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Dönmeh
Dönmeh (Doenmeh), Ottoman sect of Sabbatai Zevi's followers who outwardly converted to Islam in 1666 and 1683 while keeping Sabbatean faith secretly; split into Yakubi, Karakaş, and Kapancı, centered in Salonica, moved to Turkey in 1923.
Donn
Donn, "the Dark One," is the Irish god of the dead whose house Tech Duinn, identified with Bull Rock off County Cork, gathered the souls of the dead; a Milesian ancestor drowned at the Gaels' arrival, surviving in folklore as a fairy king.
Donna Air
Donna Air (born 1979) is an English actress, presenter, and singer from Newcastle upon Tyne, known for Byker Grove (Charlie Charlton, 1992-95), the pop duo Crush, MTV Select, The Big Breakfast, The Split, and fashion ventures.
Donna Berzatto
Donna Berzatto is the alcoholic, volatile matriarch of the Berzatto family in FX's The Bear, mother of Carmy, Natalie, and Mikey, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, who debuted in "Fishes" and won an Emmy for the role.
Donna Blackmond
Donna G. Blackmond is an American and British chemical engineer and kineticist at Scripps Research, known for reaction progress kinetic analysis and the origin of biological homochirality.
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile, Democratic strategist and interim DNC chair (2016), first African American woman to manage a major-party presidential campaign (Al Gore, 2000); author of Hacks; left CNN over 2016 debate-question leak.
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell is an American politician and board certified emergency room physician. A Republican, she has represented Texas Senate District 25 since 2013, and in 2012 became the fifteenth woman elected to the Texas Senate.
Donna D'Errico
Donna D'Errico (born 1968, Dothan, Alabama) is an American actress and model, Playboy's Miss September 1995, best known as lifeguard Donna Marco on Baywatch Nights and Baywatch (1996–1998), later in independent films and OnlyFans.
Donna De Lory
Donna De Lory (born 1964, Los Angeles) is an American singer-songwriter, longtime Madonna backup singer and dancer, and devotional music artist known for albums like The Lover & the Beloved, Sanctuary, and Sing to the Light.
Donna de Varona
Donna de Varona (born 1947), American swimmer, youngest member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team at 13; won 400 m individual medley and 4x100 freestyle relay gold at Tokyo 1964, set 18 world records, then became the first female U.S. network sportscaster and co-founded the Women's Sports Foundation.
Donna Deegan
Donna Deegan is an American Democrat and the 45th Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, elected in 2023 after 25 years as a television news anchor and founder of the DONNA Foundation.
Donna Diers
Donna Kaye Diers (1938–2013) was an American nurse, researcher, and educator who spent over 40 years at Yale School of Nursing, serving as its sixth dean.
Donna Douglas
Donna Douglas, stage name of Doris Smith, American actress (1932 or 1933 to January 1, 2015) who played Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971), starred in Twilight Zone's "Eye of the Beholder" and with Elvis Presley in Frankie and Johnny (1966).
Donna Dubinsky
Donna Dubinsky is an American technology executive who ran Palm Computing as president and CEO, brought the PalmPilot to market in 1996, and co-founded Handspring and Numenta with Jeff Hawkins.
Donna Freedman
Donna Freedman (Donna Brown), fictional Neighbours character played by Margot Robbie 2008-2011 and 2022; obsessive Ty Harper fan turned fashion designer, married Ringo Brown, left for New York, returned for the soap's 2022 finale cameo.
Donna Hanover
Donna Hanover (Donna Ann Kofnovec, born 1950, Oakland) is an American journalist, actress, and author; WPIX-TV New York anchor 1983–90, First Lady of New York City 1994–2001 during her marriage to Rudy Giuliani, actress in The People vs. Larry Flynt and Law & Order, author of My Boyfriend's Back.
Donna Haraway
Donna Haraway (born 1944, Denver) is an American feminist theorist and biologist, UC Santa Cruz History of Consciousness professor emerita, author of A Cyborg Manifesto (1985) and Situated Knowledges (1988), 2025 Erasmus Prize and Venice Golden Lion recipient.
Donna Howard
Donna Howard is an American politician and former critical care nurse, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 48 since 2006.
Donna Hylton
Donna Hylton (born 1964), Jamaican-American activist and author of A Little Piece of Light, served 27 years at Bedford Hills for the 1985 Vigliarolo kidnapping-murder, was paroled in 2012, and now advocates for incarcerated women.
Donna Jean Godchaux
Donna Jean Godchaux, born Donna Jean Thatcher, was an American singer who worked as a Muscle Shoals session vocalist and sang with the Grateful Dead from 1972 to 1979.
Donna Karan
Donna Karan, born Donna Faske in 1948, is an American fashion designer who founded Donna Karan New York in 1984, created the Seven Easy Pieces system, and launched DKNY.
Donna Kelce
Donna Kelce, born Donna Blalock in 1952, is a retired American bank executive known as "Mama Kelce," mother of NFL players Jason and Travis Kelce.
Donna L. Färber
Donna L. Farber is an American immunologist at Columbia University known for defining tissue-resident memory T cells and for building an organ-donor program mapping human immunity.
Donna L. Maney
Donna L. Maney is an American neuroendocrinologist at Emory University known for her research on the white-throated sparrow and for reforming how sex differences are studied.
Donna L. Washington
Donna L. Washington is an American internist and health services researcher at UCLA and the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2024.
Donna Leon
Donna Leon is an American crime writer born in 1942. She is best known for her long-running series of novels featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, which are set in Venice.
Donna Lewis
Donna Lewis, born in Cardiff, Wales in 1959, is a Welsh singer-songwriter whose 1996 hit "I Love You Always Forever" came from her platinum debut album Now in a Minute.
Donna Little, CPA
Donna Little, CPA, is Partner, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer at Long Ridge Equity Partners, where she has worked since 2013 and became Partner in 2020.
Donna Lombardo
Donna Lombardo (also known as Donna Alderson) is a commercial real estate executive, First Lady of Nevada as wife of Governor Joe Lombardo, and Executive Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield, Las Vegas.
Donna Lupardo
Donna Lupardo, also known as Donna A. Lupardo, is an American politician and Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 123rd district since 2005.