David Williams
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Musicians
- David Williams (Australian indigenous musician) (born 1983), Aboriginal musician and artist
- David Williams (bassist) (born 1986), Welsh bassist
- David Williams (born 1986), Welsh guitarist and bassist in Son of DorkSon of DorkSon of Dork were a British pop punk band formed by James Bourne after his previous band, Busted, split in January 2005. The name of the band came from a scene in the movie Problem Child where the chant "Son of Dork" is used. Their debut single, "Ticket Outta Loserville", was released in November...
- Dave Williams (musician)Dave Williams (musician)David W. "Dave" "Stage" Williams was the lead singer for the band Drowning Pool. He grew up in Princeton, Texas living with his parents Charles Edward and Jo-Ann Williams. During the 1990s he was a fixture in the Dallas music scene, often playing in well-known clubs. In 1999, he joined Drowning Pool...
(1972–2002), American rock singer - David Williams (guitarist)David Williams (guitarist)David Williams was an American rhythm guitarist who performed and recorded with Michael Jackson, Madonna, Herbie Hancock and the Temptations, among others.-Career:...
(1950–2009), American session guitarist, most notable for working with Madonna and Michael Jackson - David Williams (Australian musician), band member of Augie March
Politicians
- Delwyn WilliamsDelwyn WilliamsDavid John Delwyn Williams, known as Delwyn Williams, is a British Conservative Party politician and solicitor.He was educated at Welshpool High School and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he obtained a LLB degree. He subsequently qualified as a solicitor...
(born 1938 as David John Delwyn Williams), British Conservative politician, MP 1979–1983 - David L. WilliamsDavid L. WilliamsDavid Lewis Williams is a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. A Republican, he has represented Kentucky's 16th district in the Kentucky Senate since 1987. When Republicans gained control of the state senate in 2000, Williams was chosen as President of the Senate, and he has held...
(born 1953), President of the Kentucky Senate - David Rogerson WilliamsDavid Rogerson WilliamsDavid Rogerson Williams was a Representative in the United States Congress and the 45th Governor of South Carolina from 1814 to 1816.-Early life and career:...
(1776–1830), Governor of South Carolina, 1814–1816 - David Williams (philosopher)David Williams (philosopher)David Williams , was a Welsh philosopher of the Enlightenment period. He was an ordained minister, theologian and political polemicist, and was the founder in 1788 of the Royal Literary Fund.-Upbringing:...
(1738–1816), ordained minister, theologian and political polemicist, founder in 1788 of the Royal Literary Fund - David Williams (Swansea politician)David Williams (Swansea politician)David Williams was a Welsh Labour Party politician. The second son of David and Mary Williams, his father worked at the local Kilvey Copper Works. Williams received little education before entering service in 1877 as a pageboy for the Genfell family of Kilvey, Swansea, owners of the copper works...
(1865–1941), Labour Member of Parliament for Swansea East, 1922–1940 - David Williams (Merioneth)David Williams (Merioneth)David Williams was a Welsh Liberal Party politician who served for a short time as the Member of Parliament for the Merioneth constituency...
(1799–1869), Member of Parliament for Merioneth, 1868–1870 - David Williams (Australian politician)David Williams (Australian politician)David George Williams is a former Australian politician.Born at Benalla to schoolteacher Ralph Noel Williams and Rita Alice Hawkins, Williams attended school in Geelong before studying at the University of Melbourne, receiving a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Education and then a Diploma...
(born 1941), former Australian politician - D. J. Williams (politician)D. J. Williams (politician)David James Williams was a British miner and checkweighman who became a Labour Party Member of Parliament .-Coal mining career:...
(David James Williams, 1897–1972), British miner and checkweighman who became a Labour Party Member of Parliament
Sportspeople
- David Williams (Australian rules footballer)David Williams (Australian rules footballer)David Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
(born 1961), former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League - David Williams (card game player) (born 1980), American poker and Magic: the Gathering player
- David Williams (footballer)David Williams (footballer)David Williams is an Indigenous Australian professional football player who is currently playing for Hyundai A-League club Melbourne Heart.-Youth career:...
(born 1988), Australian soccer player - David Williams (footballer born 1968)David Williams (footballer born 1968)David Williams is an English former professional association football player who played as a goalkeeper.-References:* at the Post War Players Databaseluke williams the greats father....
, English former professional association football player who played as a goalkeeper - David Williams (Welsh footballer)David Williams (Welsh footballer)David Michael Williams is a former professional footballer and football coach. He was a full Welsh international.Williams was a midfield player who began his career with Bristol Rovers, for whom he played between 1975 and 1985...
(born 1955), former footballer and football coach - David Williams (rugby league)David Williams (rugby league)David Williams is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles of the National Rugby League. He plays on the wing and can also play in the centres...
(born 1986), Australian rugby league player - David Tiger WilliamsTiger WilliamsDavid James "Tiger" Williams is a former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1974–75 to 1987–88. He is the NHL's career leader in penalty minutes.-NHL career:...
(born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player - David Williams (ice hockey)David Williams (ice hockey)David Andrew Williams is an American former ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim...
