Notable people surnamed O'Donovan
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This is a list for notable people surnamed O'Donovan and Donovan who are not listed in the main article O'Donovan family, which is primarily concerned with the traceable lineages of the medieval family.
Military, intelligence
Religion
Government
Other notable people
Fashion & Photography
Entertainment
University
Military, intelligence
- Antonio Donovan (1849-1897), ArgentineArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
military leader and Governor of the Chaco. See also General Donovan DepartmentGeneral Donovan DepartmentGeneral Donovan is a department of Chaco Province in Argentina, named after General Antonio Donovan.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 13,500 inhabitants in an area of 1,487 km², and its capital city is Makallé, which is located around 1,060 km from Capital...
, named after him. - James B. DonovanJames B. DonovanJames Britt Donovan was an American lawyer and Commander in the United States Navy Reserve. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he helped draft the legislation setting up the Central Intelligence Agency. He earned public attention as a defense lawyer for a Russian spy leader...
(1916-1970), American intelligence lawyer - Seamus O'DonovanSeamus O'DonovanSeamus O'Donovan was a leading volunteer in the Irish Republican Army.A native of County Roscommon, he was an explosives expert and reputedly invented the "Irish Wallflower" and "Irish Cheddar" devices. He subsequently became IRA Director of Chemicals in 1921...
, leading Irish Republican ArmyIrish Republican ArmyThe Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
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Religion
- John Anthony DonovanJohn Anthony DonovanJohn Anthony Donovan was a Canadian-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Toledo from 1967 to 1980.-Biography:...
(1911-1991), Bishop of Toledo - Leo J. O'DonovanLeo J. O'DonovanRev. Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. was the 47th President of Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States. A 1952 graduate of Iona Preparatory School, and a 1956 graduate of Georgetown, he studied at the Universite de Lyon on a Fulbright scholarship and received a doctorate in 1961 from Fordham...
(born 1934), former President of Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGeorgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States... - Oliver O'DonovanOliver O'DonovanOliver O'Donovan FBA FRSE is a scholar in the field of Christian ethics. He has made contributions to political theology, both contemporary and historical.-Life:...
(born 1945), theologian - Paul Vincent DonovanPaul Vincent DonovanPaul Vincent Donovan was a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo in the state of Michigan from 1971-1994.-Biography:...
(1924-2011), Bishop of Kalamazoo
Government
- Christopher G. DonovanChristopher G. DonovanChristopher G. Donovan is the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He was sworn in as Speaker on January 7, 2009.-Education:...
(born 1953), current Speaker of the ConnecticutConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
House of Representatives - Daniel O'Donovan (MP Doneraile), of uncertain noble lineage, but represented the Manor of DoneraileDoneraileDoneraile is a town in County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland. It is located on the R581 regional road 8 km east of the N20 road which runs from Limerick to Cork. It is about 12 km north of Mallow town...
in James IIJames II of EnglandJames II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
's Patriot ParliamentPatriot ParliamentThe Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The... - Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. is an attorney and elected official from New York City. He currently serves as the district attorney for Richmond County, New York .-Early life:...
(born 1956), New York City government attorney - Denis O'DonovanDenis O'DonovanDenis O'Donovan is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a member of Seanad Éireann on the Agricultural Panel.A native of Bantry, he was elected to Cork County Council in 1985, and re-elected in 1991 and 1999. He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the Seanad in 1989...
(born 1955), Irish politician - James G. DonovanJames G. DonovanJames George Donovan was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Donovan was born in Clinton, Massachusetts. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1916 until 1917. He served in the United States Navy during World War I. He attended...
(1898-1987), United States Representative from New York - Jeremiah DonovanJeremiah DonovanJeremiah Donovan was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut where he attended the public schools and was graduated from Ridgefield Academy. He moved to South Norwalk, Connecticut in 1870 and engaged in the retail liquor business until 1898 when he...
(1857-1935), Connecticut politician - Jerome X. O'DonovanJerome X. O'DonovanJerome X. O'Donovan is a former Democratic Party politician from the New York City borough of Staten Island who served in in the New York City Council representing the North Shore of that borough.-Vietnam Veteran:...
(born ?), New York City politician - John Thomas DonovanJohn Thomas DonovanJohn Thomas Donovan was born in the Claddagh, Galway, Ireland on the 12 December 1885 he was one of 10 children of William and Bridget Donovan. His sister, Mary Josephine, was appointed professor of History in University college, Galway in 1914....
(1885-1973), Indian civil servant - Ray Donovan (born 1930), United States Secretary of LaborUnited States Secretary of LaborThe United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies....
- Shaun DonovanShaun DonovanShaun L.S. Donovan is the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, serving in the cabinet of President Barack Obama. Prior to this he headed the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development...
(born 1966), current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentUnited States Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentThe United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a member of the President's Cabinet, and thirteenth in the Presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Housing... - Terence Donovan, Baron DonovanTerence Donovan, Baron DonovanTerence Norbert Donovan, Baron Donovan PC was a British Labour Party politician, and later a judge.Born in West Ham, London, Donovan came to office in the Labour landslide in the 1945 general election. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Leicester East...
(1898-1971), British Labour Party politician and judge - Timothy O'DonovanTimothy O'DonovanTimothy Joseph O'Donovan was a Farmers' Party and Fine Gael politician from County Cork in Ireland. He was a Teachta Dála from 1923 to 1944, then a senator from 1944 until his death, serving as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1948 to 1951.O'Donovan was elected at the 1923 general election to...
