List of people with surname Davis

Davis is a common English-language surname shared by many notable people, among them being:

A

* Adam Davis, Australian rules football field umpire
* Adam Hart-Davis, British writer and television presenter
* Adelle Davis, American nutritionist
* Al Davis, general manager of the Oakland Raiders National Football League team and former head coach of the franchise
* Al Bummy Davis, American boxer
* Alan Davis, British comic book artist
* Alana Davis, American singer-songwriter
* Alexander Jackson Davis
* Alice Brown Davis, Native American chief
* Alisha Davis, American television reporter
* Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
* Allen Lee Davis
* Altovise Davis, American dancer and third wife of Sammy Davis Jr.
* Alvin Davis
* Amanda Davis, American novelist
* Andra Davis
* André Davis
* Andrea R. Davis, Beauty Pageant Titleholder, Mrs. Pacific Islands
* Andrew Davis, one of several people including
**Sir Andrew Davis (Andrew Frank Davis, born February 2, 1944), British conductor
**Andrew Davis (film director) (born 1947), American film director
**Andrew Jackson Davis, American spiritualist
* Angela Davis, (born 1944), American author and activist
* Ann Davis, American model
* Ann B. Davis, American actress
* Anthony Davis, one of several people including
** Anthony Davis (composer)
** Anthony Davis (football player)
* Antonio Davis
* Art Davis, jazz bassist
* Arthur Davis, one of several people including
** Arthur Davis
** Arthur Hoey Davis, Australian writer using the name Steele Rudd
** Arthur Joseph Davis, British architect
* Artur Davis

B

* Bancroft Davis, American lawyer and diplomat
* Barbara Davis, widow of Marvin Davis
* Baron Davis, American basketball player
* Barry Davis, one of several people including
** Barry Davis, American amateur wrestler
** Barry Davis, Australian rules footballer
* Ben Davis, one of several people including
**Ben Davis (baseball)
**Ben Davis (basketball)
**Ben Davis (professional football player)
* Benjamin Davis, one of several people including
** Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., American general
** Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr., American general
* Bennie L. Davis, American general
* Benny Davis, American footballer
* Bernard Davis, American biologist
* Betsy Davis, American artist
* Bette Davis, American actress
* Betty Davis (born 1945), singer
* Bill Davis, Canadian politician
* Bill Davis (NASCAR), American owner of Bill Davis Racing
* Billy Davis, one of several people including
**Roquel Billy Davis, songwriter, music producer and advertising agency executive
**Billy Davis (politician), candidate for Vice President of the United States as Lyndon LaRouche's running mate in his 1984 presidential campaign
**Billy Davis, the bass guitar player in the hardcore punk bands Tragedy (band) and From Ashes Rise
**Billy Davis, Jr., a pop singer who is married to model/singer/actress Marilyn McCoo
* Billy Newton-Davis, Canadian singer
* Bob Davis, Australian rules footballer
* Brad Davis, one of several people including
**Brad Davis (actor) (1949–1991)
**Brad Davis (basketball), American basketball player
**Brad Davis (soccer), American soccer player
* Brian Davis, British golfer
* Brian Davis (cleric), New Zealand Archbishop
* Brooke Davis, fictional character from "One Tree Hill"
* Bryan Davis, cricketer from Trinidad and Tobago
* Bud Davis, stuntman
* Butch Davis, American football coach

C

* Carl Davis, American film music composer
* Cathy Davis (born c 1959), American boxer
* Chan Davis, American mathematician and science fiction writer
* Charles Davis, one of several people including
**Charles Davis, Jr., Texas state representative, 1906–1909
**Charles G. Davis, Texas state representative, 1951–1953
**Charles Harold Davis (1856/7–1933), American landscape painter
**Charles Henry Davis (1807–1877), American naval officer
**Charles Russell Davis (1849–1930), U.S. Representative from Minnesota
* Charlie Davis, cricketer from Trinidad and Tobago
* Chili Davis
* Chip Davis, American musician
* Chris Davis, American football player
* Clarence Davis, American football player
* Claude Davis, Jamaican football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Derby County
* Clifton Davis
* Clive Davis
* Colin Davis, British conductor
* Colin Davis (driver)
* Cullen Davis, American entrepreneur
* Curt Davis (1903-1965), American baseball player
* Cushman Davis

