Namesakes
American Presidents:
1 president
Donald J. Trump 2017-2021; 2025- 
British Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
David Cameron (middle name Donald) 2010-2016
Emmy Award Winners:
3 actors
(actor) Donald O'Connor 1954 Colgate Comedy Hour
(actor) Don Adams 1967; 1968; 1969 Get Smart
(actor) Donald Glover 2017 Atlanta
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 character
Donald Duck 1934 The Wise Little Hen
Fictional Characters from Television:
10 characters
Don Craig 1965 Days of Our Lives
Donald "Twinkie" Twinkacetti 1986 Perfect Strangers
Don Thorpe 1989 Baywatch
Donald Cragen 1990 Law & Order
Donald Anspaugh 1994 ER
Don Orville 1996 3rd Rock from the Sun
Donald "Ducky" Mallard 2003 NCIS
Donald Flack Jr. 2004 CSI: NY
Don Self 2005 Prison Break
Don Draper 2007 Mad Men
Grammy Award Winners:
1 record of the year/song of the year
(record of the year/song of the year) Donald Glover 2019 This Is America
Hall-of-Famers:
4 football, 2 baseball, 2 basketball, 1 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Dan Bain (a.k.a. Donald) 1945
(football) Don Hutson 1963
(baseball) Don Drysdale 1984
(football) Don Maynard 1987
(basketball) Neil Johnston (a.k.a. Donald) 1990
(football) Don Shula 1997
(baseball) Don Sutton 1998
(basketball) Don Nelson 2012
(football) Don Coryell 2023
Most Valuable Players:
2 winners
Don Newcombe 1956 baseball
Don Mattingly 1985 baseball
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry, 1 physics
(physics) Donald A. Glaser 1960
(chemistry) Donald J. Cram 1987
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
22 actors, 2 actor/comedians, 1 comedian, 1 presenter
Donald Crisp 1882-1974
Donald Woods 1906-1998
Don Bexley 1910-1997
Ivor Dean (middle name Donald) 1917-1974
Donald Pleasence 1919-1995
Don Taylor 1920-1998
Don Adams 1923-2005
Donald Sinden 1923-2014
Donald Houston 1923-1991
Don Knotts 1924-2006
Donald O'Connor 1925-2003
Don Rickles 1926-2017
Richard Crenna (middle name Donald) 1926-2003
Charles Gray (a.k.a. Donald) 1928-2000
Don Murray 1929-2024
Donald Jones 1932-2004
Don Francks 1932-2016
Donald Sutherland 1935-2024
Don Cornelius (a.k.a. Donald) 1936-2012
Don Galloway 1937-2009
Don Stark 1954-
D. W. Moffett (a.k.a. Donald) 1954-
Don Cheadle 1964-
Donnie Wahlberg 1969-
Donald Faison 1974-
D. J. Cotrona (a.k.a. Donald) 1980-
Notable Artists:
1 animator, 1 sculptor
Donald Judd 1928-1994
Don Bluth 1937-
Notable Athletes:
4 baseball, 1 basketball, 1 cricket, 1 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 soccer, 1 tennis
(ice hockey) Dan Bain (a.k.a. Donald) 1874-1962
(cricket) Don Bradman 1908-2001
(football) Don Hutson 1913-1997
(baseball) Don Newcombe 1926-2019
(basketball) Neil Johnston (a.k.a. Donald) 1929-1978
(baseball) Don Drysdale 1936-1993
(baseball) Don Sutton 1945-2021
(baseball) Don Mattingly 1961-
(tennis) Donald Young 1989-
(soccer) Will Grigg (middle name Donald) 1991-
Notable Businesspeople:
2 businesspersons
Donald J. Trump 1946-
Tim Cook (middle name Donald) 1960-
Notable Filmmakers:
3 directors
Don Siegel 1912-1991
Don Taylor 1920-1998
Don Bluth 1937-
Notable Musicians:
5 musicians, 4 singers
Don Francks 1932-2016
Don Everly 1937-2021
Don McLean 1945-
Don Henley 1947-
Don Airey 1948-
Kurt Cobain (middle name Donald) 1967-1994
Donnie Wahlberg 1969-
Jim Root (middle name Donald) 1971-
Donald Glover 1983-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 mathematician
Donald Knuth 1938-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
2 politicians
Donald Rumsfeld 1932-2021
J. D. Vance (middle name Donald) 1984-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
Donald A. Glaser 1926-2013
Notable Writers:
3 authors
Donald Barthelme 1931-1989
Don DeLillo 1936-
Neale Donald Walsch 1943-
Olympic Medalists:
7 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze/silver, 1 bronze, 1 gold/bronze/silver, 1 gold/silver
(bronze/silver) Donald Lippincott 1912 100 m; 200 m
(bronze/silver) Don Finlay 1932; 1936 110 m hurdles
(gold) Donald Piper 1936 basketball
(silver) Dave Albritton (middle name Donald) 1936 high jump
(gold) Don Barksdale 1948 basketball
(silver) Don Laz 1952 pole vault
(silver) Donald Harper 1956 diving - springboard
(gold) Don Thompson 1960 50 km walk
(gold) Don Bragg 1960 pole vault
(gold/silver) Don Schollander 1964; 1968 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Don Dee 1968 basketball
(gold) Don McKenzie 1968 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold/bronze/silver) Don Quarrie 1976; 1980; 1984 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(silver) Sandy Goss (a.k.a. Donald) 1984; 1988 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Christian Laettner (middle name Donald) 1992 basketball
(bronze) Donny Robinson 2008 cycling - BMX
Oscar Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Donald Crisp 1942 How Green Was My Valley
Other Leaders:
2 prime ministers, 1 president
Prime Minister Donald Sangster 1967 Jamaica
Prime Minister Donald Dewar 1999-2000 Scotland
President Donald Ramotar 2011-2015 Guyana
Polish Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) Donald Tusk 2007-2014; 2023-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
6 musicians
Don Everly 1986
Donald "Duck" Dunn 1992 Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Don Felder 1998 The Eagles
Don Henley 1998 The Eagles
Donald Fagen 2001 Steely Dan
Kurt Cobain (middle name Donald) 2014 Nirvana
Saints:
1 saint
Saint Donald ?-716
Scottish Kings and Queens:
5 kings
King Domnall Brecc the Freckled (a.k.a. Donald) 629-642
King Domnall Donn (a.k.a. Donald) 688-696
King Domnall I (a.k.a. Donald) 859-862
King Domnall II Dasachtach (a.k.a. Donald) 889-900
King Domnall III Bane (a.k.a. Donald) 1093-1094; 1094-1097