Namesakes
Domnall Brecc the Freckled
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) ?-642 
Scottish Kings and Queens 629-642
Domnall Donn
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) ?-696
Scottish Kings and Queens 688-696
Donald
(m) ?-716
Saints
Domnall I
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 812-862
Scottish Kings and Queens 859-862
Domnall II Dasachtach
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) ?-900
Scottish Kings and Queens 889-900
Domnall III Bane
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) ?-1099
Scottish Kings and Queens 1093-1094; 1094-1097
Dan Bain
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1874-1962
Hall-of-Famers 1945 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Donald Crisp
(m) 1882-1974
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1942 How Green Was My Valley (actor)
Donald Lippincott
(m) 1893-1963
Olympic Medalists 1912 100 m; 200 m (bronze/silver)
Don Bradman
(m) 1908-2001
Notable Athletes (cricket)
Don Finlay
(m) 1909-1970
Olympic Medalists 1932; 1936 110 m hurdles (bronze/silver)
Don Bexley
(m) 1910-1997
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Donald Piper
(m) 1911-1963
Olympic Medalists 1936 basketball (gold)
Donald Sangster
(m) 1911-1967
Other Leaders 1967 Jamaica (prime minister)
Don Siegel
(m) 1912-1991
Notable Filmmakers
Don Hutson
(m) 1913-1997
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Dave Albritton
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1913-1994
Olympic Medalists 1936 high jump (silver)
Ivor Dean
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1917-1974
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Donald J. Cram
(m) 1919-2001
Nobel Prize Winners 1987 (chemistry)
Donald Pleasence
(m) 1919-1995
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Don Barksdale
(m) 1923-1993
Olympic Medalists 1948 basketball (gold)
Don Adams
(m) 1923-2005
Emmy Award Winners 1967; 1968; 1969 Get Smart (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Donald Houston
(m) 1923-1991
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Don Coryell
(m) 1924-2010
Hall-of-Famers 2023 (football)
Donald O'Connor
(m) 1925-2003
Emmy Award Winners 1954 Colgate Comedy Hour (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Don Rickles
(m) 1926-2017
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian)
Don Newcombe
(m) 1926-2019
Most Valuable Players 1956 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Donald A. Glaser
(m) 1926-2013
Nobel Prize Winners 1960 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Donald Judd
(m) 1928-1994
Notable Artists
Charles Gray
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1928-2000
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Neil Johnston
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1929-1978
Hall-of-Famers 1990 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Don Laz
(m) 1929-1996
Olympic Medalists 1952 pole vault (silver)
Don Shula
(m) 1930-2020
Hall-of-Famers 1997 (football)
Donald Barthelme
(m) 1931-1989
Notable Writers
Donald Jones
(m) 1932-2004
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Don Francks
(m) 1932-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Donald Harper
(m) 1932-2017
Olympic Medalists 1956 diving - springboard (silver)
Donald Rumsfeld
(m) 1932-2021
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Don Thompson
(m) 1933-2006
Olympic Medalists 1960 50 km walk (gold)
Donald Duck
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1934 The Wise Little Hen
Don Maynard
(m) 1935-2022
Hall-of-Famers 1987 (football)
Don Bragg
(m) 1935-2019
Olympic Medalists 1960 pole vault (gold)
Donald Sutherland
(m) 1935-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Don Drysdale
(m) 1936-1993
Hall-of-Famers 1984 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Don Cornelius
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1936-2012
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Don DeLillo
(m) 1936-
Notable Writers
Don Everly
(m) 1937-2021
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1986
Don Galloway
(m) 1937-2009
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Donald Dewar
(m) 1937-2000
Other Leaders 1999-2000 Scotland (prime minister)
Don Bluth
(m) 1937-
Notable Artists
Notable Filmmakers
Donald Knuth
(m) 1938-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Don Nelson
(m) 1940-
Hall-of-Famers 2012 (basketball)
Donald "Duck" Dunn
(m) 1941-2012
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1992 Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Don Dee
(m) 1943-2014
Olympic Medalists 1968 basketball (gold)
Neale Donald Walsch
(m) 1943-
Notable Writers
Don Sutton
(m) 1945-2021
Hall-of-Famers 1998 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Don McLean
(m) 1945-
Notable Musicians
Don Schollander
(m) 1946-
Olympic Medalists 1964; 1968 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (silver/gold)
Donald J. Trump
(m) 1946-
American Presidents 2017-2021
Notable Businesspeople
Don Felder
(m) 1947-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1998 The Eagles
Don McKenzie
(m) 1947-2008
Olympic Medalists 1968 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (gold)
Don Henley
(m) 1947-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1998 The Eagles
Donald Fagen
(m) 1948-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2001 Steely Dan
Don Airey
(m) 1948-
Notable Musicians
Donald Ramotar
(m) 1950-
Other Leaders 2011-2015 Guyana (president)
Don Quarrie
(m) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1976; 1980; 1984 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay (gold/bronze/silver)
Don Stark
(m) 1954-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
D. W. Moffett
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1954-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Donald Tusk
(m) 1957-
Polish Presidents and Prime Ministers 2007-2014; 2023- (prime minister)
Don Mattingly
(m) 1961-
Most Valuable Players 1985 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Don Cheadle
(m) 1964-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Don Craig
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1965 Days of Our Lives
David Cameron
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1966-
British Prime Ministers 2010-2016
Kurt Cobain
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1967-1994
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2014 Nirvana
Sandy Goss
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1968-
Olympic Medalists 1984; 1988 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (silver)
Christian Laettner
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1969-
Olympic Medalists 1992 basketball (gold)
Donnie Wahlberg
(m) 1969-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Jim Root
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1971-
Notable Musicians
Donald Faison
(m) 1974-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Donny Robinson
(m) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2008 cycling - BMX (bronze)
Donald Glover
(m) 1983-
Emmy Award Winners 2017 Atlanta (actor)
Grammy Award Winners 2019 This Is America (song of the year/record of the year)
Notable Musicians
Donald "Twinkie" Twinkacetti
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1986 Perfect Strangers
Don Thorpe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1989 Baywatch
Donald Young
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Donald Cragen
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1990 Law & Order
Will Grigg
(a.k.a. Donald) (m) 1991-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Donald Anspaugh
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 ER
Don Orville
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 3rd Rock from the Sun
Donald "Ducky" Mallard
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2003 NCIS
Donald Flack Jr.
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 CSI: NY
Don Self
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Prison Break
Don Draper
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2007 Mad Men