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Donald Mackay, 5th of Strathnaver (died 1370), chief of the ancient Clan Mackay •
Donald Mackay, 11th of Strathnaver (died 1550), chief of the ancient Clan Mackay •
Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay (1591–1649), Scottish peer and soldier •
Donald Mackay (fur trader) (1753–1833), Canadian trader with the North West Company •
Donald Mackay (Royal Navy officer) (1780–1850), British admiral •
Donald McKay (1810–1880), Canadian-American shipbuilder • (1938) one of the first C2 ships •
Donald McKay (scout) (1836–1899), American scout, actor, and spokesman •
Donald MacKay (architect) (), Scottish-American architect •
Donald Cameron MacKay (1906–1979), Canadian maritime artist •
Donald A. Mackay (1914–2005), American illustrator •
Donald McKay (RAF officer) (1917–1959), British flying ace of the Second World War •
Donald MacCrimmon MacKay (1922–1987), Scottish physicist •
Donald Mackay (scientist) (1936–2023), Scottish-born Canadian scientist of environmental chemistry •
Donald Mackay (medical doctor) (died 1981)