Main article: O'Donovan family
Military, intelligence
Dan "Sandow" O'Donovan, Irish Republican Army figure
Donal II O'Donovan, Nine Years' War
Donal III O'Donovan, Irish Confederate Wars
Donal IV O'Donovan, Williamite War in Ireland
Edward Westby Donovan, Commander of British Troops in Hong Kong/China
James B. Donovan (1916–1970), American intelligence lawyer
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Fenian, Irish Republican Brotherhood figure
Jerome X. O'Donovan (1944–2014), Vietnam veteran, New York City councilman
Joseph N. Donovan,[1] US Air Force general
Morgan John Winthrop O'Donovan, O'Donovan of Clancahill
Morgan William II O'Donovan, O'Donovan of Clancahill
Richard II O'Donovan, O'Donovan of Clancahill
Seamus O'Donovan, Irish Republican Army figure
Stanley Joseph Donovan, [2] [3] US Air Force general
Tadhg an Astna O'Donovan, United Irishmen, Battle of the Big Cross
William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan (1883-1959), a United States soldier, lawyer and intelligence officer who headed the wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and was known as the "Father of American Intelligence."
Government
Christopher G. Donovan (born 1953), former Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Daniel O'Donovan (MP Doneraile), represented the Manor of Doneraile in James II's Patriot Parliament
Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. (born 1956), New York City government attorney
Denis O'Donovan (born 1955), Irish politician
James G. Donovan (1898–1987), United States Representative from New York
Jeremiah Donovan (1857–1935), Connecticut politician
Ray Donovan (born 1930), United States Secretary of Labor
Shaun Donovan (born 1966), US government official
Terence Donovan, Baron Donovan (1898–1971), British Labour Party politician and judge
Timothy O'Donovan (1881–1951), Irish politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
William O'Donovan (1886–1955), British Conservative Party politician
Religion
John Anthony Donovan (1911–1991), Bishop of Toledo
Oliver O'Donovan (born 1945), theologian
Paul Vincent Donovan (1924–2011), Bishop of Kalamazoo
Fashion & Photography
Carrie Donovan (1928–2001), fashion editor
Terence Donovan (1936–1996), British photographer and film director
Other notable people
Barra Ó Donnabháin (1941–2003), (North American) Irish language columnist, The Irish Echo
Charles Donovan (1863–1951), biologist
Edward Donovan (1768–1837), zoologist
Gerard Donovan (born 1959), novelist, photographer, poet
Hedley Donovan (1914–1990), editor-in-chief of Time, Inc.
Jean Donovan (1953–1980), American lay missionary
Michael Francis O'Donovan (1903–1966), Irish author Frank O'Connor
Mary Donovan O'Sullivan (1887–1966), scholar
William Rudolf O'Donovan (1844–1920), American sculptor
Entertainment
Daisy Donovan (born 1975), actress and writer, listed among the Sexiest Women in the World by FHM
Dan Donovan (born 1962), keyboardist
Jason Donovan (born 1968), actor and singer
Paul Donovan (born 1954), creator of LEXX
Terence Donovan (born 1942), actor
Walter Donovan, main antagonist in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, notably portrayed by English actor Julian Glover
Terence Donovan (born 1942), actor
Brian O'Donovan (born 1980), television news reporter in Ireland
Ross O'Donovan (born 1987), animator and co-host of YouTube webseries, Steam Train.
University
Herman Lee Donovan (1887–1964), President of the University of Kentucky
Leo J. O'Donovan (born 1934), former President of Georgetown University
Val O'Donovan (1936–2005), Cork-born Canadian businessman and Chancellor of the University of Waterloo