D

* Dafydd Davis, Welsh builder of bike trails
* Dale Davis, American basketball player
* Daniel Davis, one of several people including
**Daniel Davis, American actor
**Daniel C. Davis (died 1850), captain in the Mormon Battalion
**Daniel F. Davis, Maine Governor from 1880 to 1881
**Rev. Daniel Davis, clergyman from St Kitts
* Danny Davis (wrestler), American wrestler
* Danny Davis (Dan Marsh), American wrestler and referee as Dan Marsh
* Danny K. Davis, American politician
* Dantrell Davis, American victim of gang fighting
* David Davis, one of several people including
**David Davis (born 1948), Conservative MP in British Parliament and Conservative leadership candidate in 2005
**David Davis (Australian politician) (born 1962), Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council
**David Davis (handball player), Spanish handball player
**David Davis (U.S. politician), state representative in Tennessee
**David Davis (senator) (1815–1886), Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Senator from Illinois
**David Davis (television writer), the co-creator of the sitcom "Taxi"
**David Daniel Davis (1777–1841), British physician
**David E. Davis, automotive journalist and founder of "Automobile" magazine
**David J. Davis (1870–1942), Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania
**David M. Davis, Chief Financial Officer of Northwest Airlines since September 9, 2005
**David W. Davis (1873–1959), Governor of Idaho
* Deane C. Davis, American politician
* Deborah Davis, American activist
* Dennis Davis, American musician
* DeRay Davis, American comedian
* Derek Davis, Irish television personality
* Derek Davis (artist), English artist
* Destiny Davis, American model
* Devin Davis, American musician
* Diana Davis, fictional character from "Sliders"
* Domanick Davis, American football player, now known as Domanick Williams
* Don Davis, one of several people including
**Don Davis (American football), linebacker for the New England Patriots of the NFL
**Don Davis (artist), astronomer who is known for his paintings of space
**Don Davis (composer), known for his scores for films such as "The Matrix"
**Don Davis (politician), Republican politician who currently sits in the Florida House of Representatives
**Don S. Davis, actor who is known for his roles in "Stargate SG-1" and "Twin Peaks"
* Donald Davis (disambiguation)
* Doris A. Davis, American mayor
* Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American crime writer
* Doug Davis
* Doug E. Davis, American politician
* Drexell R. Davis, American politician
* Duff Hart-Davis, British biographer, son of Rupert Hart-Davis and father of Adam Hart-Davis
* Dwight F. Davis (died 1945), tennis enthusiast

E

* Edith Smith Davis, temperance activist
* Eddie Davis (saxophonist) (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis), American jazz tenor saxophonist
* Edmund J. Davis (1827-1883), American jurist, soldier, and politician
* Edward Davis, 17th-century English buccaneer
* Edward M. Davis, American police chief and politician
* Edwin Davis, American executioner
* Elmer Davis
* Eric Davis, one of several people including
** Eric Davis (baseball), baseball player
** Eric Davis (football player)
** Eric Davis (footballer)
* Erik Davis, American writer
* Erin Davis, Canadian radio personality
* Ernie Davis (1939-1963), American football player
* Essie Davis, Australian actress
* Evan Davis (UK reporter), British television journalist

F

* Fred Davis, English snooker player
* Frenchie Davis

G

* Gail Davis, American actress
* Garrett Davis, American politician
* Garry Davis, peace activist
* Reverend Gary Davis, American blues musician
* Gary Lee Davis, American convicted murderer
* Geena Davis, American actress
* Gene Davis, several people including
**Gene Davis (actor), born Eugene M. Davis, American actor
**Gene Davis (painter), American painter, from Washington, DC
* Geoff Davis, American politician
* George Davis, one of several people including
**George Davis (art director)
**George Davis (armed robber) (born 1941)
**George Davis (baseball player) (1870–1940)
**George Davis (politician) (1820–1896), Confederate States Attorney General
**George Andrew Davis, Jr. (died 1952), U.S. Air Force Major, Medal of Honor
**George Monty Davis, "Naked Yoga Guy"
**George T. Davis (1907–2006), American criminal defense lawyer
**George Whitefield Davis (1839–1918), American general, military governor of Puerto Rico
* Gerald Davis, philatelist
* Gerard Davis, New Zealand soccer player
* Gerry Davis, one of several people:
** Gerry Davis (screenwriter) (1930-1991)
** Gerry Davis (umpire) (born 1953), baseball umpire
* Glen Davis, one of several people including
**Glen Davis (basketball) (born 1986)
**Glen Davis, New South Wales, a town in Australia
* Glenn Davis, one of several people including
**Glenn Davis (baseball) (born 1961)
**Glenn Ashby Davis (born 1934), runner
**Glenn Robert Davis (1914–1988), U.S. congressman from Wisconsin
**Glenn Woodward Davis (1924–2005), American football player
* Glyn Davis, Australian academic administrator
* Gordon R. Davis, Texas House of Representatives, 47th, 48th & 50th Legislature
* Graeme J Davis, mediaevalist
* Gray Davis, former governor of California
* Greg Davis, one of several people including
**Greg Davis (American football), American football coach
**Greg Davis (politician)
* Gronow Davis, British general
* Gussie Davis, American songwriter
* Guy Davis, comic book artist
* Guy Davis (Blues musician)
* Gwen Davis, American novelist

