Famous People with Name David

David Allan Coe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Allan Coe: is an American country music singer who achieved his greatest popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career. As a songwriter, his best-known compositions are "Would You Lay with Me (in a Field of Stone)," originally recorded by Tanya Tucker, and "Take this Job and Shove It."

David Freiberg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Freiberg: is an American musician. He was vocalist and bass guitar player with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.

David Joel Stern            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Joel Stern: is the current commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA). David Stern was born to Jewish parents and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and is a graduate of Teaneck High School. Stern attended Rutgers University. He graduated as a dean's-list history student in 1963 and graduated from Columbia Law School in 1966. Stern began his association with the NBA in 1966 as outside counsel, joined the NBA in 1978 as General Counsel, and became the league's Executive Vice President in 1980.

David Anderson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Anderson: is a former Canadian cabinet minister.Educated at Victoria College in Victoria, BC and the University of British Columbia, Anderson served as a Foreign Service Officer in the Canadian Department of External Affairs between 1962 and 1968. His posts included Indochina (International Supervisory And Truce Commissions) 1963-64, Assistant Canadian Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong, 1964 -1967, and China Desk Officer in Ottawa 1967 -68

David Director Friedman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Director Friedman: is a writer who became a leading figure in the anarcho-capitalist community with the publication of his book The Machinery of Freedom (1973, revised 1989). He has also authored the books Price Theory: An Intermediate Text (1986), Law's Order (2000) and Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life (1996).

James Paul David "Jim" Bunning            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Paul David "Jim" Bunning: g (born on October 23, 1931) is an American politician who was a Hall of Fame pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1971.

Kornél Dávid            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kornél Dávid: is a Hungarian professional basketball player. He was the first and only Hungarian to play in the NBA. He has played for four teams between 1998 and 2001.

Thayer David            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thayer David: was a film and television actor. Born David Thayer Hersey, he was best known for his work on the cult ABC serial Dark Shadows which aired from 1966-1971 and the movie Rocky in 1976. His most memorable film role was as Count Arne Saknussem in the film Journey to the Center of the Earth. He also played Dragon in The Eiger Sanction in 1975 with Clint Eastwood.

Charlie David            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charlie David: is a Canadian actor, perhaps best known as one of the stars of the LGBT horror series Dante's Cove. He has also worked as a producer, writer, and TV host. He was honoured by Out Magazine as one of the "Out 100" for Remarkable Contributions to Gay Culture in 2005. He is co-owner of Border2Border Entertainment.He then moved on to co-found the boy band group 4Now, which performed around Canada and the United States and opened for acts including Destiny's Child, Black Eyed Peas and P!nk. The band released two recordings and is currently on hiatus. 4Now was noted to be different from most boy bands of the period because they played their own instruments; Charlie played piano.

Lawrence Gene (Larry) David            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Gene (Larry) David: an American Emmy-winning actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director. Formerly a stand up comedian, David went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays, as well as writing briefly for Saturday Night Live. David is one of the most respected and successful comedians of his time. He was voted by other comedians as the 23rd greatest comedian of all time in the British Channel 4 The Comedians' Comedian poll.