David Porter

David or Dave Porter may refer to:

Politicians

• David J. Porter (born 1956), Republican member of the Texas Railroad Commission
• David R. Porter (1788–1867), Pennsylvania politician
• David Porter (Canadian politician) (1849–1893), Ontario businessman and political figure
• David Porter (British politician) (born 1948), Conservative Member of Parliament for Waveney, 1987–1997
• Dave Porter (politician), Canadian politician

Military

• David Porter (naval officer) (1780–1843), United States Navy officer and ambassador
• David Dixon Porter (1813–1891), his son, American Civil War Navy officer
• David Dixon Porter (Medal of Honor) (1877–1944), his grandson, officer in Philippine–American War

Sports

• Dave Porter (sportsman), NCAA wrestler and football player
• David Porter (figure skater) (born 1949), Canadian ice dancing champion
• David Porter (sport shooter) (born 1953), Australian sport shooter

Music

• David Porter (musician) (born 1941), American musician
• Dave Porter (composer), American composer, known for music for Breaking Bad

Others

• Dave Porter (Home and Away), fictional character in TV series Home and Away
• David H. Porter (1935–2016), professor and past president of Skidmore College
• David Porter (Australian judge), justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania
• David Porter (bishop) (1906–1993), bishop of Aston in the Church of England
• David Richard Porter (1882–1973), figure in YMCA
• David Stewart Porter (1909–1989), U.S. federal judge
• David J. Porter (judge) (1966–present), United States Circuit Judge
• David Porter (Gallery owner & Artist) (1912–2005), Chicago, USA; In 1945 he introduced Abstract Expressionism in an extremely influential traveling exhibition of newly minted Abstract Expressionists that originated at his name sake gallery in Washington D.C.

See also

• David Porter Heap (1843–1910), American engineer
• David Porter McCorkle, Confederate Lieutenant in the American Civil War