H

* H. L. Davis (1894–1960), novelist and poet
* Hal Davis, American songwriter and music producer
* Harold Davis, one of several people including
**Harold A. Davis, pulp fiction author working under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson, 1930s, 1940s
**Harold Davis (football) (born c. 1938), American quarterback
* Harry Davis (baseball player)
* Harry L. Davis, American politician
* Heath Davis
* Henry Davis, one of several people including
**Henry Davis (performer), American Broadway singer and actor
**Henry Gassaway Davis (1823–1916), American senator from West Virginia and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate
**Henry Hague Davis, Canadian judge
**Henry William Banks Davis, British painter
**Henry Winter Davis (1817–1865), American congressman from Maryland and Radical Republican
* Herbert Davis
* Herman Davis, American soldier
* Hope Davis, American actress
* Howard Davis (architect), American architect
* Howard Davis Jr., American boxer
* Howard Davis (athlete), Jamaican athlete
* Howell Davis, pirate
* Hubert Davis, American basketball player

I

* Ian Davis, British executive at McKinsey & Company
* Ian Davis (cricketer), Australian cricketer
* Ian McNaught-Davis, British television presenter
* Ivan Davis, Northern Ireland politician

J

* Jack Davis, one of several people including
**Jack Davis (actor) (1914–1992)
**Jack Davis (athlete) (born 1930), Olympic hurdler
**Jack Davis (footballer), Australian rules (born c.1908)
**Jack Davis (Canadian politician)
**Jack Davis (cartoonist) (born 1924)
**Jack Davis (playwright) (1917–2000)
**Jack Davis (politician) (born 1935), Illinois
*Jacob Davis the inventor of riveted jeans.
* Jamelia Davis, British R&B singer Jamelia
* James Davis, one of several people including
**James Davis (critic), Anglo-Irish theatre critic who wrote scripts under the name Owen Hall
**James Davis (director), early U.S. film director
**James Davis (football player)
**James Davis (Texas politician)
**James Davis (VC)
**James E. Davis, New York City Councilman who was assassinated on July 23 2003
**James E. Davis (police), Los Angeles Chief of Police, 1926–1931
**James J. Davis, U.S. Secretary of Labor
**James Peter Davis , American Catholic bishop
**James W. Davis (Professor), Ohio State University
* Jamie Davis, British actor
* Jan Davis, American astronaut
* Janet Davis, Canadian politician
* Jason Davis (American football), American football player
* Jason Thomas Davis
* Javal Davis
* Jed Davis, American musician
* Jeff Davis, one of several people including
**Jeff Davis (comedian) (born 1973)
**Jeff Davis (football), American football player
* Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America
* Jefferson Davis (Arkansas governor), "Jeff" Davis, (1862–1913), Governor of Arkansas and U.S. Senator
* Jefferson C. Davis, (Jefferson Columbus Davis, 1828–1879), American Civil War Union general, Military Commander of Alaska
* Jerome Davis, American sociologist and labor organizer
* Jesse Davis, American jazz saxophonist
* Jesse Ed Davis
* Jessica and Jesse Davis, American twin actors
* Jehu Davis
* Jim Davis (actor)
* Jim Davis (cartoonist), creator of "Garfield" comic strip
* Jim Davis (politician), U.S. Representative from Florida
* Jimmie Davis, singer, governor of Louisiana
* Jimmy Davis (footballer), Manchester United footballer
* Jo Ann Davis, American politician
* Joan Davis, American actress
* Jody Davis, American baseball player
* Joe Davis, British snooker player
* Joe W. Davis (politician), American mayor
* John Davis, one of several people including
**John Davis (American producer), U.S. film producer
**John Davis (Australian politician) (1817–1893), pastoralist in colonial Western Australia
**John Davis (baseball) (1915-2002)
**John Davis (buccaneer), English buccaneer
**John Davis ("EastEnders"), a character in "EastEnders"
** John Davis (English explorer) (c. 1550–1605), an English navigator and explorer
**John Davis (Kansas politician) (1826–1901), U.S. Representative from Kansas
**John Davis (Massachusetts Governor) (1787-1854)
**John Davis (sealer), American who claimed to have first set foot on Antarctica
**John Davis (Singer/Songwriter), former member of “Superdrag”
**John Davis (Texas politician), Texas state senator, 1923–1927
**John Davis (weightlifter), (1921-1984), U.S. Olympian, gold medalist
**Sir John Davis (1906–1993), film producer, chairman of the Rank Organisation
**John A. Davis, American animator
**John Adelbert Davis, American founder of what is now Davis College
**John Caswell Davis, Canadian politician
**John E. Davis (North Dakota politician) (1913–1990), governor of North Dakota, 1957–1961
**John E. Davis (Texas politician), member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1999 to present
**John Francis Davis (1795–1890), governor of Hong Kong
**John J. Davis
**John W. Davis (1873–1955), Democratic U.S. presidential candidate, 1924
**John Wesley Davis
**John Davis (1988-2006), influential member of the American Nazi party
* Johnny Davis
* Jonathan Davis, American singer
* Jonathan Davis, known as Q-Tip (rapper)
* Josh Davis, one of several people including
**DJ Shadow, turntablist musician
**Josh Davis (basketball), professional basketball player
**Josh Davis (swimmer), 3-time Olympic Gold medalist swimmer
* Josie Davis, American actress
* Judy Davis (born 1955), actress
* Julia Davis, British comedy writer

