Donovan

Donovan may be both a surname and a given name.
Some people with surname include:
Art Donovan (1924–2013), US American football player, NFL Hall of Famer
Bill Donovan (1876–1923), a pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball
Bill Donovan (Boston Braves pitcher) (1916–1997), a pitcher in Major League Baseball
Billy Donovan, head coach of Florida Gators men's basketball team
Carrie Donovan, magazine editor
Casey Donovan (porn star), gay porn star
Casey Donovan (singer), Australian Idol winner
Charles Donovan, naturalist
Chris Donovan (ice hockey), American ice hockey player
Chris Donovan, American television director and producer
Christopher G. Donovan, Connecticut politician
Daisy Donovan, English television presenter, actress, and writer
Dan Donovan (guitarist), singer/songwriter, guitarist for Tribe of Dan
Dan Donovan (keyboardist), keyboardist for Big Audio Dynamite and Dreadzone
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, American actress
Gerard Donovan, Irish novelist and poet
Hedley Donovan, editor in chief of Time Inc.
Jacquelyn Piro Donovan, American musical theater actress and singer
James B. Donovan (1916–1970), lawyer and sailor
James G. Donovan (1898–1987), Democratic politician, former New York State Senator and US congressman
James H. Donovan (1923–1990), Republican politician, former New York State Senator
Jason Donovan, Australian pop rock singer and actor
Johannah Leddy Donovan, American politician
John J. Donovan, American entrepreneur and former university professor
John Thomas Donovan (1878–1922), Irish nationalist politician
Kevin Donovan, English football player
Landon Donovan, American soccer player
Lisa Donovan, American internet actress
Mark Donovan, Welsh actor
Martin Donovan, American actor
Michael Donovan, voice actor and Emmy-nominated voice director
Patsy Donovan, Irish-American professional baseball player
Raymond J. Donovan, US Secretary of Labor
Roy Donovan, Australian rules footballer
Shean Donovan, Canadian ice hockey player
Stacey Donovan (Kelley Howell), model and porn star
Tara Donovan, American artist
Tate Donovan, American actor
Terence Donovan (actor), Australian actor
Terence Donovan (photographer), British photographer
Tim Donovan, political editor for the BBC
William Joseph Donovan, American lawyer and Office of Strategic Services chief in World War II, known as "father of the CIA"
Some people with given name include:
Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter, former 100 metre world record holder
Donovan Blake, American cricketer
Donovan Frankenreiter, American singer-songwriter
Donovan Gans, American football player
Donovan Phillips Leitch, Scottish folk musician (professionally known simply as Donovan)
Donovan Leitch, Jr., actor and son of Donovan Phillips Leitch
Donovan McNabb, American football player, quarterback for the Washington Redskins
Donovan Ricketts, Jamaican soccer player, goalkeeper with the Los Angeles Galaxy
Donovan Slacks, leader of a militant British fishermen's uprising in the 1920s
Donovan Simmonds, English football (soccer) player
Fictional characters:
Mike Donovan of Powell and Donovan, an Isaac Asimov character

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From Irish Donndubhan "dark brown."

