Donald Edgar Hathaway, Sr., known as Don Hathaway (born October 20, 1928), is a businessman and retired politician from his native Shreveport, Louisiana.
From 1970 to 1978, Hathaway, a Democrat, was his city's last public works commissioner, an office abolished effective November 1978 with the implementation of a new city charter.
From 1980 to 2000, he was the sheriff of Caddo Parish in the northwestern corner of his state.