K

* Kane Davis, American baseball player
* Karen Davis, one of several people including
**Karen Davis, American animal rights activist
**Karen Davis (singer), Messianic singer and worship leader
* Keeley Davis, American musician
* Keith Davis, American football player
* Kelvin Davis, English footballer
* Kenneth Davis, American football player
* Kenneth C. Davis, writer
* Kenneth S. Davis, American historian and biographer
* Kertus Davis, American racing driver
* Kingsley Davis, American sociologist
* Kiplyn Davis, missing girl
* Kira Vincent-Davis, American voice actor
* Kristin Davis, American actress

L

* Larry Davis, American Baptist minister
* Laura Davis, American medley swimmer
* Leon Davis, one of several people including
**Leon Davis (footballer), Aboriginal Australian rules footballer
**Leon J. Davis, Polish-born politician and American labor leader
* Leonard Davis, American football player
* Lillian Hall-Davis, British actress
* Lincoln Davis, American politician
* Linda Davis, country singer.
* Lindsey Davis, British author, best known for crime novels featuring the Roman "detective", Marcus Didius Falco
* G. Lindsey Davis, American Methodist bishop
* Louis Davis, British artist
* Lucy Davis, British actress
* Luther Davis, American dramatic writer
* Lydia Davis, American writer

M

* Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter
* Makeda Davis, American mezzo soprano
* Marc Davis, one of several people including
**Marc Davis, American middle-distance runner
**Marc Davis (Marc Fraser Davis; 1913-2000), animator at Walt Disney Studios
**Marc Davis (astronomer), American astrophysicist
**Marc Davis (UC Berkeley School of Information), American professor in the UC Berkeley School of Information
* Marion Davis, accused spy Marion Davis Berdecio
* Mark Davis, one of several people including
** Mark Davis (baseball)
** Mark Davis (NBL), American basketball player with career in Australia
** Mark Davis (porn actor)
** Mark Davis (talk show host)
** Mark Anthony Davis, basketball player
* Martin Davis, American mathematician
* Martin Davis (tennis)
* Marvin Davis, American businessman
* Matthew Davis, American actor
* Matthew Davis (footballer), Australian rules footballer
* Maura Davis, American rock
* Max Davis, Australian Bishop
* Melissa Davis
* Mervyn Davies, one of several people including
** Thomas Mervyn Davies, a legendary former Wales and British Lions international rugby union player
** Evan Mervyn Davies, the current non-Executive Chairman of Standard Chartered PLC
* Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
* Michael Davis, one of several people including
**Michael Davis (director) (born 1961), film director, writer, producer
**Michael Davis (footballer), Australian rules footballer for Carlton
**Michael Davis (musician), jazz musician
**Michael Davis (philosopher), philosopher of law and ethics, author, and Professor of Philosophy
**Michael Davis, discovered the millisecond pulsar PSR1937+214
**Michael Davis, member of the band MC5
**J. Michael Davis, American games company executive
**Michael J. Davis, American judge
**Michael M. Davis, (1879–1971), major figure in health care policy
*Mike Davis (American football), American NFL football player, 1978–1985
*Mike Davis (baseball player)
*Mike Davis (coach) (born 1960), men’s basketball coach of the UAB Blazers, formerly with Indiana University
*Mike Davis (journalist), British mountain biking journalist
*Mike Davis (scholar), American social commentator, urban theorist and sociographer
* Mike Davis (wrestler)
* Mildred Davis, American actress
* Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter
* Miles Henry Davis, American dentist, father of trumpeter Miles Davis
