Wake Forest University basketball coach Dave Odom in particular grew interested in Duncan after the 16-year-old allegedly played NBA star Alonzo Mourning to a draw in a 5-on-5 pick-up game.

In the 1993 – 94 NCAA season, Coach Dave Odom had considered red-shirting Duncan, but was forced to play him after fellow freshman big man Makhtar N ' Diaye was ruled out due to NCAA rules violations and eventually transferred to Michigan.

* Dave Odom: 1965, former head men's basketball coach, East Carolina, Wake Forest & Univ.

An opposing coach, Dave Odom, once said in a newspaper interview that Williams " has made a living off of the player who is maybe one or two tools short of the complete package ( say, height or leaping ability ), but who competes hard and plays with a chip on his shoulder.

Prosser ate lunch the previous day with his predecessor as Wake Forest coach, then University of South Carolina coach Dave Odom.

* Dave Batista ( born 1969 ), professional wrestler nicknamed " The Animal "

Modern musicians such as Little Richard, Mark Farner, Dan Peek, Donna Summer, Bob Dylan, Kerry Livgren, Dave Hope, Dave Mustaine, Nicko McBrain, Roger McGuinn, Ted Nugent, Kanye West, Carrie Underwood, Johnny Cash, Brian Welch, Keith Farley, Cliff Richard, Charlie Daniels, Randy Travis, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, and Lou Gramm were artists whose born again conversions had an impact on modern culture.

* Dave " Baby " Cortez ( born 1938 ), American pop music and R & B musician

David Warren " Dave " Brubeck ( born December 6, 1920 ) is an American jazz pianist.

Dave Winer ( born May 2, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York City ) is an American software developer, entrepreneur and writer in New York City.

Dave Thomas was born on July 2, 1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey to a young unmarried woman he never knew.

* Dave Hack ( born 1972 ), Canadian Football League offensive lineman

First the brainchild of local sports entrepreneur Dave Dixon, who also founded the Louisiana Superdome and the USFL, the Saints were actually secretly born in a backroom deal brought about by Congressman Hale Boggs, Senator Russell Long and NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle.

Paul Desmond ( born Paul Emil Breitenfeld ; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977 ) was a jazz alto saxophonist and composer born in San Francisco, best known for the work he did in the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for penning that group's greatest hit, " Take Five ".

* Guitarist and composer Dave Barbour ( 1943 – 1951 ); daughter Nicki Lee Foster ( born 1943 )

** Dave Matthews, South African – born musician

* Dave Courtney ( bodyguard / actor, born in Bermondsey )

Dave Mattacks ( born David James Mattacks, 13 March 1948, Edgware, Middlesex, England ) is a rock and folk drummer.

* Dave Sheridan ( actor ) ( born 1969 ), American actor

He is the seventh of eight children born to Fred and Annie Davies, including six older sisters and younger brother Dave Davies.

* Dave Mustaine ( born 1961 ), a guitarist and songwriter of Megadeth

* Dave Thompson ( radio host ) ( born 1961 ), Minnesota State Senator

* Dave Thompson ( footballer ) ( born 1945 ), English former professional footballer

* Football coach Dave Bassett, was born in Stanmore.

* Dave Cairns guitarist with Secret Affair was born in Walthamstow.

* Denis Payton, saxophonist for The Dave Clark Five, was born in Walthamstow 1943.

* Former WWE wrestler Dave Finlay was born and raised in the satellite village of Greenisland.

Piedmont is home to a number of notable individuals in the political, business, sports, and academic communities, including: ex-Major League Baseball player Dave McCarty ; ex-National Football League player Bubba Paris, San Francisco 49ers ; ex-National Football League player Bill Romanowski ; Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich ; Peter Docter, director of Pixar's Monsters, Inc. and Up and co-writer of WALL-E ; Billie Joe Armstrong of the rock band Green Day ; Eric Whitaker, GC of Tesla Motors ; Thomas Horn, actor ; and Dr. George Rutherford, State Health Officer. Also Dipper and Mabel Pines from the Disney Channel show " Gravity Falls " was born here.

* 1942 – Dave Clark, English musician ( The Dave Clark Five )

* 2002 – Dave McNally, American baseball player ( b. 1942 )

* 1942 – Dave Marash, American journalist

* 1942 – Dave McNally, American baseball player

* Dave Draper ( born 1942 ), bodybuilder.

* Dave Davis ( born 1942 ), former professional ten-pin bowler ; 1967 PBA Player of the Year and PBA Hall of Famer.

Tashlin maintained his position until Columbia Pictures released him from the studio in favor of Dave Fleischer in 1942.

* Dave Morehead ( born 1942 ), former Major League Baseball pitcher

It was founded in 1921 as Inkwell Studios ( or Out of the Inkwell Films ) by brothers Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer who ran the company from its inception until Paramount Pictures, the studio's parent company and the distributor of its films, forced them to resign in April 1942.

Dave Fleischer moved permanently to California, and in April 1942 became head of Columbia's Screen Gems cartoon studio.

Shortly after the release of Mr. Bug, a disgusted Dave left for California to take over as head of Columbia's Screen Gems animation unit in April 1942 — just one month prior to the renewal of Fleischer's contract.

* Dave Clark ( musician ) ( born 1942 ), drummer of The Dave Clark Five

* Dave Davis ( bowler ) ( born 1942 ), American tenpin bowler

* Dave Wilson ( footballer born 1942 ), played for Preston and Liverpool

* Dave McNally ( 1942 – 2002 ), US baseball player

Popular actor-stunt man Dave O ' Brien had the title role in the Columbia Pictures 15-episode serial Captain Midnight ( 1942 ).

** Dave Campbell ( b. 1942 ), American baseball player and broadcaster

* Dave Wilcox ( born 1942 ), American football linebacker

* Dave Cash ( disc jockey ) ( born 1942 ), British radio presenter

Dave Flesicher became President of Screen Gems at Columbia Pictures in April 1942 although Fleischer Studios ' contract with Paramount did not expire until May 1942, allowing Paramount to terminate Fleischer and reorganize the company under their control.

Stewart Robert " Bob " Einstein ( born November 20, 1942 ) is an American actor and comedy writer best known for his portrayal of the fictional stuntman Super Dave Osborne.