David Watkins may refer to:
- David Watkins (Australian politician) (1865–1935), Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1901–1935
- David Oliver Watkins (1896–1971), Member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1935 to 1958, son of the above Member
- David Watkins (rugby) (1942–2023), Welsh dual-code rugby international
- David Watkins (British politician) (1925–2013), British Labour Politician, MP for Consett until 1983
- David Ogden Watkins (1862–1938), Acting Governor of New Jersey, 1898–1899
- David Watkins (designer) (graduated 1963), British designer
- David Watkins (cricketer) (born 1928), former English cricketer
- Dave Watkins (baseball) (born 1944), former Major League Baseball player
- Dave Watkins (cyclist), English cyclist
- David Watkins (Kentucky politician) (born 1943)
- David Watkins, a figure in the White House travel office controversy under U.S. President Bill Clinton
- David Watkins (special effects artist) - An Academy Award-winning British special effects artist