* Miles Hunt-Davis, Secretary to Prince Philip
* Mitch Davis, American film director
* Moll Davis, mistress of Charles II of England
* Monnett Bain Davis, American diplomat
* Morris Davis, United States Air Force prosecutor
* Mortimer Davis, Canadian businessman

N

* Nancy Davis, later Nancy Reagan, First Lady
* Nancy Jan Davis, American astronaut
* Natalie Zemon Davis, American feminist historian
* Nathaniel Davis, American politician
* Neil Davis, Australian photojournalist
* T. Neil Davis
* Neriah Davis, American model
* Nick Davis, one of several people including
**Nick Davis (footballer), Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans and Collingwood
**Nick Davis (producer)
* Nicole Davis, American volleyball player

O

* Olive May Davis, as Olive Osmond mother to members of The Osmonds
* Ossie Davis, American actor and activist
* Otis Davis, American athlete
* Owen Davis, American dramaturge
* Owen Davis, Jr., American actor

P

* Paige Davis, American actress
* Patti Davis, American writer, daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan
* Paul Davis, one of several people including
**Paul Davis (basketball) (born 1984), college basketball center for the Michigan State Spartans
**Paul Davis (draughts player), American draughts/checkers player
**Paul Davis (footballer) (born 1961), English footballer
**Paul Davis (Happy Mondays), keyboard player for Manchester group Happy Mondays
**Paul Davis (programmer), British programmer
**Paul Davis (sailor), Norwegian sailor
**Paul Davis (singer) (born 1948), American singer
**Paul Davis (Stargate), fictional character in the "Stargate SG-1" television series
* Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis, American activist
* Pauline Davis-Thompson, Bahamian sprinter
* Percival Davis
* Peter Davis
* Peter Davis (New Zealand)
* Phil Davis, British actor
* Philip Davis, Australian politician
* Philip J. Davis, American mathematician
* Phineas Davis, American inventor
* Priscilla Davis, Fort Worth, Texas socialite

R

* Rainy Davis, singer
* Rashied Davis, American football player
* Ray Davis, one of several people including
** General Ray Davis (U.S. Marine) (1915-2003), Medal of Honor recipient – hero of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir (Korean War)
**Ray Davis (musician) (1940-2005), American singer, member of The Parliaments, Parliament and Funkadelic
* Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist
* Rebecca Harding Davis
* Rece Davis, American television journalist
* Rennie Davis, American activist
* Richard Davis
* Richard Allen Davis, American convicted murderer
* Richard Harding Davis, American writer and journalist
* Rick Davis, American soccer player
* Ricky Davis, American basketball player
* Rob Davis, British guitarist
* Rob Davis (Ontario politician), Canadian politician
* Robert Davis, one of several people including
**Robert Davis of New Orleans, who was beaten by three police officers in New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina
**Robert Davis (inventor), inventor of the oxygen rebreather
**Robert Davis (UKIP), United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Parliamentary Candidate in Wycombe
**Robert A. Davis, Premier of Manitoba from 1874-1878
**Robert E. Davis, Kansas Supreme Court Justice
**Robert L. Davis, (1893-1967) US Congressman from Pennsylvania
* Rodney M. Davis, US Marine
* Roger Davis, one of several people including
**Roger Davis (cricketer)
**Roger Davis (film actor)
**Roger Davis (RENT) (fictional character from the musical "RENT")
**Roger Davis (television actor)
* Ron Davis, American baseball player
* Roquel Billy Davis
* Rupert Hart-Davis, British publisher
* Russell Davis, American football player

