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O'Donovan (surname)
Main article: O'Donovan family
Military, intelligence- Dan "Sandow" O'Donovan, Irish Republican Army figure
- 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."
- 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
- John Anthony Donovan (1911–1991), Bishop of Toledo
- Oliver O'Donovan (born 1945), theologian
- Paul Vincent Donovan (1924–2011), Bishop of Kalamazoo
- Carrie Donovan (1928–2001), fashion editor
- Terence Donovan (1936–1996), British photographer and film director
- 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
- 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.
- 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