David Kelley (born 1949) is an American philosopher and author.
David Kelley is an American philosopher. He is an Objectivist, though his position that Objectivism can be revised and influenced by other schools of thought has prompted disagreements with other Objectivists. Kelley is also an author of several books on philosophy and the founder of The Atlas Society, an institution he established in 1990 after permanently dissociating with Leonard Peikoff and the Ayn Rand Institute.
David Kelley may also refer to:
- David E. Kelley (born 1956), American television writer and producer
- David G. Kelley (born 1928), American politician in the state of California
- David H. Kelley (1924–2011), American archaeologist, epigrapher and Mayanist scholar
- David M. Kelley (born 1951), American designer and entrepreneur, founder of IDEO
- David N. Kelley (born 1959), American attorney and former United States Attorney
- David Kelley (poet) (1941–1999), British poet and scholar; co-founder of Black Apollo Press
David Edward Kelley is an American television writer and producer, known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal, Harry's Law, Big Little Lies, and Mr. Mercedes, as well as several films. Kelley is one of very few screenwriters to have created shows aired on all four top commercial U.S. television networks.
David G. Kelley is an American former politician in the state of California. A Republican, he served in the California State Assembly and California State Senate between the years of 1978 and 2002. He was born in Riverside, California.
David Humiston Kelley was an American archaeologist and epigrapher, of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and later of the University of Alberta in Calgary, most noted for his work on the phonetic analysis and major contributions toward the decipherment of the writing system used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, the Maya script.
