David Maxwell may refer to:
- David Maxwell (academic) (born 1944), president of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa
- David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir (1900–1967), British Conservative politician, lawyer and judge
- David Maxwell (rower) (born 1951), British rower
- David Farrow Maxwell (1900–1985), president of the American Bar Association
- David Maxwell (journalist) (born 1983), BBC journalist
Famous quotes containing the words david and/or maxwell:
“Low-anchored cloud,
Newfoundland air,
Fountain-head and source of rivers,
Dew-cloth, dream drapery,
And napkin spread by fays;”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Hey, Steve, can a woman go nuts from gettin’ sawed in half too many times?”
—Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane (1905–1983)