S

* S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis, British journalist
* Sam Davis, figure of the American Civil War
* Sammy Davis, Sr.
* Sammy Davis, Jr.
* Sammy L. Davis, American soldier
* Scott Davis, one of several people including
**Scott Davis (cyclist), Australian cyclist
**Scott Davis (skater), American figure skater
**Scott Davis (tennis player), American tennis player
* Sean Davis (footballer), English footballer
* Sean Davis (porn star), Australian porn actor
* Shanésia Davis-Williams, American actress
* Shani Davis, American speedskater
* Sid Davis, American film director
* Simon Davis
* Simon Davis (mathematician)
* Skeeter Davis, American singer
* Sol Davis
* Spencer Davis (born 1941), British R&B musician
* Spud Davis
* Stanley Stewart Davis, British pharmacologist
* Stephen Davis, American football player
* Stephen Davis (music journalist)
* Steve Davis, British snooker player
* Steve Davis (drummer), American jazz drummer
* Steve Davis (trombonist)
* Steve Davis (umpire), Australian cricket umpire
* Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
* Stingray Davis (born 1942), musician
* Stringer Davis, British actor
* Stuart Davis (musician)
* Stuart Davis (painter) (1894-1954)
* W. Sumner Davis, American writer on global warming
* Susan Davis

T

* TJ Davis, British singer
* Tamra Davis
* Te Ahu Davis
* Teddy Davis, American journalist
* Terrell Davis, American football player
* Terry Davis
* Theodore M. Davis
* Theodore R. Davis
* Thomas Davis, one of several people including
**Thomas Davis (football player), Carolina Panthers football player
**Thomas Davis (Texas politician)
**Thomas F. Davis (1804-1871), Episcopal Bishop
**Thomas Henry Davis, founder of Piedmont Airlines
**Thomas M. Davis, American politician, Virginia
**Thomas Osborne Davis (Irish politician), Irish writer and politician
**Thomas Osborne Davis (parliamentarian), Canadian parliamentarian
* Tim Davis (football coach), American football coach
*Tom Davis (basketball), noted college basketball coach at several schools, notably Boston College and Iowa
*Tom Davis (comedian) American comedian and comic writer
*Tom Davis (Cook Islands), Cook Island Prime Minister and former NASA researcher
* Tommy Davis
* Tony Davis
* Travis Kyle Davis, American actor
* Trina McGee-Davis, American actress
* Troy Davis, American football
* Troy Anthony Davis. American convict
* Tyrone Davis (1938-2005), musician

V

* Vaginal Davis, drag queen
* Valerie Davis, fictional character from "Passions"
* Vernon Davis, American football player
* Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer
* Virginia Davis
* Viveka Davis, American actress

W

* Wade Davis
* Walter Davis, one of several people including
**Walter Davis (athletics), triple-jumper
**Walter Davis (basketball)
**Walter Davis (blues), blues singer and pianist
**Walter Davis, Jr., jazz pianist
**Walter "Buddy" Davis, high-jumper
* Wantha Davis, American jockey
* Warren Davis (Canadian journalist)
* Warren R. Davis, American lawyer and politician
* Warwick Davis
* Westmoreland Davis, American lawyer and politician
* Wild Bill Davis, musician
* William Davis, one of several people including
**William Davis (artist), Irish artist
**William Davis (basketball player), member of "The First Team"
**William Davis (journalist) (1969—1977), editor of "Punch"
**William B. Davis, actor, professor, and waterskier
**William C. Davis, Canadian politician
**Dr William E. B. Davis (1863—1903), pioneer gynecologist
**William Heath Davis, Californian settler
**William Morris Davis, American geographer
* Willie Davis, one of several people including
**Willie Davis (American football)
**Willie Davis (baseball player)
* Winston Davis, cricketer from St Vincent

Z

* Zelma Davis, Liberian singer