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From donn (brown) and a diminutive form of dubh (black, dark), means: dark brown, dark-haired, dark chieftain.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	James B. Donovan	1916	American diplomat and politician
2	Landon Donovan	1982	American soccer player
3	Jeffrey Donovan	1968	American actor
4	Tate Donovan	1963	American actor
5	Donovan	1946	Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist
6	Donovan McNabb	1976	American football player, quarterback
7	Billy Donovan	1965	American college basketball player, professional basketball player, point guard, college basketball coach, NCAA Tournament championship coach
8	Jason Donovan	1968	Australian actor and singer
9	Donovan Patton	1978	American television actor
10	Donovan Bailey	1967	Canadian athlete, Olympic medalist
11	Trevor Donovan	1978	American actor
12	Martin Donovan	1957	American actor
13	William J. Donovan	1883	United States Army General, Medal of Honor recipient, and civil servant
14	Donovan Ruddock	1963	Canadian boxer
15	Elisa Donovan	1971	American actewaa
16	Lisa Donovan	1980	American actress
17	Shaun Donovan	1966	American government official
18	Keeley Donovan	1983	British weather presenter
19	Donovan Leitch	1967	British actor
20	Casey Donovan	1943	American male pornographic actor
21	Rob Donovan
22	Daisy Donovan	1975	British actor and television presenter
23	Donovan Scott	1946	American actor
24	Curtis Donovan
25	Theresa Donovan
26	Donovan Dijak	1987
27	Stacey Donovan	1964	American pornographic actress and model
28	Donovan Ricketts	1977	Jamaican footballer
29	Art Donovan	1924	Player of American football
30	King Donovan	1918	Actor and director
31	Terence Donovan	1936	Photographer
32	Milla Donovan		Fictional Marvel character
33	Jean Donovan	1953	Catholic martyr of El Salvador
34	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.	1956	American politician
35	Claudia Donovan		Fictional character from the US television series, Warehouse 13
36	Veronica Donovan		Fictional human
37	Ray Donovan	1930	American politician
38	Brian Donovan	1967	American actor
39	Donovan Smith	1993	American football player
40	John J. Donovan	1942	American businessman
41	Conor Donovan	1996	American association football player
42	Tara Donovan	1969	American artist
43	Donovan Solano	1987	Colombian baseball player
44	Chad Donovan	1972	American pornographic film director
45	Tony Donovan	1979	American pornographic actor
46	Marion Donovan	1917	American woman inventor
47	Carrie Donovan	1928	American fashion editor
48	Cody Donovan	1981	American martial artist
49	Dusty Donovan
50	Donovan Morgan	1982	American football player
51	Donovan Cook	1968	American film director and animator
52	Mia Donovan		Canadian photographer and filmmaker
53	Donovan Bennett	1964	Jamaican mob boss
54	Kelly Donovan	1971	American actor
55	Dabney Donovan
56	Chick Donovan	1947	American professional wrestler
57	Donovan Slijngard	1987	Dutch footballer
58	Professor Mike Donovan	1847	American boxer, boxing trainer, gym owner and instructor
59	Emma Donovan	1981	Australian singer
60	Mark Donovan	1968	Welsh actor
61	Drew Donovan
62	Adam Donovan		Australian musician
63	Frances Donovan
64	Donovan Léon	1992	Footballer
65	Shean Donovan	1975	Canadian ice hockey player
66	Eddie Donovan	1922	American basketball player, coach, executive
67	Rebecca Donovan		American writer
68	Patsy Donovan	1865	Major League Baseball player, manager
69	Robert J. Donovan	1912	American historian
70	James G. Donovan	1898	American politician
71	Dick Donovan	1927	American baseball player
72	Donovan Powell	1971	Athletics competitor
73	Ticky Donovan	1947	British karateka and coach
74	Donovan Strain	1985	American comedian
75	Kevin Donovan	1971	Footballer
76	Donovan Warren	1989	American football player
77	Donovan Woods	1985	American football player
78	Michael Donovan		Canadian screenwriter
79	Tim Donovan		British journalist
80	Donovan Osborne	1969	American baseball player
81	Johnny Donovan		American DJ
82	Donovan Germain	1952	Jamaican record producer
83	T.J. Donovan	1974
84	Jennifer Munson Donovan
85	Charles Donovan	1863	Irish entomologist
86	Donovan Hand	1986	American baseball player
87	Donovan Wylie	1971	Irish photographer
88	Donovan Webster	1959	American journalist
89	Edward Donovan	1768	British scientist
90	Donovan W. Frank	1951	United States federal judge
91	Kathleen Donovan	1952	County Executive of Bergen County, New Jersey
92	Gerard Donovan	1959	Irish writer
93	Leigh Donovan	1971	American racing cyclist
94	Francis Patrick Donovan	1922	Australian diplomat and legal professor
95	Anne Donovan		British writer
96	Donovan Porterie	1987	Player of American football
97	Christopher G. Donovan	1953	American politician
