David Young
David or Dave Young may refer to:
Entertainment and art
- David Young (poet), American poet, translator, editor, literary critic and professor
- David Young (Canadian playwright), Canadian playwright and novelist
- David Young (novelist), British novelist
- David Young (judge), daytime court television show judge in MiamiJudge David Young, daytime court television show
- David Young (TV producer), British game show producer
- David Young (Neighbours), fictional character on Australian soap opera Neighbours
- David Young, founding editor of the Farmers' Almanac, 1818
- David Young, writer and actor for CollegeHumor web site
Music
- David Young (saxophonist), American jazz tenor saxophonist
- Dave Young (bassist), Canadian jazz double bassist
- David Young (guitarist), English musician, record producer and sound engineer
- Dave Young (musician, born 1982), Canadian rock musician
- David Young (recorder musician), American recorder musician
- David Young (composer), American video game music composer
Politics
- David Young (Labour politician), British Labour Party MP, 1974–1997
- David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, British politician and Cabinet minister from the 1980s
- David Young (Ontario politician), Canadian politician in Ontario
- David Young (Watergate), member of a covert ops team under U.S. President Richard Nixon
- David Young (Iowa politician), former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and current member of the Iowa House of Representatives
- David Young (North Carolina politician), businessman and chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party
- Dave Young (Colorado politician), Colorado state treasurer
- David Young III, American politician in New Jersey
- David Young (Louisiana politician), state senator
- David Young (diplomat), American diplomat
Sports
Football and rugby
- David Young (footballer, born 1945), English footballer for Newcastle, Sunderland, Charlton, and Southend in the 1970s
- David Young (Australian footballer), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne and Collingwood
- Dave Young (American football), tight end selected in the 1981 NFL Draft
- David Young (footballer, born 1965), English footballer for Darlington in the 1980s
- David Young (American football), defensive back selected in the 2003 NFL Draft
- Dai Young, Welsh rugby union and Rugby league international and British Lion
- Dave Young (rugby union), Irish rugby union player
- Dave Young (footballer), former Wigan Athletic player
Other sports
- David Turquand-Young, British modern pentathlete
- David Young (American swimmer), American Olympic swimmer
- David Young (Fijian swimmer), Fijian swimmer
- David Young (wrestler), American professional wrestler
- David Young (cricketer), English cricketer
- David Young (basketball), drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics
- David Young (hurler), Irish sportsperson
- David Young (rower), English rower
- David Young (discus thrower), Scottish athlete
Other
- David Young (bishop), British Anglican bishop; Bishop of Ripon
- David Young (cleric), Welsh Wesleyan minister and historian
- David G. Young III, U.S. Air Force general
- David Young (British Army officer), General Officer Commanding Scotland
- David Allan Young, American entomologist
- David M. Young Jr., American mathematician
- David Young (bomber), former policeman who took hostages at an elementary school in Cokeville, Wyoming, 1986