David A. Shepard (October 6, 1947 – February 4, 2021) was an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. He represented District 69 from January 2001 through January 2017. In November 2018, Shepard won election to the Dickson County Commission, defeating incumbent commissioner Tony Adams. Shepard, who had cancer, died on February 4, 2021, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee.