Donaldson - People

People

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• 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), Scottish politician, and leader of the Scottish National Party from 1960 to 1969
• Arthur Donaldson (actor) (1869–1955), Swedish-American actor
• Arthur Donaldson Smith (1866–1939), 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), American jazz drummer
• Bruce Donaldson (born 1938), Australian politician
• Charles Donaldson (1903–1964), Scottish Conservative Party politician
• Chris Donaldson (born 1975), New Zealand sprinter
• Clayton Donaldson (born 1984), English footballer
• Clyde Donaldson (born 1894), Australian rules footballer
• Colby Donaldson (born 1974), American television actor
• Dave Donaldson, a retired English professional footballer
• David Donaldson (artist) (1916–1996), Scottish artist, Painter and Limner to Her Majesty the Queen
• David Donaldson (composer) (born 1960), New Zealand composer and performer
• Denis Donaldson (1950–2006), volunteer in the Provisional IRA and a member of Sinn Féin
• Doug Donaldson, a Canadian politician
• Ed Donaldson (born 1959), professional boxer
• Edward Donaldson (1816–89), American naval officer
• Edward Mortlock Donaldson CB CBE DSO AFC* LoM (1912–1992), RAF World War 2 Ace
• Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya (born 1957), woman grandmaster of chess
• Eric Donaldson (born 1947), Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter
• Frances Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Kingsbridge (née Lonsdale) (1907–1994), British writer and biographer
• Fred Donaldson (born 1937), English former footballer
• Gary Donaldson (born 1952), retired ice hockey player
• Glenn Donaldson, an American musician
• Gordon Donaldson CBE, FRHistS, FBA (1913–1993), Scottish historian
• Gordon Donaldson (journalist) (1926–2001), Scottish-Canadian author and journalist
• Gordon Graham Donaldson, (died 1809), senior officer in the British Army
• Graham Donaldson (born 1935), former Australian rules footballer
• Grant Donaldson (born 1976), New Zealand cricketer
• Hay Frederick Donaldson KCB (1856–1916), English mechanical engineer
• Helen Donaldson (born 1968), 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), British politician and public servant
• James Donaldson (classical scholar) (1831–1915), 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), retired professional English-American basketball player
• James Lowry Donaldson (1814–1885), American soldier and author
• Jamie Donaldson (born 1975), Welsh golfer
• Jeff Donaldson (American football) (born 1962), former defensive back
• Jeffery Donaldson, a Canadian poet, critic, and theorist
• Jeffrey Donaldson, MP, MLA (born 1962), Northern Irish politician
• Jesse M. Donaldson (born 1885), USA Postmaster General from 1947 to 1953
• Joan Donaldson (1946–2006), Canadian journalist, founding head of CBC Newsworld
• John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, PC (1920–2005), 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), American baseball player in the Negro leagues
• John Donaldson (second baseman), a former Major League Baseball second baseman
• John M. Donaldson (1854–1941), American architect and artist
• John William Donaldson (1811–1861), English philologist and biblical critic
• Johnny Donaldson, is an American guitarist in the Minnesota rock band Chameleon
• Joseph Donaldson (born 1891), politician in Manitoba, Canada
• Julia Donaldson (born 1948), 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), British model
• Lou Donaldson (born 1926), jazz alto saxophonist
• Margaret Donaldson, Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Edinburgh
• Mark Donaldson (rugby player) (born 1955), 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), 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), American actress and singer
• O'Neill Donaldson (born 1969), 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), main newsreader on BBC Radio 4
• Peter Donaldson (actor) (1953–2011), Canadian actor
• Peter Donaldson (economist) (1934–2002), British economist and broadcaster
• Ray Donaldson (born 1958), former American football Center
• Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis, a fictional character on the TV sitcom Full House
• Robert Donaldson (born 1943), American political scientist known for his work regarding US and Russian foreign policy
• Roger Donaldson (born 1945), Australian-born New Zealand film producer, director and writer
• Sam Donaldson (born 1934), reporter and news anchor for ABC News
• Sharon Donaldson (journalist), a reporter and newsreader for STV News in Northern Scotland
• Simon Donaldson (born 1957), 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), 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), 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), mathematician and well-known cryonics advocate
• Thomas Leverton Donaldson (1795–1885), 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), prolific United States popular songwriter, producing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s
• Walter Donaldson (snooker player) (1907–1973), Scottish professional snooker player
• William Donaldson (1935–2005), 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), International Master of chess
• William S. Donaldson (1944–2001), United States Navy pilot and Vietnam War veteran

Given name

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