Famous People with Name David

David Michael Pesetsky            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Michael Pesetsky: Ferrari P. Ward Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics at MIT. He has published numerous articles and books within the framework of transformational grammar.

David Salo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Salo: a linguist who worked on the languages of J. R. R. Tolkien for the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, expanding the Elvish languages (particularly Sindarin) by building on vocabulary already known from published works, and defining some languages that previously had a very small published vocabulary. He is a graduate student in linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[1] His primary professional interest is Tocharian, an extinct Indo-European language spoken in the Tarim Basin and Turfan Depression during the Middle Ages.[1][2]

David McWilliams Ludlum            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David McWilliams Ludlum: was an American historian, meteorologist, entrepreneur and author. [1]

David Carroll            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Carroll: a U.S. physicist and nanotechnologist, Fellow of the Society of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and director of the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University. He has contributed to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology through his work in nanoengineered cancer therapeutics, nanocomposite-based display and lighting technologies, and high efficiency nanocomposite photovoltaics.Carroll's research contributions have been in the areas of: Growth and assembly of novel nanostructures, Optics of nanostructures and Nano-photonics, Quantum-functional properties of nanophase blends, Organic material nanocomposite devices and technologies including organic photovoltaics, lighting systems, and IR sensors, Biomedical-nanotechnology including smart therapeutics, hyperthermia approaches to Cancer, advanced/responsive tissue scaffolding technology, and biological-technology signal transduction.

David Mathias Dennison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Mathias Dennison: was an American physicist who made contributions to quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, and the physics of molecular structure.In 1927, upon Dennison’s return from Europe, he started his life-long career at the University of Michigan until 1976.[11] Otto Laporte had arrived at Michigan in 1926, and George Uhlenbeck and Samuel Goudsmit arrived in 1927. These four men were a team in developing theoretical physics, including quantum mechanics, for many years. They had been brought there by the chairman of the physics department, Harrison McAllister Randall, to build the theoretical capabilities of the department.[12] [13]

James Paul David "Jim" Bunning            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Paul David "Jim" Bunning: g (born on October 23, 1931) is an American politician who was a Hall of Fame pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1971.

Kornél Dávid            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kornél Dávid: is a Hungarian professional basketball player. He was the first and only Hungarian to play in the NBA. He has played for four teams between 1998 and 2001.

Thayer David            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thayer David: was a film and television actor. Born David Thayer Hersey, he was best known for his work on the cult ABC serial Dark Shadows which aired from 1966-1971 and the movie Rocky in 1976. His most memorable film role was as Count Arne Saknussem in the film Journey to the Center of the Earth. He also played Dragon in The Eiger Sanction in 1975 with Clint Eastwood.

Charlie David            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charlie David: is a Canadian actor, perhaps best known as one of the stars of the LGBT horror series Dante's Cove. He has also worked as a producer, writer, and TV host. He was honoured by Out Magazine as one of the "Out 100" for Remarkable Contributions to Gay Culture in 2005. He is co-owner of Border2Border Entertainment.He then moved on to co-found the boy band group 4Now, which performed around Canada and the United States and opened for acts including Destiny's Child, Black Eyed Peas and P!nk. The band released two recordings and is currently on hiatus. 4Now was noted to be different from most boy bands of the period because they played their own instruments; Charlie played piano.

Lawrence Gene (Larry) David            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Gene (Larry) David: an American Emmy-winning actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director. Formerly a stand up comedian, David went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays, as well as writing briefly for Saturday Night Live. David is one of the most respected and successful comedians of his time. He was voted by other comedians as the 23rd greatest comedian of all time in the British Channel 4 The Comedians' Comedian poll.