Editing Douglas (surname)

{{hatnote|For the Scottish family of Douglas see [[Earl of Douglas]], [[Earl of Angus]] or [[Clan Douglas|House of Douglas]]}}
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'''Douglas''', occasionally spelt [[Douglass (surname)|'''Douglass''']]'','' is a Scottish surname. It is thought to derive from the [[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]] ''dubh glas'', meaning "black stream". There are numerous places in Scotland from which the surname is derived. The surname has developed into the [[given name]] [[Douglas (given name)|Douglas]]. Douglas is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so-named. While there are numerous places with this name in Scotland, it is thought, in most cases, to refer to [[Douglas, South Lanarkshire]], the location of [[Douglas Castle]], the chief stronghold of the [[Earl of Douglas|Lords of Douglas]].<ref name="a-last1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx? |title=Learn about the family history of your surname |author= |date= |publisher=[[Ancestry.com]] |accessdate=6 April 2010}} which cited {{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=0-19-508137-4 }} for the surname "Douglas".</ref> The [[Scottish Gaelic]] form of the given name is {{lang|gd|Dùbhghlas}} {{IPA|gd|ˈt̪uːl̪ˠəs̪|}}; the [[Irish language|Irish-language]] forms are {{lang|ga|Dúghlas}}<ref>{{citation |title=Irish Christian names: an A-Z of first names |author=Coghlan, Ronan |publisher=Johnston and Bacon |year=1979 |page=42}}</ref> and ''Dubhghlas'', which are pronounced {{IPA|ga|ˈd̪ˠuːɣlˠəsˠ|}}.<ref>{{citation |title=A World of Baby Names |edition=Revised |author=Norman, Teresa |publisher=Perigee |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-399-52894-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/worldofbabynames00norm_1/page/287 287] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/worldofbabynames00norm_1/page/287 }}</ref> According to George Fraser Black, in southern [[Argyllshire]] the surname is an [[Anglicised]] form of the surnames ''MacLucas'', ''MacLugash'' (which are derived from the Gaelic ''Mac Lùcais'').<ref name="Black">{{citation |last=Black |first=George Fraser |title=The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History |publisher=[[New York Public Library]] |location=New York |year=1946 |pages=217–218 }}</ref>

==Arts==

===Visual arts===
*[[Aaron Douglas (artist)]] (1900–1979), American artist
*[[The Douglas Brothers|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
*[[The Douglas Brothers|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
*[[Lawrence Douglas]] (born 1959), American legal scholar and author
*[[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 (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===
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*[[Aaron Douglas (actor)]] (born 1971), Canadian actor
*[[Angela Douglas]] (born Angela McDonagh in 1940), English actress
*[[Bill Douglas]] (1934–1991), Scottish film director
*[[Cameron Douglas]] (born 1978), American actor and drug dealer
*[[Christopher Douglas (British actor)|Christopher Douglas]] (born c. 1955), United Kingdom actor and writer
*[[Clare Douglas]], British film editor
*[[Colin Douglas (actor)]] (1912–1991), British stage and television actor
*[[D. C. Douglas]] (born 1966), American actor and director
*[[Don Douglas (actor)]] (1905–1945), Scottish film actor
*[[Donald Douglas (Scottish actor)]] (born 1933), British actor
*[[Donna Douglas]] (1933–2015), American actress
*[[Eric Douglas]] (1958–2004), American actor, son of Kirk Douglas
*[[Gordon Douglas (director)]] (1907–1993), American actor and director
*[[Hal Douglas]] (1924–2014), American voice actor
*[[Hazel Douglas]], British actress
*[[Illeana Douglas]] (born 1965), American actress
*[[Jack Douglas (actor)]] (1927–2008), English actor
*[[James Douglas (actor)]] (1929–2016), American soap opera actor
*[[Jason Douglas]], American stage, film, and voice actor
*[[Jeff Douglas]] (born 1971), Canadian actor and broadcaster
*[[Joanna Douglas (Canadian actor)|Joanna Douglas]] (born 1983), Canadian actress
*[[Joel Douglas]] (born January 23, 1947), American movie producer, son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill
*[[Kirk Douglas]] (1916–2020), American actor, producer, director, and author
*[[Kyan Douglas]] (born 1970), American cosmetologist
*[[Malcolm Douglas (documentary maker)|Malcolm Douglas]] (1941–2010), Australian wildlife documentary film maker, and crocodile hunter.
