David Hughes may refer to:

Arts

  • Dave Hughes (born 1970), Australian comedian
  • Dave Hughes (producer) (born 1971), American television producer and editor
  • David Hughes (illustrator) (born 1968), English artist and illustrator
  • David Hughes (Emmerdale), a character in the TV soap Emmerdale

Literature

  • David Hughes (poet, born 1947), Welsh writer
  • David Hughes (Eos Iâl) (1794–1862), Welsh poet and publisher
  • David Hughes (novelist) (1930–2005), British novelist

Music

  • David Hughes (musician) (born 1960), English keyboardist
  • David Hughes (tenor) (1925–1972), English singer

Science

  • David Hughes (astronomer) (1941–2022), English astronomer specialising in comets
  • David Edward Hughes (1831–1900), British-born inventor, known for the microphone, and later, American academic

Sports

Cricket

  • David Hughes (Hertfordshire cricketer) (born 1978), Irish cricketer
  • David Hughes (Lancashire cricketer) (born 1947), English cricketer
  • David Hughes (Somerset cricketer) (1934–2025), English cricketer

Football

  • David Hughes (American football) (born 1959), American football player
  • David Hughes (footballer, born 1943), English footballer
  • Dave Hughes (footballer) (born 1945), Australian rules footballer
  • David Hughes (footballer, born 1958) (1958–2023), English footballer
  • David Hughes (footballer, born 1972), Welsh footballer
  • David Hughes (footballer, born 1978), Welsh footballer, coach and manager.

Other sports

  • David Hughes (hurler) (born 1967), Irish hurler
  • David Hughes (sailor) (born 1978), American sailor

Other persons

  • David Hughes (English academic) (1753/1754–1817), principal of Jesus College, Oxford
  • David Hughes (priest) (1785–1850), Welsh Anglican priest
  • David Hughes (RAF officer) (1899–1955), First World War flying ace
  • David Hughes (railroad executive), interim president and CEO of Amtrak, 2005–2006
  • David Hughes (politician), Welsh politician

Other uses

  • Ysgol David Hughes, a bilingual secondary school on Anglesey, Wales
  • 4205 David Hughes, a Mars-crossing asteroid
  • SS David E. Hughes, a Liberty ship, named for David Edward Hughes

See also

  • Hughes (surname)