Famous People with Name Don

Don Porter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Don Porter: was an American actor who appeared in a number of films in the 1940s, including Top Sergeant and Eagle Squadron, but is perhaps best known for his role as Russell Lawrence, the widowed father of 15 year old Frances "Gidget" Lawrence (Sally Field) in the 1965 ABC television series, Gidget.

Don Ralke            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Don Ralke: was a prolific music arranger, composer, and producer, working for four decades in the Hollywood studio system in films, television, and pop recordings.On the bongos Ralke collaborated with versatile flute and reed instrumentalist, Buddy Collette on "Jazz Heat", "Bongo Beat". Warner Bros. hired him for "Gershwin with Bongos" and "The Sensuous and the Savage", which is widely regarded as one of the best jungle exotica albums of that era. He worked with Warren Barker on the music for 77 Sunset Strip and did the heavy musical lifting when Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, one of the show's stars, became a teen idol and recorded his one hit, "Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb". Ralke performed similar duties for "Hawaiian Eye" star Connie Stevens when she recorded "Sixteen Reasons". Other recordings include Jewel Akens' "The Birds and the Bees", and five other gold records. Ralke also recorded two hits by Ty Wagner: "I'm a No Count" as well as "Slander". In the late 1960s he created his own record company. He collaborated with sound engineer Brad Miller on the hugely successful strings-with-environmental sounds creation, the Mystic Moods Orchestra.

Don Ho            Origin/Culture/Country: Hawaiian

Don Ho: was a Hawaiian and traditional pop musician and singer and entertainer.Ho, of mixed Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese, Dutch, and German descent, was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kaka?ako, but he grew up in K?ne?ohe on the windward side of the island of O?ahu. He was a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools in 1949 and he attended Springfield College in 1950, but returned home to earn a bachelor's degree in sociology at University of Hawai'i in 1953. In 1954 Ho entered the United States Air Force and spent time flying fighter jets in both Texas and Hawaii.

Don DeLillo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Don DeLillo: is an American author best known for his novels, which paint detailed portraits of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He currently lives outside of New York City.

Don Roff            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Don Roff: He worked at the local drive-in theater and made Super 8 mm movies with his neighborhood friends. He graduated from McLoughlin Union High School in 1985. Roff joined the United States Army in 1989. He was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia in the 3d Range