Douglas (surname)

Douglas, occasionally spelt

• Aaron Douglas (artist) (1900–1979), American artist
• Andrew Douglas
  (born 1952), British photographer/director
• Haldane Douglas (1892–1980), American art director
• Jessie O. Douglas (1856-19??), British artist
• John Douglas (English architect) (1830–1911), English architect
• John Douglas (Scottish architect) (died 1778)
• Malcolm Douglas (illustrator) (1954–2009), British illustrator
• Mel Douglas (born 1978), Australian glass artist
• Sholto Johnstone Douglas (1871–1958), Scottish artist known as Sholto Douglas or Robert Sholto Johnstone Douglas
• Stan Douglas (born 1960), Canadian artist
• Stuart Douglas
  (born 1962), British photographer/director

Literature

• Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945), British poet
• Alice May Douglas (1865–1943), American poet, author, editor
• Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916), American writer of children's stories
• Carole Nelson Douglas (1944–2021), American writer
• Colin Douglas (novelist) (born 1945), pseudonym of Colin Thomas Currie, Scottish novelist
• David John Douglass, British political activist and writer
• Ellen Douglas (1921–2012), born Josephine Ayres Haxton, American author
• Gavin Douglas (1474–1522), Scottish poet and bishop
• Geoffrey Douglas (born 1944), American author and journalist
• Helen Douglas Irvine (1880–1947), Scottish novelist, historian and translator
• Jack Douglas (writer) (1908–1989), American comedy writer
• J. Yellowlees Douglas, American author of hypertext fiction
• John Douglas (bishop of Salisbury) (1721–1807), Scottish man of letters and Anglican bishop
• John E. Douglas (born 1945), American criminal profiler and writer
• Keith Douglas (1920–1944), English poet of World War II
• Marian Douglas (1842-1913), American poet and short story writer
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890–1998), American conservationist and writer
• Max Douglas (born 1970), Canadian comic book creator
• Michael Douglas (pen name Michael Crichton), American author
• Myra Douglas (1844–?), American writer, poet
• Norman Douglas (1868–1952), British writer
• Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976), Canadian essayist, poet, and writer
• Mark Douglas-Home (born 1951), Scottish editor-in-chief of The Herald in Glasgow, Scotland
• William Douglas-Home
  (1912–1992), British playwright

Music

• Alan Douglas (record producer), American record producer
• Ashanti (entertainer)
  (Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas) (born 1980), American R&B singer
• Barry Douglas (pianist) (born 1960), Northern Irish classical pianist and conductor
• Carl Douglas (born 1942), Jamaican-born singer
• Carol Douglas (born 1948), American singer
• Charles Douglass (1910–2003), American sound engineer
• Chip Douglas (Douglas Farthing Hatlelid, born 1942), American songwriter, musician, and record producer
• Chris Douglas (musician) (born 1974), American musician
• Clementine Douglas (born 1998), an American singer-songwriter
• Craig Douglas (born 1941), English singer
• Dave Douglas (drummer), American drummer
• Dave Douglas (trumpeter) (born 1963), American jazz composer and trumpeter
• Jahméne Douglas
  , English singer, contestant of The X Factor (UK), series 9
• James Douglas (composer) (1932–2022), Scottish composer
• Jenny Douglas
  (born 1991), Scottish singer and actress
• Jerry Douglas (born 1955), American country music and bluegrass musician
• Jimmy Douglass, American record producer
• John Douglas, drummer for English band Anathema
• Johnny Douglas (conductor) (1920–2003), English composer, musical director and conductor
• K. C. Douglas (1913–1975), American blues musician
• Roy Douglas (1907–2015), British composer, pianist and arranger
• Steve Douglas (saxophonist)
  (1938–1993), American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist
• Tom Douglas (songwriter), American country music songwriter
• Tony Douglas (singer) (1929–2013), American country music singer

Stage, screen, and radio

Business

• Douglas Aircraft
• Donald Wills Douglas Jr. (1917–2004), American businessman, son of Donald Wills Douglas Sr.
• Gustaf Douglas (born 1938), Swedish businessman, vice chairman and largest single shareholder in security firm Securitas AB
• James Douglas (businessman) (1867–1949), Canadian mining engineer and businessman
• James Douglas Jr. (1868–1949), Canadian-born American businessman and mining executive in Canada, US and Mexico
• Louis Douglas (1889–1939), American dancer, choreographer, and music businessman
• Raymond E. Douglas (1948–2007), executive for The New York Times
• Walter Donald Douglas (1861–1912), American businessman and Titanic casualty

