Donovan is a masculine given name of Irish origin deriving from Ó Donndubháin (brown haired chieftain).https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA744&dq=%C3%93+Donndubh%C3%A1in&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGx5j9j4-WAxVCmmoFHTsRKOkQ6AF6BAgPEAMNotable people with the name include:
People Donovan Alexander (born 1985), Canadian football player Donovan Arp (born 1978), American football player Donovan Bailey (born 1967), Jamaican-Canadian sprinter Donovan Bennett (1964–2005), Jamaican criminal Donovan Bixley (born 1971), New Zealand author Donovan Blake (born 1961), Jamaican-born American cricketer Donovan Boucher (born 1961), Jamaican-Canadian boxer Donovan Brown, Canadian actor Donovan Browning (1916–1997), English footballer Donovan Carrillo (born 1999), Mexican figure skater Donovan Casey (born 1996), American baseball player Donovan Cech (born 1974), South African rower Donovan Chapman, American musician Donovan Clingan (born 2004), American basketball player Donovan Cook (born 1968), American film director Donovan Stewart Correll (1908–1983), American botanist Donovan Danhausen (born 1990), American professional wrestler Donovan Deekman (born 1988), Dutch footballer Donovan Dela Cruz (born 1973), American politician Donovan Dent (born 2003), American basketball player Donovan Drayton, American musician Donovan Duckie (born 1976), Jamaican football manager Donovan Džavoronok (born 1997), Czech volleyball player Donovan Ebanks (1952–2024), Caymanian diplomat Donovan Edwards (born 2003), American football player Donovan Ewolo (born 1996), Cameroonian footballer Donovan Ezeiruaku (born 2003), American football player Donovan Fenton (born 1988), American politician Donovan Ferreira (born 1998), South African cricketer Donovan Forbes, American football player Donovan W. Frank (born 1951), American judge Donovan Gans (born 1971), American football player Donovan Germain (born 1952), Jamaican musician Donovan Greer (born 1974), American football player Donovan Grobbelaar (born 1983), New Zealand cricketer Donovan Hand (born 1986), American baseball player Donovan Henry (born 1978), South African cricketer Donovan Hohn (born 1972), American author Donovan Isom (born 1994), American football player Donovan Jackson (born 2002), American football player Donovan Jennings (born 1999), American football player Donovan Jeter (born 1998), American football player Donovan Joyce (1910–1980), Australian radio producer Donovan King (born 1972), Canadian historian Donovan Koch (born 1976), South African cricketer Donovan Leitch (actor) (born 1967), British-American actor Donovan Léon (born 1992), French Guianese footballer Donovan Lentz (born 1982), South African cricketer Donovan Makoma (born 1999), French footballer Donovan Malcolm (born 1959), Jamaican cricketer Donovan Matthews (born 1971), Guyanese cricketer Donovan Maury (born 1981), Belgian footballer Donovan McClelland (1949–2018), Irish politician Donovan James McCune (1902–1976), American pediatrician Donovan McMillon (born 2002), American football player Donovan McNabb (born 1976), American football player Donovan Miller (born 1979), Jamaican cricketer Donovan Mitchell (born 1996), American basketball player Donovan Morgan (born 1976), American professional wrestler Donovan Morgan (American football) (born 1982), American football player Donovan Olson (born 1965), American politician Donovan Olugbode (born 2007), American football player Donovan Olumba (born 1995), American football player Donovan Osborne (born 1969), American baseball player Donovan Pagon (born 1982), West Indian cricketer Donovan Patton (born 1978), American actor Donovan Pedelty (1903–1989), British journalist Donovan Peoples-Jones (born 1999), American football player Donovan Pines (born 1998), American soccer player Donovan Porterie (born 1987), American football player Donovan Powell (born 1971), Jamaican sprinter Donovan Raiola (born 1982), American football player Donovan Reid (born 1963), British sprinter Donovan Richards (born 1983), American politician Donovan Ricketts (born 1977), Jamaican soccer player Donovan Rose (born 1957), American football player Donovan Reginald Rosevear (1900–1986), British forester Donovan Ruddock (born 1963), Jamaican-Canadian boxer Donovan Scott (born 1947), American actor Donovan Sebrango (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player Donovan Simmonds (born 1988), English footballer Donovan Sinclair (born 1985), Jamaican cricketer Donovan Solano (born 1987), Colombian baseball player Donovan Slijngard (born 1987), Dutch footballer Donovan Small (born 1964), American football player Donovan Smith (born 1993), American football player Donovan Smith (quarterback) (born 2001), American football player Donovan Swailes (1982–1984), Canadian politician Donovan Taofifénua (born 1999), French rugby union footballer Donovan Tildesley (born 1984), Canadian swimmer Donovan van den Heever (born 1981), South African chess player Donovan Walton (born 1994), American baseball player Donovan Ward (born 1962), South African artist Donovan Warren (born 1989), American football player Donovan Webster (1959–2018), American journalist Donovan Williams (disambiguation) Donovan Wilson (disambiguation) Donovan Winter (1933–2015), British filmmaker Donovan Wisse (born 1997), Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer Donovan Woods (disambiguation) Donovan Wylie (born 1971), Northern Irish photographer
Fictional characters Donovan Baine, from the Vampire/Darkstalkers series of games Donovan Curtis, protagonist of Ungifted, a 2012 children's novel by Gordon Korman Donovan Desmond, the main antagonist of the manga Spy × Family Donovan Holloway, one of several main characters in American Horror Story: Hotel, portrayed by Matt Bomer Donovan, original name Of Specter Knight in the video game expansion Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
See also Donovan (disambiguation) Donavan, a given name Donavon (disambiguation)
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