*[[Melvyn Douglas]] (1901–1981), American actor
*[[Michael Douglas]] (born 1944), American actor and producer, son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill
*[[Michael Keaton]], born Michael John Douglas (born 1951), American actor
*[[Mike Douglas]] (1925–2006), American entertainer and former TV talk-show host
*[[Paul Douglas (actor)]] (1907–1959), American actor
*[[Paul Douglas (cameraman)]] (1958–2006), British CBS News cameraman
*[[Pavel Douglas]] (born 1951), Polish-born, British-based actor
*[[Peter Douglas]] (born 1955), American television and film producer, son of Kirk Douglas
*[[Robert Douglas (actor)]] (1909–1999), stage and film actor, television director and producer
*[[Róbert Ingi Douglas]] (born 1973), Icelandic film director
*[[Saba Douglas-Hamilton]] (born 1970), television presenter and naturalist
*[[Sam Douglas]] (born 1957), British/American film, stage and video game actor
*[[Sarah Douglas (actress)]] (born 1952), English actress
*[[Sharon Douglas]] (1920–2016), American film and radio actress
*[[Shirley Douglas]] (1934–2020), Canadian actress, former wife of Donald Sutherland, mother of Kiefer Sutherland
*[[Steve Douglas (sportscaster)]], Canadian sportscaster
*[[Suzzanne Douglas]] (1957–2021), American film, television and stage actress
*Tim Douglas, Canadian actor who was a cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series ''[[You Can't Do That on Television#Cast|You Can't Do That on Television]]''
*[[Warren Douglas]] (1911–1997), born Warren Douglas Wandberg was an American actor, novelist, lyricist and screenwriter
*[[Vivien Endicott-Douglas]] (born 1990), Canadian actress
*[[Martha Howe-Douglas]], British actress
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==Business==
*[[Donald Wills Douglas Sr.]] (1892–1981), American-born Scottish businessman, founder of [[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 Douglas (judge)|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 Douglas III|Charles Gywnne "Chuck" Douglas III]] (born 1942), trial lawyer and a former United States Representative
*[[Douglas Professor of Civil Law|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 (judge)|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 (admiral)|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 (Royal Marines officer)|John Douglas]] (died 1814), Royal Marine officer
*General Sir [[John Douglas (British Army officer)|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 Douglas, 1st Baronet|Sir Kenneth MacKenzie Douglas, 1st Baronet of Glenbervie]] (1754–1833), born Kenneth MacKenzie
*[[Douglas of Mains#Matthew Douglas, 7th Laird of Mains|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 Douglas (Royal Navy officer)|Robert Gordon Douglas]] (1829–1910), British Royal Navy officer, Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in 1887.
* Field Marshal [[Robert Douglas (1727–1809)|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 [[William Douglas (British Army officer, born 1858)|Sir William Douglas]] KCMG, CB, DSO (13 August 1858 – 1920) 
* Col. [[William Douglas of Balgillo]] ({{circa}} 1778–1818), British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars
*[[Annie Laurie#William Douglas|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 [[William Douglas (Major General)|Sir William Douglas of Bonjedward and Timpendean]] (1770–1834), British Army officer
* Lt. Col. [[Angus 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 (1883–1960)|Archibald Douglas-Stjernorp]], Swedish military
*[[Violet Douglas-Pennant]] (1865–1945), British philanthropist and commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force

==Nobility==
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*[[Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll]] (1574–1607), Scottish noblewoman
*[[Archibald I, Lord of Douglas]] (died c. 1238), Scottish nobleman
* Sir [[Archibald Douglas (died 1333)]] (k. 1333), Guardian of Scotland, leader of Scots army at Halidon Hill
*[[Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas]] (1694–1761), Scottish nobleman
*[[Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar]] (1653–1712), Scottish peer
*[[Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond]] (1609–1655), Scottish Earl of Angus
*[[Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar]] (1692–1715
*[[Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas]] (Archibald the Grim, c. 1328–1400), Scottish nobleman
*[[Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas]] (1372–1424), Scottish nobleman and warlord, Duke of Touraine
*[[Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas]] (1390–1439), Scottish nobleman, ''de jure'' Duke of Touraine
*[[Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus]] (1453–1514), warden of the east marches
*[[Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus]] (1490–1557)
