Donovan is a masculine given name of Irish origin deriving from Ó Donndubháin (brown haired chieftain).Notable people with the name include:
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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 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


