David Anderson may refer to:
- David Anderson (British Columbia politician) (born 1937), Canadian Liberal politician and former cabinet member
- David Anderson (bishop) (1814–1885), English Anglican bishop
- David Anderson (British Army officer) (1821–1909), general and Governor of Sandhurst
- David Anderson (Mass Effect), fictional character from Mass Effect: Revelation by Drew Karpyshyn
- David Anderson (Australian politician) (1865–1936), New South Wales politician
- David Anderson (Manx politician) (born 1954), current Minister of Transport and former Education Minister of the Isle of Man
- David Anderson (Saskatchewan politician) (born 1957), Canadian Conservative politician
- David Anderson (British politician) (born 1953), British Labour politician
- David Anderson (judge) QC (1916–1995), Scottish advocate and politician
- David G. Anderson (born 1949), US archaeologist
- David J. Anderson (born 1956), American neuroscientist
- David J. Anderson, developer of the Kanban method
- Billy Wilson (outlaw) (real name David Anderson, 1862–1918), American outlaw also known as Buffalo Billy
- David Murray Anderson (1874–1936), sometime Governor of Newfoundland and New South Wales
- David P. Anderson (born 1955), scientist at University of California, Berkeley, director of SETI@home and BOINC
- David W. Anderson, entrepreneur and founder of Famous Dave's restaurants and former head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education
- Dave Anderson (actor), Scottish actor, playwright and musician
- David Anderson (American football) (born 1983), American football wide receiver
- David Anderson (engineer) (1880–1953), Scottish civil engineer and lawyer
- David Anderson (rower) (born 1932), Australian Olympic rower
- David Anderson (boxer), British Olympic boxer, see Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- David Anderson (animator) (born 1952), director of animated films
- David V. Anderson (1899–1979), Vermont politician
- David Anderson (athlete) (born 1965), Australian former high jumper
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