David Williams
David or Dave Williams may refer to:
Sports
Association football
- Dai Williams (fl. 1912–1921), also known as Dave Williams, English footballer
- David Williams (footballer, born 1931), English footballer
- Dave Williams (footballer, born 1942) (1942–2015), Welsh football coach and player for Newport County
- David Williams (footballer, born 1955), Welsh football coach and player for Bristol Rovers
- David Williams (footballer, born 1968), English football goalkeeper
- David Williams (Australian soccer) (born 1988), Australian soccer player
Gridiron football
- D. J. Williams (tight end) (born 1988), American football tight end
- David Williams (running back) (born 1994), American football running back
- David Williams (defensive back), American football player, see Atlanta Falcons draft history
- Dave Williams (wide receiver) (born 1945), American football player
- Dave Williams (running back) (born 1954), American football player
- David Williams (wide receiver) (born 1963), American football player at the University of Illinois
- David Williams (offensive lineman) (born 1966), American football offensive lineman
Australian rules football
- David Williams (Australian rules footballer) (born 1961), former Australian rules footballer
Baseball
- Dave Williams (1900s pitcher) (1881–1918), American baseball pitcher
- David Williams (2000s pitcher) (born 1979), American baseball pitcher
Cricket
- David Williams (cricketer, born 1948), English cricketer
- David Williams (cricketer, born 1963), West Indian cricketer
Rugby league
- David Williams (rugby league) (born 1986), Australian rugby league player
- Dave Williams (rugby league, born 1989) (born 1989), rugby league footballer for Harlequins RL
- Dave Williams (rugby league, born 1967), rugby league footballer of the 1990s for Wales, Welsh Students, and South Wales Dragons
Rugby union
- David Williams (rugby union, born 1894) (1894–1959), Australian rugby union player
- David Williams (rugby union, born 1995), English rugby union player
Other sports
- Dave Williams (basketball) (1913–1983), American basketball player
- Tiger Williams (David Williams, born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
- David Williams (judoka) (born 1965), American judoka
- David Williams (ice hockey) (born 1967), American ice hockey player
- David Williams (born 1972), American wrestler better known by the ring name David Young
- David Williams (card game player) (born 1980), American poker player
- David Williams (American cyclist) (born 1988), American cyclist
- David Williams (Canadian cyclist) (born 1994), Canadian cyclist
- David Williams (darts player), see 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship
- David Williams (golfer), see Atlantic Open
- David Williams (racing driver), see 1982 British Formula One season
- David Williams (sailor) (born 1966), British Olympic sailor
- David Williams (tennis), see 1929 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Writers
- David John Williams (1885–1970), Welsh-language writer and Welsh nationalist
- David Williams (historian) (1900–1978), Welsh historian
- David Gwyn Williams (1904–1990), Welsh poet, novelist, translator and academic
- David Williams (crime writer) (1926–2003), British advertising executive and crime writer
- David Williams (medievalist) (1939–2015), Canadian medieval literature scholar
- David J. Williams (born 1971), American science fiction writer and video game writer
- David Williams (journalist), Australian author and journalist
- David Williams (natural history writer), American natural history writer
Other people
- David Williams (coal owner) (1809–1863), Welsh industrialist
- David Henry Williams (1819–1897), American railroad surveyor, civil engineer and writer
- David L. Williams (architect) (1866–1937), American architect
- David Marshall Williams (1900–1975), American inventor
- Russell Williams (criminal) (David Russell Williams, born 1963), Canadian convicted murderer, rapist, and officer in the Canadian Forces
- David Williams (businessman, born 1969), British entrepreneur and founder of Avanti Communications Group plc
- David Williams (Alaska architect), architect and community planner in Alaska
- David A. Williams, American president and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation
Fictional characters
- Dave Williams (Desperate Housewives), a fictional character on the TV series Desperate Housewives
- David Williams, character in Another Man, Another Chance
See also
- Davey Williams (disambiguation)
- David William (1926–2010), British/Canadian actor and director
- David Williams-Thomas, High Sheriff of the West Midlands, 1980–1981