Famous People with Name Donald

Donald Romain Davis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Romain Davis: Davis was born in Anaheim, California. He took an early interest in music — he learned how to play the trumpet at the age of 9 (perhaps an explanation for his wide use of brass throughout his cues), and began to write short pieces at the age of 12.Throughout early life, he found himself interested mainly in the jazz and rock genres. After graduating from high school, Davis enrolled at UCLA. He continued his study of musical composition with tutor Henri Lazarof. Additionally,

Donald Jeffrey Herbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Jeffrey Herbert: better known as "Mr. Wizard", was the host of two popular television shows about science aimed at children.Herbert was a general science and English major at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (then it was La Crosse State Normal College) who was interested in drama. His career as an actor was interrupted by World War II when he enlisted in the United States Army as a private. Herbert later joined the United States Army Air Forces, took pilot training, and became a B-24 bomber pilot who flew combat missions with the Fifteenth Air Force, flying out of a base in Italy. When Herbert was discharged in 1945, he was a captain and had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.

Donald Thomas Regan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Thomas Regan: was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury, from 1981 to 1985, and Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 in the Ronald Reagan Administration, where he advocated "Reaganomics" and tax cuts to create jobs and stimulate production. Regan was criticized for his Prime Ministerial style of working, for his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair, and for his frequent disagreements with Ronald Reagan's wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan.

Donald Bengtsson Hamilton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Bengtsson Hamilton: as a U.S. writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction but also crime fiction and Westerns. He is best known for his long-running Matt Helm series (1960-1993), which chronicles the adventures of an undercover counter-agent/assassin working for a secret American government agency. The noted critic Anthony Boucher wrote: "Donald Hamilton has brought to the spy novel the authentic hard realism of Hammett; and his stories are as compelling, and probably as close to the sordid truth of espionage, as any now being told."

Donald Hall            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Hall: is an American poet and the 14th U.S. Poet Laureate.Hall began writing even before reaching his teens, beginning with poems and short stories, and then moving on to novels and dramatic verse. Hall continued to write throughout his prep school years at Exeter, and, while still only sixteen years old, attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, where he made his first acquaintance with the poet Robert Frost. That same year, he published his first work. While an undergraduate at Harvard, Hall served on the editorial board of The Harvard Advocate, and got to know a number of people who, like him, were poised with significant ambitions in the literary world, amongst them John Ashbery, Robert Bly, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara, and Adrienne Rich, whom he dated briefly.[citations needed]During his senior year, he won the Glascock Prize that Koch had won 3 years earlier.

Michael William Donald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael William Donald: (born on July 11, 1955) is an American professional golfer.

Harry Donald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harry Donald: (March 8, 1882

Christopher McDonald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christopher McDonald: McDonald was born in New York City, the son of Patricia, a nursing professor and real estate agent, and James McDonald, an educator. He was raised in upstate Romulus, New York and is a graduate of Hobart College in Geneva, New York, where he was an active member of the Kappa Alpha Society. McDonald is married to Lupe Gidley and together they are the parents of four children. He has five surviving siblings following the death of his younger brother, actor Daniel McDonald (1960 - February 15, 2007), who died on Christopher's 52nd birthday. He is a Buffalo Bills fan.

Jason Donald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jason Donald: is an elite men's road bicycle racing professional from Brighton, Colorado. Donald rides for Team Garmin-Chipotle and is the former NCCA Road Champion.

Larry Ali Donald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Larry Ali Donald: is a professional heavyweight boxer, who competed for the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Larry "The Legend" Donald turned pro on January 3, 1993, earning a technical knockout against Craig Brinson. In 1994 he beat fellow un