General Macdonald or MacDonald may refer to:
Alastair Macdonald (British Army officer) (fl. 1850s–1880s), British Army major general Arthur MacDonald (1919–1995), Australian Army general Donald Alexander Macdonald (general) (1845–1920), Canadian Militia major general Étienne Macdonald (1765–1840), French Army general George Macdonald (Canadian general) (born c. 1950), Royal Canadian Air Force lieutenant general Godfrey Macdonald, 3rd Baron Macdonald (1775–1832), British Army lieutenant general Hector MacDonald (1853–1903), British Army major general John Macdonald (British Army officer, born 1907) (1907–1979), British Army major general John Macdonald (British Army officer, died 1850) (before 1795–1850), British Army lieutenant general
See also Bruce Alexander McDonald (1925–1993), Australian Army major general Charles C. McDonald (1933–2017), U.S. Air Force general John Bacon McDonald (1859–1927), U.S. Army brigadier general Attorney General Macdonald (disambiguation)