Donald Francis " Don " Draper, born Richard " Dick " Whitman, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the AMC television series Mad Men (2007–2015), portrayed by Jon Hamm.

Draper is a brilliant but lonely and mysterious advertising man, denying his past and looking only forward. His character is considered one of the most brilliant in television history. Born in 1926, Richard "Dick" Whitman was born to a posthumous mother.

Jul 31, 2020 · As Dick Whitman, he was a soldier serving under Lieutenant Don Draper. It is revealed that the real Don died in an explosion and Dick assumed his identity, taking the chance to end his service early and sever all ties to his previous life, along with its associated traumas.

Oct 6, 2024 · The show followed Don Draper, played by Jon Hamm, as a 1960s ad man working at Sterling Cooper, the New York advertising agency. Don was a womanizer and...

Jun 5, 2021 · In Mad Men, Don Draper closely guarded his secret that he's really Dick Whitman but many characters learned the truth anyway. Here's what they knew.

May 22, 2022 · Donald Draper is an immensely intriguing character played masterfully by Jon Hamm during the seven-season run of AMC's Mad Men. What makes Donald Draper so fascinating is the duality of his character.

Oct 11, 2024 · Don Draper is the charming, charismatic, womanising ad man at the centre of 'Mad Men'. Or is he? What's the true identity he's hiding from everyone in his life?

May 18, 2015 · Donald Francis Draper, a legendary ad man and a creative director at several top New York advertising agencies throughout the 1960s, finally met his fate, on a day in October...

Mar 26, 2021 · Who is Don Draper? Even the protagonist of AMC’s Mad Men himself cannot answer the question.

Donald Francis " Don " Draper, born Richard " Dick " Whitman, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the AMC television series Mad Men (2007–2015), portrayed by Jon Hamm.