John McDonald may refer to:

Politics

Australian

John McDonald (Western Australian politician) John James McDonald (21 July 1869 – 19 June 1934), Australian politician, was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1911 to 1914. Born in East Ballarat, Victoria, East Ballarat, Victoria (Australia), Victoria on 21 July ...

(1869–1934), member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1911–1914 *

John McDonald (Victorian politician) Sir John Gladstone Black McDonald (6 December 1898 – 23 April 1977) was 37th Premier of Victoria (leading the Country Party) from 27 June 1950 to 17 December 1952, except for a few days in October 1952 when Thomas Hollway led a brief Electo ...

(1898–1977), Premier of the state of Victoria, Australia, 1950–1952 *

John Joseph McDonald John Joseph McDonald (25 March 1904 – 24 February 1959) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1934 to 1945, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He later served five years in prison for ...

(1904–1959), Australian Labor Party Member of the Tasmania House of Assembly *

John Young McDonald John Young McDonald (8 August 1837 – 7 September 1917) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born in Leith; his mother's name was Margaret Dow. He migrated to Melbourne around 1855 and tried his luck on the Ballarat goldfields w ...

(1837–1917), member of the Victorian Legislative Council

Canadian

John McDonald (1787–1860) John McDonald (February 10, 1787 – September 20, 1860) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West. He was born in Saratoga, New York in 1787, the son of John McDonald, a Scottish immigrant. He set up in business ...

, businessman and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West * John Anthony McDonald (1875–1948), manufacturer, financier and Canadian Senator *

John Alexander McDonald (politician) John Alexander McDonald (September 24, 1889 – April 16, 1962) was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Kings County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1920 to 1925, and again from 1933 to 1945 as a L ...

(1889–1962), farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada * John Archibald McDonald (Nova Scotia politician) (1851–1925), lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada * John Archibald McDonald (Saskatchewan politician) (1865–1929), banker and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada *

John Lawrence McDonald John Lawrence McDonald (August 6, 1894 – February 26, 1969) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Stormont in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1945 and from 1948 to 1951 as a Progressive Conservative ...

(1894–1969), Ontario farmer and political figure, represented Stormont in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 1943–1951 * John Stevenson McDonald (1828–1917), Scottish-born Ontario farmer and political figure, represented Bruce Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 1894–1898 *

John W. McDonald John Walter McDonald (May 21, 1878 – November 8, 1950) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and provincial politician from Alberta. He served as Mayor of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Chief Judge of the District Court of Southern Alberta, and also led the Al ...

(1878–1950), leader of the Alberta Liberal Party

New Zealand

* John McDonald (mayor), mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand, 1908–1909

United States

* John McDonald (Maine politician) (1773–1826), State Senator * John McDonald (Maryland politician) (1837–1917), U.S. Representative from Maryland * John McDonald (Ohio politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives * John D. McDonald (politician) (1816–1900), Wisconsin State Assemblyman * John C. McDonald (1930–2011), Louisiana State University chancellor * John S. McDonald (1864–1941), Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court * John T. McDonald III (born 1962), member of the New York State Assembly * John Warlick McDonald (1922–2019), U.S. Ambassador

Sportsmen

Jock McDonald John McDonald (born 11 March 1893) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back for clubs including Airdrieonians, Everton and New Brighton. He was Everton captain in the 1921–22 season, and held the club record for most appearances ...

(fl. 1920s), Scottish footballer for Airdrieonians and Everton *

John McDonald (archer) John McDonald (born 28 May 1965) is a Canadian archer. He competed in the men's individual and team events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seou ...

(born 1965), Canadian archer *

John McDonald (infielder) John Joseph McDonald (born September 24, 1974) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Pittsburgh Pirates ...

(born 1974), Major League Baseball infielder *

John McDonald (pitcher) John Joseph McDonald (January 27, 1883 – April 9, 1950), born John Joseph Mc Donnell, was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally be ...

(1883–1950), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1907 *

John McDonald (bobsleigh) John McDonald is an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1949 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village ...

, American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s *

John McDonald (rugby league) John McDonald AM (24 April 1944 – 13 September 2023) was an Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator. Career A tall three-quarter back, he played club football in Toowoomba, representing Queensland ten times and also g ...

(1944–2023), Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator *

John McDonald (English cricketer) John Archibald McDonald (29 May 1882 – 4 June 1961) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905 and 1906. McDonald was born in Belper, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire during the 1905 seas ...

(1882–1961), English cricketer *

John McDonald (New Zealand cricketer) John McDonald may refer to: Politics Australian * John McDonald (Western Australian politician) (1869–1934), member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1911–1914 * John McDonald (Victorian politician) (1898–1977), Premier of the s ...

(born 1931), New Zealand cricketer *

John McDonald (ice hockey) John Albert McDonald (November 24, 1921 – March 13, 1990) was a professional ice hockey player who played 43 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1943–44 season. Early life McDonald was born November 24 ...

(1921–1990), professional ice hockey player *

John McDonald (footballer, born 1921) Jack McDonald (1 September 1921 – December 1999) was an English footballer, who played as a full back in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenh ...

(1921–1999), football player for Tranmere Rovers

Media, arts, and entertainment

John McDonald (art critic) John McDonald may refer to: Politics Australian * John McDonald (Western Australian politician) (1869–1934), member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1911–1914 * John McDonald (Victorian politician) (1898–1977), Premier of the s ...

, Australian art critic for ''

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuous ...

'' * John McDonald (commentator), British sports commentator * John McDonald (journalist) (1906–1998), American journalist and writer *

John McDonald (poet) John McDonald (19 September 1846 – 1932) was an Irish cultural nationalist poet during the nineteenth century Irish Literary Revival. Known for frequent contributions to weekly and periodical Irish publications, he published a book of poetry ...

(1846–?), poet from County Leitrim in Ireland * John D. MacDonald (1916–1986), American mystery author * John P. McDonald (1922–1993), American librarian * John R. McDonald, Canadian historian and writer

Military

John McDonald (Union Army general) John McDonald was born in Rochester, New York, on February 22, 1832.Edward S. Cooper (2017), ''John McDonald and the Whiskey Ring: From Thug to Grant's Inner Circle'', pp. 8-9 At the age of nine, he was orphaned. To support himself, McDonald wor ...

(1832–1912) * John Bacon McDonald (1859–1927), United States Army officer * John Wade McDonald, American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient on List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: M–P

Other people

John McDonald (entrepreneur) John McDonald is a restaurateur and entrepreneur based in New York City. He is the founder and CEO of Mercer Street Hospitality, and co-founder of Tasting Table Media. Career McDonald began his career in nightlife with MercBar and went on to o ...

, restaurateur and entrepreneur based in New York City *

John B. McDonald John B. McDonald (November 7, 1844 – March 17, 1911) was an Irish people, Irish-born contractor who is best known for overseeing construction of Early history of the IRT subway, New York City's first subway line from 1900 to 1904. Early life J ...

, American construction businessman * John Randal McDonald (1922–2003), architect who worked in the 1950s and 1960s * W. John McDonald, Canadian physicist and academic administrator