David Ginsburg (1920–1988) was an Israeli research pioneer in the synthetic organic chemistry industry.

Ginsburg’s main topic of research – that caused some international hype and controversy was the structure of natural products and the total synthesis of morphine.

In 1976, Ginsburg was elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences (1976 ) and the Chemical Society of America, Japan, Switzerland and the UK.

He was president of the Israel Chemical Society and a member of the National Council for Research and Development.

[2] He also wrote: Structure and Reactions, Weinheim: Verlag Chemie (Monographs in Modern Chemistry, v. 7), Propellanes: Structure and Reactions: sequel I (July 1975-December 1980), Haifa: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, 1981.