Dave (given name)

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Gender Male		Related names David, Davey

Dave is a given name, a shortened form of the name David, Davey, etc. The name means "beloved". The following are named Dave:

People

Dave Bailey (athlete), Canadian track and field athlete

Dave Barry, American comedian and prolific humor author

Dave Batista, American actor and former professional wrestler

Dave Brubeck, American jazz musician

Dave Butterfield, American football player

Dave Chappelle, American stand-up comedian, satirist and actor

Dave Colclough, Welsh professional poker player

Dave Coulier, American stand-up comedian and television/voice actor

Dave Franco, American television and film actor

Dave Freeman (writer), British former film and television writer

Dave Garnett (born 1970), American football player

Dave Gibbons British writer and artist of comics

Dave Gorman, English stand-up comedian, best known for his project Are You Dave Gorman?

Dave Grohl, American rock musician and member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters

Dave Keuning, American rock musician and member of The Killers

Dave Koz, American jazz saxophonist

Dave Lombardo, drummer for heavy metal bands Slayer and Fantômas

Dave Mackintosh, drummer for power metal band DragonForce

Dave Marshall (musician), guitarist

Dave Matthews, American jam musician

Dave Murray (musician), guitarist for heavy metal band Iron Maiden

Dave Mustaine, singer/guitarist/founder of American heavy metal band Megadeth

Dave Rozumek, American football player

Dave Saunders (volleyball), American volleyball player

Dave Ulliott, English professional poker player

Dave Weckl, American drummer

Dave Welch, English professional poker player

Dave Whinham (born 1957), American football coach

Fictional characters

David Bowman (Space Odyssey), in the book and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey

Dave Lister, from the BBC comedy series Red Dwarf

Dave Rudman, from the novel The Book of Dave (2006), by English novelist Will Self

Dave, from the online series Pure Pwnage

Dave Davenport, from the webcomic Narbonic

Dave Turner, in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation

Dave Strider, from the webcomic Homestuck

David "Dave" Lizewski, the title character and the protagonist of the Kick-Ass series

Dave, a minion from the Despicable Me franchise

Dave, a villainous octopus in Penguins of Madagascar

the title character of Dave the Barbarian, a Disney Channel cartoon series

the title character of Meet Dave, a 2008 comedy film starring Eddie Murphy

the title character of Dangerous Dave, a computer game by John Romero

References

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