Donovan (name)

Donovan is an Irish surname and given name meaning "dark princeling."

People with the surname include

Allen F. Donovan (1914-1995) American aerospace engineer
Art Donovan (1924–2013), American football player
Bill Donovan (1876–1923), American baseball player and manager
Bill Donovan (Boston Braves pitcher) (1916–1997), American baseball player
Billy Donovan (born 1965), American basketball coach
Carrie Donovan (1928–2001) American fashion magazine editor
Casey Donovan (porn star), (1943–1987) American gay porn star
Casey Donovan (singer), (born 1988), Australian singer
Charles Donovan (1863–1951), Irish-born Anglo-Indian naturalist
Chris Donovan (ice hockey), (born 1985) American ice hockey player
Chris Donovan, American television director and producer
Christopher G. Donovan (born 1953), Connecticut politician
Claire Donovan (1948–2019), British historian
Daisy Donovan (born 1973), English television presenter, actress, and writer
Dan Donovan (guitarist) (born 1960), British singer/songwriter
Dan Donovan (keyboardist) (born 1962), British rock musician
Dan Donovan (politician), American politician
Dick Donovan (baseball player) (1927–1997), Major League Baseball pitcher
Don Donovan (1929–2013), Irish footballer and manager
Edward Donovan (1768–1837), Anglo-Irish zoologist
Elisa Donovan (born 1971), American actress, writer, and producer
Gerard Donovan (born 1959), Irish novelist and poet
Hedley Donovan (1914-1990), American magazine editor
Jacquelyn Piro Donovan, American musical theater actress and singer
James B. Donovan (1916–1970), American lawyer and sailor
James G. Donovan (1898–1987), Democratic politician, former New York State Senator and US Representative
James H. Donovan (1923–1990), Republican politician, former New York State Senator
Jason Donovan (born 1968), Australian pop rock singer and actor
Johannah Leddy Donovan (born 1944), American educator and politician
John J. Donovan (born 1943), American professor of management science and entrepreneur
John Thomas Donovan (1878–1922), Irish nationalist politician
Josephine Donovan (born 1941), American scholar
Kevin Donovan (born 1971), English football player
Landon Donovan (born 1982), American soccer player
Lisa Donovan (born 1980), American internet actress
Mark Donovan (born 1958), Welsh actor
Martin Donovan (born 1957), American actor
Michael Donovan (born 1953), Canadian voice actor and voice director
Patsy Donovan (1865-1953), Irish-American professional baseball player
Raymond J. Donovan (born 1930), American businessman and Secretary of Labor (1981–1985)
Roy Donovan (1903–1972), Australian rules footballer
Shaun Donovan (born 1966), American former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Director of the Office of Management and Budget, running for Mayor of New York City
Shean Donovan (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player
Tara Donovan (born 1969), American artist
Tate Donovan (born 1963), American actor
Terence Donovan (actor) (born 1942), Australian actor
Terence Donovan (photographer) (1936-1996), British photographer
William J. Donovan (1883-1959), American lawyer, soldier, and espionage chief

People with given name include

Donovan Bailey (born 1967), Jamaican-Canadian sprinter, former 100 metre world record holder
Donovan Blake (born 1961), Jamaican-born American cricketer
Donovan Frankenreiter (born 1972), American singer-songwriter
Donovan Gans (born 1971), American football player
Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 1946), Scottish folk musician (professionally known simply as Donovan)
Donovan Leitch (actor) (born 1967), British-American actor, son of Donovan Phillips Leitch
Donovan McNabb (born 1976), American football player
Donovan Mitchell (born 1996), American basketball player
Donovan Patton (born 1978), American host, actor, and singer
Donovan Peoples-Jones (born 1999), American football player
Donovan Ricketts (born 1977), Jamaican soccer player
Donovan Slacks, leader of a militant British fishermen's uprising in the 1920s
Donovan Simmonds (born 1988), English football (soccer) player
Donovan Solano (born 1987), Colombian baseball second baseman for the San Francisco Giants
Donovan Wilson (American football) (born 1995), American football player

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