David Baker

David Baker may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• David Baker (composer) (1931–2016), American symphonic jazz composer
• David Baker (singer), former lead singer for Mercury Rev
• David Baker (poet) (born 1954), American poet
• David Erskine Baker (1730–1767), English drama critic
• David Aaron Baker (born 1963), American actor and audiobook narrator
• David Baker (born 1931), Australian film director and writer of Libido
• David James Baker, American Filmmaker, writer and producer of In Their Own Words - A Return to Vietnam (2004), Skyhorse Films Producer/Director, Portraits of the Southwest KRWG-PBS, and Road Closed, Radium Springs, NM (2008), Author of Prayers of an Old Dad - Meditations on the Verge of Hope (Amazon), Disney, UCLA, Western New Mexico University, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, B.A. University of Denver (1991), M.A. New Mexico Highlands University, M.F.A. New Mexico State University.

Law and politics

• David Gordon Baker (1884–1958), justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
• David J. Baker (1792–1869), US Senator from Illinois
• David Hume Baker (1841–1916), state legislator in Kentucky and then Florida
• David J. Baker Jr. (1834–1899), American judge, son of David J. Baker
• David L. Baker, justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
• David Martin Baker (1923–2010), Republican member of West Virginia State House of Delegates
• Dave Baker (Minnesota politician) (born 1962), Minnesota politician
• David Baker (activist), American activist and founder of Community Against Pollution
• Dave Baker (Kansas politician) (born 1955), member of the Kansas House of Representatives

Religion

• Augustine Baker (1575–1641), English Benedictine mystic, born David Baker
• David Bristow Baker (1803–1852), English religious writer

Science

• David Baker (biochemist) (born 1962), American biochemist and 2024 Nobel Laureate
• David H. Baker (animal nutritionist) (1939–2009), American animal nutritionist
• David Baker, aerospace engineer, co-author of the Mars Direct proposal
• David Baker-Gabb, ornithologist
• David Baker (author) (born 1944), British space scientist and author

Sports

• Dave Baker (American football) (1937–2002), American football player
• Dave Baker (baseball) (born 1956), baseball player
• David Baker (cricketer, born 1935) (1935–2021), English cricketer
• David Baker (cricketer, born 1945), English cricketer
• David Baker (cyclist) (born 1965), British Olympic mountainbike racer
• David Baker (track cyclist) (born 1965), English Commonwealth Games cyclist
• Paul Baker (footballer) (David Paul Baker, born 1963), English professional footballer
• C. David Baker (born 1953), former President & CEO of the Pro Football Hall of Fame; former commissioner of the Arena Football League

Other

• David Baker (architect) (born 1949), American architect
• David Baker (academic and musician) (born 1952), British academic librarian and organist
• David William Baker (born 1959), British businessman
• David Baker (detective), introductory use of DNA profiling
• David ODB Baker (born 1972), American professional poker player
• David Bakes Baker (born 1986), American professional poker player