David Forsyth may refer to: David Forsyth (actor) (born 1947), American soap opera actor David Forsyth (chess player) (1854–1909), Scottish and New Zealand chess writer and inventor of Forsyth notation David Forsyth (computer scientist), contemporary American computer scientist David Forsyth (soccer) (1852–1936), Canadian educator and soccer player and administrator See also Forsyth (surname) for other people named Forsyth Forsyth (disambiguation) for other things named Forsyth