Hugh MacDonald may refer to:
- Hugh MacDonald (poet) (born 1945), Canadian poet
- Hugh MacDonald (Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District) (1699–1773), Roman Catholic bishop
- Hugh MacDonald (bishop of Aberdeen) (1841–1898), Roman Catholic bishop
- Hugh MacDonald (filmmaker), film director, nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film
- Hugh MacDonald (archer) (born 1974), Canadian archer
- Hugh MacDonald (politician) (born 1955), Canadian politician
- Hugh Macdonald (born 1940), English musicologist
- Hugh John Macdonald (1850–1929), former Premier of Manitoba
- Hugh John MacDonald (Alberta politician) (1911–1998), Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1948–1959
- H. Ian Macdonald (born 1929), Canadian economist, civil servant, and former President of York University
- Hugh MacDonald (soccer) (born 1985), American soccer defender
- Hugh Macdonald (father) (1782–1841), unsuccessful Scottish merchant who was the father of Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald
Famous quotes containing the word hugh:
“But country folks who live beneath
The shadow and the steeple;
The parson and the parson’s wife,
And mostly married people;”
—Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861)