David Ian Yelland (born May 14 1963) is a former journalist and currently a partner at Brunswick Group LLP, a global financial public relations company in London . He was editor of the British tabloid newspaper The Sun from 1998 to 2003. Before his Sun appointment he was deputy editor and previously business editor of the New York Post which, like The Sun, was owned by Rupert Murdoch. His predecessor was Stuart Higgins and his successor was Rebekah Wade.

David Yelland is an English actor. He portrayed Edward VIII in Chariots of Fire, and most recently played Ralph Nickleby in a revival of the play The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.