MacDonald (surname)

MacDonald, Macdonald or McDonald may refer to:

Geography

• Macdonald, Manitoba
• Macdonald (electoral district)
• McDonald, PA

Astronomy

• 991 McDonalda, asteroid
• McDonald (crater), crater on the moon
• McDonald Observatory, astronomical observatory in Texas

Television and film

• Christopher McDonald, American actor
• Ian MacDonald (actor), American actor and director during the 1940s and 1960s
• Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
• Kevin MacDonald (director), Scottish documentary film director
• Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor
• Marie MacDonald, American film actress
• Mike MacDonald, Canadian comedian and actor
• Trevor McDonald, British news presenter

Military

• Claude Maxwell MacDonald, British soldier and diplomat
• Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, Marshal of France

Literature

• George MacDonald, Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister
• Ian MacDonald, British music critic and author
• Ian McDonald (author), British science fiction novelist
• John D. MacDonald, American writer

Politics

• Ian Macdonald (Australian politician), member of the Australian Senate for Queensland
• Ian Macdonald (New South Wales politician), Australian politician
• John A. Macdonald, the first Canadian Prime Minister
• John Sandfield Macdonald, the first Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario after the confederation of Canada in 1867
• Ramsay MacDonald, British prime minister

Music

• Ian McDonald (musician), member and producer of the progressive rock group called King Crimson
• Old McDonald Had a Farm, children's song about a farmer named McDonald and the various animals he keeps on his farm

Sports

• Kevin MacDonald (footballer), Scottish football player who formed part of the Liverpool "double" winning side of 1986
• Kevin McDonald (footballer), English professional footballer currently playing for Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League
• John W MacDonald (soccer), Scottish/American soccer player inducted into the Philadelphia Soccer Hall of Fame and also a member of the Philadelphia "Oldtimers" Soccer Association

Other

• Clan Donald, one of the largest Scottish clans;
• Angus L. Macdonald Bridge, the first of two suspension bridges linking the Halifax Peninsula to Dartmouth across Halifax Harbour
• Baron Macdonald, title in the Peerage of Ireland
• Eugene F. McDonald, founder of Zenith Radio
• Ian G. Macdonald, British mathematician known for his contributions to symmetric functions, special functions, and Lie algebra theory
• Jeffrey R. MacDonald, American murderer
• Kevin B. MacDonald, professor of psychology at California State University, Long Beach
• McDonald's, chain of fast food restaurants