David Williams

Architects

• David Williams , South Australian architect
• David L. Williams , American architect
• David Williams , architect and community planner in Alaska

  Art

• David Dougal Williams, British artist and art teacher
• David E. Williams, American Kiowa-Tonkawa-Kiowa Apache painter from Oklahoma
• David B. Williams , Canadian Ojibway aboriginal painter and printmaker

  Film, television and radio

• David Williams, British television screenwriter
• David Williams, Australian film distributor, 1984 winner of the Raymond Longford Award
• David Walliams, British comedian and author, especially of children books
• Dave Williams , Australian radio host
• David Williams, American film director and producer for ADV Films
• David L. Williams, British film director

  Law

• David Williams , English MP for Brecon, 1584–1589, 1597–1598, and Justice of the King's Bench, 1604–1613
• David W. Williams, American federal judge
• Sir David Williams , Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1989–1996
• Sir David Williams , New Zealand lawyer, jurist, and international arbitrator
• David C. Williams , Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service
• David Williams

  Military and naval

• David Williams , Welsh pirate active near Madagascar
• David Williams , one of the captors of British spy John Andre in the American Revolutionary War
• Sir David Williams , British Royal Navy admiral, Second Sea Lord, 1974–1977

  Music

• Dave "Fat Man" Williams, New Orleans jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues pianist
• David "Happy" Williams, Trinidadian jazz double-bassist
• David Williams , American session guitarist
• Dave Williams , American rock singer
• David Williams , Aboriginal musician and artist
• David Williams, Welsh guitarist in Son of Dork
• David Williams, musician formerly with The Dear & Departed
• David Williams, Australian musician with Augie March
• David Williams, head of Shock Records
• David C. Williams, American film composer

  Politics and government

• David Rogerson Williams, governor of South Carolina, 1814–1816
• David Williams , British Member of Parliament for Merioneth, 1868–1870
• David Williams , British Labour Member of Parliament for Swansea East, 1922–1940
• David G. Williams, member of the Wisconsin legislature
• David C. Williams, member of the California legislature
• D. J. Williams , British miner and checkweighman who became a Labour Party Member of Parliament
• David B. Williams , American jurist and politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• David Williams , Welsh trade unionist
• Delwyn Williams, British Conservative politician, MP for Montgomeryshire, 1979–1983
• Sir David Williams , Leader of Richmond upon Thames Council, 1983–2001
• David Williams , Australian politician
• David L. Williams , Kentucky judge, president of the Kentucky Senate and 2011 gubernatorial nominee
• Dave Williams, member of the Iowa House of Representatives
• David Williams , British civil servant
• Dave Williams , member of the Colorado House of Representatives
• David Williams, British Labour Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North from 2024
• David Williams, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2024

  Religion

• David Williams , Welsh independent minister and schoolmaster
• David Williams , Welsh minister, theologian and political polemicist
• David Williams , Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1856–1858
• David Archard Williams, Welsh Anglican priest
• David Williams , Archdeacon of Cardigan, 1903–1928
• David Williams , Welsh Anglican priest
• David Williams , Welsh-born Anglican Bishop of Huron and later Metropolitan of Ontario
• David Williams , Archdeacon of Cardigan, 1928–1936
• David Williams , Welsh theologian and minister
• David Rhys Williams, American Unitarian minister
• David Williams , Anglican Bishop of Basingstoke

  Science and space

Geology

• David Williams , English geologist and priest
• David Williams , British professor of geology
• David Hiram Williams, Welsh geological surveyor

  Health and medicine

• David Innes Williams, British paediatric urologist
• David Williams, Canadian physician, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health
• David R. Williams , American professor of sociology and public health

  Space

• Dafydd Williams, Canadian astronaut
• David Williams , British astrochemist
• David Williams , Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency

  Other scientists

• David Williams , Welsh mathematician in probability theory
• David Williams , British archaeologist
• David Williams, co-founder of the journal Biomaterials
• David B. Williams, British materials scientist, former dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio State University

  Sports

Association football

• Dai Williams , also known as Dave Williams, English footballer
• David Williams , English footballer
• Dave Williams , Welsh football coach and player for Newport County
• David Williams, Welsh football coach and player for Bristol Rovers
• David Williams, English football goalkeeper
• David Williams , Australian soccer player

  Gridiron football

• Dave Williams , American football player
• Dave Williams , American football player
• David Williams, American football player, see Atlanta Falcons draft history
• David Williams , American football player at the University of Illinois
• David Williams , American football offensive lineman
• D. J. Williams , American football tight end
• David Williams , American football running back

  Australian rules football

• David Williams , former Australian rules footballer

  Baseball

• Dave Williams , American baseball pitcher
• David Williams , American baseball pitcher

  Cricket

• David Williams, English cricketer
• David Williams, West Indian cricketer

  Rugby league

• Dave Williams, rugby league footballer of the 1990s for Wales, Welsh Students, and South Wales Dragons
• David Williams, Australian rugby league player
• Dave Williams, rugby league footballer for Harlequins RL

  Rugby union

• David Williams , Australian rugby union player
• Dai Williams , South African rugby union player
• David Williams, English rugby union player

  Other sports

• David Williams, tennis player; see 1929 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
• Dave Williams , American basketball player
• Dave Williams , American college golf coach
• Dave Williams , American hurdler and long jumper, 1965–1967 All-American for the Washington Huskies track and field team
• Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
• David Williams , American judoka
• David Williams , British Olympic sailor
• David Williams , American ice hockey player
• David Williams American wrestler better known by the ring name David Young
• David Williams , American poker player
• David Williams , American cyclist
• David Williams , Canadian cyclist
• David Williams, darts player; see 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship
• David Williams, golfer; see Atlantic Open
• David Williams, racing driver; see 1982 British Formula One season

  Writers

• David John Williams, Welsh-language writer and Welsh nationalist
• David Williams , Welsh historian
• Gwyn Williams , Welsh poet, novelist, translator and academic
• David Williams , British advertising executive and crime writer
• David Williams , Canadian medieval literature scholar
• David J. Williams, American science fiction writer and video game writer
• David Williams, Australian author and journalist
• David Williams, American natural history writer

  Other people

• David Williams, British entrepreneur and founder of Avanti Communications Group plc
• David Williams , Welsh industrialist
• David A. Williams, American president and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation
• David Henry Williams, American railroad surveyor, civil engineer and writer
• David Marshall Williams, American inventor
• Russell Williams , Canadian convicted murderer, rapist, and officer in the Canadian Forces
• Adam the Woo, American YouTuber

  Fictional characters

• Dave Williams, a fictional character on the TV series Desperate Housewives
• David Williams, character in ''Another Man, Another Chance''