David Jackson or Dave Jackson may refer to:

Academics

  • David Jackson (art historian) (born 1958), British professor of Russian and Scandinavian art histories
  • David J. Jackson, American political scientist
  • David M. Jackson, Canadian mathematics professor

Arts and entertainment

  • David Noyes Jackson (1922–2001), American writer, collaborator of James Merrill
  • David Jackson (actor) (1934–2005), British actor
  • David Jackson (musician) (born 1947), English musician and former member of the band Van der Graaf Generator
  • David Jackson (director) (active since 1983), American television director and writer
  • David Jackson (comics), American comic-book letterer and artist of Warrior

Politics and law

  • David S. Jackson (1813–1872), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York
  • David Jackson (Manitoba politician) (1852–1925), Canadian politician in Manitoba
  • David Jackson (Australian politician) (1889–1941), member of the Australian House of Representatives
  • David Francis Jackson (fl. 1985–1987), Australian jurist on List of judges of the Federal Court of Australia
  • David Jackson (judge), Australian jurist, judge in the Supreme Court of Queensland
  • David D. Jackson (born 1946), Kansas state legislator

Sports

Boxing

  • David Jackson (Ugandan boxer) (born 1949), Ugandan boxer
  • David Jackson (New Zealand boxer) (1955–2004), New Zealand boxer
  • David Jackson (American boxer) (born 1976), American Olympic boxer

Other sports

  • David Jackson (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2024), English footballer
  • David Jackson (cricketer) (born 1953), English cricketer
  • David Jackson (footballer, born 1958) (1958–2009), English footballer
  • David Jackson (golfer) (born 1964), American professional golfer
  • Dave Jackson (ice hockey) (born c. 1964), Canadian National Hockey League referee
  • David Jackson (American football) (born 1965), American football player
  • David Jackson (basketball, born 1982), American basketball player in Novo Basquete Brasil and Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
  • Paddy Jackson (David Patrick Lindsay James Jackson, born 1992), Irish rugby player
  • David Jackson (archer) (born 1992), French barebow archer

Others

  • David Jackson (Pennsylvania physician) (1747–1801), American physician, delegate to Continental Congress for Pennsylvania
  • David Edward Jackson (1788–1837), American explorer, frontiersman, and trapper
  • D. Hamilton Jackson (1884–1946), civil rights leader, resident of the United States Virgin Islands
  • Oliver David Jackson (1919–2004), Australian Army officer