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 state of Victoria, Australia, 1950–1952
• John Joseph McDonald (1904–1959), Australian Labor Party Member of the Tasmania House of Assembly
• John Young McDonald (1837–1917), member of the Victorian Legislative Council

Canadian

• John McDonald (1787–1860), businessman and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West
• John Anthony McDonald (1875–1948), manufacturer, financier and Canadian Senator
• John Alexander McDonald (politician) (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 (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 (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 (fl. 1920s), Scottish footballer for Airdrieonians and Everton
• John McDonald (archer) (born 1965), Canadian archer
• John McDonald (infielder) (born 1974), Major League Baseball infielder
• John McDonald (pitcher) (1883–1950), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1907
• John McDonald (bobsleigh), American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s
• John McDonald (rugby league) (1944–2023), Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator
• John McDonald (English cricketer) (1882–1961), English cricketer
• John McDonald (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1931), New Zealand cricketer
• John McDonald (American football) (1900–?), American football player
• John McDonald (ice hockey) (1921–1990), professional ice hockey player
• John McDonald (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1999), football player for Tranmere Rovers

Media, arts, and entertainment

• John McDonald, Australian art critic for the The Sydney Morning Herald
• John McDonald (commentator), British sports commentator
• John McDonald (journalist) (1906–1998), American journalist and writer
• John McDonald (poet) (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) (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), restaurateur and entrepreneur based in New York City
• John B. McDonald, American construction businessman
• John Randal McDonald (1922–2003), architect who worked in the 1950s and 1960s
• W. John McDonald, Canadian physicist and academic administrator

See also

• John Macdonald (disambiguation)
• John Macdonell (disambiguation)
• Jack McDonald (disambiguation)
• John McDonnell (disambiguation)
• Jackie McDonald (born 1947), Ulster Defence Association brigadier for South Belfast
• Jon-Marc McDonald (born 1976), American political activist

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