David Townsend

David Townsend may refer to:

• David Townsend (botanist) (1787–1858), American botanist and banker
• David Wood Townsend (1844–1912), American builder
• David Townsend (art director) (1891–1935), American art director
• David Townsend (cricketer, born 1912) (1912–1997), English cricketer
• David R. Townsend Jr. (born 1943), member of the New York State Assembly
• David Townsend (musician) (1955–2005), American musician
• David Townsend (rower) (born 1955), British rower
• David Townsend (Devon cricketer) (born 1965), former English cricketer