Donald Alexander Stuart Fraser OC FRSC (April 29, 1925–December 21, 2020) was a Canadian statistician, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.

[3] In 1985, he was awarded the first Gold Medal of the Statistical Society of Canada.

In 2014 he was chosen as a fellow of the American Mathematical Society "for contributions to the theory and foundations of statistics, as well as for leadership and influence on the advancement of the statistical sciences.

"[4][5] Donald Fraser was born in Toronto, and raised in Stratford, Ontario.

He attended St. Andrew's College in Aurora from 1939 to 1942, and the University of Toronto from 1942 to 1947, completing a bachelor's degree in mathematics, physics and chemistry.