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Donald Winnicott
Donald Woods Winnicott (1896–1971), English pediatrician and psychoanalyst, British object-relations school figure; coined transitional object, holding environment, good enough mother, and true/false self.
Donald Y.M. Leung
Donald Y.M. Leung is an American pediatric allergist-immunologist who has led pediatric allergy at National Jewish Health in Denver since 1989 and led the first anti-IgE peanut allergy trial.
Donald Young (tennis)
Donald Young, American left-handed tennis player; youngest junior Grand Slam champion and junior world No. 1 (2005 Australian Open boys, age 15 years 191 days); career-high ATP No. 38, two ATP finals, retired at 2024 US Open.
Donald Zilversmit
Donald Zilversmit (1919–2010) was a Dutch-born American nutritional biochemist, a Cornell University professor who showed how plasma cholesterol drives atherosclerosis and discovered the cholesteryl ester transfer protein.
Donaldson Company
Donaldson Company is an American filtration manufacturer founded in 1915, when Frank Donaldson, Sr. invented the first effective tractor air cleaner, and headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Donaldson–Thomas invariants
Donaldson–Thomas invariants are enumerative invariants of a Calabi–Yau threefold that count stable sheaves or curves, introduced by Richard Thomas in 2000 as a holomorphic analog of the Casson invariant.
Doñana National Park
Doñana National Park (Parque Nacional de Doñana): national park and wetland in Andalusia, Spain, created 1969, UNESCO World Heritage 1994; famed for migratory birds, Iberian lynx, and aquifer-driven drying.
Donanemab
Donanemab (Kisunla, donanemab-azbt) is Eli Lilly's anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody for early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease, FDA-approved July 2, 2024; given monthly by IV with limited-duration dosing, it slows decline by about a third but carries a boxed warning for ARIA.
Donaperminogene seltoplasmid
Donaperminogene seltoplasmid (VM202, Engensis, PCK-HGFX7) is a naked plasmid DNA gene therapy encoding two hepatocyte growth factor isoforms, injected intramuscularly; developed by ViroMed/Helixmith, tested in diabetic neuropathy and CLTI, approved in China as Huasuoling in 2026.
Donar Fluctus
Donar Fluctus is a 436.36 km lava flow field (fluctus) on Jupiter's moon Io, centered at 20.29N, 186.99W, IAU-approved in 2000 and named for the Teutonic thunder god.
Donat Acklin
Donat Acklin, Swiss bobsledder (born 1965, Herznach), brakeman for Gustav Weder; won Olympic two-man gold at Albertville 1992 and Lillehammer 1994, the first to defend that title, plus four-man bronze and silver.
Donatas Motiejūnas
Donatas Motiejūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, a 213 cm power forward born in Kaunas in 1990 who was drafted 20th overall in 2011 and played six NBA seasons.
Donatella Versace
Donatella Versace is an Italian fashion designer and businesswoman. She led the creative direction of the Versace house from 1997 to 2025 following her brother Gianni's death.
Donatello
Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, c. 1386–1466), Florentine early Renaissance sculptor, Ghiberti-trained, creator of the bronze David, rilievo schiacciato, and the Padua Gattamelata.
Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Donatello (Donnie) is the purple-masked, bo-staff-wielding genius of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, created by Eastman and Laird in 1984; the team's scientist and inventor across comics, animation, and film.
Donath–Landsteiner hemolytic anemia
Donath–Landsteiner hemolytic anemia, or paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (PCH), is a rare autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by a biphasic IgG anti-P antibody that binds red cells in the cold and lyses them via complement on rewarming; today mostly a postinfectious pediatric disease diagnosed by the Donath–Landsteiner test.
Donatien Bouche
Donatien Bouche (Bouché, 1882-1965), French sailor, helmsman of L'Aile VI, gold medal in the 8 metres class at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics with Virginie Hériot's crew.
Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau
Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (1755–1813) was a French general, son of the marshal de Rochambeau of the American Revolutionary War, and the last French captain-general of Saint-Domingue.
Donation
Donation: a voluntary, gratuitous transfer of property (donatio) from donor to donee with no consideration; covers charitable money gifts, bequests, and mutual aid, with global participation near six in ten people in 2025.
Donation of Constantine
Donation of Constantine (Donatio Constantini, Constitutum Constantini): an eighth-century forged decree attributed to Emperor Constantine, granting the pope primacy, imperial insignia, the Lateran palace, and the western empire; exposed by Lorenzo Valla in 1440.
Donation task
The donation task is an incentivized behavioral paradigm, usually a dictator game variant, in which a participant decides how much of a sum to donate to a charity.
Donations of Alexandria
The Donations of Alexandria was a ceremony held in Alexandria in 34 BC, at which Mark Antony granted vast eastern territories to Cleopatra VII and her children.
Donatism
Donatism, also called the Donatist schism, was a schism in the Latin church of Roman North Africa from 311, holding that baptism by traditores was invalid.
Donato Pavesi
Donato Pavesi (Donato Carpoforo Pavesi, 1888-1946), Italian race walker, six-time winner of the Gazzetta dello Sport 100 km walk, world record holder at 100 km (1922) and 20 km (1:37:42.2, 1927), fourth in the 1924 Olympic 10 km walk.
Donato Sabia
Donato Sabia (1963-2020), Italian 800 m runner from Potenza, two-time Olympic finalist (5th Los Angeles 1984, 7th Seoul 1988), European indoor champion 1984, 500 m world best 1:00.08; died of COVID-19.
Donatus Magnus
Donatus Magnus, also known as Donatus the Great, was the Donatist bishop of Carthage from about 312 or 315, successor of Majorinus in a disputed election.
Donaufeld
SR Donaufeld (Sportvereinigung Rasenspieler Donaufeld) is a Vienna-Floridsdorf football club founded 1912, playing in Austria's third-tier Regionalliga Ost; 1990 2. Division promotees, record Wiener Liga champions, red-black-green, Sportplatz Donaufeld.
Donauinselfest
Donauinselfest is a free three-day open-air music festival held each summer on Vienna's Danube Island in Austria. First held in 1984, it claims to be Europe's largest free-entry festival.
Donavan McKinney
Donavan McKinney is an American politician and Democratic state representative from Detroit for Michigan House District 11, and a democratic socialist challenger for Michigan's 13th Congressional District in 2026 against Rep. Shri Thanedar.
Donavan Phillip
Donavan Gusto Phillip, Saint Lucian forward born 2005 in Castries; 2025 MAC Hermann Trophy winner at NC State, drafted 62nd overall by Colorado Rapids, plays MLS and for Saint Lucia.