Overview
David Hughes may refer to:
Arts
- Dave Hughes (producer), American television producer and editor
- Dave Hughes (illustrator), British Illustrator
Acting
- Dave Hughes (born 1970), Australian comedian
- David Hillary Hughes (1901-1974), American actor in “Errand of Mercy“, an episode of Star Trek
Literature
- David Hughes (Eos Il) (1794-1862), Welsh poet and publisher
- David Hughes (illustrator), English artist and illustrator
- David Hughes (novelist) (1930-2005), British novelist
Music
- David Hughes (bass player) (born 1971), Swedish musician
- David Hughes (musician) (born 1960), English keyboardist
- David Hughes (tenor) (1925-1972), English singer
- David Hughes (folk musician), British folk musician, tours with Chris While
Science
- David Hughes (astronomer) (born 1941), English astronomer specialising in comets
- David Edward Hughes (1831-1900), British-born inventor, known for the microphone, and later, American academic
- David Grattan Hughes (1926-2015), American musicologist and Harvard professor, teacher of Joseph Dillon Ford
Sports
Cricket
- David Hughes (Hertfordshire cricketer) (born 1978), Irish cricketer
- David Hughes (Lancashire cricketer) (born 1947), English cricketer
- David Hughes (Somerset cricketer) (born 1934), 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), English footballer
- David Hughes (footballer, born 1972), Welsh footballer
- David Hughes (footballer, born 1978), Welsh footballer
Other sports
- David Hughes (hurler) (born 1967), Irish hurler
- David Hughes (sailor) (born 1978), American sailor
- David Hughes (hurdler) (born 1984), English athlete in the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- David Hughes (rugby league), rugby league player for Castleford, 1951-1959
- David Hughes (rugby league, 19741976), rugby league player for Featherstone Rovers, 1974-1976 (Heritage 526)
Other persons
- David Hughes (college principal) (1753/1754-1817), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
- David Hughes (priest) (1785-1850), Welsh Anglican priest
- David Hughes (RAF officer) (1899-?), First World War flying ace
- David Hughes (railroad executive), interim president and CEO of Amtrak, 2005-2006
- David G. Hughes (born 1963), Welsh architect, former President of the North Wales Society of Architects