title: David Baker
text: # David Baker
  
  David Baker may refer to:
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * David Baker (composer) (1931–2016), American symphonic jazz composer
  * David Baker (singer), former lead singer for Mercury Rev
  * David Baker (poet) (born 1954), American poet
  * David Erskine Baker (1730–1767), English drama critic
  * David Aaron Baker (born 1963), American actor and audiobook narrator
  * David Baker (born 1931), Australian film director and writer of Libido
  * David James Baker, American filmmaker
  
  ## Law and politics
  
  * David Gordon Baker (1884–1958), justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
  * David J. Baker (1792–1869), US Senator from Illinois
  * David Hume Baker (1841–1916), state legislator in Kentucky and then Florida
  * David J. Baker Jr. (1834–1899), American judge, son of David J. Baker
  * David L. Baker, justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
  * David Martin Baker (1923–2010), Republican member of West Virginia State House of Delegates
  * Dave Baker (Minnesota politician) (born 1962), Minnesota politician
  * David Baker (activist), American activist and founder of Community Against Pollution
  * Dave Baker (Kansas politician), member of the Kansas House of Representatives
  
  ## Religion
  
  * Augustine Baker (1575–1641), English Benedictine mystic, born David Baker
  * David Bristow Baker (1803–1852), English religious writer
  
  ## Science
  
  * David Baker (biochemist) (born 1962), American biochemist
  * David H. Baker (animal nutritionist) (1939–2009), American animal nutritionist
  * David Baker (aerospace engineer), aerospace engineer, co-author of the Mars Direct proposal
  * David Baker-Gabb, ornithologist
  * David Baker (author) (born 1944), British space scientist and author
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Dave Baker (American football) (1937–2002), American football player
  * Dave Baker (baseball) (born 1956), baseball player
  * David Baker (cricketer, born 1935), English cricketer
  * David Baker (cricketer, born 1945), English cricketer
  * David Baker (cyclist) (born 1965), British Olympic mountainbike racer
  * David Baker (track cyclist) (born 1965), English Commonwealth Games cyclist
  * Paul Baker (footballer) (David Paul Baker, born 1963), English professional footballer
  * C. David Baker, former President & CEO of the Pro Football Hall of Fame; former commissioner of the Arena Football League
  
  ## Other
  
  * David Baker (architect) (born 1949), American architect
  * David Baker (academic and musician) (born 1952), British academic librarian and organist
  * David William Baker (born 1959), British businessman
  * David Baker (detective), introductory use of DNA profiling
  * David ODB Baker (born 1972), American professional poker player
  * David Bakes Baker (born 1986), American professional poker player
  