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:
“It is a sort of ranger service. Arnold’s expedition is a daily experience with these settlers. They can prove that they were out at almost any time; and I think that all the first generation of them deserve a pension more than any that went to the Mexican war.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Beware the/easy griefs, that fool and fuel nothing./It is too easy to cry “AFRIKA!”/and shock thy street,/and purse thy mouth,/and go home to thy “Gunsmoke,” to/thy “Gilligan’s Island” and the NFL.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)