Don

Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:

Titles and roles

• Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title of respect, often used for noblemen or distinguished individuals
• Don (academia), a senior member (fellow or tutor) of a college or university, especially at Oxford or Cambridge
• Don, a crime boss, especially in Mafia contexts

Places

• Don River (disambiguation), several rivers with this name
  • Don (river), a river in European Russia
• Don, Tasmania, a small village near Devonport, Australia
• Don, Benin, a town in Benin
• Don Jail, a historic jail in Toronto, Canada
• Don, Nord, a commune in northern France
• Don, Dang, a hill station village in Gujarat, India
• DON, Chapman code for County Donegal, Ireland
• Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy
• Don Republic, a short-lived state (1918–1920) in Russia
• Don, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the U.S.

People and characters

Given name or nickname

• Don (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
• Don (nickname), list of notable individuals
• George Don (1798–1856), Scottish botanist
• Khadi Don (born 1996), American comedian and actress

Fictional characters

• Don (character), the central gangster character of the Don film franchise
• Don, lead character in Jumbo
• Don Gately, in the 1996 novel Infinite Jest
• Doggy Don, the main character in Pakdam Pakdai
• Don, a green villainous duck in the Malaysian animated series Chuck Chicken

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

• Don (franchise), an Indian gangster film franchise
  • Don (1978 film), Hindi film by Chandra Barot
  • Don (2006 Hindi film), Hindi remake by Farhan Akhtar
    • Don (soundtrack), soundtrack of the 2006 remake
  • Don 2 (2011), sequel to the 2006 remake
    • Don 2: The Game, video game based on the sequel
• Don (2003 film), Kannada-language Indian film by P. N. Sathya
• Don (2006 Dutch film), directed by Arend Steenbergen
• Don (2007 film), Telugu-language Indian film starring Nagarjuna and Anushka
  • Don Number One, 2012 Bangladeshi remake starring Shakib Khan
• Don (2022 film), Tamil-language Indian film by Cibi Chakaravarthi

Television

• Don (TV series), a 2007 Indian reality/crime documentary series
• "Don", an episode from Regular Show

Music

• "Don", a song by Miranda! from Sin Restricciones (2004)
• "Don", a 2020 song by Trippie Redd

Other media

• Battle Stadium D.O.N, a 2006 crossover fighting video game

Military and defense

• Department of the Navy (DoN), part of the U.S. Department of Defense
• Don-class submarine tenders, used by the Soviet Navy
• Don-2N radar, Russian anti-ballistic missile radar
• Orlets-1 (code-named DON), a Russian reconnaissance satellite

Science and technology

Chemistry

• Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), a form of nitrogen in water systems, involved in freshwater and marine biogeochemical cycles
• 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine (DON), a psychedelic compound
• 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON), a glutamine analog and enzyme inhibitor
• Deoxynivalenol (DON), a type of mycotoxin

Biology

• "-don", a taxonomic suffix meaning "tooth" in scientific names
• Dysbaric osteonecrosis, bone damage from pressure changes
• Russian Don, a horse breed from Russia

Other uses

• Dôn, a Welsh mother goddess in mythology
• Don (unit), a traditional Korean unit of weight
• Donburi, also known as "don", a Japanese rice bowl dish
• Tropical Storm Don (2011), a named Atlantic storm
• Director of nursing (long term care facility), abbreviated as DON
• SS Don

See also

• The Don (disambiguation)
• Don Bridge (disambiguation)
• Dom (disambiguation)
• Dons (disambiguation)
• Donald (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Don
• All pages with titles containing Don