David Young

David or Dave Young may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• David Young, founding editor of the Farmers' Almanac, 1818
• David Young (Canadian playwright) (born 1946), Canadian playwright, novelist, and screenwriter
• David Young, writer and actor for CollegeHumor web site
• David Young, CEO of BMI Worldwide/BMI Gaming
• David Young (judge), Miami-Dade County (Florida) judge, daytime court television show judge
• David Young (TV producer), British game show producer
• Judge David Young, daytime court television show

Music

• David Young (British musician) (born 1949), British rock musician, record producer, member of Element of Crime
• David Young (musician) (active from 1990), American recorder musician
• Dave Young (musician) (born 1982), Canadian rock musician
• Dave Young (bassist) (born 1940), Canadian jazz double bassist
• David Young (composer), American video game music composer
• David Young (saxophonist, 1912-1992), American jazz tenor saxophonist
• David Young (saxophonist, 1933-2009), American jazz tenor saxophonist from Indiana, worked with George Rusell, see de:David Young (Musiker)

Politics

• David Young (Watergate) (born 1936), member of a covert ops team under U.S. President Richard Nixon
• David Young (NC politician) (born 1959), businessman and the current Chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party
• David Young (Iowa politician) (born 1968), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Dave Young (Colorado politician), member of the Colorado House of Representatives
• David Young (Labour politician) (1930–2003), British Labour Party MP, 1974–1997
• David Young, Baron Young of Graffham (born 1932), British politician and Cabinet minister from the 1980s
• David Young (Ontario politician) (born 1957), Canadian politician in Ontario

Sports

• Dave Young (American football) (born 1959), tight end selected in the 1981 NFL Draft
• David Young (gridiron football) (born 1979), defensive back selected in the 2003 NFL Draft
• David Young (footballer, born 1945), English footballer for Newcastle, Sunderland, Charlton, and Southend in the 1970s
• David Young (footballer, born 1965), English footballer for Darlington in the 1980s
• Dave Young (footballer), former Wigan Athletic player
• David Young (Australian footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne and Collingwood
• Dai Young (born 1967), Welsh rugby union and Rugby league international and British Lion
• Dave Young (rugby union) (born 1985), Irish rugby union player
• David Turquand-Young (1904–1984), British modern pentathlete
• David Young (swimmer) (1907–1988), American Olympic swimmer
• David Young (wrestler) (born 1972), American professional wrestler
• David Young (basketball) (born 1981), drafted in the second round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics
• David Young (cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer
• David Young (hurler) (born 1985), Irish sportsperson
• David Young (racing driver), New Zealand racing driver, see 1964 Tasman Series

Other

• David Young (bomber), policeman who took hostages at an elementary school in Cokeville, Wyoming, 1986
• David Young (bishop) (1931–2008), Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, England
• David G. Young III, U.S. Air Force general
• David Young (British Army officer) (1926–2000), General Officer Commanding Scotland
• David Allan Young (1915–1991), American entomologist
• David M. Young, Jr. (1923–2008), American mathematician