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Donald Stewart Ethell, colonel, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b at Vancouver 23 Jul 1937). Donald Ethell, a distinguished retiree of the Armed Forces, became Alberta's 17th Lieutenant Governor in May 2010. Ethell was born and raised on Canada's west coast.
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Donald Stockton, (born at Montréal 23 Feb 1904; died there 16 Jun 1978). Donald Stockton was a wrestler who participated in three OLYMPIC GAMES.
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Donald Stovel Macdonald, PC CC, politician, lawyer (born 1 March 1932 in Ottawa, ON; died 14 October 2018 in Toronto, ON).
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Donald Strathearn Rawson, limnologist (b at Claremont, Ont 19 May 1905; d at Saskatoon 16 Feb 1961). His doctoral dissertation (U of T, 1929) on the bottom fauna of Lk Simcoe was a model for ecological limnology for 20 years.
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Donald McNichol Sutherland, CC, actor (born 17 July 1935 in Saint John, NB; died 20 June 2024 in Miami, Florida). Donald Sutherland was one of Canada's best-known and most accomplished actors. A prolific performer of considerable, chameleon-like range, he was both a leading man and a supporting player in comedies, dramas, horror and science fiction, amassing nearly 200 credits across six decades. His roles in The Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970), Kelly’s Heroes (1970) and Klute (1971) made him a star. He won a Genie Award, an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe and was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France and a Companion of the Order of Canada. He was honoured with a star on Canada's Walk of Fame and Hollywood's Walk of Fame. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 2017.
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This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on February 28, 2000. Partner content is not updated. This seems an appropriate time for Sutherland to contemplate the past. The 64-year-old actor, who got his start on the stage, has returned to the theatre after a 19-year absence. He stars in Enigma Variations, which opened on Feb. 17 at the Royal Alex and runs until April 1.
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Donald (Clifford) Thomson. Harpsichordist, pianist, organist, b Portneuf (west of Quebec City) 18 Aug 1934, d Quebec City, 6 Aug 1984.
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Donald William Buchanan, (b at Lethbridge, Alta, 9 Apr 1908; d at Ottawa 28 Feb 1966). He was the son of Senator W.A. Buchanan, publisher of the Lethbridge Herald, and received a degree in modern history from University of Toronto as well as an Oxford fellowship.
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Donald William Cameron, politician, premier of Nova Scotia (b at Egerton, NS 20 May 1946). After graduating from McGill, Cameron operated a dairy farm in Pictou County.
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Donald Winston Thompson, "Don," jazz musician (b at Powell River, BC, 18 Jan 1940). Self-taught as a bass, piano and vibraphone player, and comfortable in a wide range of styles, Thompson has developed a versatility largely without precedent in contemporary jazz.
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Donalda James Dickie, educator, author (b at Hespeler, Ont 5 Oct 1883; d at Haney, BC 1972). Educated at Queen's, Columbia, Oxford and Toronto, Dickie was influential in Alberta education as a NORMAL SCHOOL instructor, curriculum reviser and textbook author.
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Donato Paduano (born 28 November 1948 in Ripabottoni, Campobasso, Italy). After competing in the 1968 Olympic Summer Games, Donato Paduano pursued a professional boxing career.
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The first professional so-called French theatre troupe that came from outside to settle in the province of Québec consisted, in fact, of 2 Italians, Jean Donegani from Moltrazio in Lombardy, and Thomas Delvecchio from Lake Como.
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Although he published one collection of short fiction for adults, The Witness and Other Stories (1981), he secured his literary reputation as a children's writer. In 1981 The Violin Maker's Gift won the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award.
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Donna Brown. Soprano, b Renfrew, Ont, 15 Feb 1955. Donna Brown studied voice, piano and composition privately in Ottawa, and at McGill University in Montreal, before pursuing further studies with Noémie Perugia in Paris.
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