David Davies

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There have been several well-known people named David Davies. It is a particularly common name in Wales, and in most cases the combination of names comes from the Welsh tradition of naming children with first names similar to their surname (ie, John Jones).

• David Davies (clergyman) (1714–1819)
• David Davies (preacher) (1763–1816)
• David Davies (physician)
• David Davies (philosopher) - Specializes in aesthetics (esp. ontology of art), metaphysics, and the philosophies of mind and language (1949–)
• David Davies, political activist (Dai'r Cantwr) (c.1812–1874)
• David Davies (industrialist) (1818–1890), also known as David Davies Llandinam
• David Charles Davies (1826–1891), nonconformist clergyman
• Sir Horatio David Davies (1842–1912), Lord Mayor of the City of London
• David Ffrangcon Davies (1855–1918), baritone
• Dyer Davies (c.1870-1930), aka David Davies, painter
• Sir David Davies (1870-1958), Conservative politician
• D J Davies (1893–1956), Plaid Cymru politician
• David Davies (Welsh politician), Welsh Conservative politician, and Member of Parliament elected in 2005
• Dave Davies (born 1947), musician with The Kinks
• David Davies (swimmer) (born 1985), British long distance swimmer
• David Davies (artist), an Australian artist
• David Davies (engineer) (b. 1935) Professor of electrical engineering at UCL; MoD chief scientific advisor 1993-1999
• David Dai Davies, former Welsh international goalkeeper
• David Davies (football administrator), current Executive Director of the English Football Association
• Baron Davies:
  • David Davies, 1st Baron Davies (1880–1944), Liberal MP for Montgomershire 1906–1929, grandson of the industrialist David Davies (see above)
  • David Davies, 2nd Baron Davies (1915–1944)
  • David Davies, 3rd Baron Davies (born 1940)
  • David Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity (born 1935)
• David Davies, conductor, (born 1954, Scotland), Founder of Paragon Ensemble
• Dai Davies (politician) (born 1959), Independent Member of Parliament for Blaneau Gwent
• David G. Davies (microbiologist)
• Dave Davies (reporter), reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News and radio host on WHYY

See also: David Davis, which is often pronounced the same way.