Famous People with Name David

David Leroy Wood            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Leroy Wood: is an American former professional basketball player, most notably in the NBA.His NBA career spanned from 1988 until 1997. He has played in the CBA with the Rockford Lightning and the Yakima Sun Kings, and has also played professionally in France, Spain, and the Philippines.

David Marshall Carbine Williams            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Marshall Carbine Williams: was an American inventor who developed the short-stroke piston used in the M1 Carbine.While serving time at the Caledonia State Prison Farm in Halifax County, North Carolina the superintendent, H.T. Peoples, noted his mechanical aptitude and allowed him access to the prison’s machine shop where he demonstrated a genius for fashioning replacement parts for the guards’ firearms from pieces of scrap automobile parts. In prison, he would save paper and pencils and stay up late at night drawing plans for various firearms. His extraordinary skills in the machine shop permitted him to stay ahead of his assignments and allowed him time for his own hobby. He began building lathes and other tools, and then parts for guns. His mother sent him technical data on guns and also provided him with contacts with patent attorneys. While in prison, he invented the short-stroke piston and the floating chamber principles that eventually revolutionized small-arms manufacture.

David Maurice Robinson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Maurice Robinson: is an American retired NBA basketball player, who is often considered one of the greatest centers to ever play the game. Based on his prior service as an officer in the United States Navy, Robinson earned the nickname "The Admiral". He along with Tim Duncan were known by the nickname "The Twin Towers".

David Merrick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Merrick: was a prolific Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer.Merrick was known for his love of publicity stunts. One of his most famous promoted the poorly-reviewed 1961 musical Subways Are For Sleeping. Merrick found seven New Yorkers who had the same names as the city's seven leading theater critics: Howard Taubman, Walter Kerr, John Chapman, John McClain, Richard Watts, Jr., Norman Nadel, and Robert Coleman. Merrick invited the seven namesakes to the musical and secured their permission to use their names and pictures in an advertisement alongside quotes such as "One of the few great musical comedies of the last thirty years" and "A fabulous musical. I love it."

David Moorer West            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Moorer West: is an American professional basketball player in the NBA's New Orleans Hornets. West is considered one of the game's most promising young power forwards, and his playing style is often compared to other power forwards such as Elton Brand, Karl Malone and Derrick Coleman.

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.

George David            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George David: is the Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer [1] of United Technologies Corporation. David was elected UTC’s President in 1992 and Chief Executive Officer in 1994. He joined UTC’s Otis Elevator subsidiary in 1975 and became its President in 1986.

Benoît David            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benoît David: a Canadian progressive rock singer.David recently joined Mystery, appearing on their 2007 album Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face, and has also been the vocalist for a Yes tribute band, Close to the Edge.[3