*[[Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus]] and 5th Earl of Morton (1556–1588)
*[[Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry]] (1818–1858)
*[[Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie]], Scottish nobleman
*[[Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie]] (1475–1536), known as Greysteil
*[[Andrew Douglas of Hermiston]] (died before 1277)
*[[Charles Douglas, 5th Lord Mordington]] (died after 1746)
*[[Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry]] (1777–1837), great-great-great-great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Queensberry
*[[Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry]] and 2nd Duke of Dover (1698–1778)
*[[David Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus]] (c. 1515 – 1558), grandson of George, Master of Douglas
*[[David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry]] (born 1929)
*[[Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk]] (1722–1799), grandnephew of 3rd Earl of Selkirk
*[[Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk]] (1809–1885)
*[[Elizabeth Douglas, Countess of Erroll]] (died 1631)
*[[Frances Douglas, Lady Douglas]] (1750–1817), wife of Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas
*[[Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry]] (1896–1954), son of the 10th Marquess of Queensberry
*[[George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus]] (1378–1402)
*[[George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus]] (1429–1462)
*[[George Douglas, Master of Angus]] (1469–1513)
*[[George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton]] (1662–1738), younger brother of the 12th Earl of Morton
*[[George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton]] (1761–1827)
*[[George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton]] (1789–1858), grandson of the 14th Earl of Morton
*[[Henry Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig]] (1722.1754), son of Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover and a soldier
*[[Hugh the Dull, Lord of Douglas]] (1294–1342/1346)
*[[James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas]] (1358–1388), influential lord in the Kingdom of Scotland
*[[James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas]] (1371–1443)
*[[James Douglas, 1st Lord Dalkeith]] (born after 1372, died before 22 May 1441)
*[[James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas]] (1426–1488)
*[[James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton]] (died 1493)
*[[James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus]] (1426)–1446
*[[James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton]] (died 1548)
*[[James Douglas, 7th Baron Drumlanrig]] (died 1578), son of the 6th Baron Drumlanrig
*[[James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton]] (c. 1525 – 1581), younger brother of 7th Earl of Angus; the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI
*[[James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas]] (1646–1699)
*[[James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry]] (1697–1715), lunatic and cannibal
*[[James Douglas, Earl of Angus]] (1671–1692), Scottish nobleman and soldier, son of the previous
*[[James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry]] and 1st Duke of Dover (1662–1711)
*[[James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton]] (c. 1703 – 1768)
*[[John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton]] (died 1513)
*[[John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry]] (1779–1856), younger brother of the 6th Marquess of Queensberry
*[[John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry]] (1844–1900), Scottish nobleman
*[[John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton]] (1927–2016), grandson of the 19th Earl of Morton
*[[John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie]] (c. 1433 – 1463), son of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
*[[Douglas of Mains#Margaret.2C Duchess of Douglas|Margaret, Duchess of Douglas]]
*[[Margaret Douglas]] (1515–1578), the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor
*[[Margaret Douglas, Fair Maid of Galloway]] (died c. 1474), Scottish noblewoman, a member of the Black Douglas family
*[[Percy Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry]] (1868–1920), son of the 9th Marquess of Queensberry
*[[Robert Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton]] (died 1649), son of the 7th Earl of Morton
*[[Douglas of Mains#Robert Douglas, 1st Viscount Belhaven|Robert Douglas, Viscount Belhaven]](executed 1584), Gentlemen of the Bedchamber
*[[Sholto Douglas]] (d.unknown), mythical progenitor of the [[House of Douglas]]
*[[Sholto Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton]] (1844–1935), son of the 18th Earl of Morton
*[[Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton]] (1732–1774)
