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David Johnston (musician), American blues and roots musician •
David Johnston (minister) (1734–1824) Church of Scotland minister of Leith •
Dave Johnston (musician), American banjo player for Yonder Mountain String Band •
Dave Johnston (police officer), head of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command for the Metropolitan Police (United Kingdom) •
David Johnston (newsreader) (born 1941), former Australian newsreader •
David A. Johnston (1949–1980), volcanologist killed in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens •
David Cay Johnston (born 1948), investigative journalist •
David Claypoole Johnston (1799–1865), American cartoonist, printmaker, painter and actor •
David E. Johnston, British classical archaeologist and historian •
David Johnston (admiral) (born 1962), senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy •
David Eric Lothian Johnston (born 1961), Scottish legal expert •
David Johnston (merchant) (1724–1809), American merchant and politician •
David Jhave Johnston, Canadian poet, videographer, and motion graphics artist •
David Johnston (soldier) (1838–1931) American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor ==See also==