Donovan (given name)

Donovan is a masculine given name of Irish origin. Notable 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 Deekman (born 1988), Dutch footballer
• Donovan Dela Cruz (born 1973), American politician
• Donovan Dent, 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 ', portrayed by Matt Bomer
• Donovan, original name Of Specter Knight in the video game expansion '

See also

• Donovan (disambiguation)
• Donavan, a given name
• Donavon (disambiguation)