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:

    What have I to do with plows? I cut another furrow than you see.
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    You overfed the boy, Ma’am. You raised an artificial spirit in the lad, unbecoming to his station on life. This would never have happened if you kept him on gruel.
    —Vernon Harris (c. 1910)