List of people with given name David

Late antiquity to early medieval

David was adopted as a Christian name from at least the 6th century.

• David the Invincible (6th century), Neoplatonic philosopher
• David (commentator) (6th century), Greek scholar
• Saint David (6th century), patron saint of Wales
• David the Dendrite (c. 450–540), a patron saint of Thessaloniki
• David (son of Heraclius) (b. 630), co-emperor of Byzantium
• David Saharuni (7th century), presiding prince of Byzantine-controlled Armenia
• David ibn Merwan al-Mukkamas (d. 937), Arabic philosopher and controversialist, the author of the earliest known Jewish philosophical work of the Middle Ages
• David I of Iberia (d. 881)
• David II of Iberia (d. 937)
• David of Bulgaria (d. 976), Bulgarian noble
• David III of Tao (d. 1000)

High medieval

• Saint David of Muscovy or Gleb (987–1015), brother of Saint Roman of Muscovy or Boris, and son of Saint Vladimir
• David of Taman, late 10th century Khazar ruler
• David (Da'ud), 11th-century ruler of the Seljuk Turks
• David of Munktorp (died c. 1082)
• David I of Scotland (d. 1153), Roman Catholic saint
• David Kimhi (1160–1235), Medieval rabbi
• David Mac Cerbaill (died 1289), Irish archbishop
• David of Makuria (ruled c. 1268–1272), ruler of Makuria (in what is now Egypt and Sudan)
• David Soslan (d. 1207), Georgian prince
• Kings of Georgia:
  • David IV (d. 1125)
  • David V (d. 1155)
  • David VI (d. 1293)
  • David VII (d. 1270)
  • David VIII (d. 1311)

Late medieval and early modern

• David, Lord of Brechin (d. 1320)
• David II of Scotland (1324 – 22 February 1371)
• Kings of Georgia:
  • David IX (d. 1360)
  • David X (d. 1526)
  • David XI (d. 1579)
• Davit as a name adopted by Emperors of Ethiopia:
  • David I or Dawit I (1382 – 6 October 1413)
  • David II or Dawit II (1501 – September 2, 1540)
  • David III or Dawit III (8 February 1716 – 18 May 1721)
• David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra (1479–1573), Spanish Acharon
• David ben Solomon ibn Yahya (1455–1528), Spanish rabbi
• David ben Yom Tov ibn Bilia, Portuguese-Jewish philosopher
• David Bek (d. 1728), Armenian military commander
• David Davidsz de Heem (1570–1632), Dutch painter
• David ibn Ya'ish (d. 1375), Spanish-Jewish writer
• David Gwyn (fl. 1588), English poet
• David Reubeni (1490–1535/1541?), Jewish political activist and mystic
• David Davidse Schuyler (1669–1715), American fur trader and politician
• David Ungnad von Sonnegg (1535–1600), envoy of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

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