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Donner is a variation of Donar, the German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 name of the god Thor
Thor

Thor is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder in Germanic mythology and Germanic paganism, and its subsets: Norse paganism, Anglo-Saxon paganism and Continental Germanic mythology....
 — particularly as a character in Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen
Der Ring des Nibelungen

Der Ring des Nibelungen is a literature cycle of four epic poetry music dramas by the Germany composer Richard Wagner. The operas are based loosely on characters from the Sagas and the Nibelungenlied....
.






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Donner is a variation of Donar, the German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 name of the god Thor
Thor

Thor is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder in Germanic mythology and Germanic paganism, and its subsets: Norse paganism, Anglo-Saxon paganism and Continental Germanic mythology....
 — particularly as a character in Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen
Der Ring des Nibelungen

Der Ring des Nibelungen is a literature cycle of four epic poetry music dramas by the Germany composer Richard Wagner. The operas are based loosely on characters from the Sagas and the Nibelungenlied....
. It can also refer to:

People

  • Clive Donner
    Clive Donner

    Clive Donner is a United Kingdom film Film director who started his career in the mid-1950s after working as a film editor . His best regarded work is generally thought to be the satire on the British class system Nothing But the Best , starring Alan Bates and Denholm Elliott....
    , a British film director.
  • Diamond Donner
    Diamond Donner

    Diamond Donner was a supporting actress in Broadway theatre and vaudeville entertainment in the early 20th century.She accompanied Irene Bentley and a large company of actors who appeared at the Madison Square Theatre, Broadway and 24th Street, in December 1903....
    , an American actor.
  • Francesca Donner
    Francesca Donner

    Francesca Donner was ...
    , former first First Lady of South Korea.
  • Fred M. Donner, an Islamic scholar.
  • Georg Donner
    Georg Donner

    File:Georg R Donner.jpgGeorg Rafael Donner was one of the most prolific Austrian sculpture of the 18th century. His style was baroque with some pseudo-ancient additions....
    , 18th century Austrian artist.
  • George Donner
    George Donner

    George Donner was the leader of the Donner Party, a group of California-bound American settlers who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846?1847....
    , a German-American farmer who led the ill-fated Donner Party
    Donner Party

    The Donner Party was a group of California-bound United States emigrants caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846?1847, some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism....
     of settlers.
  • Jan Hein Donner
    Jan Hein Donner

    Johannes Hendrikus Donner was a Netherlands chess International Grandmaster and writer. Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Chess Championship in 1954, 1957, and 1958....
    , a Dutch chess grandmaster.
  • Lauren Shuler Donner
    Lauren Shuler Donner

    Lauren Shuler Donner is an American movie producer who specializes in mainstream in youth and family-oriented entertainment....
    , an American movie producer.
  • Piet Hein Donner
    Piet Hein Donner

    Jan Pieter Hendrik Donner is Netherlands SZW in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet as member of the Dutch Christian Democratic Appeal . He previously served as Minister of Justice in the Third Balkenende cabinet, second Balkenende cabinet and first Balkenende cabinet and was member of the Dutch Council of State and the Scientific Council for Gove...
    , Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment.
  • Richard Donner
    Richard Donner

    Richard Donner is an United States film director, film producer, and comic book writer. The production company, The Donners' Company, is owned by Donner and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner....
    , an American film director.
  • William Donner
    William Donner

    William H. Donner was an United States businessman, born in Columbus, Indiana....
    , American businessman.
  • Members of the Donner family
    Donner family

    The Donner family is one of the renowned and wealthy Finland-Swedish families that grew in importance during the times of the Grand Duchy of Finland....
     from Finland
    • Jörn Donner
      Jörn Donner

      J?rn Johan Donner is a Finland writer, film director, actor, film producer, politician, member of the Donner family and founder of Finnish Film Archive....
      , a Finnish writer.
    • Kai Donner
      Kai Donner

      Kai Reinhold Donner was a Finland linguist, ethnography and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Nenets people in Siberia 1911–1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924....
      , a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician.
    • Ossian Donner
      Ossian Donner

      Ossian Donner was a Finland industrialist, engineer, senator and diplomat. He was the son of professor Otto Donner and grandson of shipowner Anders Donner from Kokkola....
      , a Finnish industrialist and diplomat.
    • Otto Donner
      Otto Donner

      [Image:Otto Donner by Walter Runeberg.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Bust of Otto Donner by Walter Runeberg Otto Donner was a Finland linguist and politician....
      . linguist, publisher and politician
    • Patrick Donner
      Patrick Donner

      Sir Patrick William Donner was a United Kingdom Member of Parliament and a member of the influential Finland-Swedish Donner family.His family moved from Helsinki, Finland to London, England in 1919....
      , a British Member of Parliament.
  • Ral Donner
    Ral Donner

    Ral Donner was an early American rock & roll musician. He scored several pop hits in the U.S. in the early 1960s and had a voice very similar to Elvis Presley's....


Places

  • Donner Camp and Donner Pass
    Donner Pass

    Donner Pass is a high mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada , located above Donner Lake about nine miles west of Truckee, California. It is a narrow pass with a very steep approach from the east, and a gradual approach from the west....
    , where the Donner Party
    Donner Party

    The Donner Party was a group of California-bound United States emigrants caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846?1847, some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism....
     was trapped by weather during the winter of 1846-1847.
    • Donner Memorial State Park
      Donner Memorial State Park

      Donner Memorial State Park is a US state park located near Truckee, California, California. The park is named after the ill-fated Donner Party, and contains the Emigrant Trail Museum and the Pioneer Monument dedicated to them....
      , near the eastern shore of Donner Lake
      Donner Lake

      Donner Lake is a freshwater lake in northeast California on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and about 11 miles northwest of the much larger Lake Tahoe....
      , commemorates the disaster.


Awards

  • Donner Prize
    Donner Prize

    The Donner Prize is an award given annually by the Donner Canadian Foundation for books considered excellent in regard to the writing of Canada public policy....
    , an award given for books considered excellent in regard to the writing of Canadian public policy.


Astronomy

  • Donner (crater)
    Donner (crater)

    Donner is a Moon Impact crater on the Far side of the Moon. It is located just to the northeast of the Mare Australe, behind the southeastern limb of the Moon....
    , a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon.


Cuisine

  • Döner kebab
    Döner kebab

    D?ner is a Cuisine of Turkey dish made of lambmeat cooked on a vertical spit and sliced off to order.Alternative names around the world include Donair, ?t??e?, Doner or sometimes Donner....
    , a Turkish dish made with mutton.


Fiction

  • Donner the Reindeer, one of the reindeer
    Reindeer

    The reindeer , also known as the caribou when wild in North America, is an Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer, widespread and numerous across the northern Holarctic....
    s named in the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas
    A Visit from St. Nicholas

    "A Visit from St. Nicholas" is a poem first published anonymously in 1823. It is largely responsible for the conception of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today, including his physical appearance, the night of his visit, his mode of transportation, the number and names of Santa Claus's reindeer, and the tradition that he brin...
    ."