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First name David
October 23, 2026

David Corenswet

American actor (born 1993)

Top 500 #311 Initials DC #1 Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

Top 500 #348 Initials DB #1 The Prestige

David Attenborough

British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

Top 500 #485 Initials DA #3

David Boreanaz

American actor

Initials DB #4

David Harbour

American actor (born 1975)

Initials DH #3 Thunderbolts

David Lynch

American filmmaker (1946–2025)

Initials DL #6 Lost Highway

David Walliams

English actor | comedian and writer

Initials DW #6

David Fincher

American film director (born 1962)

Initials DF #3

David Mitchell

British actor | comedian and writer

Initials DM #4

#10

David Beckham

English footballer (born 1975)

Initials DB #5

#11

David Kaczynski

brother of convicted serial bomber Ted Kaczynski

Initials DK #4

#12

David Ellison

American film producer (born 1983)

Initials DE #4

#13

David Carradine

American actor (1936–2009)

Initials DC #7 Kill Bill Volume 1

#14

David Berkowitz

American serial killer

Initials DB #7

#15

David Tennant

Scottish actor (born 1971)

Initials DT #3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

#16

David Foster

Canadian musician | record producer | songwriter

Initials DF #5

#17

David Schwimmer

American actor (born 1966)

Initials DS #11

#18

David Arquette

American actor | director and professional wrestler

Initials DA #8 Scream

#19

David Raya

Spanish association football player

Initials DR #14

#20

David Angell

American screenwriter and television producer (1946-2001)

Initials DA #9

#21

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

Initials DD #13

#22

David Benavidez

American boxer

Initials DB #9

#23

David Krumholtz

American actor

Initials DK #6 Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

#24

David Byrne

Scottish-American musician (born 1952)

Initials DB #10

#25

David Jolly

American lobbyist and politician

Initials DJ #7

#26

David Gilmour

English musician | member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

Initials DG #5

#27

David Dastmalchian

American actor

Initials DD #14 Oppenheimer

#28

David Goggins

American ultramarathon runner and writer (born 1975)

Initials DG #6

#29

David Foster Wallace

American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)

Initials DW #12 Infinite Jest

#30

David Thewlis

British actor

Initials DT #4 Kingdom of Heaven

#31

David Bale

English businessperson (1941–2003)

Initials DB #11

#32

David Cassidy

American actor and singer (1950–2017)

Initials DC #14

#33

David Ayer

American filmmaker

Initials DA #13 Training Day

#34

David Cronenberg

Canadian filmmaker (born 1943)

Initials DC #15 Ready or Not 2: Here I Come

#35

David Parker Ray

American kidnapper | rapist | and suspected serial killer (1939–2002)

Initials DR #17

#36

David Montgomery

American football player (born 1997)

Initials DM #17

#37

David Reimer

Canadian boy raised as girl following botched surgery (1965–2004)

Initials DR #19

#38

David Jonsson

British actor

Initials DJ #10 The Long Walk

#39

David Hasselhoff

American actor | singer | producer | and businessman (born 1952)

Initials DH #18

#40

David McCallum

Scottish actor (1933–2023)

Initials DM #18

#41

David Heinemeier Hansson

programmer | racing driver | creator of Ruby on Rails

Initials DH #19

#42

David Strathairn

American actor (born 1949)

Initials DS #19 The Firm

#43

David Spade

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1964)

Initials DS #21

#44

David Alaba

Austrian footballer (born 1992)

Initials DA #14

#45

David Cross

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1964)

Initials DC #20 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

#46

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

Initials DC #21

#47

David E. Kelley

American television producer | writer and attorney

Initials DK #10

#48

David Lee Roth

American singer

Initials DR #22

#49

David Rockefeller

American banker and philanthropist (1915–2017)

Initials DR #23

#50

David Robert Mitchell

American director and writer

Initials DM #28

#51

David Letterman

American comedian and television host

Initials DL #16

#52

David Suchet

English actor

Initials DS #26

#53

David Benioff

American writer and producer (born 1970)

Initials DB #15

#54

David Crosby

American singer | guitarist and songwriter (1941–2023)

Initials DC #27

#55

David Koresh

American religious sect leader of Branch Davidians (1959-1993)

Initials DK #12

#56

David Niven

British actor and novelist (1910–1983)

Initials DN #5

#57

David Miliband

British politician (born 1965)

Initials DM #33

#58

David Olusoga

British historian and television presenter

Initials DO #6

#59

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

Initials DS #30

#60

David de Gea

Spanish association football player

Initials DG #9

#61

David Blough

American football player and coach (born 1995)

Initials DB #20

#62

David Ben-Gurion

Israeli politician | Zionist leader | prime minister of Israel (1948–1953 | 1955–1963) - (born1886–1973)

Initials DB #21

#63

David Morrissey

English actor

Initials DM #35

#64

David Baszucki

Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation

Initials DB #22

#65

David Guetta

French DJ and electronic music producer (born 1967)