(1881-1951), Irish politician, CathaoirleachCathaoirleachCathaoirleach is the title of the chairman of Seanad Éireann, the sixty-member upper house of the Oireachtas, the legislature of Ireland. The current Cathaoirleach is Senator Paddy Burke...
of Seanad ÉireannSeanad ÉireannSeanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas , which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann . It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its members Senators or Seanadóirí . Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by... - William O'Donovan (1886-1955), British Conservative Party politician
Other notable people
- Charles DonovanCharles DonovanColonel Charles Donovan MD was born in Calcutta. At the age of thirteen he was sent to Cork City to live with his grandfather to advance his secondary and university education. He studied at Queen's College, Cork and Trinity College, Dublin Colonel Charles Donovan MD (1863–1951) was born in...
(1863-1951), biologist - Edward DonovanEdward DonovanEdward Donovan was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist.-Biography:Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration...
(1768-1837), zoologist - Gerard DonovanGerard DonovanGerard Donovan is an acclaimed Irish-born novelist, photographer and poet currently living in Plymouth, England, working as a lecturer at the University of Plymouth....
, novelist, photographer, poet - Hedley DonovanHedley DonovanHedley Donovan was an editor in chief of Time Inc.. He became editor in chief starting 1964 till 1979 responsible for all publications of Time Inc., including Time, Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Money, and People. After retiring in 1979 he became a senior adviser to President Jimmy Carter...
(1914-1990), editor-in-chief of Time, Inc. - Jean DonovanJean DonovanJean Donovan was an American lay missionary who was murdered with three nuns in El Salvador by a military death squad while volunteering to do charity work during the civil war there.-Life:...
(1953-1980), American lay missionary - Michael Francis O'DonovanFrank O'ConnorFrank O’Connor was an Irish author of over 150 works, best known for his short stories and memoirs.-Early life:...
(1903-1966), Irish author Frank O'Connor - Mary Donovan O'Sullivan (1887-1966), scholar
- William Rudolf O'DonovanWilliam Rudolf O'DonovanWilliam Rudolf O'Donovan was a self-taught American sculptor, born in Preston County, Virginia. After the Civil War, in which he served in the Confederate army, he opened a studio in New York City and became a well-known sculptor, especially of memorial pieces...
(1844-1920), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
sculptor
Fashion & Photography
- Carrie DonovanCarrie DonovanCarrie Donovan was fashion editor for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and The New York Times Magazine. Later in her life she became known for her work in Old Navy commercials where she wore her trademark large eyeglasses and black clothing, often declaring the merchandise "Fabulous!"...
(1928-2001), fashion editor - Terence DonovanTerence Donovan (photographer)Terence Daniel Donovan was a British photographer and film director, best remembered for his fashion photography of the 1960s. He oversaw the music video to Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistible".Donovan was born in Stepney in the East End of London to Lilian Constance V...
(1936-1996), British photographer and film director
Entertainment
- Daisy DonovanDaisy DonovanDaisy Donovan is an American-born British television presenter, actress and writer.-Early life:Donovan was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Her father was fashion photographer and film director Terence Donovan; her mother Diana Donovan, is chairwoman of the English National Ballet School...
(born 1975), actress and writer, listed among the Sexiest Women in the World by FHMFHMFHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For... - Dan DonovanDan Donovan (keyboardist)For other people with this name, see Dan Donovan.Daniel "Dan" Donovan is a British keyboardist probably best known for being a member of Big Audio Dynamite. Following a brief stint in 1990 with The Sisters of Mercy he became a founding member of Dreadzone...
(born 1962), keyboardist - Jason DonovanJason DonovanJason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
(born 1968), actor and singer - Paul DonovanPaul Donovan (writer)Paul Donovan is a Canadian television and film writer, director and producer best known as the creator of the science-fiction TV series, LEXX. He co-founded Salter Street Films with his brother Michael Donovan....
(born 1954), creator of LEXXLEXXLexx is a science fantasy television series that follows the adventures of a group of mismatched individuals aboard the organic space craft Lexx. They travel through two universes and encounter planets including a parody of the Earth.... - Terence DonovanTerence Donovan (actor)Terence Donovan , also known as Terry Donovan, is an English-born Australian actor and the father of fellow actor and entertainer Jason Donovan...
(born 1942), actor - Walter Donovan, main antagonist in Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeIndiana Jones and the Last CrusadeIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. It is the third film in the Indiana Jones franchise. Harrison Ford reprises the title role and Sean Connery plays Indiana's father, Henry...
, notably portrayed by English actor Julian GloverJulian GloverJulian Wyatt Glover is a British actor best known for such roles as General Maximilian Veers in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, the Bond villain Aristotle Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only, and Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.-Personal life:Glover was born in...
University
- Herman Lee DonovanHerman Lee DonovanHerman Lee Donovan was an American educator and college administrator who served as the fourth president of the University of Kentucky from 1941-1956. During this period, the University of Kentucky faced many challenges including the desegregation of both the graduate and undergraduate divisions,...
(1887-1964), President of the University of KentuckyUniversity of KentuckyThe University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky... - Val O'Donovan (1936-2005), CorkCounty CorkCounty Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
-born Canadian businessman and Chancellor of the University of WaterlooUniversity of WaterlooThe University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
See also
- Chiefs of the NameChiefs of the NameThe Chief of the Name, or in older English usage Captain of his Nation, is the recognised head of a family or clan...
- Irish nobilityIrish nobilityThis article concerns the Gaelic nobility of Ireland from ancient to modern times. It only partly overlaps with Chiefs of the Name because it excludes Scotland and other discussion...
- Donovan (disambiguation)Donovan (disambiguation)Donovan is a popular Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist.Donovan may also refer to:- Places :* Castle Donovan, a ruined castle 12 kilometers east of Bantry, County Cork, Ireland* General Donovan Department, Argentina...
- Donovan (name)Donovan (name)Donovan may be both a surname and a given name.Some people with surname include:*Art Donovan, NFL Hall of Famer*Bill Donovan , a pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball...