The proprietor was Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gantt, a young man from Louisiana who had sailed throughout the South Pacific ; later he legally changed his name to Donn Beach.

" Donn Beach, the founder of Don The Beachcomber, is also credited as having created the tropical drink genre singlehandedly.

Donn Beach is credited for having created some of the most memorable exotic cocktails such as the Scorpion and the Zombie.

Trader Vic ( Victor Bergeron ) was a Donn Beach contemporary and the founder of Trader Vic's restaurant chain.

A protracted feud between Donn Beach and Trader Vic erupted when both claimed to have invented the mai tai.

It first appeared in the late 1930s, invented by Donn Beach ( formerly Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gannt ) of Hollywood's Don the Beachcomber restaurant.

Legend has it that Donn Beach originally concocted the Zombie to help a hung-over customer get through a business meeting.

* The Cocktail Spirit With Robert Hess: Zombie ( video )-features 1956 Donn Beach recipe

Donn Beach ( February 22, 1907 – June 7, 1989 ), born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, is the founding father of tiki restaurants, bars and nightclubs.

After years of being called Don the Beachcomber because of his original bar / restaurant, Gantt changed his name several times, using Donn Beach-Comber, to Donn Beachcomber, and finally settling on Donn Beach.

The Valley Club ( CAFC Supporters Club ) was situated in Harvey Gardens behind the North Stand, and was managed by licensee Ray Donn from 1970 – 1984 the club had a full club licence supplying food and drink to its members and guests during match days and live entertainment, with cabaret and dancing every night of the week.

* 1935 – Donn Clendenon, American baseball player ( d. 2005 )

* 1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.

* date unknown – An Calbhach mac Aodha O Conchobhair Donn, the last inaugurated King of Connacht

* June 6 – William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster is murdered and the Burke Civil War begins in Ireland.

* June 6 – William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster ( b. 1312 )

* date unknown – William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster ( d. 1333 )

Cináed mac Duib ( Modern Gaelic: Coinneach mac Dhuibh ) anglicised as Kenneth III, and nicknamed An Donn, " the Chief " or " the Brown ", ( before 967 – 25 March 1005 ) was King of Scots from 997 to 1005.

* Donnchad Donn, 918 – 942

Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū was popularised in the west by the extensive research and writings of late Donn F. Draeger ( 1922 – 1982 ).

* Daniel Pilon – Donn Moomaw, friend, pastor of Reagan who gave the invocation at the 1981 Inaugural

On September 24, facing Carlton and the Cardinals, again-only this time at Shea Stadium, the New York Mets clinched the NL East as Donn Clendenon hit two home runs in a 6 – 0 Mets victory.

* Academy Award for Best Film Editing – Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss

* American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss

Donn F. Eisele ( June 23, 1930 – December 2, 1987 ) was a United States Air Force test pilot and later a NASA astronaut.

* William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster ( 1312 – 1333 )

Donald Frederick " Donn " Draeger ( April 15, 1922 – October 20, 1982 ) was an internationally-known teacher and practitioner of Japanese martial arts.

* Donn Barber ( post-graduate architectural courses ) – architect

McNally then gave up Series MVP Donn Clendenon's third homer of the series ( a record for a five-game World Series that was tied by the Phillies ' Ryan Howard in the 2008 Classic ) to cut the lead to 3 – 2.

* Donn Landee – engineer

* Donn Clark – 1995 – 96 to 1997 – 98

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

In fact, the figures and arrangement of modern Scottish country dances, while derived from a 300-year tradition, make it difficult to generalize because many newer dances feature new ideas such as partner changes ( you dance with a new partner on each new time through the dance, as in " Nighean Donn " ( by Peter Hastings ) or " Caddam Wood " ( by John Mitchell )), palindromic structure ( the sequence of figures is similar seen from the end to the beginning as it is seen from the beginning to the end, as in " The White Heather Jig " by Cosh ), fugues ( the sequence of figures for each couple is intricately intertwined to resemble the structure of a musical fugue ), canons ( a new couple begins their time through even though the couple before have not finished theirs yet ) and others, such as John Drewry's " Crossing the Line ", where the bottom of the set becomes the top for the next time through.

Which is doubly sad, as Durness is also the birthplace of one of the greatest Gaelic poets of all time, Rob Donn Calder ( some argue " Mackay "), born at Achnacaillich in Strathmore in 1714 and a keen and fearless observer of people and situations.

Donn Fulton Eisele was born June 23, 1930 in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from West High School in 1948.

Donald Frederick " Donn " Draeger was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 15, 1922.

Donn belonged to Dáire mac Fiachna, a cattle-lord of Ulster ; Finnbhennach was born into the herds of queen Medb of Connacht, but considered belonging to a woman beneath him and joined the herds of her husband, Ailill.

Donn Cuailnge was born into the herds of Dáire mac Fiachna of Cooley.

* Donn Pall ( born 1962 ), former professional baseball player

Elizabeth was born at Carrickfergus Castle near Belfast, Ireland, the only child of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster and Maud of Lancaster.

Donn Swaby ( born August 20, 1973 ) is an American actor.