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Dave Farrell

Dave Farrell (David Michael Farrell), known as Phoenix, is an American musician best known as the bassist of Linkin Park, a role he has held since the band's 1990s beginnings.

Dave Fennoy

Dave Fennoy (David Henderson Fennoy, born 1952) is an American voice actor, the voice of Lee Everett in Telltale's The Walking Dead and Hulu's promo voice, with 289 credits on 194 games including Bayonetta's Rodin.

Dave Filoni

Dave Filoni, American animation producer and director, George Lucas's pick to build Lucasfilm Animation and create Star Wars: The Clone Wars; creator of Rebels, Ahsoka; Lucasfilm President and Chief Creative Officer since January 2026.

Dave Finlay Sr.

Dave Finlay Sr., born David Finlay in 1936, is a Northern Irish retired professional wrestler, promoter, and amateur coach, father and trainer of WWE star Fit Finlay.

Dave Fishwick

Dave Fishwick, also known as David Fishwick, is a Burnley entrepreneur who founded Burnley Savings and Loans, the "Bank of Dave", in 2011, lending to local small businesses.

Dave Foley

Dave Foley (David Scott Foley, born 1963, Toronto) is a Canadian comedian and actor, co-founder of The Kids in the Hall, star of NBC's NewsRadio, voice of Flik in A Bug's Life, and host of Celebrity Poker Showdown and Hockey Fanatics.

Dave Forney

G. David Forney, Jr., born 1940, is an American electrical engineer known for concatenated codes, the trellis diagram, and high-speed modems; MIT awarded him the 2016 IEEE Medal of Honor.

Dave Franco

Dave Franco (born 1985, Palo Alto, California) is an American actor and director, brother of James Franco; known for 21 Jump Street, Neighbors, Now You See Me as Jack Wilder, and directing The Rental and Somebody I Used to Know.

Dave Free

Dave Free (David Isaac Friley, born 1986) is an American filmmaker and record executive from Inglewood, California: former TDE co-president, Kendrick Lamar's video co-director as The Little Homies, and cofounder of pgLang (2020).

Dave Fultz

Dave Fultz (1921–2002) was an American meteorologist at the University of Chicago whose rotating dishpan experiments reproduced jet streams, long waves, and vortices in a spinning pan of water.

Dave Gahan

Dave Gahan (born David Callcott, 1962) is the English lead vocalist of Depeche Mode since 1980, also known for solo albums Paper Monsters and Hourglass and Soulsavers collaborations.

Dave Garroway

Dave Garroway (1913–1982), American broadcaster, founding host of NBC's Today (1952–1961), earlier star of Chicago's Garroway at Large; known for the "Peace" sign-off, bow tie, and horn-rimmed glasses.

Dave Gettleman

Dave Gettleman (David Gettleman), born 1951, is a retired American football executive who was general manager of the Carolina Panthers from 2013 to 2017 and the New York Giants from 2018 to 2022.

Dave Getz

Dave Getz (born January 24, 1940, Brooklyn) is an American drummer and painter, drummer of Big Brother and the Holding Company from March 1966, played on Cheap Thrills, later Country Joe and the Fish, and a visual artist.

Dave Gillanders

Dave Gillanders (John David Gillanders, born 1939) is an American swimmer, 1960 Olympic 200 m butterfly bronze medalist and world-record 4x100 medley relay member, Michigan NCAA champion, later electrical engineering professor.

Dave Goldberg

Dave Goldberg (David Goldberg, 1968–2015) was an American technology executive who founded LAUNCH Media, ran Yahoo Music, and served as chief executive of SurveyMonkey from 2009.

Dave Gorman

Dave Gorman (born 1971, Stafford) is an English comedian and writer known for Are You Dave Gorman?, Googlewhack Adventure, America Unchained, and the PowerPoint stand-up series Modern Life Is Goodish on Dave.

Dave Goulson

Dave Goulson, British biologist, Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex, founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust (2006), author of A Sting in the Tale, and leading researcher on neonicotinoid pesticide effects on bumblebees.

Dave Greenfield

Dave Greenfield (David Paul Greenfield, 1949-2020) was the English keyboardist of The Stranglers for 45 years; his organ and harpsichord playing defined the band's sound and he wrote the music for their biggest hit, Golden Brown (UK No. 2, 1982).

Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl (born 1969, Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician, Nirvana's drummer from 1990 and founder, singer, and songwriter of Foo Fighters, a two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee with 19 Grammy wins.

Dave Grusin

Dave Grusin (Robert David Grusin, born 1934, Littleton, Colorado) is an American composer, pianist, and GRP Records co-founder; Oscar winner for The Milagro Beanfield War with 10 Grammy wins from 38 nominations.

Dave Hall (record producer)

Dave "Jam" Hall is an American record producer and songwriter in contemporary R&B and new jack swing, known for Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" and "Fantasy", Mary J. Blige's What's the 411?, and Madonna's Bedtime Stories.

Dave Haywood

Dave Haywood is an American musician and songwriter who co-founded Lady A. The trio, formerly Lady Antebellum, changed its name in 2020 following a national reckoning over racial injustice.

Dave Hemery

Dave Hemery (David Peter Hemery, born 1944), British 400m hurdler, Olympic champion at Mexico 1968 with a 48.12 world record; also 1972 bronze and relay silver, later UK Athletics president.

Dave Henderson

Dave Henderson (Hendu), 1958–2015, MLB outfielder 1981–1994 with Seattle, Boston, Oakland and others; hit the 1986 ALCS Game 5 elimination-saving home run; 197 career homers, 1991 All-Star.

Dave Hester

Dave Hester is an American auctioneer and reality television personality who spent about 30 years buying defaulted storage units and starred as "The Mogul" on A&E's Storage Wars.

Dave Holland (drummer)

Dave Holland, born David Holland (1948–2018), was an English rock drummer for the heavy metal band Judas Priest from 1979 to 1988, including British Steel (1980).

Dave Hughes

Dave 'Hughesy' Hughes (born 1970, Warrnambool) is an Australian stand-up comedian, radio host, and TV presenter; Perkins started in Perth in 1993, co-hosted The Project, Nova breakfast radio, and tours the 2026 show Cooked.

Dave Ildefonso

Dave Ildefonso (Sean Dave Ildefonso, born 2000), Filipino basketball forward, son of Danny Ildefonso; Ateneo Blue Eagles and NU collegiate player, Gilas pool member, drafted by NorthPort, plays for Rain or Shine and MPBL's Abra Weavers.

Dave J. Adams

Dave J. Adams is a supramolecular materials chemist and Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, known for work on self-assembled low-molecular-weight gels.