David Gottlieb (November 14, 1944 – December 6, 2008) was an Israeli mathematician.
Gottlieb received his PhD in 1972 from the Department of Mathematics at Tel Aviv University under the guidance of Saul Abarbanel.
He was a professor of applied mathematics at Brown from 1985 until his death.
His research focused on numerical analysis, especially as applied to nonlinear partial differential equations.
He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.