David Hampton Efird (born May 18, 1974) is an American philosopher and Anglican priest.
As an academic, he specialises in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of religion.
Since 2002, Efird has worked at the University of York.
He was a lecturer between 2002 and 2007, and has been a senior lecturer since 2007.
He has been head of two of York's colleges: Provost of Vanbrugh College, York from 2008 to 2013, and Principal of James College, York since 2013.
Efird is a Church of England priest.
He was ordained a deacon in 2010 and to the priesthood in 2011.
He was a Minor Canon of York Minster, where he served his curacy.
He currently serves as an assistant curate of the Parish of St.
Mary Bishophill, an Anglo-Catholic parish in the City of York.