(born 1967), American ice hockey player - David Williams (offensive lineman)David Williams (offensive lineman)David Wayne Williams is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for nine years during the 1980s and 1990s...
(born 1966), American football offensive lineman - D. J. Williams (tight end)D. J. Williams (tight end)-External links:***...
(born 1988), player of American football from Arkansas - David Williams (wide receiver)David Williams (wide receiver)David Williams is a former American football wide receiver. Williams was named consensus All-American twice at the University of Illinois, and is an inducted member of the College Football Hall of Fame....
(born 1963), record-setting American football player at the University of Illinois - David Williams (cricketer)David Williams (cricketer)David Williams is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 11 Tests and 36 ODIs from 1988 to 1998.A diminutive man, at 5 foot 4, Williams struggled to grab Jeff Dujon's place in the international side not least because of his inability to contribute the weight of runs Dujon managed...
(born 1963), West Indian cricketer - David Williams (rugby)David Williams (rugby)David M. Williams was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Williams, a hooker, was born in Toowoomba, Queensland and claimed a total of 4 international rugby caps for Australia.-References:...
, rugby union player who represented Australia
Others
- Dafydd WilliamsDafydd WilliamsDafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams is a Canadian physician and a retired CSA astronaut. He had two spaceflights, both of which were Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research...
(born 1954), Canadian astronaut - David A. WilliamsDavid A. WilliamsDavid A. Williams is the president and chief executive officer of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He was appointed to this position in 2005.-Education:...
, President and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation - David B. WilliamsDavid B. WilliamsDavid B. Williams is a noted Canadian Ojibway aboriginal artist.Originally from Garden River First Nation just outside Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, David resided much of his adult life in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Winnipeg, Manitoba. David B...
(died 2009), Ojibway aboriginal painter and printmaker from Canada - David L. Williams (film director)David L. Williams (film director)is a dual national British and American film director, writer and producer living in London. An active film campaigner in Rwanda and Liberia his commercial work with UK production house has led to collaborations with many of the UK's leading comedians including Dom Joly, Russell Brand, and...
, British filmmaker - David Marshall Williams (1900–1975), inventor
- David Russell Williams, a Canadian Forces pilot and former base commander
- David W. WilliamsDavid W. WilliamsDavid W. Williams was an American attorney and judge, the first African American federal judge west of the Mississippi. He is best known for his work in the abolition of restrictive covenants and for overseeing 4,000 criminal cases that stemmed from the 1965 Watts riots.-Early life and...
(1910–2000), American federal judge - David Vernon Williams (academic), New Zealand professor of law
- David Williams (crime writer)David Williams (crime writer)David Williams was an advertising executive who became a crime writer after suffering a stroke.Williams was born in Bridgend in Wales and studied at the Hereford Cathedral School and St John's College, Oxford, where he read modern history...
(1926–2003), (Stuart David Williams) advertising executive and crime writer - David Williams (geologist)David Williams (geologist)David Williams was an English geologist and clergyman, who published extensively on the geology of the west of England as well as serving a parish in Somerset.-Life:...
(1792–1850), English geologist and priest - David Williams (historian)David Williams (historian)David Williams was a Welsh historian.From 1945 until his retirement in 1967, Williams was Professor of Welsh History in the University of Wales. He is best known for his classic History of Modern Wales.-References:...
(1900–1978), Welsh historian - David Williams (industrialist)David Williams (industrialist)David J. Williams is the Chief Executive and founder of Avanti Communications Group plc, the United Kingdom's only Fixed and Broadcast Satellite Operator, listed on the London Stock Exchange....
(born 1969), British entrepreneur and founder of Avanti Communications Group plc - David Williams (journalist)David Williams (journalist)David Williams was a journalist with The West Australian in Perth, Western Australia. He also worked on the now defunct The Western Mail newspaper....
, Australian author and journalist - David Williams (mathematician)David Williams (mathematician)David Williams is a Welsh mathematician who works in probability theory.He was educated at Gowerton Grammar School, winning a mathematics scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford, and went on to obtain a DPhil under the supervision of D. G. Kendall and G. E. H...
, probabilist - David Williams (Methodist minister)David Williams (Methodist minister)David Williams was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister and theological tutor.-Life:Williams was born on 4 May 1877 at Holyhead, Anglesey, north Wales. He was educated in Holyhead and in Beaumaris before moving to Oswestry where he was taught by Owen Owen...
(1877–1927), Welsh theologian and minister - David Williams (academic)David Williams (academic)Rev. David Williams was Master of Winchester College, Warden of New College, Oxford , and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University ....
(1786–1860), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1856–1858 - David Williams (philosopher)David Williams (philosopher)David Williams , was a Welsh philosopher of the Enlightenment period. He was an ordained minister, theologian and political polemicist, and was the founder in 1788 of the Royal Literary Fund.-Upbringing:...
(1738–1816), deist philosopher of the Enlightenment - David Williams (producer)David Williams (producer)David L. Williams, sometimes referred to by his initials, DLW, is an American producer and ADR director that has been with ADV Films from the beginning when his living room was used as a production facility for their first show, Devil Hunter Yohko...
