Don Tennant

{{Short description|American advertising agency executive}}

Donald G. Tennant (November 23, 1922 – December 8, 2001) was an American advertising agency executive.{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/13/business/don-tennant-creator-of-characters-for-ads-is-dead-at-79.html| title = Don Tennant, Creator of Characters for Ads, Is Dead at 79 - The New York Times| website = The New York Times}}{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/761391/Don-Tennant|title=Don Tennant|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=6 November 2015}}

He worked at the Leo Burnett agency in Chicago, Illinois. The agency placed anthropomorphic faces of 'critters' on packaged goods. Tennant was in charge of the Marlboro account and invented the Marlboro Man.