opera EastEnders
- D.A.V.E., from The Batman television series
- David Bowman (Space Odyssey), in the book and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Dave Lister, from the BBC comedy series Red Dwarf
- David "Dave" Lizewski, the title character and the protagonist of the Kick-Ass series
- Dave Norton, a character in the storymode of videogame Grand Theft Auto V
- Dave Rudman, from the novel The Book of Dave, by English novelist Will Self
- Dave Turner, in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Dave Skylark, from the 2014 movie The Interview
- Dave Strider, from the webcomic Homestuck
- David "Dave" Skunkerton Weeb, from the Canadian animated TV series Scaredy Squirrel
- Dave, from the Australian comic strip Beyond the Black Stump
- Dave, a camp counselor from the television series Camp Cretaceous.
- Dave, a character from the Cartoon Network show Camp Lazlo
- the title character of Dangerous Dave, a computer game by John Romero
- the title character of Dave the Barbarian, a Disney Channel cartoon series
- the title character of the indie video game Dave the Diver
- the title character of Meet Dave, a 2008 comedy film starring Eddie Murphy
- Dave, from the film Encino Man
- Dave, a fictional contestant from Total Drama Pahkitew Island
- Dave, from the American-Canadian flash-animated series Yin Yang Yo!
- DaveSprite, from the webcomic Homestuck
- Super Dave Osborne, fictional stuntman