David George Findlay (27 March 1913 – 6 April 1982) was a Surinamese politician, editor, and writer.

He left for the Netherlands Antilles to work for Royal Dutch Shell,[1] and later became a teacher at the MULO in Aruba.

[2] William Kraan [nl], owner of De West persuaded Findlay to return to Suriname, and become a newspaper editor.

[1] In 1950, Lou Lichtveld had fired doctor Henk van Ommeren [nl] over alleged irregularities which were later proven false.

[1] On 25 February 1980, Dési Bouterse led a coup d'état to overthrow the government of Henck Arron.