Initials DG #10

#66

David Oyelowo

British actor

Initials DO #8 Interstellar

#67

David Hyde Pierce

American actor and director

Initials DP #14

#68

David Duke

American white nationalist and politician

Initials DD #33

#69

David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon

English furniture designer | chairman of Christie's UK (born 1961); son of Princess Margaret | Countess of Snowdon; nephew of Queen Elizabeth II

Initials DS #36

#70

David Miscavige

leader of the Church of Scientology

Initials DM #38

#71

David Petraeus

U.S. Army general and public official (born 1952)

Initials DP #16

#72

David Jason

English actor (born 1940)

Initials DJ #16

#73

David Geffen

American businessman

Initials DG #13

#74

David Chang

American chef

Initials DC #40

#75

David Chase

American screenwriter | director and producer

Initials DC #42

#76

David Allan Coe

American country musician

Initials DC #45

#77

David Bradley

British actor

Initials DB #32 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

#78

David Eby

Premier of British Columbia since 2022

Initials DE #6

#79

David Copperfield

American illusionist

Initials DC #46

#80

David Muir

American broadcast journalist (born 1973)

Initials DM #48

#81

David Haig

British actor

Initials DH #33 Pressure

#82

David Coverdale

English rock singer

Initials DC #49

#83

David Soul

American-British actor (1943–2024)

Initials DS #41

#84

David Rubenstein

American businessman (born 1949)

Initials DR #35

#85

David Hume

Scottish philosopher | economist | and historian (1711-1776)

Initials DH #36

#86

David Stirling

World War II British Army officer | and the founder of the Special Air Service (1915-1990)

Initials DS #44

#87

David Essex

actor | Singer | Song Writer

Initials DE #8

#88

David Hornsby

American actor

Initials DH #37

#89

David Denman

American actor

Initials DD #50 Rebel Ridge

#90

David Sedaris

American author (born 1956)

Initials DS #46

#91

David Caruso

American actor

Initials DC #53 First Blood

#92

David Morales

American politician

Initials DM #55

#93

David O. Russell

American film director | screenwriter and producer

Initials DR #40

#94

David Lloyd George

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922

Initials DG #16

#95

David Bromstad

American designer and television personality

Initials DB #44

#96

David Warner

British actor (1941–2022)

Initials DW #32 Titanic

#97

David Moyes

Scottish association football manager

Initials DM #59

#98

David Wenham

Australian actor (born 1965)

Initials DW #33 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

#99

David Threlfall

English stage | film and television actor and director (born 1953)

Initials DT #18 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

#100

David Livingstone

Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)

Initials DL #31

#101

David Harewood

British actor

Initials DH #41

#102

David Thornton

American actor

Initials DT #19 The Notebook

#103

David Silva

Spanish association football player

Initials DS #53

#104

David Ruffin

American singer (1941–1991)

Initials DR #42

#105

David Furnish

Canadian filmmaker

Initials DF #27

#106

David Charvet

French singer | actor | model and television personality

Initials DC #57

#107

David Mamet

American playwright | filmmaker and author (born 1947)

Initials DM #63 Marty Supreme Glengarry Glen Ross

#108

David Hemmings

English actor and director (1941–2003)

Initials DH #44 Gladiator

#109

David Lyons

Australian actor

Initials DL #34

#110

David Hockney

English painter and printmaker (1937–2026)

Initials DH #45

#111

David Draiman

American singer

Initials DD #58

#112

David Henrie

American actor

Initials DH #46

#113

David Irving

British author and Holocaust denier (born 1938)

Initials DI #6

#114

David Crowley

American politician | Milwaukee County Executive

Initials DC #60

#115

David Barksdale

American gang member

Initials DB #52

#116

David Villa

Spanish footballer

Initials DV #9

#117

David Lean

British film director (1908–1991)

Initials DL #37 Lawrence of Arabia

#118

David Packouz

American former arms dealer

Initials DP #27

#119

David Archuleta

American singer-songwriter

Initials DA #29

#120

David Giuntoli

American actor

Initials DG #23

#121

David Carr

American football player | quarterback

Initials DC #68 Green Street

#122

David Patrick Kelly

American actor and musician

Initials DK #23 John Wick

#123

David Ortiz

Dominican-American professional baseball player (born 1975)

Initials DO #14

#124

David Icke

English conspiracy theorist (born 1952)

Initials DI #8

#125

David Kenyon Webster

American journalist

Initials DW #47

#126

David Zayas

Puerto Rican actor

Initials DZ #4 The Running Man

#127

David Tepper

American businessman

Initials DT #24

#128

David Martínez (fighter)

Mexican mixed martial artist

#129

David Alan Grier

American actor and comedian

Initials DG #25 Jumanji

#130

David Koechner

American actor and comedian

Initials DK #25

#131

David Proval

American actor

Initials DP #33 The Shawshank Redemption

#132

David Von Erich

American professional wrestler (1958–1984)

