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Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey, born 1967, is a Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter who won Olympic gold in the 100 meters at Atlanta in 1996, setting a world record of 9.84 seconds.
Donovan Carrillo
Donovan Carrillo (Donovan Daniel Carrillo Suazo), born 1999 in Zapopan, Mexico, is a men's singles figure skater, the first Mexican to land a quad in competition and a two-time Olympian (Beijing 2022, Milano Cortina 2026, both 22nd).
Donovan H. Parks
Donovan H. Parks is a Canadian bioinformatician and Senior Researcher at Aalborg University in Denmark, known for CheckM, GTDB-Tk, and leading the Genome Taxonomy Database for over a decade.
Donovan McNabb
Donovan McNabb, born 1976, American NFL quarterback drafted second overall in 1999 by the Philadelphia Eagles; five NFC title games, one Super Bowl loss, six Pro Bowls, no All-Pro, not in the Hall of Fame.
Donovan Mitchell
Donovan Mitchell, NBA shooting guard (#45) for the Cleveland Cavaliers, formerly Utah Jazz; 2017 13th pick, seven-time All-Star, three-time All-NBA, signed a 4-year $273 million extension in 2026.
Donovan Patton
Donovan Patton (born 1978, Guam), American actor; Joe, second host of Blue's Clues (2002–2006), Blue's Room, Blue's Clues & You!; also voices Bot in Team Umizoomi and CatRat in Gabby's Dollhouse.
Donovan Peoples-Jones
Donovan Peoples-Jones, DPJ, NFL wide receiver from Michigan drafted 187th overall by Cleveland in 2020; 58 games, 122 catches, 1,895 yards; traded to Detroit in 2023, signed by New Orleans in 2025.
Donovan Ruddock
Donovan "Razor" Ruddock (born 1963, Saint Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-Canadian former heavyweight boxer, 1982-2015, famed for his left-hand hook-uppercut hybrid "The Smash" and two 1991 fights with Mike Tyson; never a world champion, stopped by Lennox Lewis in two rounds in 1992.
Donovan W. Frank
Donovan W. Frank (born 1951) is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1998.
Donovan Wisse
Donovan Wisse, Surinamese kickboxer born 1997 in Paramaribo; GLORY middleweight world champion from GLORY 78 (2021, KO of Belgaroui) until losing to Chico Kwasi in 2026; 2023 GLORY Fighter of the Year, now light heavyweight.
Donovan's Reef
Donovan's Reef (ドノバン珊瑚礁) is a 1963 Paramount comedy directed by John Ford, his final collaboration with John Wayne, set on a French Polynesian island and filmed on Kauai, Hawaii.
Donroe Doctrine
Donroe Doctrine: portmanteau of Donald and Monroe for the Trump Corollary to the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, asserting U.S. hemispheric preeminence via the 2025 NSS, 2026 NDS, Maduro's capture, and the Shield of the Americas.
Donsker's theorem
Donsker's theorem, also called the functional central limit theorem, states that rescaled partial-sum processes of random walks converge in distribution to Brownian motion, proved by Monroe Donsker in 1951.
DONT
DONT (Disturb Opponents' Notrump) is a contract bridge convention for interfering with an opponent's one notrump opening, using an artificial double for single-suited hands and two-suited bids.
Dont Look Back
Dont Look Back (1967), D.A. Pennebaker's direct-cinema documentary of Bob Dylan's 1965 acoustic tour of England; premiered 17 May 1967, 96 minutes, credited with inventing the rockumentary; distinct from the 2020 horror film, the 2024 anime, and the 2026 Oasis documentary.
Dont'a Hightower
Dont'a Hightower (Qualin Dont'a Hightower), linebacker born 1990 in Lewisburg, Tennessee; Alabama two-time national champion drafted 25th overall by New England in 2012; nine Patriots seasons, three Super Bowls, two Pro Bowls, retired 2023.
Dont'e Thornton
Dont'e Thornton Jr. (born 2002) is an NFL wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders, drafted 108th overall in 2025 from Tennessee after transferring from Oregon; 6-5, 205 lbs, 4.30 40-yard dash, nation-leading 25.4 yards per catch in 2024.
Dontae Fleming
Dontae Fleming, wide receiver (born 2001, LaPlace, LA); played at Louisiana and Tulane, signed by Vikings as 2025 UDFA, now on New York Giants practice squad.
Dontari Poe
Dontari Poe, NFL nose tackle (2012-2020), Chiefs, Falcons, Panthers, Cowboys; 11th overall 2012 draft pick famed for a sub-5-second 40 at 346 pounds, two Pro Bowls, and 'Bloated Tebow' gadget touchdowns.
Dontavius Jarrells
Dontavius Jarrells is an American Democratic politician who represents Ohio's 1st House district in Columbus, first elected in 2020 and a former Assistant Minority Leader of the House Democratic Caucus.
Donte DiVincenzo
Donte DiVincenzo (born 1997, Newark, Delaware) is an NBA shooting guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves, formerly Villanova's 2018 Final Four MOP, a 2021 Bucks champion, and the Knicks' single-season three-point record holder (283 in 2023-24).
Donté Stallworth
Donté Stallworth (Donte' Stallworth), born 1980, former NFL wide receiver from Tennessee, drafted 13th overall in 2002 by the Saints; 321 catches, 4,837 yards, 35 TDs; suspended 2009 for DUI manslaughter.
Dontrelle Willis
Dontrelle Willis, "D-Train," American left-handed pitcher (born 1982, Oakland); 2003 NL Rookie of the Year and World Series champion with the Marlins; only 20-game winner in franchise history (22-10, 2005); later a FOX Sports analyst.
Dontscho Kerjaschki
Dontscho Kerjaschki is an Austrian nephropathologist and emeritus professor at the Medical University of Vienna, known for podocyte biology, membranous glomerulonephritis, and discovering lymphangiogenesis in the kidney.
Donus
Donus was pope, the 78th bishop of Rome, from 2 November 676 until his death on 11 April 678; he was a Roman, the son of Mauricius.
Donut (document understanding model)
Donut (Document Understanding Transformer) is an OCR-free document understanding model from NAVER CLOVA in South Korea, introduced at ECCV 2022 with a Swin Transformer encoder and BART-based decoder.
Donut Lab
Donut Lab is a Finnish-Estonian technology company founded in 2024 as a Verge Motorcycles spin-off, known for its hubless in-wheel electric motor and Donut Battery.
Donuts (album)
Donuts is the second and final lifetime album by Detroit producer J Dilla, released by Stones Throw on February 7, 2006. An all-instrumental, 31-track sample-based record begun as a beat tape, it appeared three days before his death and became a benchmark of instrumental hip hop.
Donya-ye Sokhan
Donya-ye Sokhan (دنیای سخن, "The World of Speech") was a Persian monthly cultural and literary magazine published in Tehran from 1986 to 2001, edited mostly by Shahrokh Tavasserkani.
Donyale Luna
Donyale Luna (Peggy Ann Freeman, 1945–1979), American model from Detroit; first Black model on a Vogue cover (British Vogue, March 1966, David Bailey), Avedon protégée, Warhol and Fellini film actress, died at 33.