Don


Gender:
Origin: English, Latin
2499 famous people named Don found on Wikipedia.
166930 male, 1207 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 1501-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 50-th in year 1934
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name, form of Donald. (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.

Don is a masculine given name in the Irish language and a short form of another masculine given name in the English language. The Irish name is derived from the Irish donn; the name can either mean "brown", or "chief", "noble". The Irish name is a variant spelling of Donn. The English name is unrelated to the Irish name; this name is a short form of the given name Donald. Pet forms of this English name include: Donnie and Donny. It can also be a surname, also derived from "brown". It is a common name in the English language.

Early 14c. contraction of do on (see doff). "After 1650 retained in popular use only in north. dialect; as a literary archaism it has become very frequent in 19th c." [OED]. Related: Donned; donning.

Short form, derived from Latin Dominicus (belonging to a lord), from dominus (a lord, a master).

Famous People: 2499 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Don Rickles 1926 American stand-up comedian, actor
2 Don Henley 1947 American singer, lyricist, producer and drummer
3 Don Knotts 1924 American stand-up comedian
4 Don Cheadle 1964 Actor, film producer, philanthropist, and author
5 Don King 1931 American boxing promoter
6 Don Lemon 1966 American journalist and news anchor
7 Don Felder 1947 American musician
8 Don Gummer 1946 American sculptor
9 Don Draper Character from Mad Men
10 Don Bradman 1908 Australian cricketer
11 Don McLean 1945 American Singer and songwriter
12 Don Omar 1978 Puerto Rican reggaeton singer and actor
13 Don Bluth 1937 American animator
14 Don Mattingly 1961 American baseball player and coach
15 Don Ameche 1908 American actor
16 Don Shula 1930 American football player and coach
17 Monty Don 1955 A British writer, broadcaster, gardener and farmer
18 Don Adams 1923 American actor, comedian and director
19 Don Swayze 1958 American actor
20 Don Most 1953 American actor
21 Don Imus 1940 Radio personality
22 Don Francisco 1940 Chilean television personality
23 Don Williams 1939 American country singer
24 Don DeLillo 1936 American novelist, playwright and essayist
25 Don Frye 1965 Mixed martial artist
26 Don Stark 1954 American actor
27 Don Cornelius 1936 American television show host and producer
28 Don Grady 1944 Actor, composer, musician
29 Don Jazzy 1982 Nigerian Record Producer
30 Don Haskins 1930 American basketball player and coach
31 Don Miguel Ruiz 1952 Mexican writer and philosopher
32 Don Messick 1926 American actor
33 Don Nelson 1940 American former NBA player and head coach
34 Don Ed Hardy 1945 American artist
35 Don Simpson 1943 American film producer, screenwriter, actor
36 Equipo de fútbol Le va al Necaxa
37 Don S. Davis 1942 American actor
38 Don Hertzfeldt 1976 American animator and filmmaker
39 Don Ho 1930 Hawaiian musician/entertainer
40 Don Warrington 1951 British actor
41 Don Drysdale 1936 American baseball player
42 Don Diamont 1962 American actor
43 Don Murray 1929 Actor
44 Don Jardine 1940 Canadian professional wrestler
45 Don Muraco 1949 Professional wrestler
46 Don Diablo 1980 DJ and record producer
47 Don Revie 1927 English footballer and manager
48 Don Pardo 1918 American announcer
49 Don LaFontaine 1940 American voice actor
50 Don Lake 1956 Writer, actor, director
51 Don Novello 1943 American actor and director
52 Don Airey 1948 Rock musician
53 Don DeFore 1913 Actor
54 Don Callis 1967 Canadian professional wrestler
55 Don Siegel 1912 Film director and producer
56 Don Francks 1932 Canadian actor, vocalist, jazz musician
57 Don Arden 1926 English producer
58 Don Larsen 1929 American professional baseball player, pitcher
59 Don Zimmer 1931 American baseball manager
60 Don Gorske 1953 American big Mac enthusiast
61 Don "Magic" Juan 1950 American pimp
62 Don Abbondio One of the main characters of The Betrothed, the best known novel by Alessandro Manzoni.
63 Don Thompson 1963 American engineer and business executive
64 Don Was 1952 American musician
65 Don Beebe 1964 American football player
66 Don Orsillo 1968 American sports announcer
67 Polow da Don 1977 American rapper and record producer
68 Don Sutton 1945 American baseball player
69 Don Winslow 1953 American writer
70 Don Young 1933 American politician
71 Don Stroud 1943 American actor
72 Donald F. McGahn II 1968 American government official
73 Don Gordon 1926 American actor
74 Don Dokken 1953 American musician
75 Don Cheto 1910 Mexican singer
76 Don Galloway 1937 American actor
77 Don L. Lind 1930 American astronaut
78 Don Tommasino Fictional human
79 Don Marshall 1936 American actor
80 Don Hutson 1913 American football player and coach
81 Don McCullin 1935 British photojournalist
82 Don Cherry 1936 American jazz trumpeter
83 Don Henderson 1932 British actor
84 Don Shipley U.S. Navy SEAL
