Donald T. McNeill (December 23, 1907 – May 7, 1996) was an American radio personality, best known as the creator and host of The Breakfast Club, which ran for more than 35 years.

He was assigned to host an unsponsored early morning variety show called The Pepper Pot, which had an 8 AM time slot on the NBC Blue Network (later to become ABC radio).

The show premiered on June 23, 1933, with informal talk and jokes based on topical events, and often included audience interviews.

Each show started with the announcement "Coming to you from high atop the Hotel Atherton in downtown Chicago, it's The Breakfast Club, with your host Don McNeill" followed by brief live audience applause.

[2] After his radio career ended, McNeill taught communication arts classes at Marquette and Notre Dame from 1970 to 1972, represented the Deltona Corporation, Florida land developers, from 1970 to 1980, and served as a director of the Sears Foundation and on the advisory boards of Notre Dame, Marquette and Loyola University of Chicago.