Namesakes
Eurovision Song Contest Winners:
1 winner
Dave Benton 2001 Estonia 
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 character
David Bowman (a.k.a. Dave) 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
2 characters
(character) Dave 2009 Arkansas Dave
(character) Dave 2009 Diamond Dave
Fictional Characters from Television:
6 characters
Dave Starsky 1975 Starsky & Hutch
Dave Malucci 1994 ER
Dave Rygalski 2000 Gilmore Girls
Dave Brewer 2001 McLeod's Daughters
Dave Williams 2004 Desperate Housewives
Dave Groves 2005 Invasion
Hall-of-Famers:
4 basketball, 3 football, 2 baseball, 2 ice hockey
(baseball) Dave Bancroft 1971
(basketball) Dave DeBusschere 1982
(ice hockey) Dave Keon 1986
(basketball) Dave Bing 1990
(basketball) Dave Cowens 1991
(football) Dave Wilcox 2000
(baseball) Dave Winfield 2001
(football) Dave Casper 2002
(basketball) Dave Gavitt 2006
(football) Dave Robinson 2013
(ice hockey) Dave Andreychuk 2017
Most Valuable Players:
2 winners
Dave Cowens 1973 basketball
Dave Parker 1978 baseball
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
3 actors, 2 actor/comedians, 1 comedian, 1 comedian/actor, 1 presenter
Dave Garroway 1913-1982
Dave Thomas 1948-
Dave Coulier 1959-
Dave Foley 1963-
Dave Bautista 1969-
Dave Chappelle 1973-
Dave Annable 1979-
Dave Franco 1985-
Notable Athletes:
3 basketball, 1 baseball, 1 ice hockey, 1 rugby, 1 wrestling
(basketball) Dave DeBusschere 1940-2003
(basketball) Dave Bing 1943-
(basketball) Dave Cowens 1948-
(baseball) Dave Winfield 1951-
(ice hockey) Dave Andreychuk 1963-
(wrestling) Dave Bautista 1969-
(rugby) Dave Kearney 1989-
Notable Musicians:
7 musicians
Dave Brubeck 1920-2012
Dave Greenfield 1949-2020
Dave Benton 1951-
Dave Mustaine 1961-
Dave Navarro 1967-
Dave Grohl 1969-
Dave "Phoenix" Farrell 1977-
Olympic Medalists:
6 bronze, 5 silver, 1 gold
(silver) Dave Albritton 1936 high jump
(bronze) Dave Power 1960 10000 m
(silver) Dave Sime 1960 100 m
(bronze) Dave Gillanders 1960 swimming - 200 m butterfly
(bronze) Dave Weill 1964 discus throw
(gold) Dave Wottle 1972 800 m
(silver) David Ottley (a.k.a. Dave) 1984 javelin throw
(bronze) Dave Laut 1984 shot put
(silver) Dave Wilson 1984 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(bronze) Dave Steen 1988 decathlon
(bronze) Dave Johnson 1992 decathlon
(silver) Dave Nilsson 2004 baseball
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
9 musicians
Dave Davies 1990 The Kinks
Dave Prater 1992 Sam & Dave
Dave Mason 2004 Traffic
Dave Clark 2008 The Dave Clark Five
Dave Alexander 2010 The Stooges
Dave Grohl 2014; 2021 Nirvana; Foo Fighters
Dave Krusen 2017 Pearl Jam
Dave Gahan 2020 Depeche Mode
Dave Stewart 2022 Eurythmics