David Bartlett Pithey (4 October 1936 – 21 January 2018) was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in eight Tests for South Africa from 1963 to 1967.

[2] An off-spin bowler and useful batsman at various positions in the order, David Pithey made his first-class debut for Rhodesia in 1956–57.

[3] He played regularly in domestic cricket before winning a Rhodes Scholarship and taking up studies at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 1959.

[4] He played 37 first-class matches for the university team in 1960, 1961 and 1962, hitting his first century, 133 against Glamorgan at Oxford in May 1961, when he opened the batting.

(It was the only occasion of a South African spinner taking six or more wickets in a Test innings in the 40 years between Hugh Tayfield, 6 for 78 in 1956–57, and Paul Adams, 6 for 55 in 1996–97.)

He played three matches in the 1964–65 season without success but found better form in 1965–66, scoring 376 runs at 37.60 and taking 13 wickets at 32.15 for Rhodesia in the "A" Section of the Currie Cup.