*[[Stewart Douglas, 22nd Earl of Morton|Stewart Sholto Douglas, 22nd Earl of Morton]] (born 1952)
*[[Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk]] (1771–1820), Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada
*[[William I, Lord of Douglas]] (died c. 1214)
*[[William Longleg, Lord of Douglas]] (c. 1220 – c. 1274), Scoto-Norman nobleman
*[[William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas]] (c. 1240 – 1299), Governor of Berwick Castle, Scottish warrior and freedom-fighter
*[[William IV, Lord of Douglas]] (died 1333)
*[[William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale]] (c. 1300 – 1353)
*[[William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas]] (died 1384)
*[[William Douglas, 1st Baron Drumlanrig]] (died 1427), illegitimate son of the 2nd Earl of Douglas
*[[William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus]] (c. 1398 – 1437)
*[[William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas]] (c. 1424 – 1440)
*[[William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas]] (1425–1452)
*[[William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus]] (died 1571)
*[[William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton]] (1540–1606)
*[[William Douglas, 9th Earl of Morton]] (died bef 1 Nov 1681)
*[[William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus]] (1553–1611)
*[[William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry]] (c. 1582 – 1640)
*[[William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton]] (1582–1648)
*[[William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas]] (1590–1660), son of the 10th Earl of Angus
*[[William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry]] (1637–1695), Scottish politician
*[[William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry]] (1724–1810), son of 2nd Earl of March
*[[William Douglas of Cluny]] (c. 1428 – c. 1475), guardian to King James III of Scotland
*[[William Douglas of Glenbervie]] (c. 1473 – 1513)
*[[Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton]] (1767–1852), Scottish politician
*[[Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton]] (1938–2010)
*[[Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton]] (born 1978)
*[[Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton]] and 9th Earl of Selkirk (1862–1940)
*[[Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton]] (1756–1799)
*[[Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton]] (1903–1973), aviator, politician and landowner
*[[Frank Douglas-Pennant, 5th Baron Penrhyn]] (1865–1967)
*[[George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk]] (1906–1994), younger son of the 13th Duke of Hamilton
*[[George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn]] (1836–1907), landowner who played a prominent part in the Welsh slate industry
*[[Hugh Douglas-Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn]] (1894–1949)
*[[James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas]] (briefly 11th Earl of Selkirk) (born 1942), younger son of the 14th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
*[[Malcolm Douglas-Pennant, 6th Baron Penrhyn]] (1908–2003), Welsh peer, soldier, rifleman, and farmer
*[[Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton|Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton]] (1850–1922)
*[[Muriel Douglas-Pennant]] (1869–1962), Speaker of the House of Commons
*[[Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton]] and Brandon (1878–1951), the daughter of Major Robert Poore
*[[William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton]] and 1st Earl of Selkirk (1635–1694)
*[[William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton]] and 8th Earl of Selkirk (1845–1895)
*[[David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home]] (1943–2022), heir general to the House of Douglas
*[[Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home]] (1799–1881), Scottish diplomat and politician
*[[Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre]] (1929–2012), English peeress
*[[James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton]] (1658–1712), eldest son of William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton and his wife Anne
*[[Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]] (1832–1905), British Conservative politician
*[[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester|Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott]] (1901–2004), Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
*[[Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch]] 1836–1912, wife of 6th Duke of Buccleuch
*[[Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch]] (1900–1993), wife of 8th Duke of Buccleuch 
*[[Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch|Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch]] (Born 1954)
*[[Simon Douglas-Pennant, 7th Baron Penrhyn]], (Born 1938) 
