Doug

For other uses, see Doug (disambiguation).

Doug is a male personal name (or, depending on which definition of "personal name" one uses, part of a personal name). It is sometimes a given name (or "first name"), but more often it is a hypocorism (affectionate variation of a personal name) which takes the place of a given name, usually Douglas. Notable people with the name include:

People

A

• Doug Allison (1846–1916), American baseball player
• Doug Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Applegate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Armstrong (born 1964), Canadian National Hockey League team general manager
• Doug Armstrong (broadcaster) (1931–2015), New Zealand cricketer, television sports broadcaster and politician
• Doug Aronson (born 1964), American football player

B

• Doug Baldwin (born 1988), American football player
• Doug Baldwin (ice hockey) (1922–2007), Canadian ice hockey player
• Doug Bennett (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Bereuter (born 1939), American former politician
• Doug Bing (born 1950/51), Canadian politician
• Doug Bowser (born 1965), current President of Nintendo of America
• Doug Bradley (born 1954), English actor
• Doug Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Burgum (born 1956), Governor of North Dakota (2016–present)

C

• Doug Cameron (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Carpenter (born 1942), former National Hockey League head coach
• Doug Chapman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Christie (basketball) (born 1970), American basketball player
• Doug Christie (lawyer) (1946–2013), Canadian lawyer and activist
• Doug Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Collins (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Cooper (racing driver) (1938–1987), American NASCAR driver
• Doug Costin (born 1997), American football player
• Doug Cowie (footballer) (1926–2021), Scottish footballer
• Doug Cowie (umpire) (born 1946), New Zealand cricket umpire
• Doug Cox (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Cunningham (politician) (born 1954), former Nebraska State Senator
• Doug Cunningham (American football) (1945–2015), American former National Football League running back

D

• Doug Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
• Douglas DeMuro (born 1988), American automotive journalist
• Doug E. Doug (born Douglas Bourne, 1970) American actor

E

• Doug Edert (born 2000), American basketball player
• Doug Eggers (1930–2025), American football player
• Doug Eisenman (born 1968), American tennis player
• Doug Elliot (politician) (1917–1989), Australian politician
• Doug Elliott (musician) (born 1962), Canadian musician
• Doug Emhoff (born 1964), husband of Kamala Harris; first Second Gentleman of the United States
• Douglas Engelbart (1925–2013), American engineer, inventor and early computer and Internet pioneer
• Doug Evans (disambiguation), multiple people

F

• Doug Ferguson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Fieger (1952–2010), American singer-songwriter and musician, member of the rock band The Knack
• Doug Fisher (actor) (1941–2000), British actor
• Doug Fisher (politician) (1919–2009), Canadian politician and columnist
• Doug Flutie (born 1962), American football player
• Doug Ford (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Fraser (Australian footballer) (1886–1919), Australian rules footballer
• Doug Fraser (Scottish footballer) (born 1941), Scottish football player and manager
• Doug Frost (swimming coach) (born 1943), Australian swimming coach
• Doug Frost (wine), American Master of Wine, Master Sommelier and author

G

• John Douglas Gibson (1925/26–1984), usually known as Doug Gibson, Australian ornithologist
• Doug Gillard (born 1965) American guitarist and songwriter
• Doug Graham (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Grassel (1949–2013), American guitarist, member of the bubblegum pop band the Ohio Express
• Doug Green (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Gurr (born 1964), British businessman

H

• Doug Hamlin, CEO of the National Rifle Association
• Doug Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Harrison (born 1949), Canadian politician
• Doug Harvey (ice hockey) (1924–1989), Canadian National Hockey League player, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
• Doug Harvey (umpire) (1930–2018), member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Doug Henry (baseball) (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher
• Doug Henry (motocross) (born 1969), American former motocross racer, three-time AMA national champion
• Doug Hoyle, Baron Hoyle (1926–2024), British politician
• Doug Hutchison (born 1960), American character actor
• Doug Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Jones (disambiguation), multiple people

K

• Doug Kelly (footballer), English footballer in the 1950s
• Doug Kershaw (born 1936), American country music fiddle player, singer and songwriter
• Doug Kistler (1938–1980), American basketball player
• Doug Kramer (American football) (born 1998), American football player

