Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:

Places

* Don (river), a river in European Russia * Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name * Don, Benin, a town in Benin * Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India * Don, Nord, a ''commune'' of the Nord ''département'' in northern France * Don, Tasmania, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania * Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy * Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918–1920 * Don Jail, a jail in Toronto, Canada *DON, Chapman code for County Donegal, Ireland

People and characters

Role or title

Don (honorific) The terms Don (in Spanish language, Spanish and Italian language, Italian), Dom (in Portuguese language, Portuguese), and Domn (in Romanian language, Romanian), are honorific prefixes derived from the Latin language, Latin ''Dominus'', meaning ...

, a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect * Don (academia), a fellow or tutor of a college or university in the U.K. and elsewhere *Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia

People with the name

* Don (given name), a short form of the masculine given name Donald in Scots and English * Don (nickname) * George Don (1798–1856), Scottish botanist * Khadi Don (born 1996), American comedian and actress

Fictional characters

* Don (character), the main character of the ''Don'' franchise, a gangster * Don Wada, one of the main protagonists of the ''Taiko no Tatsujin'' series *Don Dogoier, character in Japanese television series '' Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger'' *Don, the main character from '' Jumbo''.

Arts, entertainment, media

Films

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

Television

* ''Don'' (TV series), a 2007 Indian reality TV series *"Don", an episode in '' Regular Show''

Music

*"Don", a song by Miranda! from their 2004 album '' Sin Restricciones'' *"Don", a song by Trippie Redd, 2020

Other uses in art and entertainment

*'' Battle Stadium D.O.N'', a video game

Military and defense

* Department of the Navy (or DON), a part of the United States Department of Defense * Don-2N radar, Russian anti-ballistic missile radar * ''Don''-class submarine tender, Soviet-era class of submarine tenders * Orlets-1 (or DON), a reconnaissance satellite

Science

Chemistry

*Dissolved Organic Nitrogen, or DON * 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine, a recreational drug * 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine, an enzyme inhibitor * Deoxynivalenol, a mycotoxin

Biology

*"-don" a suffix in the scientific names of many animals, meaning "tooth" * Dysbaric osteonecrosis, death of a portion of bone * Russian Don, a horse breed

Other uses

* Dôn, a mother goddess in Welsh mythology * don (unit), a Korean unit of weight * Donburi, or don, a Japanese rice bowl dish * Tropical Storm Don (2011) * Director of nursing (long term care facility) * Director of nursing (other uses)