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) (c. 1840–1894), politician in colonial Victoria (Australia)
• David Sanders Davies (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 Davies (Welsh politician) (born 1970), Welsh Conservative politician, and British Member of Parliament elected in 2005
  • but: David Davis (British politician) (born 1948), Conservative politician, and British Member of Parliament elected in 1987
• David Richard Seaborne Davies (1904–1984), Welsh legal academic, briefly a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament in 1945
• David Arthur Saunders Davies (fl. 1840s), British Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire

Arts & entertainment

• Dave Davies (born 1947), British musician with The Kinks
• David Davies (musician) (born 1954), British flautist, conductor and composer
• David Davies (artist) (1864–1939), Australian artist
• 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
• David Ffrangcon-Davies (1855–1918), Welsh operatic baritone
• David Stuart Davies (born 1946), editor, writer, and playwright
• David Davies (actor), British actor
• David Davies (actor born 1906) (1906–1974), credited in the 1964 film, Mask of the Red Death

Sportsmen

• David Davies (football administrator) (born 1948), former Executive Director of the (English) Football Association
• David Davies (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1956), Brecon F.C., Hereford Town F.C. and Wales international footballer
• David Davies (footballer, born 1888) (1888–?), Oldham Athletic F.C. and Wales international footballer
• David Davies (rugby league born c. 1905), rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s for Wales, and Warrington
• David Davies (rugby league born c. 1915), rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s for Wales, and Salford
• David Davies (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s and '10s for Wales, Merthyr Tydfil, Swinton, and Oldham
• W. J. A. Davies (1890–1967), known as Dave Davies, rugby union footballer, captained England in the 1920s
• David Davies (swimmer) (born 1985), British long distance swimmer
• David Harris Davies (1877–1944), rugby union footballer of the 1900s for Wales, Tonna, Neath, Glamorgan Police, and Glamorgan
• Dai Davies (cricketer) (1896–1976), first-class cricketer for Glamorgan and Wales, and Test umpire
• Dai Davies (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1944), rugby union, rugby league, and association footballer for Llanelli (RU), Wales (RL), Swinton, Wales (soccer) and Bolton Wanderers
• Dai Davies (footballer, born 1948), Everton F.C., Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international goalkeeper
• Dai Davies (rugby player) (1925–2003), rugby union footballer of the 1940s and 1950s for British Lions, Wales, Penygraig, Somerset Police, British Police, Somerset, and Barbarian F.C.
• 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
• David John Davies (rugby) (1941–1969), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1960s for Wales (RU), Neath, and Leeds (RL)

Sciences

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

Religion

• David Davies (Welsh priest) (1742–1819), Welsh clergyman in the Church of England
• David Charles Davies (1826–1891), nonconformist clergyman
• David Edwardes Davies (died 1950), Anglican Bishop of Bangor
• David Davies (Dean of Wellington) (1912–1987)
• David Davies (Archdeacon of Llandaff) (1858–1930)
• D. Jacob Davies (1916–1974) Welsh Unitarian minister

Nobility

• Baron Davies:
  • 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)
  • David Davies, 3rd Baron Davies (born 1940), British peer and engineer
  • David Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity (born 1935), 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 James Davies (1893–1956), Welsh economist, industrialist, political activist and internationalist
• David Percy Davies (1891–1946), Welsh newspaper editor
• David Gwerfyl Davies (1913–1977), Welsh organist and composer

See also

• David Davis (disambiguation), often pronounced the same way