Famous People with Name Donald

Donald Bishop            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Bishop: was an American football cornerback in the NFL. He attended Los Angeles City College.

Donald James "Don" Johnson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald James "Don" Johnson: is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehm, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania[1]. Johnson attended Fairview High School in Erie, Pennsylvania and won the PIAA State Singles Championship in 1984. During his career, he won the Wimbledon men's doubles title in 2001 (partnering Jared Palmer), and the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2000 (partnering Kimberly Po).

Donald Byrne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Byrne: was one of the USA's strongest chess players during the 1950s and 1960s.Born in New York City, he won the U.S. Open Chess Championship in 1953, was awarded the International Master title by FIDE (English: World Chess Federation) in 1962, and played for or captained five U.S. Chess Olympiad teams between 1962 and 1972. His older brother, International Grandmaster Robert Byrne, was also a leading player of that time.

Donald Edward Osterbrock            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Edward Osterbrock: was an American astronomer, best known for his work on star formation and on the history of astronomy.He was educated at the University of Chicago, where he received bachelor's and master's degrees in physics and a PhD in astronomy in 1952. He was a student of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar while working at University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory. His work there with William Wilson Morgan and Stewart Sharpless showed the existence of the Milky Way's spiral arms.He became a post-doctoral researcher, instructor and Assistant Professor at the California Institute of Technology until 1958. He was then appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, received tenure there in 1959, and was promoted to full professor in 1961. In 1973 he moved from Madison to the University of California at Santa Cruz, as Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Director of Lick Observatory

Donald Culross Peattie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Culross Peattie: was a U.S. botanist, naturalist and author. He was described by Joseph Wood Krutch as "perhaps the most widely read of all contemporary American nature writers" during his heyday.Peattie was born in Chicago and initially studied French poetry for two years at the University of Chicago. He then transferred to, and graduated (1922) from, Harvard University where he studied with the noted botanist Merritt Lyndon Fernald. After field work in the Southern and Mid-West United States, he worked as a botanist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (1922-1924).

Michael William Donald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael William Donald: (born on July 11, 1955) is an American professional golfer.

Harry Donald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harry Donald: (March 8, 1882

Christopher McDonald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christopher McDonald: McDonald was born in New York City, the son of Patricia, a nursing professor and real estate agent, and James McDonald, an educator. He was raised in upstate Romulus, New York and is a graduate of Hobart College in Geneva, New York, where he was an active member of the Kappa Alpha Society. McDonald is married to Lupe Gidley and together they are the parents of four children. He has five surviving siblings following the death of his younger brother, actor Daniel McDonald (1960 - February 15, 2007), who died on Christopher's 52nd birthday. He is a Buffalo Bills fan.

Jason Donald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jason Donald: is an elite men's road bicycle racing professional from Brighton, Colorado. Donald rides for Team Garmin-Chipotle and is the former NCCA Road Champion.

Larry Ali Donald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Larry Ali Donald: is a professional heavyweight boxer, who competed for the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Larry "The Legend" Donald turned pro on January 3, 1993, earning a technical knockout against Craig Brinson. In 1994 he beat fellow un