Donaldson

Donaldson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Donald". There are other spellings. Donaldson may refer to:

People

Surname

• Alastair Donaldson, a Scottish bass guitar player for the band The Rezillos
• Alex Donaldson (1890–unknown), a Scottish footballer
• Alexander Donaldson (bookseller) (died 1794)
• Arthur Donaldson (1901–1993), a Scottish politician, and leader of the Scottish National Party from 1960 to 1969
• Arthur Donaldson (actor) (1869–1955), a Swedish-American actor
• Arthur Donaldson Smith (1866–1939), an American explorer of Africa
• Ben Donaldson, (born 1979) a talented and visionary waste management professional, UK.
• Bob Donaldson, a Scottish football player
• Bob Donaldson (news anchor), television news anchor at WXIN Fox 59 in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Bobby Donaldson (1922–1971), an American jazz drummer
• Bruce Donaldson (born 1938), an Australian politician
• Charles Donaldson (1903–1964), a Scottish Conservative Party politician
• Chris Donaldson (born 1975), a New Zealand sprinter
• Christopher Donaldson (born 1973), a screenwriter and director who has worked in the comic book industry
• Clayton Donaldson (born 1984), an English footballer
• Clyde Donaldson (born 1894), an Australian rules footballer
• Colby Donaldson (born 1974), an American television actor
• Dave Donaldson, a retired English professional footballer
• David Donaldson, Painter and Limner to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland
• Denis Donaldson (1950–2006), a volunteer in the Provisional IRA and a member of Sinn Féin
• Doug Donaldson, a Canadian politician
• Ed Donaldson (born 1959), a professional boxer
• Edd Donaldson (born 1992), Video-Game journalist, Host of Gaming Cubed
• Edward Donaldson (1816–89), American naval officer
• Edward Mortlock Donaldson CB CBE DSO AFC* LoM (1912–1992), an RAF World War 2 Ace
• Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya (born 1957) is a woman grandmaster of chess
• Eric Donaldson (born 1947), a Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter
• Frances Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Kingsbridge (née Lonsdale) (1907–1994), a British writer and biographer
• Fred Donaldson (born 1937), an English former footballer
• Gary Donaldson (born 1952), a retired ice hockey player
• Glenn Donaldson, an American musician
• Gordon Donaldson CBE, FRHistS, FBA (1913–1993), a Scottish historian
• Gordon Donaldson (journalist) (1926–2001), a Scottish-Canadian author and journalist
• Gordon Graham Donaldson, (died 1809), a senior officer in the British Army
• Graham Donaldson (born 1935), a former Australian rules footballer
• Grant Donaldson (born 1976), a New Zealand cricketer
• Hay Frederick Donaldson KCB (1856–1916), an English mechanical engineer
• Helen Donaldson (born 1968), an Australian opera singer
• Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957–1993), the vocalist and frontman of British band Skrewdriver
• J. Lyter Donaldson (1891–1960), the Democratic nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1943
• Jack Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge (1907–1998), a British politician and public servant
• James Donaldson (classical scholar) (1831–1915), a Scottish classical scholar, and educational and theological writer
• James Donaldson (publisher), publisher of the Edinburgh Advertiser; founder of Donaldson's Hospital
• James Donaldson (basketball) (born 1957), a retired professional English-American basketball player
• James Lowry Donaldson (1814–1885), an American soldier and author
• Jamie Donaldson (born 1975), a Welsh golfer
• Jeff Donaldson (born 1962), a former defensive back
• Jeffery Donaldson, a Canadian poet, critic, and theorist
• Jeffrey Donaldson, MP, MLA (born 1962), a Northern Irish politician
• Jesse M. Donaldson (born 1885), USA Postmaster General from 1947–1953
• Joan Donaldson (1946–2006), a Canadian journalist, founding head of CBC Newsworld
• John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, PC (1920–2005), a senior British judge and Master of the Rolls
• John Donaldson (author) (1921–1989), a.k.a. Jon Inglis, a British author and poet
• John Donaldson (economist), the Mario J. Gabelli Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School
• John Donaldson (pitcher) (1892–1970), an American baseball player in the Negro leagues
• John Donaldson (second baseman), a former Major League Baseball second baseman
• John M. Donaldson (1854–1941), an American architect and artist
• John William Donaldson (1811–1861), an English philologist and biblical critic
• Johnny Donaldson, is an American guitarist in the Minnesota rock band Chameleon
• Joseph Donaldson (born 1891), a politician in Manitoba, Canada
• Julia Donaldson (born 1948), an English writer and playwright living in Scotland
• Julie Donaldson, a beauty queen from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
• Kim Donaldson, a Zimbabwean artist who specialises in painting the peoples and wildlife of Africa
• Kristian Donaldson, a comic book artist and designer based in Dallas, Texas
• Liam Donaldson (born 1949), the Chief Medical Officer for England
• Lily Donaldson (born 1987), a British model
• Lou Donaldson (born 1926), a jazz alto saxophonist
• Margaret Donaldson, Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Edinburgh
• Mark Donaldson (rugby player) (born 1955), a New Zealand All Black rugby union player
• Mark Donaldson VC (born 1979), the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia
• Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington, GBE DStJ (1921–2003), Lord Mayor of London (1983–1984)
• Mary Donaldson (Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark), Australian-born Crown Princess of Denmark
• Michael A. Donaldson (1884–1970), a United States Army sergeant and a recipient of the US Medal of Honor
• Michael C. Donaldson, an American entertainment attorney
• Norma Donaldson (July 8, 1928—November 22, 1994) was an American actress and singer
• O'Neill Donaldson (born 1969), an English former footballer
• Pat Donaldson (b c 1943, in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland), bass guitarist
• Pete Donaldson, a Radio and Television presenter
• Peter Donaldson (born 1945), a main newsreader on BBC Radio 4
• Peter Donaldson (actor) (1953–2011), a Canadian actor
• Peter Donaldson (economist) (1934–2002), a British economist and broadcaster
• Ray Donaldson (born 1958), a former American football Center
• Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis, a fictional character on the TV sitcom Full House
• Robert Donaldson (born 1943), an American political scientist known for his work regarding US and Russian foreign policy
• Roger Donaldson (born 1945), an Australian-born New Zealand film producer, director and writer
• Sam Donaldson (born 1934), a reporter and news anchor for ABC News
• Sharon Donaldson (journalist), a reporter and newsreader for STV News in Northern Scotland
• Simon Donaldson (born 1957), an English mathematician famous for his work on the topology of smooth four-dimensional manifolds
• St Clair Donaldson (1863–1935), the first Anglican archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
• Stephen Donaldson (activist) (1946–1996), born Robert Anthony Martin, an American bisexual political activist
• Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947), an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist
• Stewart Donaldson, Professor and Chair of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California
• Stuart Donaldson (1812–1867), the first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales
• Thomas Donaldson (architect) (1795–1885), a British architect, particularly of churches
• Thomas Donaldson (professor), the The Mark O. Winkelman Professor in Ethics and Law at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Thomas K. Donaldson (1945–2006), a mathematician and well-known cryonics advocate
• Thomas Leverton Donaldson (1795–1885), a prominent English architect during the 19th century
• Trose Emmett Donaldson (born 1914), awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism in December 1941 at Cavite, Philippine Islands
• Vance Young Donaldson (born 1791), soldier and penal administrator in the 57th Regiment under Wellington
• Walter Donaldson (1893–1947), a prolific United States popular songwriter, producing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s
• Walter Donaldson (snooker player) (1907–1973), a Scottish professional snooker player
• William Donaldson (1935–2005), an English satirist, writer and playboy
• William H. Donaldson (born 1931), the 27th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 2003–2005
• William John Donaldson (born 1958), an International Master of chess
• William S. Donaldson (1944–2001), a United States Navy pilot and Vietnam War veteran