Initials DE #12

#133

David Hahn

United States marine (1976-2016)

Initials DH #59

#134

David Coulthard

British racing driver

Initials DC #71

#135

David Oakes

English actor (born 1983)

Initials DO #16

#136

David Luiz

Brazilian association football player

Initials DL #43

#137

David Costabile

American actor

Initials DC #72

#138

David Ladd

American producer and former actor

Initials DL #45

#139

David Lee

American basketball player (born 1983)

Initials DL #47

#140

David Justice

American professional baseball player | outfielder

Initials DJ #27

#141

David Dinkins

106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1994

Initials DD #82

#142

David Hedison

American actor (1927-2019)

Initials DH #60 Licence to Kill

#143

David Simon

American author | journalist | and television writer and producer

Initials DS #74

#144

David Faustino

American actor and rap artist

Initials DF #37

#145

David Silveria

American drummer

Initials DS #76

#146

David Frost

British television host | journalist | comedian and writer (1939–2013)

Initials DF #39

#147

David Blaine

American illusionist and extreme performer

Initials DB #63

#148

David Burke

English actor

Initials DB #64

#149

David Baddiel

British comedian

Initials DB #65

#150

David Burtka

American actor and professional chef

Initials DB #66

#151

David Brooks

American journalist | commentator and editor

Initials DB #68

#152

David James Elliott

Canadian actor

Initials DE #15

#153

David Graeber

American anthropologist and anarchist (1961-2020)

Initials DG #32 The Dawn of Everything

#154

David Knopfler

English singer-songwriter | guitarist | pianist and co-founder of the rock band | Dire Straits.

Initials DK #35

#155

David Perdue

American politician | businessman | and diplomat (born 1949)

Initials DP #43

#156

David Sutcliffe

Canadian actor

Initials DS #83

#157

David Yates

English filmmaker (born 1963)

Initials DY #10

#158

David O'Hara

Scottish actor

Initials DO #19 The Departed

#159

David Johansen

American singer (1950–2025)

Initials DJ #29

#160

David Boies

American lawyer and chairman

Initials DB #72

#161

David Alan Basche

American actor

Initials DB #74 War of the Worlds

#162

David Eigenberg

American actor

Initials DE #17

#163

David Dhawan

Indian film director (born 1951)

Initials DD #94

#164

David Gest

American producer and entertainer

Initials DG #35

#165

David Eisenhower

American writer | namesake of Camp David

Initials DE #18

#166

David Hayter

Canadian-American actor

Initials DH #66 X-Men

#167

David Berman

American musician | singer | poet and cartoonist

Initials DB #76

#168

David Stringbean Akeman

Banjo player

Initials DA #43

#169

David Hilbert

German mathematician

Initials DH #69

#170

David Gyasi

British actor

Initials DG #41 Interstellar

#171

David Hunt

British actor

Initials DH #71

#172

David Rysdahl

American actor

Initials DR #63 Oppenheimer

#173

David Pocock

Australian rugby union player and politician

Initials DP #47

#174

David Affengruber

Austrian footballer

Initials DA #45

#175

David Njoku

American football player (born 1996)

Initials DN #16

#176

David Dickinson

English antiques expert | television presenter and entrepreneur

Initials DD #100

#177

David H. Koch

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

Initials DK #43

#178

David Seaman

English footballer and manager (born 1963)

Initials DS #96

#179

David Gates

American musician

Initials DG #45

#180

David Koepp

American screenwriter and director (1963-)

Initials DK #44 The Lost World: Jurassic Park

#181

David James

English association football player

Initials DJ #35

#182

David Dencik

Danish-Swedish actor

Initials DD #104 Clayface

#183

David A. Siegel

American entrepreneur

Initials DS #99

#184

David Friedberg

American businessman

Initials DF #49

#185

David Paich

American musician

Initials DP #50

#186

David Choe

American street artist and painter

Initials DC #93

#187

David Lammy

British politician (born 1972)

Initials DL #62

#188

David Prowse

English bodybuilder | weightlifter | and actor (1935–2020)

Initials DP #52 A Clockwork Orange

#189

David Zaslav

President and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery

Initials DZ #8

#190

David Gallagher

American actor

Initials DG #46

#191

David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland

British peer and landowner (born 1959)

Initials DR #68

#192

David Wilcock

American religious writer (1973-2026)

Initials DW #63

#193

David DeLuise

American actor (1971-)

Initials DD #108

#194

David Howard Thornton

American actor

Initials DT #38 Terrifier

#195

David Dobrik

Slovakian YouTuber

Initials DD #109

#196

David Headley

Pakistani American convicted terrorist

Initials DH #82

#197

David Campbell

Canadian-American arranger | composer and conductor

Initials DC #96

#198

David Paymer

actor | director

Initials DP #56 Ocean's Thirteen

#199

David Ginola

French association football player

Initials DG #47

#200

David Lander

American actor

Initials DL #69 Scary Movie

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First name David
October 23, 2026