Ian McDonald dead at age 93
Ian McDonald, the Trinidadian-born Guyanese poet and writer whose only novel, The Humming-Bird Tree, became a Caribbean classic,
died on July 24, 2026. Born in Saint Augustine, Trinidad, on April…
Named McDonald
42 obituaries for famous people named McDonald. See who they were, when they died, and read their memorial pages.
Country Joe McDonald American singer and songwriter dead at age 84
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 Canadian physicist and academic administrator dead at age 89
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 English footballer dead at age 95
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…
Jock McDonald
British musician (Bollock Brothers)
Died on Monday July 28th 2025
Susan McDonald
American classical harpist
Died on Friday May 30th 2025
Toby McDonald
Canadian curler and Olympic coach (2006)
Died on Sunday January 26th 2025
Michael McDonald
American costume designer (Hair)
Died on Friday September 6th 2024
Jimmy McDonald
Scottish footballer (Greenock Morton)
Died on Wednesday February 21st 2024
Norris McDonald
Canadian journalist
Died on Wednesday November 29th 2023
John McDonald
Australian rugby league player and coach
Died on Wednesday September 13th 2023
Henry McDonald
Northern Irish writer and journalist
Died on Sunday February 19th 2023
Jack McDonald
Australian footballer
Died on Thursday May 19th 2022
Peter McDonald
Irish Olympic footballer
Died on Wednesday March 30th 2022
Clarence McDonald
American pianist
Died on Tuesday July 27th 2021
Mary Frances McDonald
91–92
Died on Friday June 18th 2021
Allan J. McDonald
American aerospace engineer
Died on Tuesday March 9th 2021
Colin McDonald
Australian cricketer
Died on Monday January 11th 2021
Denford McDonald
New Zealand businessman
Died on Thursday February 6th 2020
Michele McDonald
American model and beauty pageant contestant
Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Barry McDonald
Australian rugby union player (national team)
Died on Monday January 6th 2020
Robert A.J. McDonald
Canadian historian
Died on Monday July 1st 2019
John Warlick McDonald
American diplomat
Died on Thursday May 23rd 2019
Ian McDonald
Australian cricketer (Victoria)
Died on Monday February 18th 2019
Geraldine McDonald
New Zealand educationalist (Victoria University of Wellington
Died on Thursday November 29th 2018
Tommy McDonald
American football player
Died on Monday September 24th 2018
Ab McDonald
Canadian ice hockey forward
Died on Wednesday September 5th 2018
Charles C. McDonald
American USAF general
Died on Thursday November 30th 2017
Les McDonald
British-Canadian triathlon runner and administrator
Died on Friday September 8th 2017
Mary McDonald
Canadian artist and writer
Died on Wednesday July 19th 2017
Lorna McDonald
Australian historian and author
Died on Monday June 26th 2017
Parker Lee McDonald
American jurist
Died on Saturday June 24th 2017
Steven McDonald
American police detective
Died on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Hugh McDonald
Australian musician (Redgum)
Died on Monday November 21st 2016
Sandy McDonald
Scottish minister
Died on Thursday March 17th 2016
Marguerite McDonald
Canadian radio and television journalist
Died on Monday August 24th 2015
McDonald Bailey
British Olympic sprinter (1948)
Died on Wednesday December 4th 2013
Stanley McDonald
Canadian-born American businessman
Died on Thursday November 20th 2014
Albert McDonald
American politician
Died on Sunday July 6th 2014
George E. McDonald
American labor union leader
Died on Sunday April 20th 2014
Andrew Joseph McDonald
American Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Tuesday April 1st 2014
Drew McDonald
Scottish professional wrestler
Died on Monday February 9th 2015