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Don Mark Lipkin

Don Mark Lipkin is an American materials scientist and Texas A&M professor elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2025 for coatings and rhenium recovery innovations.

Don Martindale

Don "Wink" Martindale (born 1963) is an American football coach, defensive coordinator for the Ravens (2018-21), Giants (2022-23), Broncos (2010), and Michigan (2024-), known for blitz-heavy defenses.

Don Mason (immunologist)

Don Mason, or Donald W. Mason, was a British immunologist at Oxford who used monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometry to split T cells into functional subsets.

Don Mattingly

Don Mattingly, "Donnie Baseball" (b. April 20, 1961, Evansville, Indiana), Yankees first baseman 1982-95, 1985 AL MVP, nine Gold Gloves, No. 23 retired; later Dodgers, Marlins, and 2026 Phillies manager.

Don McCullin

Don McCullin, born Donald McCullin in London in 1935, is a British photojournalist known for stark war photography, made chiefly for The Observer and The Sunday Times.

Don McGahn

Don McGahn (Donald Francis McGahn II, b. 1968, Atlantic City) is an American election lawyer, FEC commissioner 2008–2013, and Trump White House counsel 2017–2018 who managed confirmation of 100+ conservative federal judges including Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.

Don McKellar

Don McKellar (born 1963, Toronto) is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, and director of the Toronto New Wave, known for Last Night (1998), The Red Violin, Twitch City, and the Tony-winning The Drowsy Chaperone.

Don McLaughlin

Don McLaughlin is an American Republican politician and Texas House member from District 80 who served as mayor of Uvalde, Texas, from 2014, and pushed for accountability after the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting.

Don McLean

Don McLean (born 1945), American singer-songwriter, wrote "American Pie" (1971), the 8.5-minute US #1 folk rock hit referencing Buddy Holly's 1959 death, plus "Vincent" and "Crying"; Songwriters Hall of Fame 2004.

Don Meredith

Don Meredith (1938-2010), "Dandy Don," Dallas Cowboys quarterback 1960-68 and original Monday Night Football color commentator on ABC, a 12-season booth fixture known for singing "The Party's Over" alongside Cosell and Gifford.

Don Merlin Lee Yost

Don Merlin Lee Yost was an American physical inorganic chemist at Caltech who pioneered Raman spectroscopy and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1944.

Don Messick

Don Messick (Donald Earl Messick, 1926-1997), American voice actor and Hanna-Barbera mainstay; original voice of Scooby-Doo (1969-1996), also Boo Boo, Astro, Papa Smurf, Muttley, and Dr. Benton Quest.

Don Miguel Ruiz

Don Miguel Ruiz, born Miguel Ruiz Macías in 1952 in Guadalajara, Mexico, is a Mexican author and teacher of Toltec wisdom, best known for The Four Agreements (1997).

Don Moen

Don Moen, also known as Donald Moen, is an American worship leader, songwriter, and producer who led Integrity Music's Hosanna! series and wrote "God Will Make a Way."

Don Most

Don Most (Donny Most, born 1953, Brooklyn) is an American actor, director, and singer best known as Ralph Malph on Happy Days (1974–1984), later directing indie films and performing swing music.

Don Mueang International Airport (ท่าอากาศยานดอนเมือง)

Don Mueang International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานดอนเมือง), also known as Don Muang Airport, is one of Bangkok's two international airports, located about 25 kilometers north of the city center.

Don Muraco

"The Magnificent" Don Muraco, born in 1949 in Sunset Beach, Hawaii, is an American professional wrestler and two-time WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion who won the first King of the Ring in 1985.

Don Murray (actor)

Don Murray (Donald Patrick Murray, 1929-2024), American actor Oscar-nominated for his debut in Bus Stop (1956) opposite Marilyn Monroe; later starred in Advise and Consent, The Outcasts, Knots Landing, and Twin Peaks.

Don Nelson

Don Nelson (1940-2026), "Nellie," Hall of Fame NBA head coach of the Bucks, Warriors, Knicks, and Mavericks; 1,335 career wins, second all-time, three-time Coach of the Year, five-time champion as a Celtics player, pioneer of small-ball and the point forward.

Don Novello

Don Novello (born 1943) is an American comedian and writer, creator of SNL's Father Guido Sarducci and author of The Lazlo Letters as alter ego Lazlo Toth, plus the Olympia Cafe sketch and Atlantis voice work.

Don Ohlmeyer

Don Ohlmeyer (1945-2017), American TV producer and NBC West Coast president, produced ABC's Monday Night Football in the 1970s, created NBC's Must See TV, and removed Norm Macdonald from SNL's Weekend Update.

Don Omar

Don Omar, born William Omar Landrón Rivera in 1978 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, is a reggaeton singer and producer behind The Last Don, King of Kings, and the crossover hit Danza Kuduro.

Don Pardo

Don Pardo (Dominick George Pardo, 1918-2014), American NBC radio and television announcer for over 60 years; original Jeopardy! and Price Is Right announcer and the voice of Saturday Night Live from 1975 until his death, succeeded by Darrell Hammond.

Don Pasquale

Don Pasquale: Donizetti's three-act dramma buffo, libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and the composer after Anelli's Ser Marcantonio, premiered 3 January 1843 at the Théâtre-Italien, Paris, his last great opera buffa.

Don Patinkin

Don Patinkin (1922–1995) was an American-born Israeli monetary economist whose 1956 book Money, Interest, and Prices settled the classical dichotomy debate and who built the economics profession in Israel.

Don Poldermans

Don Poldermans (born 1956) is a Dutch cardiologist at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam whose 1999 bisoprolol trial shaped international guidelines.

Don Quarrie

Don Quarrie (Donald O'Reilly Quarrie, born 1951, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter, 1976 Olympic 200m champion, four-time Olympic medalist, and former 100m (9.9) and 200m (19.8) world record co-holder.

Don Quijote (ドン・キホーテ) (store)

Don Quijote (ドン・キホーテ), known as Donki or Don Don Donki overseas, is a Japanese discount store chain that opened its first store in Tokyo in 1989.

Don Quixote

Don Quixote (Don Quijote de la Mancha) is Cervantes's two-part Spanish novel (1605, 1615), a parody of chivalric romances starring the mad knight and Sancho Panza, commonly called the first modern novel.

Don Quixote (ballet)

Don Quixote: Petipa-Minkus classical ballet, premiered Bolshoi Theatre Moscow 14/26 December 1869, based on a Cervantes episode about Kitri and Basilio; modern versions derive from Gorsky's 1900 revival, with stagings by Nureyev, Baryshnikov, Tomasson, and Acosta.