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Doug

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This article is about the given name. For the television series, see Doug (TV series).

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 hypocorism (affectionate variation of a personal name) which takes the place of a given name, usually Douglas. Notable people with the name include:

People

  • 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 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, English actor
  • Doug Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Doug Burgum (born 1956), Governor of North Dakota (2016–present)
  • 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) (born 1926), 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
  • Doug Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Doug Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Doug DeMuro (1988), American automotive journalist
  • Doug Elliot (politician) (1917–1989), Australian politician
  • Doug Elliott (author), American storyteller, naturalist and author
  • Doug Elliott (musician) (born 1962), Canadian musician
  • Doug Emhoff (born 1964), husband of Kamala Harris; first and current Second Gentleman of the United States
  • Douglas Engelbart (1925–2013), American engineer, inventor and early computer and Internet pioneer
  • Doug Evans (disambiguation), multiple people
  • 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 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
  • Doug Gibson (ice hockey) (born 1953), Canadian ice-hockey player
  • John Douglas Gibson (1925/26–1984), usually known as Doug Gibson, Australian ornithologist
  • 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, British businessman
  • Doug Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Doug Harvey (ice hockey) (1924–1989), Canadian National Hockey League player, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
  • Doug Harvey (umpire) (born 1930), 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 (born 1930), British politician
  • Doug Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Doug Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Doug Kelly (footballer), English footballer in the 1950s
  • Doug Kershaw (born 1936), American country music fiddle player, singer and songwriter
  • 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
  • Doug MacLeod (musician) (born 1946), American blues musician, guitarist, and songwriter
  • Doug MacLeod (TV writer) (born 1959), Australian screenwriter and author
  • Doug Martin (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Doug McAdam (born 1951), sociology professor at Stanford University
  • Doug McEnulty (1922–1991), American National Football League player
  • Doug McIntosh, American basketball player
  • Doug McLean, Sr. (1880–1947), Australian rugby union and rugby league player
  • Doug Mitchell (Canadian football) (born 1942), retired Canadian Football League offensive lineman
  • Doug Mitchell (film producer) (born 1952)
  • Doug McLean, Jr. (1912–1961), Australian rugby union and rugby league player, son of Doug McLean, Sr.
  • Doug Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Doug Mowat (1929–1992), Canadian politician
  • Doug Parkinson, Australian singer active since the 1960s
  • Doug Parkinson (politician) (born 1945), Australian former politician
  • Doug Peterson (yacht designer) (born 1945), American yacht designer
  • Doug Peterson (Nebraska politician) (born 1959), American lawyer and politician
  • Doug Powell (disambiguation), multiple people
  • 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 Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Doug Smylie (1922–1983), Canadian Football League player
  • Doug Spradley (born 1960), 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 Taitt (1902–1970), American Major League Baseball player and minor league player/manager
  • Doug Walker (born 1981), American actor and internet personality
  • 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

Fictional characters

  • Doug Borski, one of the main characters on the Canadian teen-adult animated series Sons of Butcher
  • Doug Carter, on the British soap opera Hollyoaks
  • Doug Funnie, the main character on the animated series Doug
  • Doug Heffernan, the main character on the American sitcom The King of Queens
  • Doug McKenzie, on the Canadian television show SCTV
  • Douglas Potts, in the British soap opera Emmerdale
  • Doug Willis, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  • Doug, a baby in the comic strip Dog Eat Doug
  • Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome
  • Doug Roberts, the architect of the Glass Tower in the 1974 disaster film The Towering Inferno
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