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David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury

David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury (born 1948), British judge; Master of the Rolls 2009; President of the UK Supreme Court 2012–2017, presiding over Miller (No. 1); later crossbench peer and Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal judge.

David Neumark

David Neumark (born 1959) is an American labor economist, Distinguished Professor at UC Irvine, known for research arguing that minimum wages reduce employment for the least-skilled workers.

David Neville

David Neville (born 1984) is an American 400m sprinter from Merrillville, Indiana, who won 2008 Beijing Olympic gold in the 4x400m relay (2:55.39, Olympic record) and bronze in the 400m after a famous finish-line dive, later becoming a collegiate head coach.

David Newman (composer)

David Newman (born 1954, Los Angeles), son of Alfred Newman, brother of Thomas, cousin of Randy; American film composer of over 100 films including Anastasia (Oscar-nominated), Ice Age, and Galaxy Quest, and conductor of live-to-picture concerts.

David Nicewicz

David A. Nicewicz is an American organic chemist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill known for organic photoredox catalysis, using organic dyes rather than metals.

David Nicholls (writer)

David Nicholls is an English novelist and screenwriter, known for his third novel One Day, a multimillion-selling bestseller adapted for film and television, and the BAFTA-winning screenplay Patrick Melrose.

David Niezgodski

David Niezgodski is an American Democratic politician representing Indiana Senate District 10, previously serving in the Indiana House from 2006 to 2016 and on the Portage Township Advisory Board.

David Nirenberg

David Nirenberg, American medieval historian, 10th Director and Leon Levy Professor of the Institute for Advanced Study; author of Communities of Violence and Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition on Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations.

David Niven

David Niven (1910–1983), British film actor, soldier and memoirist; also known for The Moon's a Balloon. Goldwyn contract 1935, Oscar for Separate Tables, Pink Panther, Casino Royale's Sir James Bond, died at Château-d'Oex.

David Nixon (magician)

David Porter Nixon (1919-1978) was an English magician and television personality, star of What's My Line?, It's Magic, David Nixon's Magic Box and The David Nixon Show, and the first partner of Basil Brush.

David Njoku

David Njoku, born in 1996, is an American football tight end drafted by Cleveland in 2017 who made the Pro Bowl in 2023 and joined the Chargers in 2026.

David Nugent

David James Nugent is an English striker, born in 1985, who won the FA Cup with Portsmouth in 2008 and the Championship with Leicester City in 2014.

David Nutt

David Nutt, British neuropsychopharmacologist at Imperial College London, creator of the Lancet drug-harm rankings (alcohol most harmful), sacked as UK ACMD chair in 2009, founder of Drug Science and GABA Labs.

David Nutter

David Nutter (born 1960) is an American TV director nicknamed "the pilot whisperer", with 17 of 19 pilots picked up to series including Smallville and Arrow, three Emmys, and Game of Thrones episodes including the Red Wedding.

David O. Carter

David O. Carter (born 1944) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 1998, appointed by President Bill Clinton.

David O. Freedman

David O. Freedman is a physician and travel-medicine researcher, Professor Emeritus of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and co-founder of the GeoSentinel surveillance network.

David O. McKay

David O. McKay, also known as David Oman McKay, was the ninth president of the LDS Church from 1951 to 1970, during which membership almost tripled.

David O. Meltzer

David O. Meltzer is an American physician and health economist at the University of Chicago, a member of the National Academy of Medicine known for the Comprehensive Care Physician model.

David O. Morgan

David O. Morgan is a cell biologist at the University of California, San Francisco, known for showing how cyclin-dependent kinases control cell division and for work on the anaphase-promoting complex.

David O. Nuffer

David O. Nuffer, also known as David Ogden Nuffer, is an American jurist and senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.

David O. Russell

David O. Russell: American director of Spanking the Monkey, Three Kings, The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook, and American Hustle; three straight Best Picture nominees, 25 Oscar nods, and repeated on-set conflict controversies.

David O. Sacks

David O. Sacks is an American technology executive who led PayPal's product and operations, founded Yammer, and served as the White House AI and crypto czar from 2024 to 2026.

David O. Selznick

David O. Selznick (1902–1965) was an American film producer who founded Selznick International Pictures and helped build a starmaking roster by bringing Ingrid Bergman and Alfred Hitchcock to Hollywood.

David O'Doherty

David O'Doherty (born 1975, Dublin) is an Irish musical comedian, author, and TV host, winner of the 2008 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Let's Comedy and writer of the Danger Is Everywhere children's books.

David O'Hara

David Patrick O'Hara (born 1965, Glasgow) is a Scottish character actor known for Stephen in Braveheart, Fitzy in The Departed, Mr. X in Wanted, and Albert Runcorn in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; distinct from other people named David O'Hara.

David O'Leary

David Anthony O'Leary (born 1958), Irish footballer and manager; Arsenal's record appearance-holder with 722 games and 68 Ireland caps; managed Leeds United to the 2001 Champions League semi-final, later Aston Villa and Al Ahli.

David Oakes

David Oakes (Rowan David Oakes, born 1983) is an English actor trained at Bristol Old Vic, known for Juan Borgia in The Borgias, George Duke of Clarence in The White Queen, Prince Ernest in Victoria, and Earl Godwin in Vikings: Valhalla.

David Ochterlony

David Ochterlony (डेविड ऑक्टरलोनी) was an East India Company general and twice British Resident at Delhi, born in Boston in 1758, who commanded in the Anglo-Nepalese War.

David Odogu

David Uyoyo Odogu (born 2006, Berlin) is a German 1.91 m centre-back, Wolfsburg academy product, 2023 U17 Euro and World Cup winner, signed by AC Milan in September 2025 and loaned to Toulouse in August 2026.

David of Augsburg

David of Augsburg (David von Augsburg, c. 1200–1272) was a German Franciscan friar, novice master, and mystical writer, known for the Latin treatise De exterioris et interioris hominis compositione.