David Rankin may refer to:
- David Rankin (American football) (1919–2006), American football player
- David Rankin (artist) (born 1946), New York-based Australian artist
- David Rankin (cricketer) (born 1987), Irish cricketer
- David Rankin (footballer) (born 1960), former Australian rules footballer
- David Nevin Rankin (1834–1900), physician
- David John Rankin (1903–1959), Scottish-Canadian politician
- J. David Rankin, Director of the Great Lakes Protection Fund
David William Rankin was an American football player and track athlete and coach. He was a consensus first-team All-American at the end position at Purdue University in 1940. He also set a U.S. indoor record in the 60-yard low hurdles in 1940. During World War II, he served as a fighter pilot in the United States Marine Corps. He later worked as the head coach of the Purdue track team from 1946 to 1981. He was also an assistant football coach at Purdue in 1947 and 1948. He was also the U.S. track team coach at the 1975 World University Games. He has been inducted into the Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame (1998), the Indiana Football Hall of Fame (1977) and the Drake Relays Coaches Hall of Fame (1995). Rankin died in 2006 at the age of 87.
David Rankin is a New York-based Australian artist. He works predominantly in oil painting and acrylic on canvas, but also works with paper, prints, sculptures and ceramics. Rankin has held over 100 one-person exhibitions in cities across the world and his work forms part of many of the world's leading collections and museums.
David Andrew Rankin is an Irish cricketer. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Ireland against Scotland on 18 June 2015. He is the brother of Boyd Rankin.
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