David Davies

David Davies may refer to:

Politics

• David Davies (industrialist) (1818–1890), also known as David Davies Llandinam, MP for Cardigan, 1874–1885, and Cardiganshire, 1885–1886
• David Davies (Australian politician) (1839–1894), politician in colonial Victoria, Australia
• David Davies (textile merchant) (1852–1934), Liberal politician, MP for Denbigh 1918–1922
• Sir David Davies (dairyman) (1870–1958), Conservative politician
• David Lewis Davies (1873–1937), British Member of Parliament for Pontypridd, 1931–1937
• Dai Davies (trade unionist) (1909–1998), Labour Party official and general secretary of the ISTC
• Dai Davies (politician) (born 1959), Independent Member of the UK Parliament for Blaenau Gwent, 2006–2010
• David T. C. Davies (born 1970), Welsh Conservative politician and Member of the UK Parliament, 2005–2024
• David Richard Seaborne Davies (1904–1984), Welsh legal academic, briefly a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament in 1945
• David Arthur Saunders Davies (1792–1857), British Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire
• David Davies, 1st Baron Davies (1880–1944) Welsh Liberal Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire from 1906 to 1929

Arts, entertainment and journalism

Music

• David Davies (composer) (1810–1875), Welsh composer of "Glan'rafon"
• David Davies (harpist) (1817–1855), Welsh harpist
• David Ffrangcon-Davies (1855–1918), Welsh operatic baritone
• Ivor Novello (David Ivor Davies, 1893–1951), Welsh composer and actor
• Dave Davies (born 1947), British musician with the Kinks
• David Davies (musician) (born 1954), British flautist, conductor and composer
• David Lloyd Davies (died 1881), Welsh singer and poet

Television and theater

• David Thomas Davies (1876–1962), Welsh dramatist
• David Joshua Davies (1877–1945), Welsh dramatist
• David Davies (Welsh actor) (1906–1974), Welsh actor
• David Stuart Davies (1946–2024), editor, writer, and playwright
• David Davies (English actor), English actor

Other artists

• David Davies (author) (1741–1819), Welsh author
• David Davies (artist) (1864–1939), Australian artist
• David John Davies (1870–?), Welsh painter
• Dave Davies (reporter) (born 1953), American reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News and radio host on WHYY
• David Martin Davies (born c. 1960s), American journalist and broadcaster based and born in Texas

Sportsmen

Association football (soccer)

• David Davies (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1956), Brecon F.C., Hereford Town F.C. and Wales international footballer
• David Davies (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1966), Oldham Athletic F.C. and Wales international footballer
• David Davies (football administrator) (born 1948), former Executive Director of the (English) Football Association
• Dai Davies (footballer, born 1948) (1948–2021), Everton F.C., Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international goalkeeper

Rugby

• David Bailey Davies (1884–1968), Welsh rugby union fullback
• David Harris Davies (1877–1944), rugby union footballer of the 1900s for Wales, Tonna, Neath, Glamorgan Police, and Glamorgan
• Dai Davies (sportsman) (1880–1944), rugby union, rugby league, and association footballer for Llanelli (RU), Wales (RL), Swinton, Wales (soccer) and Bolton Wanderers
• W. J. A. Davies (1890–1967), known as Dave Davies, rugby union footballer, captained England in the 1920s
• David Davies (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s, and 1910s for Wales, Merthyr Tydfil, Swinton, and Oldham
• David Davies (rugby league, born 1902) (1902–1992), rugby league footballer of the 1920s, and 1930s for Wales, and Broughton, Warrington, Huddersfield and Keighley
• David Davies (rugby league, born c. 1915), rugby league footballer of the 1930s, and 1940s for Wales, and Salford
• David Idwal Davies (rugby) (1915–1990), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1930s, and 1940s for Wales (RU), Swansea, Wales (RL), and Leeds
• Dai Davies (rugby union, born 1925) (1925–2003), rugby union footballer of the 1940s, and 1950s for British Lions, Wales, Penygraig, Somerset Police, British Police, Somerset, and Barbarian F.C.
• John Davies (rugby, born 1941) (David John Davies, 1941–1969), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1960s for Wales (RU), Neath, and Leeds (RL)

Other sports

• Dai Davies (cricketer) (1896–1976), first-class cricketer for Glamorgan and Wales, and Test umpire
• David Davies (swimmer) (born 1985), British long-distance swimmer

Sciences

• David Davies (electrical engineer) (1935–2025), professor of electrical engineering at UCL; MoD Chief Scientific Adviser, 1993–1999
• David Christopher Davies (1827–1885), geologist and mining engineer
• David G. Davies, microbiologist and associate professor at Binghamton University

Religion

• David Davies (archdeacon of Llandaff) (1858–1930), Welsh clergyman
• David Davies (Baptist minister) (1800–1856)
• David Davies (Dean of Wellington) (1912–1987), Welsh clergyman in New Zealand
• David Davies (Independent minister and magazine editor) (died 1807), Welsh editor of "Y Geirgrawn"
• David Davies (Welsh priest) (1742–1819), Welsh clergyman in the Church of England
• David Charles Davies (1826–1891), nonconformist clergyman
• David Christopher Davies (missionary) (1878–1958), Welsh representative of the Baptist Missionary Society
• David Edwardes Davies (1879–1950), Anglican Bishop of Bangor
• D. Jacob Davies (1917–1974), Welsh Unitarian minister
• David Stephen Davies (1841–1898), Welsh writer, preacher, and colonist
• David Tegfan Davies (1883–1968), Welsh Congregational minister

Peers

• David Davies, 1st Baron Davies (1880–1944), Liberal MP for Montgomershire 1906–1929, grandson of the industrialist David Davies (see above)
• David Davies, 2nd Baron Davies (1915–1944), major in the Royal Welch Fusiliers
• David Davies, 3rd Baron Davies (1940–2024), British peer and engineer
• David Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity (1935–2019), British peer and trade union leader

Others

• David Davies (Dai'r Cantwr) (1812–1874), Welsh activist sentenced for his part in the Rebecca Riots
• David Davies (physician) (1792–1865), Welsh physician
• David Gwerfyl Davies (1913–1977), Welsh organist and composer
• David James Davies (1893–1956), Welsh economist, industrialist, political activist and internationalist
• David Percy Davies (1891–1946), Welsh newspaper editor
• David Pettit Davies (1920–2003), British test pilot

See also

• David Davis (disambiguation), pronounced the same way
• Dai Davies (disambiguation)
• Davies, surname