Donn (given name)
Donn is a given name in the Irish language. Donn was originally a byname, which had two meanings: one of the meanings was "brown"; the other was "chief" or "noble". Its use as a given name represents a shortened form of various Gaelic names having donn- as their first element. A variant form of the name is Don.
People with the byname
- Domnall Donn, king of Dál Riata
- Donnchad Donn, High King of Ireland
- Gofraid Donn,, King of the Isles
- William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, noble in the Peerage of Ireland
- Rob Donn, Scottish Gaelic poet
People with the given name
- Donn A. Starry, retired United States Army four-star general
- Donn Arden, American choreographer
- Donn Cabral, American track and field athlete
- Donn B. Murphy, President and Executive Director of the National Theatre in Washington, D.C.
- Donn Cambern, American film editor
- Donn Clendenon, first baseman in Major League Baseball
- Donn Cothaid mac Cathail, King of Connacht
- Donn F. Draeger, American judoka
- Donn F. Eisele, United States Air Force officer
- Donn F. Porter, soldier in the United States Army
- Donn Fendler, lost child and author
- Donn Landee, American record producer and engineer
- Donn Moomaw, American football player
- Donn Pall, American professional baseball player
- Donn Pearce, American author
- Donn Swaby, American actor
- Donn Tatum, president of Walt Disney Productions
- Donn Trenner, American jazz pianist
- Donn Barber, American architect