*[[Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch]] (1806–1884), British politician and nobleman
*[[Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch]] (1894–1973), a politician and Conservative peer
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==Politics==
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* Sir [[Adye Douglas]] (1815–1906), Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricketer
*[[Albert B. Douglas]] (1912–1971), Canadian MP
*[[Alec Douglas-Home]] (1903–1995), British baron, politician, and prime minister
*[[Alexander Douglas (Orkney and Shetland)]], MP for Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
*[[Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas]] (1748–1827), Member of Parliament for Forfarshire
*[[Archibald Douglas, 13th of Cavers]] (died 1741), Receiver-general for Scotland and MP for Dumfries Burghs
*[[Archibald Douglas (1707–1778)]] (Lt Gen Archibald Douglas of Kirkton), MP for Dumfriesshire, Scotland
*[[Benjamin Douglas]] (1816–1894), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
*[[Beverly B. Douglas]] (1822–1878), Virginian politician
*[[Boyd Douglas]] (born 1950), politician in Northern Ireland
*[[Carl Douglas (1908–1961)|Carl Douglas]] (1908–1961), Swedish diplomat
*[[Charles Douglas, 3rd Baron Douglas]] (1775–1848), MP for Lanarkshire, and a cricketer
*[[Charles Douglas (mayor)]] (1852–1917), Mayor of Vancouver
*[[Charles Douglas III]] (born 1942), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire and New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice
*[[Charles Eurwicke Douglas]] 1806–1887, English MP
*[[Charles Mackinnon Douglas]] (1865–1924), Liberal MP for North West Lanarkshire
*[[Christian Douglas]] (born 1978), German politician
*[[Choylin Yim Douglas]] (elected 2024), Solomons Islands politician
*[[Curtis N. Douglas]] (1856–1919), New York politician
*[[Denzil Douglas]] (born 1953), Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis
*[[Dick Douglas]] (1932–2014), Scottish politician
*[[Emily Taft Douglas]] (1899–1994), American politician, wife of Paul Douglas (below)
*[[Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig]] (1867–1894), a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician
*[[Fred J. Douglas]] (1869–1949), United States Representative
*[[Frederick Douglass]] (1818–1895), American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer
*[[Helen Gahagan Douglas]] (1900–1980), American actress and politician
*[[Hezekiah Ford Douglas]] (1831–1865), American abolitionist, traveling speaker, political organizer, and newspaper proprietor
*[[Hima Douglas]], Niuean politician
*[[Ian Douglas (politician)]], attorney and politician from Dominica
*[[James Douglas (governor)]] (1803–1877), Scottish-Canadian governor of the colony of Vancouver Island
*[[James Douglas (1878–1956)|James Douglas]] (1878–1956), Polish diplomat
*[[James G. Douglas]] (1887–1984), Irish senator
*[[James Douglas (Australian politician)|James Henry Douglas]] (died 1905), Australian politician
*[[James W. Douglas]] (1851–1883), British Columbian politician
*[[Janet Douglas (diplomat)]] (born 1960), British diplomat and ambassador
*[[Jerzy Hardie-Douglas]] (born 1951), Polish politician 
*[[Jim Douglas]] (born 1952), American politician
*[[John Douglas Sr.]] (born c. 1636), Maryland, US, politician
*[[John Douglas (died 1838)]] (c. 1774 – 1838), MP for Orford and Minehead, England
*[[Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet]] of Kelhead (c. 1708 – 1778), MP for Dumfriesshire
*[[John Douglas (Queensland politician)]] (1828–1904), Premier of Queensland, Australia
*[[John Douglas of Broughton]] (died 1832), Scottish politician
*[[John Henry Douglas]] (1851–1930), Canadian politician and farmer
*[[John St Leger Douglas]] (died 1783, MP for Hindon and Weobly
*[[Lewis Williams Douglas]] (1894–1974), American politician, diplomat, businessman and academic
*[[Lincoln Douglas, MP]], Trinidad and Tobago Parliament politician
* Count [[Ludvig Douglas]], ''riksmarskalk'' and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, peer of the Grand Duchy of Baden
*[[Malcolm Douglas (politician)|Malcolm Douglas]] (born 1941), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party
*[[Mark Douglas (Wisconsin)]] (1829–1900), American politician
*[[Melia Likoswe Douglas]], Malawian politician
*[[Melissa Douglas]], American politician
*[[Michael Douglas (politician)]], (1940–1992), Dominican politician
*[[Nate Douglas]] (born 2000), American politician and educator
*[[Paul Douglas (Illinois politician)|Paul Douglas]] (1892–1976), American economist and United States Senator from Illinois
*[[Robert Douglas (New Zealand politician)]], 19th-century New Zealand MP
*[[:nl:Robert van Breugel Douglas|Robert van Breugel Douglas]] (1791–1873), 19th-century Dutch member of the Council of State and Publicist.
