David MacDonald may refer to: David MacDonald (British politician) (1857–1919), Conservative MP for Bothwell David MacDonald (director) (1904–1983), Scottish film director David R. Macdonald (born 1930), U.S. Under Secretary of the Navy David MacDonald (Canadian politician) (born 1936), Canadian minister and politician Dave MacDonald (1936–1964), American sports car driver David Macdonald (accountant) (born 1942), New Zealand accountant who served as auditor-general between 1994 and 2001 David Macdonald (biologist) (born 1951), British zoologist David Bruce MacDonald, political scientist D. K. C. MacDonald (1920–1963), Scottish-Canadian physicist D. R. MacDonald (born 1939), pen-name, American-Canadian author, lives Cape Breton Island David Ross Macdonald, guitarist, drummer and singer/songwriter David Robertson MacDonald (1764–1845), British army officer Robert David MacDonald (1929–2004), playwright and director, known as David