85 Don Kirshner 1934 American songwriter, publisher, music producer, manager
86 Don Siegelman 1946 51st Governor of Alabama
87 Don Hany 1975 Australian actor
88 Don Majkowski 1964 American football player
89 Don Moen 1950 American singer-songwriter, pastor and record producer
90 Don Gibson 1928 American musician
91 Don Estelle 1933 British actor
92 Don Newcombe 1926 Major League Baseball pitcher
93 Don Blankenship 1950 American businessman
94 Don Beyer 1950 American businessman, diplomat, and politician
95 Donald Norman 1935 American academic
96 Don Gilet 1967 British actor
97 Don Calfa 1939 American actor
98 Don Altobello Fictional human
99 Don Cannon 1979 Dj Producer Mogul
100 Don Coscarelli 1954 American film director, producer and screenwriter
101 Don Brewer 1948 American musician
102 Don Fanucci
103 Don Mitchell 1943 American actor
104 Don Garlits 1932 American racing driver
105 Don Iwerks 1929 American businessman
106 Don Budge 1915 US tennis player
107 Don Shanks 1950 American stuntman
108 Don Rich 1941 American musician
109 Don Porter 1912 Actor
110 Don Black 1938 English lyricist
111 Don Herbert 1917 American television host
112 Don Howe 1935 English footballer and manager
113 Don Walsh 1931 American oceanographer
114 Don Letts 1956 British film director
115 Don Prudhomme 1941 American racing driver
116 Don Rosa 1951 American comic book writer and illustrator
117 Don Bexley 1910 American actor
118 Don Wildman 1961 American television personality
119 Don Collier 1928 American actor
120 Don Harron 1924 Canadian actor and comedian
121 Don Mattrick 1964 Video game executive
122 Don the Beachcomber 1907 American Restaurant Owner
123 Don Coryell 1924 American football player and coach
124 Don Barnes 1952 American singer
125 Don Roos 1955 American screenwriter
126 Don "The Dragon" Wilson 1954 American kickboxer
127 Don Ellis 1934 American jazz musician
128 Don Lapre 1964 Marketer from the United States
129 Don Rodrigo
130 Don Koehler 1925 American 'giant'
131 Don Mancini 1963 American screenwriter, producer, and film director
132 Don Hollenbeck 1905 American journalist
133 Don Carlos Buell 1818 Union Army General
134 Don Franklin 1960 American actor
135 Don Powell 1946 British musician
136 Don James 1932 American football player and coach
137 Don Hutchison 1971 Scottish footballer
138 Don Baylor 1949 American baseball player and coach
139 Don Reid 1945 American singer
140 Don Matheson 1929 American actor
141 Don Keefer 1916 Actor from the United States
142 Don Bolles 1928 Reporter
143 Trooper Da Don 1973 German rapper
144 Don McKellar 1963 Canadian actor, screenwriter and film director
145 Don Bachardy 1934 Armenian artist
146 Don Martin 1931 Cartoonist
147 Don Hewitt 1922 American television news producer
148 Don Hasselbeck 1955 American football player
149 Don Pyke 1968 Australian rules footballer
150 Don Valentine 1932 American venture capitalist
151 Don Yenko 1927 American racecar driver
152 Don Choa 1974 French singer
153 Don Brown 1955 American football player and coach
154 Don Willett 1966 American judge
155 Don Beck 1937 American psychologist
156 Don Ritchie 1925 Australian humanitarian
157 Don Maynard 1935 American and Canadian football player
158 Don Meredith 1964 Canadian politician
159 Don Carlos 1952 Jamaican musician
160 Don Hahn 1955 Artist, film maker, producer
161 Don Johnson 1962 American blackjack player
162 Don Geronimo 1958 American radio host
163 Don Page 1948 Canadian physicist
164 Don Davis 1957 American composer
165 Don Cowie 1983 Footballer
166 Don Tapscott 1947 Canadian businessman
167 Don Lane 1933 American talk show host
168 Don Ohlmeyer 1945 American television producer
169 Don Sweeney 1966 Canadian ice hockey player
170 Don Buchla 1937 Musical instrument inventor
171 Don Hall 2000 American film director
172 Don Chaney 1946 American basketball player and coach
173 Don MacLean 1970 American basketball player
174 Don Spencer 1941 Australian children's singer-songwriter
175 Don Dunstan 1926 35th Premier of South Australia
176 Don Francis 1942 American epidemiologist
177 Don Wakamatsu 1963 American baseball player and coach
178 Don Reinhoudt 1945 American weightlifter
179 Don Quarrie 1951 Athletics (sport) competitor, sprinter
180 Don Murphy 1965 American film producer
181 Don Taylor 1920 Actor, director
182 Don Hastings 1934 American actor
183 Don Denkinger 1936 American baseball umpire
184 Don Getty 1933 Premier of Alberta, Canada, from 1985 to 1992
185 Don "Red" Barry 1912 American actor
186 Don Reo 1946 American television producer
187 Don Cockell 1928 British boxer
188 Don Wycherley 1967 Irish actor
189 Don Edwards 1915 American Politician
190 Don Goodman 1966 English footballer
191 Don Iveson 1979 Canadian politician
192 Don Kelly 1980 Baseball player from the United States
193 Don Heck 1929 American comics artist
194 Don Curry 1961 American actor and comedian
195 Don Costa 1925 American musician
196 Don Pedro Colley 1938 Actor
197 Don Criqui 1940 Sportscaster
198 Don Covay 1938 American musician
199 Don Scardino 1949 American actor
200 Don Marquis 1878 American writer