David Young

• David Young (poet) (1936–2025), American poet, translator, editor, literary critic and professor • David Young (Canadian playwright) (born 1946), Canadian playwright and novelist • David Young (novelist) (born 1958), British novelist • David Young (judge), daytime court television show judge in Miami • Judge David Young, daytime court television show • David Young (TV producer), British game show producer • David Young (Neighbours), fictional character on Australian soap opera Neighbours • David Young, founding editor of the ''Farmers' Almanac'', 1818 • David Young, writer and actor for CollegeHumor web site ==Music==

• David Young (saxophonist) (1912–1992), American jazz tenor saxophonist • Dave Young (bassist) (born 1940), Canadian jazz double bassist • David Young (guitarist) (1949–2022), English musician, record producer and sound engineer • Dave Young (musician, born 1982), Canadian rock musician • David Young (recorder musician) (active from 1990), American recorder musician • David Young (composer) (1957–2024), American video game music composer == Politics==

• David Young (Labour politician) (1930–2003), British Labour Party MP, 1974–1997 • David Young, Baron Young of Graffham (1932–2022), British politician and Cabinet minister from the 1980s • David Young (Ontario politician) (born 1957), Canadian politician in Ontario • David Young (Watergate) (1936–2025), member of a covert ops team under U.S. President Richard Nixon • David Young (Iowa politician) (born 1968), former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and current member of the Iowa House of Representatives • David Young (North Carolina politician) (born 1959), businessman and chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party • Dave Young (Colorado politician), Colorado state treasurer • David Young III (1905–1977), American politician in New Jersey • David Young (Louisiana politician) (1836–1907), state senator • David Young (diplomat), American diplomat ==Sports==

Football and rugby • David Young (footballer, born 1945) (1945–2026), English footballer for Newcastle, Sunderland, Charlton, and Southend in the 1970s • David Young (Australian footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne and Collingwood • Dave Young (American football) (1959–2023), tight end selected in the 1981 NFL Draft • David Young (footballer, born 1965), English footballer for Darlington in the 1980s • David Young (American football) (born 1979), defensive back selected in the 2003 NFL Draft • Dai Young (born 1967), Welsh rugby union and Rugby league international and British Lion • Dave Young (rugby union) (born 1985), Irish rugby union player • Dave Young (footballer) (born 1962), former Wigan Athletic player Other sports • David Turquand-Young (1904–1984), British modern pentathlete • David Young (American swimmer) (1907–1988), American Olympic swimmer • David Young (Fijian swimmer) (born 2005), Fijian swimmer • David Young (wrestler) (born 1972), American professional wrestler • David Young (cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer • David Young (basketball) (born 1981), drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics • David Young (hurler) (born 1985), Irish sportsperson • David Young (rower), English rower • David Young (discus thrower) (c. 1914–1983), Scottish athlete ==Other==

• David Young (bishop) (1931–2008), British Anglican bishop; Bishop of Ripon • David Young (cleric) (1844–1913), Welsh Wesleyan minister and historian • 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 • David Young (bomber), former policeman who took hostages at an elementary school in Cokeville, Wyoming, 1986