Dave or David Jackson may refer to:

Academics

• David Jackson (art historian) (born 1958), British professor of Russian and Scandinavian art histories
• David J. Jackson, American political science professor
• David M. Jackson, Canadian mathematics professor

Arts and entertainment

• David Noyes Jackson (1922–2001), American writer, collaborator of James Merrill
• David Jackson (actor) (1934–2005), British actor
• David Jackson (rock musician) (born 1947), English musician and former member of the band Van der Graaf Generator
• David Jackson (director) (active since 1983), American television director and writer
• David Jackson (comics), American comic-book letterer and artist of Warrior

Politics and law

• David S. Jackson (1813–1872), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York
• David Jackson (Manitoba politician) (1852–1925), Canadian politician in Manitoba
• David Jackson (Australian politician) (1889–1941), member of the Australian House of Representatives
• David Francis Jackson (fl. 1985–1987), Australian jurist on List of judges of the Federal Court of Australia
• David Jackson (judge), Australian jurist, judge in the Supreme Court of Queensland
• David D. Jackson (born 1946), Kansas state legislator

Sports

Others

• David Jackson (delegate) (1747–1801), American physician, delegate to Continental Congress for Pennsylvania
• David Edward Jackson (1788–1837), American explorer, frontiersman, and trapper
• D. Hamilton Jackson (1884–1946), civil rights leader, resident of the United States Virgin Islands
• Dave Jackson (Maine game warden) (1902–1978), American game warden, Allagash Wilderness Waterway guide
• Oliver David Jackson (1919–2004), Australian Army officer
• David Jackson (Seeking Alpha), American entrepreneur, founder of Seeking Alpha in 2004