David Harris

David Harris may refer to:

In politics and government:

  • David B. Harris, former Canadian Security Intelligence Service planner and terrorism consultant
  • David Harris (advocate), the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee
  • David A. Harris, the President and CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council
  • David Harris (Australian politician)
  • David Harris (politician) (born 1937), British Conservative MP
  • David Harris (MP for Bristol) (died 1582), MP for Bristol (UK Parliament constituency)

In entertainment:

  • David Harris (actor) (born 1959), American actor
  • David Ryan Harris, American singer-songwriter

In academics and literature:

  • David Harris (protester) (born 1946), American author, journalist and anti-war activist (noted draft resister during Vietnam War), married folk singer Joan Baez
  • David R. Harris (born 1930), British academic geographer, anthropologist and archaeologist, former head of the Institute of Archaeology at University College London
  • David W. Harris (1948–1994), known as David UU, Canadian experimental poet

In sports:

  • David Harris (American football) (born 1984), American linebacker who plays for the New York Jets
  • David Harris (footballer) (born 1953), English football player
  • David Harris (cricketer) (1755–1803), English cricketer
  • David Harris (rugby) (David "Dai" Harris), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1900s for Treherbert (RU), Other Nationalities (RL), and Wigan
  • David Harris, rugby league player for Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Other persons:

  • David Harris (rabbi) (born 1940s), American rabbi
  • David Harris (software developer) (born 1961), New Zealand software developer
  • David Ray Harris, American criminal and murderer, featured in The Thin Blue Line
  • David Harris, ORG board member
  • David Lynn Harris, who was murdered by his wife
  • David Harris (mason), Iowa stonemason in 1800s, born in Wales

Famous quotes containing the words david and/or harris:

    Yes, though you may think me perverse, if it were proposed to me to dwell in the neighborhood of the most beautiful garden that ever human art contrived, or else of a Dismal Swamp, I should certainly decide for the swamp.
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Please, sir. I want some more.
    —Vernon Harris (c. 1910)