, director and producer for ADV Films - David Williams (screenwriter)David Williams (screenwriter)David Williams is a British television screenwriter.He co-wrote four episodes of the Supermarionation television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons in the 1960s, forming a writing duo with Peter Curran: "White as Snow", "Point 783", "Seek and Destroy" and "The Launching".-External links:...
, British television screenwriter - David Williams (space administrator)David Williams (space administrator)David Frederick Williams , is the Director General of the British National Space Centre.-Early life:He went to the Hutton Grammar School on Liverpool Road in Hutton, Preston, Lancashire. From the University of Reading he gained a BSc in 1974 and a PhD in 1978.-Career:He worked for the NERC from...
(born 1951), Director General of the British National Space Centre - David Williams (soldier)David Williams (soldier)David Williams was a militiaman from the state of New York during the American Revolution. In 1780, he participated in the capture of Major John André.Williams should not be confused with, and is not related to, David Williams of Massachusetts, a participant in the Boston Tea...
(1754–1831), one of the captors of British spy John Andre in the American Revolutionary War - David Glyndwr Tudor WilliamsDavid Glyndwr Tudor WilliamsSir David Glyndwr Tudor Williams, QC, DL , was a Barrister and the first full-time Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1989–1996....
(1930–2009), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1989–1996 - David Williams (UK journalist), British journalist, columnist for the Daily MailDaily MailThe Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
- David Williams (Royal Navy officer)David Williams (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir David Williams GCB was a senior officer in the British Royal Navy.-Naval career:Williams was appointed Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1974; he was then Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command from 1976 to 1979 when he retired.Between 1980 and 1982 he was Chairman of the...
(born 1921), British Royal Navy admiral, Second Sea Lord, 1974–1977 - David C. WilliamsDavid C. WilliamsDavid C. Williams is an American film composer. He graduated from Southwest Missouri State University, later taking classes with Academy Award winning composer John Corigliano. Williams is known for his work on films such as Supernova, Phantoms and The Prophecy, the latter using the theme he...
, American film composer - David G. WilliamsDavid G. WilliamsDavid G. Williams is a comic book illustrator, painter and sculptor, living in Adelaide, South Australia.Williams' latest work can be seen in In Flesh and Spirit, a comic written by Baron Misuraca and published by Overtone Comics....
(born 1974), comic book illustrator, painter and sculptor - David J. WilliamsDavid J. WilliamsDavid J. Williams is an Anglo-American science fiction writer and video game writer. His debut novel, The Mirrored Heavens, was described as "Tom Clancy interfacing Bruce Sterling" by Stephen Baxter, and is part of the Autumn Rain Trilogy, with a sequel entitled The Burning Skies released in June...
(born 1971), Anglo-American science fiction writer and video game writer - David John Williams (1885–1970), Welsh-language writer and Welsh nationalist
- David M. WilliamsDavid M. WilliamsDavid M. Williams is a Canadian businessman. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board....
, Canadian businessman - David Rhys WilliamsDavid Rhys Williams- External links :* http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/unitarians/williams_dr.html* http://www.peacehost.net/UncleFrank/DrWilliams.htm...
(1890–1970), American Unitarian minister - David Williams (1709–1784), Independent minister and schoolmaster
- David Williams (bishop)David Williams (bishop)David Williams was the Anglican Bishop of Huron and later Metropolitan of Ontario in the 20th century.Born in 1853 and educated at St David’s College, Lampeter, he was ordained in 1885. His first post was a Curate at Blaenau Ffestiniog. In 1887 he became a professor at Huron Theological College....
(1853–1931), Anglican Bishop of Huron and later Metropolitan of Ontario in the 20th century - David Gwyn WilliamsDavid Gwyn WilliamsProfessor David Gwyn Williams, usually known simply as Gwyn Williams was a Welsh poet, novelist, translator and academic.He was born in Port Talbot and educated at the University College of Wales and Jesus College, Oxford. As an academic he taught at Cairo, Alexandria, Benghazi, and Istanbul,...
, Welsh poet, novelist, translator and academic - David Williams, the head of Shock RecordsShock RecordsShock Records is Australia's largest independent record label. It helps distribute records from overseas records labels such as Epitaph Records, and also for small record labels designed specifically for that band such as Cement Records...
See also
- Dave Williams (disambiguation)
- Davey Williams (disambiguation)Davey Williams (disambiguation)Davey Williams may refer to:*Davey Williams, All-Star MLB player*Davey Williams , American football player*Davey Williams , musician-See also:*Dave Williams *David Williams...
- David WalliamsDavid WalliamsDavid Edward Walliams is an English comedian, writer and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show Little Britain and its predecessor Rock Profile...
(born 1971), born David Williams, British comedian - David WilliamDavid WilliamDavid William was a British/Canadian actor and director.He was born Bryan David Williams in London, the only child of Eric Williams and Olwen Roose, his wife. His family were London-based wine merchants. He was educated at Bryanston School and University College, Oxford...
(1926–2010), British/Canadian actor and director