41 obituaries for famous people named McDonald. See who they were, when they died, and read their memorial pages.
Country Joe McDonald, the American singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer and co-founder of Country Joe and the Fish and for writing "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," died on March…
W. John McDonald, a Canadian physicist and academic administrator, died on January 17, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1936, he earned degrees from the…
Colin McDonald, the English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Burnley and the national team, died on January 1, 2026. Born Colin Agnew McDonald on 15 October 1930, he…
British musician (Bollock Brothers)Died on Monday July 28th 2025
American classical harpistDied on Friday May 30th 2025
Canadian curler and Olympic coach (2006)Died on Sunday January 26th 2025
American costume designer (Hair)Died on Friday September 6th 2024
Scottish footballer (Greenock Morton)Died on Wednesday February 21st 2024
Canadian journalistDied on Wednesday November 29th 2023
Australian rugby league player and coachDied on Wednesday September 13th 2023
Northern Irish writer and journalistDied on Sunday February 19th 2023
Australian footballerDied on Thursday May 19th 2022
Irish Olympic footballerDied on Wednesday March 30th 2022
American pianistDied on Tuesday July 27th 2021
91–92Died on Friday June 18th 2021
American aerospace engineerDied on Tuesday March 9th 2021
Australian cricketerDied on Monday January 11th 2021
New Zealand businessmanDied on Thursday February 6th 2020
American model and beauty pageant contestantDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Australian rugby union player (national team)Died on Monday January 6th 2020
Canadian historianDied on Monday July 1st 2019
American diplomatDied on Thursday May 23rd 2019
Australian cricketer (Victoria)Died on Monday February 18th 2019
New Zealand educationalist (Victoria University of WellingtonDied on Thursday November 29th 2018
American football playerDied on Monday September 24th 2018
Canadian ice hockey forwardDied on Wednesday September 5th 2018
American USAF generalDied on Thursday November 30th 2017
British-Canadian triathlon runner and administratorDied on Friday September 8th 2017
Australian historian and authorDied on Monday June 26th 2017
American juristDied on Saturday June 24th 2017
American police detectiveDied on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Australian musician (Redgum)Died on Monday November 21st 2016
Scottish ministerDied on Thursday March 17th 2016
Canadian radio and television journalistDied on Monday August 24th 2015
British Olympic sprinter (1948)Died on Wednesday December 4th 2013
Canadian-born American businessmanDied on Thursday November 20th 2014
American politicianDied on Sunday July 6th 2014
American labor union leaderDied on Sunday April 20th 2014
American Roman Catholic prelateDied on Tuesday April 1st 2014
Scottish professional wrestlerDied on Monday February 9th 2015