Donald Lloyd Neff (October 15, 1930 – May 10, 2015) was an American historian and journalist.
Born in York, Pennsylvania, he spent 16 years in service for Time, and was a former Time bureau chief in Israel.
He also worked for the Washington Star.
Neff served in the army from 1948 until 1950.
After college studies he became a journalist in 1954, and, after a number of positions, joined the Los Angeles Times in 1960 and became their Tokyo correspondent.