John Macdonald or MacDonald may refer to:
Government
Australia John MacDonald (Australian politician) (1880–1937), Australian senator for Queensland
Britain John Mor MacDonald, 3rd of Dunnyveg (fl. 1499), third lord of Clan Donald John MacDonald II or John of Islay, Earl of Ross (1434–1503), last Lord of the Isles, Scotland John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh (1836–1919), Scottish politician and later a judge John Macdonald (British politician, born 1854) (1854–1939), British Liberal politician
Canada John Small MacDonald (c. 1791–1849), Prince Edward Island merchant and politician John Sandfield Macdonald (1812–1872), first premier of Ontario John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), first Canadian prime minister John Macdonald (Canadian politician) (1824–1890), member of parliament and later senator John MacDonald of Glenaladale (1742–1810), Scottish born soldier and Prince Edward Island landowner John Alexander MacDonald (Prince Edward Island politician) (1838–1905), speaker of the Prince Edward Island assembly John Alexander Macdonald (Prince Edward Island politician) (1874–1948), member of parliament for King's, Prince Edward Island John Alexander Macdonald (Nova Scotia politician) (1883–1945), politician in Nova Scotia John Alexander MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician) (died 1938), member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly John Joseph MacDonald (1891–1986), senator for Prince Edward Island John Michael Macdonald (1906–1997), senator for Nova Scotia John Augustine Macdonald (1913–1961), member of parliament for King's, Prince Edward Island John W. MacDonald (1900–1983), Canadian politician in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly John A. MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician) (born 1979), politician in Nova Scotia John Welsford Macdonald (1890–1976), barrister, judge, and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
United States John MacDonald (New Hampshire politician), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives John L. MacDonald (1838–1903), American representative from Minnesota John R. MacDonald (1857–1946), Michigan politician
Literature John D. MacDonald (1916–1986), American mystery author John McDonald, pseudonym of Kenneth Miller (1915–1983), Canadian-American mystery author, better known as Ross Macdonald
Military John MacDonald of Garth (1771–1866), Scottish-Canadian participant in the Pemmican war John Macdonald (British Army officer, died 1850) (bef. 1795–1850), Adjutant-General to the Forces John Macdonald (British Army officer, born 1907) (1907–1979) John MacDonald (British Army officer, born 1938) (1938–2026) John Macdonald (Australian Army officer) (1919–1996), University of New South Wales Regiment John Denis Macdonald (1826–1908), English naval surgeon and naturalist
Music
John-Angus MacDonald (active since 1997), Canadian musician and guitarist John Scantlebury Macdonald, real name of Harry Macdonough (1871–1931), Canadian singer and music recording pioneer John MacDonald of Inverness (1865–1953), Scottish bagpiper
Religion John MacDonald (bishop of Aberdeen) (1818–1889), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop John Macdonald (Apostle of the North) (1779–1849), Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland, known as the "Apostle of the North" John MacDonald (Rosskeen) (1860–1947), Free Church of Scotland minister John MacDonald (vicar apostolic of the Highland District) (1727–1779), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop John Hugh MacDonald (1881–1965), Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Edmonton John Roderick MacDonald (1891–1959), Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Peterborough, Ontario
Sports John Macdonald (sportsman) (1861–1938), represented Scotland at both cricket and football John MacDonald (American football) (1885–1962), American football head coach for Boston University John MacDonald (canoeist) (born 1965), New Zealand Olympic canoer John MacDonald (footballer, born 1883) (1883–1915), Scottish footballer for Blackburn Rovers, Leeds City, Grimsby Town John Macdonald (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1960), Scottish footballer for Raith Rovers, Rangers, Liverpool, Newcastle United John MacDonald (footballer, born 1961), Scottish footballer for Rangers, Barnsley John MacDonald (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player who played for Destil Trappers in the Netherlands John MacDonald (racing driver) (1936–2026), race car driver and motorcycle racer of Hong Kong Jack Macdonald (sportsman) (1907–1982), New Zealand Olympic rower John Macdonald (Canadian football) (born 1978), Canadian football defensive linemen John MacDonald (rugby union, born 1960), Irish rugby union international player John MacDonald (rugby union, born 1890) (1890–1980), Scottish rugby union player John MacDonald (British Army officer, born 1938) (1938–2026), Scottish rugby union player
Other people John Cathanach MacDonald, 4th of Dunnyveg (died 1499) John Macdonald (psychiatrist) (1920–2007), New Zealand forensic psychiatrist who coined the MacDonald triad of sociopathy John S. MacDonald (1936–2019), co-founder of MacDonald Dettwiler John Smyth Macdonald (1867–1941), British physiologist John Graham MacDonald (1834–1918), explorer and pioneer in Queensland, Australia John B. Macdonald (1918–2014), president of the University of British Columbia
Other uses CCGS John A. Macdonald, a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker
See also John McDonald (disambiguation) Jack MacDonald (disambiguation) John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong (1877–1926), politician, conveyancer and real estate agent in Ontario