*[[Roger Douglas]] (born 1937), former New Zealand politician
*[[Rosie Douglas]] (1941–2000), Dominican politician
*[[Roy Douglas (academic)|Roy Douglas]] (1924–2020), British Liberal politician and academic
*[[Samuel J. Douglas]] (1812–1873), American politician and jurist
*[[Stephen A. Douglas]] (1813–1861), American politician
*[[Tommy Douglas]] (1904–1986), Canadian politician, Premier of Saskatchewan, and father of Shirley Douglas
*[[Walburga Habsburg Douglas]] (born 1958), Austrian-Swedish politician, member of the Swedish parliament since 2006
*[[Walter Douglas (governor)]] (1670–1739), Leeward Islands
*[[William Bloomfield Douglas]] (1822–1906), Australian public servant and naval officer
*[[Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet]] of Kelhead, MP for Dumfries Burghs
*[[William Douglas (died 1821)]] of Almorness, British MP
*[[William Douglas (Northern Ireland politician)]] (1923–2013), unionist politician in Northern Ireland
*[[William Lewis Douglas]] (1845–1924), American businessman and politician
*[[Lord William Douglas]] (William Robert Keith Douglas, 1783–1859), British MP
* Chief [[Alabo Graham-Douglas]] (1939–2022), Nigerian politician
*[[Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston]] (1851–1926), British statesman and politician
*[[Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston]] (1876–1947), British diplomat
*[[Bruce Douglas-Mann]] (1927–2000), British politician
*[[Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn]] (1800–1886), Scottish landowner in Wales, and politician
*[[Edward Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron Penrhyn]] (1864–1927), British Conservative politician
*[[Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]] (1926–2015), a British Conservative politician 
*[[Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]] (1832–1905), a British Conservative Party politician
*[[Jakub Hardie-Douglas]] (born 1982), Polish politician
*[[James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas]] (born 1942), Scottish nobleman, Conservative politician
*[[John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]] (1826–1929), a British Conservative politician
*[[Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton]] (1919–1964), Scottish nobleman and politician
*[[John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch|Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch]] (1923–2007), Scottish Peer, politician and landowner
*[[William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch]] (1831–1914), Scottish Member of Parliament 
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==Sport==
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*[[Allan Douglas (cricketer, born 1958)|Allan Douglas]] (born 1958), Bermudian cricketer
*[[Allan Douglas (cricketer, born 1987)|Allan Douglas]] (born 1987), Bermudian cricketer
*[[Andy Douglas (wrestler)|Andy Douglas]] (born 1978), American professional wrestler
*[[Angus Douglas]] (1889–1918), Scottish international footballer
*[[A. H. Douglas|Archibald Hugh "Toots" "Tootsie" Douglas]] (1885–1972), American college football and baseball player
*[[Anthony Douglas]] (born 1985), British Olympic speed skater
*[[Atle Douglas]] (born 1968), Norwegian athlete
*[[Barry Douglas (footballer)]] (born 1989), Scottish footballer
*[[Billy Douglas (rugby union)]] (1863–1945), Welsh international rugby player
*[[Bob Douglas]] (1882–1979), US-American sports manager, founder of the New York Renaissance
*[[Bobby Douglas]] (born 1942), American Olympian wrestler
*[[Bobby Douglass]] (born 1947), American football player
*[[Bruce Douglas (rugby union)]] (born 1980), Scottish rugby union footballer
*[[Bryan Douglas]] (born 1934), English footballer
*[[C. A. Douglas]] (1905–2000), American football coach
*[[Pickles Douglas|C.H. "Pickles" Douglas]] (1886–1954), English cricketer and boxing referee
*[[Caimin Douglas]] (born 1977), Dutch sprinter
*[[Caleb Douglas]] (born 2003), American football player
*[[Chris Douglas (cricketer)|Chris Douglas]] (born 1989), Bermudian cricketer
*[[Colin Douglas (footballer)|Colin Douglas]] (born 1962), Scottish footballer
*[[Darl Douglas]] (born 1979), Dutch footballer
*[[Dave Douglas (golfer)]] (1918–1978), American professional golfer
*[[David Douglas (fighter)]] (born 1982), American mixed martial artist (also known as "Tarzan" Douglas")
*[[David Douglas (rower)]] (born 1947), Australian rower
*[[Demario Douglas]] (born 2000), American football player
*[[Desmond Douglas]] (born 1955), British table tennis player
*[[Dewayne Douglas]] (1931–2000), American football player
*[[Florence Douglas]], Trinidadian cricketer
*[[Gabby Douglas]] (born 1995), American gymnast
*[[Glenn Douglas]] (1928–2017), Canadian Football League player
*[[Guillermo Douglas]] (1909–1967), Uruguayan Olympic rower
*[[Harry Douglas]] (born 1984), American footballer
