David Forbes may refer to: David Forbes (British Army officer) (1777?–1849), Scottish soldier David McHattie Forbes (1863–1937), Scottish agriculturalist, and plantation manager, judge, explorer in the territory of Hawaii David Forbes (mineralogist) (1828–1876), British mineralogist David Forbes, singer for Canadian band Boulevard David Forbes (sailor) (1934–2022), Australian Olympic sailor David Forbes (politician) (born 1956), Canadian provincial politician Dave Forbes (born 1948), retired Canadian ice hockey player See also David Forbes Hendry (born 1944), British economist David Forbes Martyn (1906–1970), Scottish-Australian physicist Forbes (name)