O'Donovan (surname)
- Military, intelligence
- Dan "Sandow" O'Donovan (1890—1975), Irish Republican Army figure
- Donal II O'Donovan (died 1639), Nine Years' War
- Donal III O'Donovan (died 1660), Irish Confederate Wars
- Donal IV O'Donovan (died 1705), Williamite War in Ireland
- Edward Westby Donovan (1821—1897), Commander of British Troops in China, also Colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment
- Francis L. Donovan,[1][2][3] US Marine Corps major general, Commanding General 2nd Marine Division,[4][5]
- Francis R. Donovan (1934—2014),[6][7][8] US Navy admiral. Was in charge of Military Sealift Command during the Gulf War. His family [9]
- George M. Donovan (1922—2002),[10] US Army general
- James B. Donovan (1916—1970), US Navy commander, intelligence counsel, OSS and famed international diplomatic negotiator
- Jeremiah O'Donovan (died 1709), O'Donovan of Clanloughlin, Registrar for the Admiralty [11] (Ireland) under James II
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (1831—1915), Fenian, Irish Republican Brotherhood figure
- Jerome X. O'Donovan (1944—2014), US Marine Corps captain, New York City councilman
- John H. Donovan (1840—1882), Union Army officer, American Civil War
- Joseph N. Donovan (1921—1980),[12] US Air Force general
- Leo Donovan (1895—1950),[13][14] US Army general
- Matthew Donovan (born 1958), Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, retired US Air Force colonel
- Morgan John Winthrop O'Donovan (1893—1969), O'Donovan of Clancahill
- Morgan William II O'Donovan (1861—1940), O'Donovan of Clancahill
- Richard Donovan (1885—1949),[15][16] US Army general
- Richard II O'Donovan (died 1829), O'Donovan of Clancahill
- Seamus O'Donovan (1896—1979), Irish Republican Army figure
- Stanley Joseph Donovan (1910—2001), [17] [18] US Air Force general
- Tadhg an Astna O'Donovan (died 1798), United Irishmen, Battle of the Big Cross
- Timothy E. Donovan (living),[19] US Marine Corps general. Involved in Korea and Naval Research. Was also Commander of Camp Pendleton.
- William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan (1883—1959), a United States soldier, lawyer and intelligence officer who headed the wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and known as the "Father of American Intelligence." His son David was with the US Navy during World War II and is also buried at Arlington [20]
- Government
- Daniel O'Donovan (MP Doneraile), represented the Manor of Doneraile in James II's Patriot Parliament
- Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. (born 1956), United States Representative from New York City
- Denis O'Donovan (born 1955), Irish politician, former Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
- Francis Patrick Donovan (1922—2012), Australian ambassador to OECD and UN
- James G. Donovan (1898—1987), United States Representative from New York City
- Jeremiah Donovan (1857—1935), Connecticut politician
- Jerome F. Donovan (1872—1949), US Representative from New York
- Raymond J. Donovan (born 1930), United States Secretary of Labor
- Shaun Donovan (born 1966), US government official
- Terence Donovan, Baron Donovan (1898—1971), British Labour Party politician and judge
- Timothy O'Donovan (1881—1951), Irish politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
- William O'Donovan (1886—1955), British Conservative Party politician
- Close relations
- Michael Collins (1890—1922), Irish general and government leader, also of Ui Fidgenti
- Ronald Reagan (1911—2004), President of the United States, winner of the Cold War, also of Ui Fidgenti
- Business & Finance
- Jim Donovan (born 1967), a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs
- Paul Donovan (born 1972), UBS Global Chief Economist
- Val O'Donovan (1936—2005), Cork-born Canadian electrical engineer, businessman, co-founder of COM DEV and Chancellor of the University of Waterloo
- Fashion & Photography
- Carrie Donovan (1928—2001), fashion editor
- Terence Donovan (1936—1996), British photographer and film director
- Religion
- John Anthony Donovan (1911—1991), Bishop of Toledo
- Oliver O'Donovan (born 1945), theologian
- Paul Vincent Donovan (1924—2011), Bishop of Kalamazoo
- University
- Herman Lee Donovan (1887—1964), President of the University of Kentucky
- Leo J. O'Donovan (born 1934), former President of Georgetown University
- Other notable people
- Barra Ó Donnabháin (1941—2003), (North American) Irish language columnist, The Irish Echo
- Charles Donovan (1863—1951), biologist
- Edward Donovan (1768—1837), zoologist
- Gerald O'Donovan (1871—1972), writer
- Gerard Donovan (born 1959), novelist, photographer, poet
- Hedley Donovan (1914—1990), editor-in-chief of Time, Inc.
- Jean Donovan (1953—1980), American lay missionary
- Michael Francis O'Donovan (1903—1966), Irish author Frank O'Connor
- Mary Donovan O'Sullivan (1887—1966), scholar
- William Rudolf O'Donovan (1844—1920), American sculptor
- Contact sport
- Art Donovan (1924—2013), NFL Hall of Fame
- Professor Mike Donovan (1847—1918), boxer, his grandfather
- Niall O'Donovan, Irish rugby union coach
- Entertainment
- Daisy Donovan (born 1975), actress and writer, listed among the Sexiest Women in the World by FHM
- Dan Donovan (born 1962), keyboardist
- Jason Donovan (born 1968), actor and singer
- Paul Donovan (born 1954), creator of LEXX
- Ross O'Donovan (born 1987), animator and co-host of YouTube webseries, Steam Train
- Terence Donovan (born 1942), actor
- Walter Donovan, main antagonist in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, notably portrayed by English actor Julian Glover
See also
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