*[[Hugh Douglas (American football)]] (born 1971), American NFL football player
*[[Jack Douglas (ice hockey)]] (1930–2003), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
*[[Buster Douglas|James "Buster" Douglas]] (born 1960), American heavyweight boxer
*[[James Douglas (cricketer)]] (1870–1958), English cricketer
*[[Jason Douglas (boxer)]] (born 1980), Canadian boxer
*[[Jimmy Douglas (American soccer)]] (1898–1972), American soccer goalkeeper
*[[Jimmy Douglas (Canadian soccer)]] (born 1948), Scottish-Canadian soccer player and coach
*[[Jimmy Douglas (Scottish footballer)]] (1859–1919), Scottish footballer
*[[John Douglas (rugby union)]] (born 1934), Scottish rugby player
*[[John Douglas (sportsman)]] (born 1951), Australian footballer and cricketer
*[[Johnny Douglas]] (1882–1930), English cricketer
*[[Jon Douglas]] (1936–2010), American tennis player
*[[Jonathan Douglas]] (born 1981), Irish football player
*[[Kane Douglas]] (born 1989), Australian rugby union footballer 
*[[Katherine Douglas (rower)]] (born 1989), British rower
*[[Katie Douglas (basketball)]] (born 1979), American Women's National Basketball Association player
*[[Keith Douglas (curler)]], Scottish curler
*[[Kent Douglas]] (1936–2009), Canadian ice hockey player
*[[Larry Douglas (baseball)]] (Lawrence Howard Douglas; 1890–1949), Major League Baseball pitcher
*[[Larry Douglas (American football)]] (born 1957), American footballer
*[[Laura Douglas (artist)]] (1886–1962), American painter
*[[Laura Douglas (athlete)]] (born 1983), Welsh hammer thrower
*[[Luke Douglas]] (born 1986), Australian rugby league footballer
*[[Mark Douglas (cricketer)|Mark Douglas]] (born 1968), New Zealand cricketer
*[[Marques Douglas]] (born 1977), American footballer
*[[Marshall Douglas]] (born 1940), Scottish golfer
*[[Nathan Douglas]] (born 1982), British triple jumper
*[[Otis Douglas]] (1911–1989), American football player
*[[Phil Douglas (baseball)]] (1890–1952), American baseball player
*[[:no:Quincy Douglas]] (born 1975), British-born Norwegian sprinter
*[[Rab Douglas]] (born 1972), Scottish football goalkeeper
*[[Rasul Douglas]] (born 1994), American football player
*[[René R. Douglas]] (born 1967), Panamanian jockey
* [[Richard Douglas (footballer)|Richard Douglas]] (born 1987), Footballer
*[[Robert Douglas (American football)]] (born 1982), American football player
*[[Robert Noel Douglas]] (1868–1957), English cricketer and priest
*[[Rowley Douglas]] (born 1977), British Olympic rower
*[[Ruben Douglas]] (1979–2024), Panamanian-American professional basketball player
*[[Ryan Douglas]] (born 1993) Australian Speedway rider
*[[Sean Douglas (footballer)|Sean Douglas]] (born 1972), New Zealand association football player
*[[Shane Douglas]] (born 1964), American professional wrestler
*[[Steve Douglas (skateboarder)]], British skateboarder, company owner and industry mogul
*[[Struan Douglas]] (born 1966), Scottish rugby league international
*[[Stuart Douglas]] (born 1978), English football player
*[[Taz Douglas]] (born 1984), Australian race driver
*[[Toney Douglas]] (born 1986), American professional basketball player
*[[Troy Douglas]] (born 1962), Dutch sprinter
*[[Whetu Douglas]] (born 1991), New Zealand rugby union player
*[[Ian Akers-Douglas]] (1902–1952), English cricketer
*[[Thomas Douglas-Powell]] (born 1992), Australian volleyball player
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==Science==

===Biology===
*[[Claude Gordon Douglas]] (1882–1963), British physiologist
*[[David Douglas (botanist)|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 (physicist)|David Douglass]], American physicist
*[[James Douglas (physician)]] (1675–1742), Scottish physician and anatomist
*[[Michael R. Douglas]], American physicist at Rutgers University

===Other scientists===
*[[Sandy Douglas|A.S. Douglas]] (1921–2010), British professor of computer science
*[[Bronwen Phyllis Douglas]] (born 1946), Australian ethnohistorian
*[[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==
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*[[Archibald Douglas, Parson of Douglas]] (b. before 1540 – d. after 1587), Parson, Senator and Ambassador 
*[[Reverend Lord Archibald Edward Douglas]] (1850–1938), Catholic priest and orphanage manager
*[[Arthur Douglas (bishop)|Rt. Rev. the Hon. Arthur Gascoigne Douglas]] (1827–1905), Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
*[[Edward Douglas (bishop)]] (1901–1967), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop
*[[Gavin Douglas]] (1474–1522), Scottish poet and bishop
*[[George Douglas (priest)]] (1889–1973)
*[[Gerald Douglas]] (1875–1934), Bishop of Nyasaland
*[[Gordon Douglas (monk)]], Bhikkhu monk
*[[Henry Alexander Douglas]] (1821–1875), bishop
*[[Hugh Douglas (minister)|The Very Rev Hugh Osborne Douglas]] (1911–1986), Honorary Chaplain to the Queen
*[[Ian Douglas (bishop)|Ian Douglas]] (born 1958), bishop of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut. 
