David Townsend

• David Townsend (botanist), American botanist and banker
• David Wood Townsend, American builder
• David Townsend (art director), American art director
• David Townsend (cricketer, born 1912), English cricketer
• David R. Townsend Jr., member of the New York State Assembly
• David Townsend (musician), American musician
• David Townsend (rower), British rower
• David Townsend (Devon cricketer), former English cricketer