Donald is a male given name. It is an anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic or Irish Gaelic personal name Domhnall/Dòmhnall/Dónall. This contains the elements dumno meaning "world" and val meaning "rule" (viz. "ruler of the world").[citation needed] Compare Dumnorix and the folk etymology of Vladimir. A short form of Donald is Don; pet forms include Donnie and Donny, and in Scotland Dolly. The name Dónall is also conventionally used as an Irish equivalent of Daniel.
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Domnall or Domhnall is the name of many ancient and medieval Gaelic kings and noblemen:
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- Don Bertoia, Canadian middle distance runner
- Donald Bailey (born 1934), American Jazz drummer
- Donald Bradman (1908–2001), Australian cricketer
- Donald Brashear, American professional ice hockey left winger
- Donald Braswell II (born 1963), American classical crossover tenor and composer
- Donald Burgess, British track cyclist
- Donald Cameron (born 1954), Australian water polo player and coach
- Donald Crisp (1882–1974), filmmaker
- Donald Dewar (1937-2000), 1st First Minister of Scotland
- Donald "Duck" Dunn (*1941), American bass guitarist
- Don Dunstan, Reformist Premier of South Australia
- Donald Gordon (cricketer) (born 1990), English cricketer
- Donald Hewlett (1922–2011), British actor
- Donald Izacus Panjaitan (1925–1965), Indonesian general
- Donald Knuth, renowned computer scientist
- Donal Logue (born 1969), Canadian actor
- Donald MacCormick (1939–2009), British journalist
- Donal MacIntyre (born 1966), Irish investigative reporter
- Donald Nicolaisen, American politician
- Donald Nixon, brother of former U.S president Richard Nixon
- Donald of Ogilvy (Saint Donald)
- Donald Paige (born 1956), American middle distance runner
- Donald Pleasence (1919–1995), English stage and screen actor
- Don Rickles, American stand-up comedian
- Donald Rumsfeld (born 1932), United States Secretary of Defense
- Donald Sild (born 1968), Estonian javelin thrower
- Donald Spero, world champion rower
- Donald Sutherland (born 1935), Canadian actor
- Donald Trump (born 1946), American business executive, founder and CEO of Trump Organization; aka "The Donald"
- Donald Tsang (born 1944), Chief Executive of Hong Kong
- Donald Tusk (born 1957), Polish Prime Minister, politician, chairman of Civic Platform party (Platforma Obywatelska)
- Donald Wailan-Walalangi (born 1960), Indonesian tennis player
- Donald Whitton, Canadian cellist, and teacher
- Donald Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Donny Hathaway, (October 18, 1945 – January 13, 1979) American soul musician
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