Given name

• Donaldson Brown (1885–1965), a financial executive and corporate director with DuPont and General Motors Corporation

Places

In the United States:

• Donaldson, Arkansas, a town in Hot Spring County
• Donaldson, Indiana, an unincorporated town in West Township, Marshall County
• Donaldson, Minnesota, a city in Kittson County
• Donaldson, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place in Schuylkill County
• Donaldson, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Hampshire County
• Donaldson Air Force Base, a closed facility of the United States Air Force
• Donaldson Center Airport, a public airport south of Greenville, South Carolina
• Donaldson Mountain, in Franklin County, New York
• Donaldson Run, a stream in Arlington County, Virginia

Businesses

• Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, a U.S. investment bank founded in 1959
• Donaldson, Moir and Paterson, a Scottish rock group originally formed in 1985
• Donaldson and Meier, an architectural firm based in Detroit, Michigan
• Donaldson International Airways, a British charter airline from 1968 to 1974
• Donaldson's, a defunct department store company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

See also

• .219 Donaldson Wasp cartridge (.219 Wasp) was created in 1937 by Harvey Donaldson
• Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods, an American pop music group
• Donaldson Report, result of an independent investigation into the crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996
• Donaldson's College in Linlithgow, Scotland's national residential and day school for the deaf
• Donaldson's theorem, stating that a definite intersection form of a simply connected smooth manifold of dimension 4 is diagonalisable
• Donaldson Smith's Nightjar (Caprimulgus donaldsoni), a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family
• Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser donaldsoni), a species of bird in the Ploceidae family
• Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy, the first of a series of books by New Zealand author Lynley Dodd
• O'Connor v. Donaldson, 422 U.S. 563 (1975), a landmark decision in mental health law
• USS Donaldson, three ships of the United States Navy have been named Donaldson