David Maxwell may refer to: David Maxwell (academic) (born 1944), president of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa David Maxwell (historian) (born 1963), Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge University David Maxwell (musician) (1943–2015), American blues pianist David Maxwell (politician) (born 1943), Iowa State Representative David Maxwell (rower) (born 1951), British rower David Farrow Maxwell (1900–1985), president of the American Bar Association