Society and history

David

David, in the Hebrew Bible, is the son of Jesse who became king of Judah and then of all Israel, establishing Jerusalem as capital around 1000 BCE.

David (Makuria)

David was a king of Makuria, a Christian Nubian kingdom, who usurped the throne in 1268 and died in a Cairo prison after the Mamluk invasion of 1276.

David (Hebrew דָּוִד, Dawiḏ, from dod, "beloved") is a masculine given name borne by the biblical king of Israel. Widely used in Wales, Scotland, and the English-speaking world, it ranked top 10 for US boys 1934–1992.

David A. Bragdon

David Alan Bragdon (born 1977) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Middle District of North Carolina since 2025, nominated by President Trump.

David A. Ezra

David A. Ezra, also known as David Alan Ezra, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Hawaii.

David A. Faber

David A. Faber is an American jurist, a senior United States district judge for the Southern District of West Virginia appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991.

David A. Hensher

David A. Hensher is an Australian transport economist, Professor of Management and founding director of ITLS at the University of Sydney, known for discrete choice modeling.

David A. Ricks

David A. Ricks, known as Dave Ricks, is an American pharmaceutical executive who has led Eli Lilly as chair, president, and CEO since 2017, during the GLP-1 boom.

David A. Ruiz

David Augustin Ruiz is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio since 2022, appointed by President Biden.

David A. Siegel

David A. Siegel (died April 5, 2025) was an American entrepreneur who founded Westgate Resorts, one of the largest timeshare companies, and appeared in the documentary The Queen of Versailles.

David Adeang

David W.R. Adeang (born 1969, Yaren district) is a Nauruan lawyer and politician, son of former president Kennan Adeang; MP for Ubenide since 2001, longtime finance and justice minister, and President of Nauru (Naoero) since 30 October 2023, re-elected unopposed in October 2025.

David Aldridge

David Aldridge (born 1965, Washington, D.C.) is an American sports journalist, senior columnist at The Athletic covering the NBA, formerly Turner Sports' Insider 2004-2018 and 2016 Curt Gowdy Media Award winner. Distinct from other David Aldridges, including the British actor and the Atlanta consultant.

David Alvarez

David Alvarez is an American Democratic politician who represents the 80th district in the California State Assembly after eight years on the San Diego City Council.

David Amess

Sir David Amess (1952–2021), British Conservative MP for Basildon 1983–97 and Southend West 1997–2021, animal welfare and Southend city-status campaigner, knighted 2015, murdered by Islamist terrorist Ali Harbi Ali at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea on 15 October 2021.

David Amiel

David Amiel is a French politician who serves as Minister of Public Action and Public Accounts, described by La Tribune as a close associate of President Emmanuel Macron.

David and Catherine Birnie

David and Catherine Birnie, an Australian couple, murdered four females aged 15 to 31 in the 1986 Moorhouse murders in Willagee, Perth. Kate Moir's escape ended the spree; David died in prison in 2005, Catherine remains jailed.

David and Frederick Barclay

David and Frederick Barclay, identical twin British businessmen born 1934, built a £7bn empire in shipping, hotels, retail, and newspapers, owning the Ritz and the Daily Telegraph before losing it to Lloyds receivers in 2023.

David and Jonathan

David and Jonathan are the biblical pair whose bond in 1 Samuel 18–20 joins the future king David to Jonathan through love and a formal covenant.

David and Simon Reuben

David and Simon Reuben, known as the Reuben brothers, are British billionaire investors born in Bombay who made their first fortune trading metals in the former Soviet Union.

Sep 19, 2026

David Arana

David Arana Ley is a Mexican fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Konfío in 2013, a digital lender to small businesses that reached a $1.3 billion valuation in 2021.

David Argente

David Argente is an economist and Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Management who studies how firms grow through new products and how people adopt payment technologies.

David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon

David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (born 1961), styled Viscount Linley until 2017 and known as David Linley, is a British furniture maker, founder of Linley, former Christie's UK chairman, and nephew of Queen Elizabeth II.

David Asseo

David Asseo (1914–2002) was a Turkish rabbi, born in Istanbul, who served as the second chief rabbi of Turkey from 1961 until his death in 2002, for 41 years.

Sep 21, 2026

David Autor

David Autor is an American labor economist at MIT known for the "China shock" research on import competition and for work on automation and job polarization.

David Axelrod (political consultant)

David Axelrod (born 1955), American political consultant and CNN chief political analyst; chief strategist for Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns, White House Senior Advisor, founder of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, host of The Axe Files.