David Williams
David or Dave Williams may refer to:
Architects
- David Williams (Australian architect), South Australian architect
- David L. Williams (architect), American architect
- David Williams (Alaska architect), 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 (artist), Canadian Ojibway aboriginal painter and printmaker
Film, television and radio
- David Williams (screenwriter), 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 (radio announcer), Australian radio host
- David Williams (producer), American film director and producer for ADV Films
- David L. Williams (film director), British film director
Law
- David Williams (Welsh judge), 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 (British legal scholar), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1989–1996
- Sir David Williams (arbitrator), New Zealand lawyer, jurist, and international arbitrator
- David C. Williams (inspector general), Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service
- David Williams (New Zealand legal scholar)
Military and naval
- David Williams (pirate), Welsh pirate active near Madagascar
- David Williams (soldier), one of the captors of British spy John Andre in the American Revolutionary War
- Sir David Williams (Royal Navy officer), 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 (guitarist), American session guitarist
- Dave Williams (singer), American rock singer
- David Williams (Australian indigenous musician), 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 (film composer), American film composer
Politics and government
- David Rogerson Williams, governor of South Carolina, 1814–1816
- David Williams (Liberal politician), British Member of Parliament for Merioneth, 1868–1870
- David Williams (Swansea East MP), British Labour Member of Parliament for Swansea East, 1922–1940
- David G. Williams, member of the Wisconsin legislature
- David C. Williams (politician), member of the California legislature
- D. J. Williams (politician), British miner and checkweighman who became a Labour Party Member of Parliament
- David B. Williams (politician), American jurist and politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- David Williams (trade unionist), Welsh trade unionist
- Delwyn Williams, British Conservative politician, MP for Montgomeryshire, 1979–1983
- Sir David Williams (Richmond upon Thames politician), Leader of Richmond upon Thames Council, 1983–2001
- David Williams (Australian politician), Australian politician
- David L. Williams (politician), Kentucky judge, president of the Kentucky Senate and 2011 gubernatorial nominee
- Dave Williams (Iowa politician), member of the Iowa House of Representatives
- David Williams (civil servant), British civil servant
- Dave Williams (Colorado politician), member of the Colorado House of Representatives
- David Williams (Stoke-on-Trent North MP), British Labour Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North from 2024
- David Williams (Canadian politician), member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2024
Religion
- David Williams (minister, born 1709), Welsh independent minister and schoolmaster
- David Williams (philosopher), Welsh minister, theologian and political polemicist
- David Williams (Oxford academic), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1856–1858
- David Archard Williams, Welsh Anglican priest
- David Williams (priest, born 1841), Archdeacon of Cardigan, 1903–1928
- David Williams (archdeacon of St David's), Welsh Anglican priest
- David Williams (archbishop of Huron), Welsh-born Anglican Bishop of Huron and later Metropolitan of Ontario
- David Williams (priest, born 1862), Archdeacon of Cardigan, 1928–1936
- David Williams (Methodist minister, born 1877), Welsh theologian and minister
- David Rhys Williams, American Unitarian minister
- David Williams (bishop of Basingstoke), Anglican Bishop of Basingstoke
Science and space
Geology
- David Williams (geologist, born 1792), English geologist and priest
- David Williams (geologist, born 1898), British professor of geology
- David Hiram Williams, Welsh geological surveyor
Health and medicine
- David Innes Williams, British paediatric urologist
- David Williams (Canadian physician), Canadian physician, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health
- David R. Williams (scientist), American professor of sociology and public health
Space
- Dafydd Williams, Canadian astronaut
- David Williams (astrochemist), British astrochemist
- David Williams (space administrator), Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency
Other scientists
- David Williams (mathematician), Welsh mathematician in probability theory
- David Williams (archaeologist), British archaeologist
- David Williams, co-founder of the journal Biomaterials
- David B. Williams (materials scientist), British materials scientist, former dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio State University
Sports
Association football
- Dai Williams (footballer), also known as Dave Williams, English footballer
- David Williams (footballer, born 1931), English footballer
- Dave Williams (footballer, born 1942), Welsh football coach and player for Newport County
- David Williams (footballer, born 1955), Welsh football coach and player for Bristol Rovers
- David Williams (footballer, born 1968), English football goalkeeper
- David Williams (Australian soccer), Australian soccer player
Gridiron football
- Dave Williams (wide receiver), American football player
- Dave Williams (running back), American football player
- David Williams, American football player, see Atlanta Falcons draft history
- David Williams (wide receiver), American football player at the University of Illinois
- David Williams (offensive lineman), American football offensive lineman
- D. J. Williams (tight end), American football tight end
- David Williams (running back), American football running back
Australian rules football
- David Williams (Australian rules footballer), former Australian rules footballer
Baseball
- Dave Williams (1900s pitcher), American baseball pitcher
- David Williams (2000s pitcher), American baseball pitcher
Cricket
- David Williams (cricketer, born 1948), English cricketer
- David Williams (cricketer, born 1963), West Indian cricketer
Rugby league
- Dave Williams (rugby league, born 1967), rugby league footballer of the 1990s for Wales, Welsh Students, and South Wales Dragons
- David Williams (rugby league, born 1986), Australian rugby league player
- Dave Williams (rugby league, born 1987), rugby league footballer for Harlequins RL
Rugby union
- David Williams (rugby union, born 1894), Australian rugby union player
- Dai Williams (rugby union), South African rugby union player
- David Williams (rugby union, born 1995), English rugby union player
Other sports
- David Williams, tennis player; see 1929 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
- Dave Williams (basketball), American basketball player
- Dave Williams (golf coach), American college golf coach
- Dave Williams (hurdler), 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 (judoka), American judoka
- David Williams (sailor), British Olympic sailor
- David Williams (ice hockey), American ice hockey player
- David Williams American wrestler better known by the ring name David Young
- David Williams (card game player), American poker player
- David Williams (American cyclist), American cyclist
- David Williams (Canadian cyclist), 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 (historian), Welsh historian
- Gwyn Williams (writer), Welsh poet, novelist, translator and academic
- David Williams (crime writer), British advertising executive and crime writer
- David Williams (medievalist), Canadian medieval literature scholar
- David J. Williams, American science fiction writer and video game writer
- David Williams (journalist), Australian author and journalist
- David Williams (natural history writer), American natural history writer
Other people
- David Williams (businessman, born 1969), British entrepreneur and founder of Avanti Communications Group plc
- David Williams (coal owner), 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 (criminal), Canadian convicted murderer, rapist, and officer in the Canadian Forces
- Adam the Woo, American YouTuber
Fictional characters
- Dave Williams (Desperate Housewives), a fictional character on the TV series Desperate Housewives
- David Williams, character in ''Another Man, Another Chance''