Law

• Andrew Grant Douglas
  (1932–2021), Republican justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Byrd Douglas (1894–1965), American college baseball and football coach as well as a judge
• Charles Gywnne "Chuck" Douglas III
  (born 1942), trial lawyer and a former United States Representative
• John Brown Douglas (c. 1855 – 1935), British professor of Roman law
• Lori Douglas, Manitoba judge
• Robert Dick Douglas (1875–1960), American lawyer and son of Robert M. Douglas
• Robert M. Douglas (1849–1917), American judge, North Carolina Supreme Court justice
• Samuel Douglas (1781–1833), Pennsylvania lawyer and state attorney general
• Wallace B. Douglas (1852–1930), American judge, Minnesota Supreme Court justice and Minnesota Attorney General
• William O. Douglas (1898–1980), American associate justice of the Supreme Court

Military

• Captain Andrew Snape Douglas (1761–1797), Scottish sea captain in the Royal Navy
• Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas (1842–1913), Canadian officer of the British Navy
• Lt. Col. Campbell Mellis Douglas (1840–1909), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Rear-Admiral Sir
  Charles Douglas
  , 1st Baronet of Carr, officer in the Royal Navy
• General Sir Charles W. H. Douglas (1850–1914), Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS)
• Admiral George Henry Douglas (1821–1905), British naval officer
• Henry Kyd Douglas (1838–1903), Confederate States Army officer
• General Sir Howard Douglas (1776–1861), British general and colonial administrator
• Admiral James Douglas, (abt 1755–1839), British naval officer
• Sir James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (James 'the Good', 1286–1330), Scottish soldier and knight in the Scottish wars of independence
• Sir
  James Douglas, 1st Baronet
  (1703–1787), Commodore for Newfoundland and Labrador
• James H. Douglas Jr. (1899–1988), United States Secretary of the Air Force and United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
• James Postell Douglas: Confederate Captain of the First Texas Artillery Battery, farmer, founder of the Tyler Tap Railroad, and president of the Texas and Gulf Short Line Railroad
• Lord James Douglas (1617–1645), son of the 1st Marquess of Douglas
• Sir John Douglas (died 1814), Royal Marine officer
• General Sir John Douglas of Glenfinart (1817–1888), Commander of the troops in the North British District
• Admiral John Erskine Douglas (c. 1758 – 1847), British naval officer
• Admiral John Leigh Douglas (1741–1810), British naval officer
• Major-General John Primrose Douglas (1908–1975), Honorary Surgeon to the Queen
• Lieutenant-General
  Sir Kenneth MacKenzie Douglas, 1st Baronet of Glenbervie
  (1754–1833), born Kenneth MacKenzie
• Matthew Douglas, 7th Laird of Mains (c. 1519 – after 1571), Scottish soldier
• Lt. Col. Montagu William Douglas (1863–1957), British soldier and colonial administrator in India
• Lt. General Sir Neil Douglas (1779/80–1853)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Douglas (1876–1939), British naval officer, Hydrographer of the Navy
• Admiral Peter John Douglas (1787–1858), British naval officer
• Admiral Robert Gordon Douglas (1829–1910), British Royal Navy officer, Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in 1887.
• Field Marshal Robert Douglas (1727–1809), Scottish-born career soldier and field marshal of the Netherlands
• Admiral Sholto Douglas, (1833–1913), British naval officer
• Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside (1893–1969), British air force officer
• Brigadier General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas (1788–1868), army officer in the East India Company
• Major-General Sir William Douglas KCMG, CB, DSO (13 August 1858 – 1920)
• Col. William Douglas of Balgillo (c. 1778–1818), British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars
• William Douglas of Fingland (1672 – c. 1760), Scottish soldier
• Brigadier-General William Douglas of Kirkness (c. 1690 – 1747), Member of Parliament and soldier
• Major General Sir William Douglas of Bonjedward and Timpendean (1770–1834), British Army officer
• Lt. Col.
  Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton
  (1863–1915), Scottish soldier and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Admiral Lord Charles Montagu Douglas Scott (1839–1911), Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
• Admiral The Honourable Sir Cyril Douglas-Pennant (1894–1961), Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
• General Count Archibald Douglas-Stjernorp, Swedish military
• Violet Douglas-Pennant (1865–1945), British philanthropist and commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force

Nobility

Politics

Sport

Science

Biology

• Claude Gordon Douglas (1882–1963), British physiologist
• David Douglas (1799–1834), Scottish botanist
• Virginia Douglas (1927–2017), Canadian psychologist and emeritus professor at McGill University

Earth sciences

• R. J. W. Douglas (1920–1979), Canadian geologist

Engineering

• C. H. Douglas (1879–1952), Scottish engineer and pioneer of the social credit concept
• Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892–1981), American aircraft industrialist

