David Brooks may refer to:
- David Brooks (actor) (1917–1999), American actor and stage director and producer
- David Brooks (author) (born 1953), Australian author of short stories and co-editor for Southerly
- David Brooks (inventor), inventor who patented an innovative insulator for telegraph lines in 1867 while working for the Central Pacific Railroad
- David Brooks (journalist) (born 1961), commentator for The New York Times and other publications
- David Brooks (murderer) (born 1955), teenaged accomplice of serial killer Dean Corll
- David Brooks (politician) (1756–1838), United States representative in the Fifth United States Congress
- David Brooks (rugby league) (born 1962), Australian rugby league footballer
- David Brooks (rugby union) (1924–2002), British rugby union footballer
- David Allen Brooks (born 1947), American film and television actor
- David H. M. Brooks (1950–1996), South African philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Cape Town
- D. W. Brooks (1901–1999), American farmer and businessman
- Bubba Brooks (David Kenneth Brooks, Jr., 1922–2002), American jazz musician
- Mavado (singer) (David Constantine Brooks, born 1981), Jamaican dancehall artist
Famous quotes containing the words david and/or brooks:
“This people must cease to hold slaves, and to make war on Mexico, though it cost them their existence as a people.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“For I am rightful fellow of their band.
My best allegiances are to the dead.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)