L

• Doug Landry (1964–2015), American football player
• Doug Lawrence (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
• Doug Lee (basketball) (born 1964), American retired National Basketball Association player
• Doug Lewis (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Lowe (Australian politician) (born 1942), 35th premier of Tasmania

M

• Doug MacLeod (musician) (born 1946), American blues musician, guitarist, and songwriter
• Doug MacLeod (TV writer) (1959–2021), Australian screenwriter and author
• Doug Martin (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug McAdam (born 1951), sociology professor
• Doug McDermott (born 1992), American National Basketball Association player
• Doug McEnulty (1922–1991), American National Football League player
• Doug McIntosh (1945–2021), American basketball player
• Doug McLean, Sr. (1880–1947), Australian rugby union and rugby league player
• Doug McLean, Jr. (1912–1961), Australian rugby union and rugby league player, son of Doug McLean, Sr.
• Doug McClure (1935-1995), American actor
• Doug McClure (born 1964), English footballer
• Doug Mitchell (Canadian football) (born 1942), retired Canadian Football League offensive lineman
• Doug Mitchell (film producer) (born 1952)
• Doug Moench (born 1948), American comic book writer
• Doug Mooers (born 1947), American football player
• Doug Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Mowat (1929–1992), Canadian politician

P

• Doug Parkinson (1946–2021), Australian singer
• Doug Parkinson (politician) (born 1945), Australian former politician
• Doug Pederson (born 1968), NFL head coach
• Doug Peterson (yacht designer) (1945–2017), American yacht designer
• Doug Peterson (Nebraska politician) (born 1959), American lawyer and politician
• Doug Plank (born 1953), American football player
• Doug Powell (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Ptolemy, Canadian actor who was a cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series You Can't Do That on Television

R

• Doug Robb (born 1975), American lead singer of Hoobastank
• Doug Roberts (ice hockey) (born 1942), American former National Hockey League and World Hockey Association player
• Doug Robinson (ice hockey) (born 1940), Canadian former National Hockey League player
• Doug Rogers (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Rowland (born 1940), Canadian politician

S

• Doug Shapiro (1959–2025), American racing cyclist
• Doug Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Smylie (1922–1983), Canadian Football League player
• Doug Spradley (born 1966), American-German basketball coach and former player
• Doug Stanhope (born 1967), American comedian
• Doug Supernaw (1960–2020), American country music singer-songwriter and musician
• Doug Sutherland (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Symons, Canadian politician

T

• Doug Taitt (1902–1970), American Major League Baseball player and minor league player/manager

W

• Doug Walker (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug White (politician), American member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1991–1996) and Senate (1996–2004)
• Doug White (news anchor) (1944–2006), American news anchor
• Doug Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Wright (disambiguation), multiple people
• Doug Wreden, American YouTuber and Twitch streamer known as DougDoug

Fictional characters

• Doug Billings, one of the main characters in The Hangover Trilogy
• Doug, a baby in the comic strip Dog Eat Doug
• Doug, a character in the 2012 video game The Walking Dead
• Doug Borski, one of the main characters in the Canadian teen-adult animated series Sons of Butcher
• Doug Carter, in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome, from the TV show Fairly Odd Parents
• Doug, a koala man from the adult animated sitcom Ugly Americans
• Doug Funnie, the main character in the animated series Doug
• Doug (Godzilla), a Godzilla character
• Doug Heffernan, the main character in the American sitcom The King of Queens
• Doug McKenzie, in the Canadian television show SCTV
• Douglas Potts, in the British soap opera Emmerdale
• Doug Ramsey, Marvel Comics character also known as Cypher
• Doug Swallow, murder victim in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations
• Doug Talpid, also known as The Underminer from The Incredibles
• Doug Whitty, a baby in the American animated sitcom television series Family Guy
• Doug Williams (Days of Our Lives), in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Doug Willis, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Doug Witter, in the television series Dawson's Creek
• Doug Wheeler, in the television series Bob's Burgers
• Douglas, in the television series Bob's Burgers appearing in a performing arts school

Animals

• Doug the Pug (born 2012), Internet and social media personality