Mathematics

• Jesse Douglas (1897–1965), American mathematician and professor of mathematics
• Ronald G. Douglas (1938–2018), American mathematician

Physics

• David Douglass, American physicist
• James Douglas (physician) (1675–1742), Scottish physician and anatomist
• Michael R. Douglas, American physicist at Rutgers University

Other scientists

• A.S. Douglas (1921–2010), British professor of computer science
• Joel S. Douglas (fl. 1977–present), American medical device inventor
• John William Douglas (1814–1905), English entomologist
• Mary Douglas (1921–2007), British anthropologist
• Vibert Douglas
  aka A. Vibert Douglas (1894–1988), Canadian astronomer and the first Canadian woman to become an astrophysicist
• Iain Douglas-Hamilton (born 1942), British zoologist known for his study of elephants

Religion

Other fields

• Alexander Douglas-Douglas (1843–1914), Australian inspector of police and explorer
• Alan Douglas (journalist) (born 1951), Scottish journalist and former broadcaster
• Ben Elbert Douglas Sr. (1894–1981), American businessman who had an airport named for his wife, Charlotte
• Betto Douglas (c. 1772 – ?), slave on the British Colony of St. Kitts
• Catherine Douglas, later "Kate" Barlass, 15th-century lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Scotland
• Charlie Douglas (Charles Edward Douglas), New Zealand explorer, surveyor, and Royal Geographical Society Gill Memorial Prize winner (1840–1916)
• David Douglas (1823–1916), Scottish publisher
• David C. Douglas (1898–1982), British historian
• David Douglas, Lord Reston (1769–1819), Adam Smith's heir
• Frank L. Douglas, Guyanese American medical doctor.
• George Douglas of Longniddry (active 1580–1610), Scottish landowner and courtier
• James Douglas (journalist) (1867–1940), British newspaper editor, author and critic
• J. Archibald Douglas (born 1866), first professor of English and history at Government College, Agra
• James Sandilands Douglas (1872–1957), Mayor of Dunedin
• James W. B. Douglas (1914–1992), British social researcher
• Jane Douglas (c. 1700 – 1762), London brothel keeper
• Janet Douglas, 17th-century Scottish woman who claimed to have second sight
• Jennifer Douglas (born 1964), American writer/producer and activist.
• John E. Douglas (born 1945), FBI agent and criminal profiler
• Josepha Williams Douglas (1860–1938), also known as Josepha Williams, American physician
• Kenneth George (Ken) Douglas (1934–2022), New Zealand trade union leader
• Linda Douglass, former director of communications for the White House Office of Health Reform
• Malcolm Douglas, 8th Laird of Mains
• Margaret Elizabeth Douglas (1934–2008), English television producer and executive
• Mark Douglas, professor of Christian ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary
• Michael Dutton Douglas
  (1945–1963), American road accident victim
• Robert Douglas, Provost of Lincluden, landowner, courtier, and administrator
• Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet (Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, 1694–1770), Scottish genealogist
• Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas (1838–1913), Keeper of the British Museum's Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts
• Robert M. Douglas (doctor) (born 1936), Chairman of Australia 21
• Sandy Douglas (1921–2010), British professor of computer science
• Stephen Douglas (journalist), British journalist
• Sue Douglas (born 1957), British media executive and former newspaper editor
• Susan J. Douglas, American feminist academic, columnist, and cultural critic
• Walter Douglas, Scottish drug trafficker
• William Alexander Binny "Alec" Douglas (born 1929), Canadian naval historian
• William Douglas (died 1791), Scottish sea captain
• William Douglas of Whittingehame (c. 1540 – 1595), Senator of the College of Justice at Edinburgh, and a Royal conspirator.
• Alexandre-Pierre de Mackensie-Douglas
  or Mackenzie-Douglas, baron de Kildin (1713–1765), French chargé d'affaires in St Petersburg
• Belinda Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu (1932–2022), British embroiderer
• Francisco Antonio Gregorio Tudela van Breugel-Douglas (born 1955), Peruvian career diplomat
• Ian Douglas-Wilson (1912–2013), British physician and editor of The Lancet

Fictional characters

• Eleanor Douglas, in the 2013 young adult novel Eleanor & Park, written by Rainbow Rowell
• Helena Douglas, a character from the Dead or Alive video game series

Counts Douglas in continental Europe

• Field Marshal Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge
• Rosita Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough née Douglas
• Count Gustaf Archibald Siegwart Douglas (born 1938), Swedish businessman and politician
• Count Vilhelm Archibald Douglas (1883–1960), Swedish nobleman and soldier

See also

• Douglass (surname)

References

Surname list

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