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Donnerwetter

Donnerwetter, 1991 Haba board game by Peter Lewe (art Walter Matheis), weather-forecasting game for 2-4 players age 10+, Spiel des Jahres 1992 recommended list; distinct from the aviation weather book and Donnerwetter.de.

Donnie Andrews

Donnie Andrews, born Larry Donnell Andrews (1954–2012), was a Baltimore stick-up artist and convicted murderer who inspired The Wire's Omar Little and later founded the anti-violence charity Why Murder?.

Donnie Brasco (film)

Donnie Brasco (1997) is Mike Newell's crime drama starring Johnny Depp as FBI agent Joseph Pistone and Al Pacino as hitman Lefty Ruggiero, adapted from Pistone's memoir of his Bonanno family infiltration; it earned an Oscar screenplay nomination and 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Donnie Chesteen

Donnie Chesteen is an American Republican politician representing Alabama Senate District 29, elected in 2018 after serving in the Alabama House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018.

Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko (2001) is Richard Kelly's debut indie sci-fi drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a teen warned by a giant rabbit of the world's end; a box-office failure that became a defining cult film, with a 2004 Director's Cut and planned sequel novel.

Donnie Darko (soundtrack)

Donnie Darko (soundtrack): Michael Andrews' 2002 Everloving instrumental score plus 1980s songs from Donnie Darko, capped by the Gary Jules "Mad World" cover that hit UK Christmas number one in 2003.

Donnie Dunagan

Donnie Dunagan (Donald Roan Dunagan, born 1934) is an American former child actor, voice and facial model of Bambi (1942) and Peter von Frankenstein in Son of Frankenstein, later a decorated Marine major who hid his acting past.

Donnie Iris

Donnie Iris, stage name of Dominic Ierace (born 1943), is a Pittsburgh rock singer, Jaggerz member behind 1970's No. 2 hit "The Rapper," and leader of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers, known for "Ah! Leah!"; he retired from live shows in October 2026.

Donnie McClurkin

Donnie McClurkin, born Donald Andrew McClurkin Jr. in 1959, is an American gospel singer, songwriter, and Pentecostal pastor who has sold more than 10 million records and won three Grammy Awards.

Donnie Steele

Donnie Steele (Donald S. Steele, born 1971, Des Moines, Iowa) is an American metal musician, original Slipknot guitarist 1995-1996 on Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat., later backstage touring bassist 2011-2014 after Paul Gray's death, distinct from reggae artists Donavon and Donovan Steele.

Donnie Wahlberg

Donnie Wahlberg (Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr., born 1969, Boston) is a singer and actor, founding member of New Kids on the Block and star of Blue Bloods and its spinoff Boston Blue as Danny Reagan.

Donnie Yen (甄子丹)

Donnie Yen (甄子丹) is a Hong Kong martial artist and actor known for his realistic fight choreography. He is famous for playing Ip Man and appearing in John Wick: Chapter 4.

Donny Deutsch

Donny Deutsch is an American advertising executive and television personality who built Deutsch Inc. into one of the largest independent agencies before selling it to Interpublic in 2000.

Donny Hathaway

Donny Hathaway (1945-1979), American Chicago-born soul singer, keyboardist, and arranger; Curtom producer, Roberta Flack duet partner, Grammy winner for "Where Is the Love," died falling from a Manhattan hotel window.

Donny Osmond

Donny Osmond, born Donald Clark Osmond in 1957, is an American singer and entertainer. He is known for his Disney Mulan anthem and his long-running Las Vegas residency.

Donny van de Beek

Donny van de Beek (born 1997) is a Dutch midfielder for Girona. Ajax star who joined Manchester United for £35m in 2020, made only 19 starts, then loans at Everton and Frankfurt before a 2024 Girona move and a 2025 Achilles rupture.

Donoghue v Stevenson

Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562, the Paisley snail case, is the House of Lords decision establishing the neighbour principle and the modern tort of negligence, holding a ginger beer manufacturer owed a duty of care to a consumer without contract.

Donohue syndrome

Donohue syndrome (leprechaunism) is an extremely rare autosomal recessive INSR-related disorder of extreme insulin resistance, causing intrauterine growth failure, dysmorphic facies, lipoatrophy, organomegaly, and death usually in infancy.

Donon

Donon (le Donon, Grand-Donon): 1,009 m sandstone summit of the northern Vosges, Bas-Rhin, France, site of a major Gallo-Roman sanctuary of Mercury at the meeting of three Celtic peoples, with a Napoleon III temple pastiche.

Donor Conception

Donor conception is conceiving a child using sperm, eggs, or embryos donated by someone who does not intend to rear the child and holds no legal parental rights.

Donor hepatectomy

Donor hepatectomy is the surgical removal of part of a living donor's liver for transplantation, balancing a graft large enough for the recipient against a remnant safe for the donor.

Donor insemination

Donor insemination is a fertility treatment using sperm from a donor instead of a partner, used when a male partner has no sperm or there is none.

Donor lymphocyte infusion

Donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) is a cellular therapy in which lymphocytes from the original stem cell donor are infused after transplantation to treat or prevent relapse of blood cancers.

Donor nuclear-spin qubits in silicon

Donor nuclear-spin qubits in silicon are quantum bits encoded in the nuclear spin of donor atoms like phosphorus or antimony, combining record coherence times with semiconductor manufacturing.

Donor qubit

A donor qubit is a quantum bit encoded in the spin of an impurity atom, typically phosphorus-31 in purified silicon-28, with coherence times among the longest in solid-state qubits.

Donor Selection

Donor selection, also called donor eligibility determination, is the screening and testing of blood, cell, tissue, and organ donors for transmissible disease and health risks, governed by FDA 21 CFR 1271, WHO blood guidelines, and OPTN policies.

Donor/acceptor carbene C–H functionalization

Donor/acceptor carbene C–H functionalization is a method for converting carbon–hydrogen bonds into carbon–carbon bonds using chemoselective rhodium carbenes, enabling site-selective, stereoselective synthesis without directing groups.

Donor/acceptor carbene cyclopropanation

Donor/acceptor carbene cyclopropanation converts alkenes into cyclopropanes using metal carbenes bearing one electron-donating and one electron-withdrawing group, usually generated from diazo compounds under dirhodium catalysis.

DoNotPay

DoNotPay is an American company whose app uses chatbots to help consumers dispute parking tickets, cancel subscriptions, and fight bureaucracy. It was founded in 2015 by Joshua Browder.

Donovan

Donovan (Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 1946, Glasgow) is a Scottish folk-rock singer-songwriter behind "Catch the Wind" and "Sunshine Superman," an early psychedelic, teacher of the Beatles' guitar styles, and 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.