Donovan may be both a surname and a given name.
Some people with surname include:
Art Donovan (1924–2013), US American football player, NFL Hall of Famer
Bill Donovan (1876–1923), a pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball
Bill Donovan (Boston Braves pitcher) (1916–1997), a pitcher in Major League Baseball
Billy Donovan, head coach of Florida Gators men's basketball team
Carrie Donovan, magazine editor
Casey Donovan (porn star), gay porn star
Casey Donovan (singer), Australian Idol winner
Charles Donovan, naturalist
Chris Donovan (ice hockey), American ice hockey player
Chris Donovan, American television director and producer
Christopher G. Donovan, Connecticut politician
Daisy Donovan, English television presenter, actress, and writer
Dan Donovan (guitarist), singer/songwriter, guitarist for Tribe of Dan
Dan Donovan (keyboardist), keyboardist for Big Audio Dynamite and Dreadzone
Dick Donovan (baseball player) (1927–1997), Major League Baseball pitcher
Don Donovan (1929–2013), Irish footballer and manager
Edward Donovan (1768–1837), Anglo-Irish zoologist
Elisa Donovan, American actress
Gerard Donovan, Irish novelist and poet
Hedley Donovan, editor in chief of Time Inc.
Jacquelyn Piro Donovan, American musical theater actress and singer
James B. Donovan (1916–1970), lawyer and sailor
James G. Donovan (1898–1987), Democratic politician, former New York State Senator and US congressman
James H. Donovan (1923–1990), Republican politician, former New York State Senator
Jason Donovan, Australian pop rock singer and actor
Johannah Leddy Donovan, American politician
John J. Donovan, American entrepreneur and former university professor
John Thomas Donovan (1878–1922), Irish nationalist politician
Kevin Donovan, English football player
Landon Donovan, American soccer player
Lisa Donovan, American internet actress
Mark Donovan, Welsh actor
Martin Donovan, American actor
Michael Donovan, voice actor and Emmy-nominated voice director
Patsy Donovan, Irish-American professional baseball player
Raymond J. Donovan, US Secretary of Labor
Roy Donovan, Australian rules footballer
Shean Donovan, Canadian ice hockey player
Stacey Donovan (Kelley Howell), model and porn star
Tara Donovan, American artist
Tate Donovan, American actor
Terence Donovan (actor), Australian actor
Terence Donovan (photographer), British photographer
Tim Donovan, political editor for the BBC
William Joseph Donovan, American lawyer and Office of Strategic Services chief in World War II, known as "father of the CIA"
Some people with given name include:
Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter, former 100 metre world record holder
Donovan Blake, American cricketer
Donovan Frankenreiter, American singer-songwriter
Donovan Gans, American football player
Donovan Phillips Leitch, Scottish folk musician (professionally known simply as Donovan)
Donovan Leitch, Jr., actor and son of Donovan Phillips Leitch
Donovan McNabb, American football player, quarterback for the Washington Redskins
Donovan Ricketts, Jamaican soccer player, goalkeeper with the Los Angeles Galaxy
Donovan Slacks, leader of a militant British fishermen's uprising in the 1920s
Donovan Simmonds, English football (soccer) player
Fictional characters:
Mike Donovan of Powell and Donovan, an Isaac Asimov character