David Brown
David Brown or Dave Brown may refer to:
Athletes
- Dave Brown (lacrosse player) (1969-) collegiate AA; 'pookabear', ODAC season points record holder, national leader 1991
- Dave Brown (baseball player) (1896–????), Negro League baseball player
- Dave Brown (basketball), former basketball coach
- Dave Brown (cornerback) (1953–2006), NFL cornerback
- Dave Brown (quarterback) (born 1970), NFL quarterback for New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals, played 1992–2001
- Dave Brown (ice hockey) (born 1962), retired NHL ice hockey right winger
- Dave Brown (rugby league) (born 1957), Australian rugby league footballer
- David Brown (cricketer born 1941) (1941-2011), Scottish cricketer
- David Brown (cricketer born 1942), English cricketer
- David Brown (cricketer born 1982), English cricketer
- David Brown (footballer born 1887) (1887-1970), Scottish striker for numerous clubs
- David Brown (footballer born 1889), Scottish footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur and Greenock Morton
- David Brown (footballer born 1978), striker who plays for Wrexham Football Club
- David Brown (footballer born 1989), striker who plays for Bradford Park Avenue
- David Brown (Australian rules footballer), (born 1969), Australian footballer for Adelaide and Port Adelaide Football Clubs
- David Brown (golfer) (died 1930), Scottish golfer
- David Brown (ice hockey) (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey goaltender from Ontario
- David Brown (rugby league) (1913-1974), Australian rugby league footballer
- David Brown (rower), American rower and Olympic gold medalist
- David C. Brown, English footballer who played for Burnley
- Davey Brown, U.S. soccer player
- Dave Brown, (Rugby Player, born 1981)
Musicians
Others
- Dave Brown (broadcaster), UK radio presenter
- Dave Brown (cartoonist), cartoonist for The Independent in the UK
- Dave Brown (comedian) Actor and comedian, best known for the role of Bollo in The Mighty Boosh
- Dave Brown (Montana politician), a member of the Montana House of Representatives
- David Brown (Bengal chaplain) (1763-1812)
- David Brown (artist), American visual artist based in Old Saybrook, Connecticut
- David Brown (painter) (fl.1795), British painter
- David Brown (Emmerdale), a fictional character in British soap opera Emmerdale
- David Brown (entrepreneur) (1904–1993), British entrepreneur
- David Brown (police officer), police chief of Dallas, Texas
- David Brown (producer) (1916-2010), American movie producer
- David Brown (professor) English professor in the field of Pharmacology and a Fellow at the Royal Society of London
- David Brown (scientist) (b. 1968), American geneticist
- David Brown (Scottish Jew), the first Jew known to have lived in Edinburgh
- David Brown (theologian) (born 1948), Professor of Theology, Aesthetics and Culture, University of St Andrews
- David E. Brown (elected official), Mayor of Charlottesville, VA
- David J. Brown (born 1957), American computer scientist
- David Jay Brown (born 1961), writer
- David K. Brown, British naval architect, author and historian
- David McDowell Brown (1956–2003), American astronaut
- David Paul Brown, convicted kidnapper and child sexual assaulter, who changed his name to Nathaniel Bar-Jonah
- David S. Brown, American historian
- David Browne, writer
- David I. Brown (born 1946), British professor and dentistry writer
- David Brown (Minnesota politician), a member of the Minnesota Senate
- David Brown (Royal Navy officer) (1927-2005), British admiral