Donato (surname)
Donato is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Donato da Cascia, Italian composer of trecento madrigals
- Pietro Donato, a Renaissance humanist and the Bishop of Padua
- Baldassare Donato, Italian composer of the Venetian school
- Magda Donato, Spanish-Mexican writer and actress
- Pietro di Donato, American writer and bricklayer
- Andy Donato, editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun
- Daniel Donato, graduate student whose research was at the center of the 2006 Biscuit Fire publication controversy
- Eugenio Donato, Armenian-Italian deconstructionist and literary critic
- Dick Donato, American television personality and winner of Big Brother 8
- Marc Donato, Canadian actor
- Ryan Donato, NHL player
- Ted Donato, retired NHL player
- James Donato, judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
