Dr. David Livesey is a fictional character in the 1883 novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. As well as a doctor, he is a magistrate, an important man in the rural society of southwest England, where the story opens; his social position is marked by his always wearing a white wig—even in the harsh conditions of the island on which the adventure takes place. Shown is his appearance in Treasure Island, the 1982 Soviet animated film.