Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:

Places

*Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India *Don, Nord, a ''commune'' of the Nord ''département'' in northern France *Don, Tasmania, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania *Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy *Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States *Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918–1920 *Don Jail, a jail in Toronto, Canada *DON, Chapman code for County Donegal, Ireland

People and characters

Role or title

*Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect *Don (academia), a fellow or tutor of a college or university in the U.K. and elsewhere *Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia

People with the name

*Don (given name), a short form of the masculine given name Donald in Scots and English *Don (nickname) *George Don (1798–1856), Scottish botanist *Khadi Don (born 1996), American comedian and actress

Fictional characters

*Don (character), the main character of the ''Don'' franchise, a gangster *Don Wada, one of the main protagonists of the ''Taiko no Tatsujin'' series *Don Dogoier, character in Japanese television series ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger'' *Don, the main character from ''Jumbo (2025 film), Jumbo''.

Arts, entertainment, media

Films

*Don (2003 film), ''Don'' (2003 film), an Indian Kanada-language film by P. N. Sathya *Don (2006 Dutch film), ''Don'' (2006 Dutch film), by Arend Steenbergen *Don (2007 film), ''Don'' (2007 film), an Indian Telugu-language film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna and Anushka **''Don Number One'', a 2012 Bangladeshi film starring Shakib Khan, remake of the 2007 film *Don (franchise), an Indian gangster film franchise **Don (1978 film), ''Don'' (1978 film), by Chandra Barot **Don (2006 Hindi film), ''Don'' (2006 Hindi film), a remake by Farhan Akhtar of the 1978 film ***Don (soundtrack), for the 2006 film by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy **''Don 2'', 2011 sequel to the 2006 film ***''Don 2: The Game'', video game based on the 2011 film *Don (2022 film), ''Don'' (2022 film), an Indian Tamil-language film by Cibi Chakaravarthi

Television

*Don (TV series), ''Don'' (TV series), a 2007 Indian reality TV series *"Don", an episode in ''Regular Show''

Music

*"Don", a song by Miranda! from their 2004 album ''Sin Restricciones'' *"Don", a song by Trippie Redd, 2020

Other uses in art and entertainment

*''Battle Stadium D.O.N'', a video game

Military and defense

*United States Department of the Navy, Department of the Navy (or DON), a part of the United States Department of Defense *Don-2N radar, Russian anti-ballistic missile radar *Don-class submarine tender, ''Don''-class submarine tender, Soviet-era class of submarine tenders *Orlets-1 (or DON), a reconnaissance satellite

Science

Chemistry

*Dissolved Organic Nitrogen, or DON *2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine, a recreational drug *6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine, an enzyme inhibitor *Deoxynivalenol, a mycotoxin

Biology

*"-don" list of commonly used taxonomic affixes, a suffix in the scientific names of many animals, meaning "tooth" *Dysbaric osteonecrosis, death of a portion of bone *Russian Don, a horse breed

Other uses

*Dôn, a mother goddess in Welsh mythology *don (unit), a Korean unit of weight *Donburi, or don, a Japanese rice bowl dish *Tropical Storm Don (2011) *Director of nursing (long term care facility) *Nursing management#Director of Nursing, Director of nursing (other uses)