Dave (given name)

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Dave Given Name
Gender	Male
Related names	David
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Dave

Dave is a given name, a shortened form of the name David. The following people are named Dave:

• Dave (singer), a Dutch singer living in France
• Dave Bailey, a Canadian track and field athlete
• Dave Barry, an American comedian and prolific humor author
• Dave Batista, professional wrestler currently signed to the SmackDown! brand
• Dave Chappelle, American stand-up comedian, satirist and actor.
• Dave Colclough, Welsh professional poker player
• Dave Coulier, an American stand-up comedian and television/voice actor.
• Dave Freeman, a former British film and television writer
• Dave Freeman, a weatherman in Kansas
• Dave Gibbons a British writer and artist of comics
• Dave Gorman, English stand-up comedian, best known for his project Are You Dave Gorman?, which started as a drunken bet
• Dave Grohl, an American rock musician and member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters
• Dave Koz, an American jazz saxophonist
• Dave Lombardo, drummer for heavy metal bands Slayer and Fantômas
• Dave Marshall, guitarist
• Dave Mustaine, singer/guitarist/founder of American heavy metal band, Megadeth
• Dave Saunders, comic artist
• Dave Saunders (volleyball), American volleyball player
• Dave Ulliott, English professional poker player
• Dave Welch, English professional poker player

In fiction:

• Dave Bowman, the fictional astronaut who first appeared in the book and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Dave Lister, the fictional character from the BBC comedy series Red Dwarf
• Dave Rudman, from the novel The Book of Dave (2006), by English novelist Will Self
• Dave, a character from the online series Pure Pwnage
• Dave Davenport, a character from the webcomic Narbonic

see also: Dav Pilkey