David Crane may refer to: People David Crane (lawyer) (born 1950), former Chief Prosecutor for the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal for Sierra Leone David Crane (politics) (born 1953), political advisor to Arnold Schwarzenegger and lecturer at Stanford University David Crane (programmer) (born 1953), video game designer, programmer and co-founder of Activision David Crane (producer) (born 1957), co-creator of the popular sitcom Friends David Crane (historian) (fl. 1999–2013), British historian David W. Crane (born 1959), American lawyer, investment banker and business executive David Crane, the son of Niles Crane and Daphne Moon in the sitcom Frasier Other uses David Crane (comic strip), created by Win Mortimer See also Crane (surname)