David Stuart may refer to:

• David Stuart (Virginia politician) (1753–1814), American doctor, politician and correspondent of George Washington
• David Stuart (brigadier general) (1816–1868), American general and congressman from Michigan
• David Stuart (diplomat), Australian ambassador, vice-chair of United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in 2001

• David E. Stuart, American anthropologist and novelist since 1960s
• David Stuart (structural biologist) (born 1953), English academic, X-ray crystallographer of viruses
• David Stuart (Mayanist) (born 1965), American archeologist and epigrapher

• David Stuart (fur trader) (1765–1853), American pioneer for North West and Pacific Fur companies
• Dave Stuart (1910–1984), American owner of Jazz Man Records, a/k/a David Ashford Stuart
• David Stuart (actor) (born 1965), Canadian TV performer

• David Stewart (disambiguation)