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David Branch (fighter)
David Branch (born 1981) is an American retired middleweight MMA fighter, 22-7, first two-division WSOF champion (middleweight and light heavyweight), UFC veteran at 4-5, later signed to ONE Championship.
David Breashears
David Breashears (1955–2024) was an American mountaineer and filmmaker who summited Everest five times, co-directed the 1998 IMAX film Everest during the 1996 disaster, and founded GlacierWorks.
David Brooks (footballer)
David Robert Brooks (born 1997, Warrington) is a Welsh midfielder for AFC Bournemouth and Wales, ex-Manchester City academy and Sheffield United, a Hodgkin lymphoma survivor who returned to the Premier League in March 2023.
David Cage
David Cage (David De Gruttola), French game designer and CEO of Quantic Dream (founded 1997), creator of Omikron, Fahrenheit, Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, Detroit: Become Human, and the in-development Star Wars Eclipse.
David Cal
David Cal (David Cal Figueroa), Spanish sprint canoeist born 1982 in Cangas, Pontevedra; first Spanish canoer to win Olympic gold (C-1 1,000 m, Athens 2004) and Spain's most medaled Olympian with one gold and four silver across 2004, 2008, and 2012.
David Carr (American football)
David Carr (born 1979) is a former NFL quarterback, first overall pick of the 2002 draft by the expansion Houston Texans, brother of Derek Carr; sacked a record 76 times as a rookie, now an NFL Network analyst.
David Cone
David Cone (born 1963, Kansas City) is a former MLB right-handed pitcher, 1994 AL Cy Young winner, five-time World Series champion, and thrower of a 1999 perfect game for the Yankees, later a YES/ESPN broadcaster.
David Coote (referee)
David Coote, English Premier League referee from Nottinghamshire (first PL match April 2018), sacked by PGMOL in December 2024 after a viral video insulting Jurgen Klopp; later UEFA-banned, FA-sanctioned, and given a suspended sentence for an indecent image.
David Coulthard
David Coulthard, also known as David Marshall Coulthard, is a Scottish former Formula One driver who won 13 Grands Prix with Williams, McLaren, and Red Bull.
David Crawshay
David Crawshay (born 1979, Melbourne) is an Australian rower, Mercantile RC, who won Olympic gold in the men's double sculls with Scott Brennan at Beijing 2008 and later chaired the Rowing Australia Athletes' Commission.
David Culley
David Culley (born 1955, Sparta, Tennessee) is a retired American football coach: first Black quarterback at Vanderbilt, 27-season NFL assistant coach, and one-season Houston Texans head coach (4-13 in 2021, fired January 2022).
David Cutcliffe
David Cutcliffe, American college football coach, head coach at Ole Miss (1998-2004) and Duke (2008-2021), career record 121-126, 2013 ACC Coastal champion and National Coach of the Year, mentor of Peyton and Eli Manning.
David Datro Fofana
David Datro Fofana, Ivorian attacker born 2002 in Ouragahio; Molde product, Chelsea signing of January 2023 with loans to Burnley, Union Berlin, Goztepe, Karagumruk, Strasbourg; Servette from August 2026.
David de Gea
David de Gea Quintana (born 1990, Madrid), Spanish goalkeeper; Atlético Madrid, then Manchester United 2011–2023 with club-record 545 appearances and 190 clean sheets; now Fiorentina.
David Denniston
Dave Denniston, American breaststroke swimmer, three-time NCAA champion at Auburn, 2002 world-record 400m medley relay, 2008 Beijing Paralympian after a 2005 sledding paralysis, now Wyoming head coach.
David Dickson
David Gavin Dickson (born 1941, Batu Gajah, Malaysia) is an Australian swimmer who won three Olympic relay bronzes at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964, four Commonwealth relay golds, and set a 4x200 m freestyle world record in 1960.
David Douillet
David Douillet, born 1969 in Rouen, French heavyweight judoka, double Olympic champion (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000), four-time world champion 1993–1997, later French Sports Minister 2011–2012.
David Dunlop
David Dunlop was a Scottish shipping agent and sailor, a crew member aboard Hera, which won gold in the 12-meter class at the 1908 London Olympics.
David Duval
David Duval, American golfer, world No. 1 in 1999 and 2001 Open champion at Royal Lytham & St Annes; won 13 PGA Tour titles 1997-2001, shot a 59 at the 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, then declined sharply from injuries.
David Eckstein
David Eckstein (born 1975, Sanford, FL) is a former MLB shortstop, 2002 Angels and 2006 Cardinals World Series champion, 2006 World Series MVP (.364, 8 H, 4 RBI), two-time All-Star, and first Heart & Hustle Award winner.
David Faulkner
David Faulkner (David Andrew Vincent Faulkner), British field hockey fullback, born 1962 in Portsmouth; won 1988 Seoul Olympic gold with Great Britain, 1986 World Cup silver, later England Hockey Performance Director 2005-2012 and MBE 2021.
David Feherty
David Feherty (born 1958, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland), former professional golfer with 10 worldwide wins and 1991 Ryder Cup player; later CBS, NBC, Golf Channel commentator and LIV Golf analyst.
David Ferrer
David Ferrer is a Spanish former professional tennis player who reached a career-high world No. 3 in 2013 and won 27 singles titles, including the 2012 Paris Masters.
David Fifita (rugby league, born 1989)
David Fifita (Tongan: Tēvita Fifita), born 1989 in Blacktown NSW, is a Tonga international rugby league prop, distinct from the younger David Fifita born 2000; played for Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Wakefield Trinity, and The Entrance Tigers, brother of Andrew Fifita.
David Finlay (wrestler)
David Finlay (David Stephen Finlay III, born 1993, Hannover, Germany), fourth-generation wrestler, son of Fit Finlay; Bullet Club War Dogs leader, two-time IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, 2025 New Japan Cup winner, now AEW's The Dogs.
David Fizdale
David Fizdale (born 1974, Los Angeles) is an American basketball coach, former NBA head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks, two-time Miami Heat assistant champion, and head coach of Nigeria's D'Tigers.
David Flair
David Flair, born David Richard Fliehr in 1979, is an American professional wrestler best known for WCW, where he won the United States and World Tag Team Championships.
David Forbes
David Forbes (1934-2022), Australian Star-class sailor, three-time Olympian (1968, 1972, 1976) and Munich 1972 gold medallist with John Anderson; also 5.5m world champion, America's Cup sailor, and Shelley Ecks founder. Not the US sailor from Baltimore.
David Fox
David Ashley Fox (born 1971), American sprint freestyle swimmer from Raleigh, North Carolina; 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, 1995 world record holder, NC State swimmer, NC Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
David Freese
David Freese (David Richard Freese, born 1983) is a former MLB third baseman, 2011 World Series and NLCS MVP with the Cardinals, famous for the Game 6 walk-off home run; retired 2019, declined Cardinals HOF 2023.