This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them!
This time it is all about David!
David Nasmith* founder of City Mission – Glasgow, Scotland (1799)
David Strauss* theologian/writer – Ludwigsburg, Germany (1808)
David Livingstone* medical missionary – Blantyre, Scotland (1813)
David Lloyd George* Welsh politician – Manchester, England (1863)
David Ben-Gurion* politician – Plónsk, Poland, Russian Empire (1886)
David O. Selznick* producer/screenwriter – Pittsburgh, PA USA (1902)
David Niven* actor – Belgravia, London, England (1910)
David Goodall* botanist/ecologist – London, England (1914)
David Rockefeller* banker - New York, NY USA (1915)
David Scott* astronaut/#7Moon1971 – San Antonio, TX USA (1932)
David McCallum* actor – Glasgow, Scotland (1933)
David Carradine* actor – Hollywood, CA USA (1936)
David Ray Griffin* political writer/philosopher – Wilbur, WA USA (1939)
David Warner* actor – Manchester, England (1941)
David Cronenberg* film director/writer/actor – Toronto, ON Canada (1943)
David Soul* actor – Chicago, Illinois USA (1943)
David Lynch* film director – Missoula, MT USA (1946)
David Bowie* singer – Brixton, London, England (1947)
David Letterman* stand-up com./TV-host – Indianapolis, IN USA (1947)
David Helfgott* concert pianist – Melbourne, Australia (1947)
David Strathairn* actor – San Francisco, California USA (1949)
David Poile* hockey GM – Toronto, Ontario CAN (1950)
David Cassidy* singer/guitarist – Manhattan, New York USA (1950)
David Icke* conspiracy theorist/lecturer – Leicester, England (1952)
David Hasselhoff* actor – Baltimore, Maryland USA (1952)
David Allan Stewart* musician/songwriter – Sunderland, England (1952)
David Berkowitz* serial killer – Brooklyn, NY USA (1953)
David Lee Roth* singer/Van Halen – Bloomington, Indiana USA (1954)
David Haig* actor/playwright - Aldershot, Hampshire, England (1955)
David Caruso* actor – Forest Hills, New York USA (1956)
David Copperfield* magician – Metuchen, NJ USA (1956)
David Hatcher Childress* Am. author/rogue archaeologist – France (1957)
David Koresh* religious sect leader – Houston, Texas USA (1959-1993)
David Marciano* actor – Newark, New Jersey USA (1960)
David Miscavige* Scientology leader – Bucks County, PA USA (1960)
David Harewood* actor – Birmingham, England (1965)
David Cameron* politician/PM – Marylebone, London, England (1966)
David Schwimmer* actor – Queens, New York USA (1966)
David Guetta* singer – Paris, France (1967)
David Tennant* actor – Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland (1971)
David Walliams* comedian/talent-show judge – London, England (1971)
David Arquette* actor – Bentonville, Virginia USA (1971)
David Wilcock* scientist/writer – USA (1973)
David Faustino* actor – Los Angeles, CA USA (1974)
David Beckham* football player – Leytonstone, London, England (1975)
David Dastmalchian* actor – Allentown, PA USA (1975)
David Oyelowo* actor/ producer – Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (1976) pic
David F. Sandberg* filmmaker – Jönköping, Sweden (1981)
David Anders* actor – Grants Pass, Oregon USA (1981)
David Rudisha* md runner/OG – Kilgoris, Narok County, Kenya (1988)
David de Gea* football goalie – Madrid, Spain (1990)
David Lambert* actor – Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA (1993)
David Mazouz* actor – Los Angeles, California USA (2001)
Updated 10.7.2023