98	Josephine Donovan	1941	American professor
99	Donovan Richards		American politician
100	Donovan Greer	1974	American football player
101	Thom Donovan	1974	Musician, songwriter, producer
102	Hedley Donovan	1914	American journalist
103	Lawrence Donovan	1885	American writer
104	Donovan Simmonds	1988	English footballer
105	Donovan Joyce	1910	Australian writer
106	Don Donovan	1929	Irish footballer and manager
107	Pat Donovan	1953	Player of American football
108	Bryan T. Donovan	1973	American actor
109	Donovan Raiola	1982	Player of American football
110	Donovan Chapman		American musician
111	Daniel Donovan		Irish doctor
112	Donovan Alexander	1985	Canadian football player
113	Donovan Deekman	1988	Dutch professional footballer
114	Clyde Donovan		Fictional human
115	Dennis D. Donovan	1859	American politician
116	Larry Donovan	1941	American football coach
117	Donovan Courville	1901	American biochemist
118	Donovan Dela Cruz	1973	American politician
119	Ryan Donovan	1987	American ice hockey goaltender
120	Paul Vincent Donovan	1924	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan
121	Jerome F. Donovan	1872	American politician
122	Ian Donovan	1976	MLA Little Bow
123	Eric Donovan	1985
124	Jeremiah Donovan	1857	American politician
125	James H. Donovan	1923	New York State Senator
126	Donovan Hohn	1972	American writer
127	Donovan Maury	1981	Belgian footballer
128	John Anthony Donovan	1911	Catholic bishop
129	Dan Donovan	1960
130	Jack Donovan	1974	American activist, editor and writer
131	Harry Donovan	1926	American sportsperson and basketball player
132	Susan Donovan	1961	Writer
133	Donovan Mitchell		South African poet
134	Donovan Tildesley	1984	Canadian swimmer
135	Donovan James McCune	1902
136	William F. Donovan		American sports coach
137	Tom Donovan	1873	American baseball player
138	Donovan Rose	1957	American gridiron football player
139	Donovan Grobbelaar	1983	New Zealander cricketer
140	Carol A. Donovan	1937	American politician
141	Donovan Blake	1961	American cricketer
142	Donovan King	1972	Canadian actor
143	Terence Donovan, Baron Donovan	1898	British politician
144	Ed Donovan		American actor and editor
145	Donovan Boucher	1961	Jamaican/Canadian boxer
146	Donovan Forbes		American football player
147	Jacquelyn Piro Donovan		American actress
148	Donovan Gans	1971
149	Kerry Donovan
150	Paula Donovan		AIDS and women rights activist
151	Roy Donovan	1903	Australian rules footballer
152	Bill Donovan	1916	American baseball player
153	Paul Donovan	1963	Irish middle and long distance runner
154	Robin Donovan	1955	British racing driver
155	Donovan Drayton		American prisoner
156	James J. Donovan	1890	Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey
157	Kaitlyn ni Donovan		American composer and musician
158	Donovan Cech	1974	South African rower
159	Donovan Pagon	1982	Jamaican cricketer
160	Dale Donovan
161	Donovan McClelland	1949	Northern Irish politician
162	Leslie Donovan	1936	American politician
163	Louann Donovan	1986	Figure skater
164	Rich Donovan
165	Garth Donovan
166	Joseph Donovan	1949	Australian boxer (1949-2001)
167	Herman Lee Donovan	1887	American educator and college administrator
168	Mishi Donovan	1964	Canadian actress
169	Jim Donovan	1964	Film director
170	Stephen Donovan	1954	British paleontologist
171	Donovan Ward	1956	South African artist
172	Donovan Winter	1933	British film director and writer
173	Matt Donovan		Rugby league player
174	Donovan Wilson
175	Joseph L. Donovan	1893	American politician
176	Jerry Donovan	1876	American baseball player
177	Edward Westby Donovan	1821	British Army general
178	Donovan Olson	1965	American politician
179	John Thomas Donovan	1878	Irish politician
180	Chris Donovan	1985	American ice hockey player
181	Bruce Donovan	1937	American academic
182	Donovan Arp	1978	American football player
183	Dennis F. Donovan	1889	United States federal judge
184	Johannah Leddy Donovan	1944
185	Donovan van den Heever	1981	Chess master
186	Fred Donovan	1864	Major League Baseball catcher
187	Donovan Swailes	1892	Canadian politician
188	Bobby Donovan	1927	Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
189	Robert Donovan	1899	Irish cricketer
190	Donovan Pedelty	1903	British journalist, film director and screenwriter (1903-1989)
191	Mike Donovan	1881	American baseball player
192	Albert Edward Donovan	1850	Canadian politician
193	Terry Donovan	1944
194	Wreck Donovan		New York sneak thief, river pirate, gang leader and underworld figure; member of the Patsy Conroy Gang during the 1850s.
195	Donovan Slacks		British revolutionary
196	Donovan Browning	1916	English footballer
197	Donovan Brown
198	Bernard Donovan	1995
199	Donovan Matthews	1976	Cricketer
200	Richard J. Donovan		American politician