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David Cooper (abolitionist) (1725–1795), Quaker anti-slavery pamphleteer •
David Cooper (jurist) (1821–c. 1873). American lawyer and jurist •
David Cooper (psychiatrist) (1931–1986), South African anti-psychiatrist •
David E. Cooper (born 1942), British philosopher •
David Cooper (chaplain) (born 1944), British Army chaplain, Eton master and international shooter •
David Anthony Cooper (1949–2008), English cathedral organist •
David Cooper (immunologist) (1949–2018), Australian immunologist and HIV/AIDS researcher •
Dave Cooper (born 1957), Canadian cartoonist, commercial illustrator and graphic designer •
David J. Cooper (fl. 1970–2010s), professor of accounting •
David Cooper (RAF officer) (fl. 1980s–2010s), British air marshal • David Cooper, half of the singing duo
Otis & Shug ==See also==