*[[John Douglas (archbishop of St Andrews)]] (c. 1494 – 1574) 
*[[John Douglas (bishop of Salisbury)]] (1721–1807), Scottish man of letters and Anglican bishop
*[[Lloyd C. Douglas]] (1877–1951), American minister and author
*[[Philip Douglas]] 1758–1822), British priest and academic
*[[Ranuccio Scotti Douglas]] (1597–1659), Italian Bishop
*[[Robert Douglas (minister)]] (1594–1674), Scottish minister
*[[Robert Douglas (bishop)]] (died 1716), Scottish churchman
*[[Robert Noel Douglas]] (1868–1957), English cricketer and priest
* Valentin Douglas (died 1598), [[Bishop of Laon]] and Peer of France
*[[Francis Douglas (priest)|Vernon Francis Douglas]] (1910–1943), New Zealand priest
*[[Wilfrid Douglas]] (1917–2004), missionary, linguist and translator
*[[William Douglas (priest)]] (1769?–1819), Archdeacon of Wilts

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==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 (publisher)|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 Douglas (plumber)|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 (seer)|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
*[[Ken Douglas|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
*[[Douglas of Mains#Malcolm Douglas.2C 8th Laird of Mains|Malcolm Douglas, 8th Laird of Mains]]
*[[Margaret Elizabeth Douglas]] (1934–2008), English television producer and executive
*[[Mark Douglas (ethicist)|Mark Douglas]], professor of Christian ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary
*[[Michael Dutton Douglas]] (1945–1963), American road accident victim
*[[Richard Douglas (civil servant)|Richard Douglas]] (b1956), Civil servant
*[[Richard Douglas (letter writer)|Richard Douglas]] (floruit 1560–1600) Letter writer 
*[[Robert Douglas, Provost of Lincluden]], landowner, courtier, and administrator
*[[Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet]] (Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, 1694–1770), Scottish genealogist
*[[Robert Kennaway Douglas|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
*[[W. A. B. Douglas|William Alexander Binny "Alec" Douglas]] (born 1929), Canadian naval historian
*[[William Douglas (sea captain)|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, baron de Kildin|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 Tudela|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
* [[Characters of the Dead or Alive series#Helena Douglas|Helena Douglas]], a character from the ''[[Dead or Alive (franchise)|Dead or Alive]]'' video game series
* Donald and Douglas, two Scottish locomotives from [[Thomas & Friends (franchise)|Thomas & Friends]]

==Counts Douglas in continental Europe==
* Field Marshal [[Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge]]
*[[Rosita Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]] née Douglas
*[[Gustaf Douglas|Count Gustaf Archibald Siegwart Douglas]] (born 1938), Swedish businessman and politician
*[[Archibald Douglas (1883–1960)|Count Vilhelm Archibald Douglas]] (1883–1960), Swedish nobleman and soldier

==See also==
*[[Douglass (surname)]]

==References==
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[[Category:Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames]]
[[Category:Surnames of Scottish origin]]
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[[Category:House of Douglas and Angus]]