Joseph or Joe McDonald may refer to:

Joseph A. McDonald (1866–1930), American businessman influential in the steel industry Joseph E. McDonald (1819–1891), U.S. Representative and Senator from Indiana Joseph P. McDonald (1919–1994), U.S. Army Air Corps private instrumental in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service's attack on Pearl Harbor Country Joe McDonald (1942–2026), lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe & the Fish Joe McDonald (baseball executive) (1929–2026), American front office executive in American Major League Baseball Joe McDonald (footballer) (1929–2003), Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team Joe McDonald (politician) (born 1966), Minnesota state representative and master photographer Joe McDonald (third baseman) (1888–1963), Major League Baseball third baseman who played in 1910 with the St. Louis Browns Joe McDonald (mobster) (1917–1997), Irish-American gangster of the Winter Hill Gang

See also Joseph Macdonald (disambiguation)