Donald Gunn MacRae (20 April 1921 – 23 December 1997) was a British sociologist.
MacRae was born in Glasgow on 20 April 1921, and raised there and on the Isle of Skye, where his grandparents lived.
He attended the University of Glasgow, followed by the Balliol College, Oxford.
Upon attaining first-class honours in philosophy, politics and economics, MacRae joined the London School of Economics faculty in 1945, as an assistant lecturer.
MacRae then married Jean Ridyard in 1987, with whom he raised one daughter and one son.