# Doug

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
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

### 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 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 (born 1930), 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 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 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 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 on the Canadian teen-adult animated series Sons of Butcher
* Doug Carter, on 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 on the animated series Doug
* Doug (Godzilla), a Godzilla character
* Doug Heffernan, the main character on the American sitcom The King of Queens
* Doug McKenzie, on the Canadian television show SCTV
* Douglas Potts, on the British soap opera Emmerdale
* Doug Whitty, a baby in the American animated sitcom television series Family Guy
* Doug Williams (Days of Our Lives), on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
* Doug Willis, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
* Doug Witter, in the television series Dawson's Creek

## Animals

* Doug the Pug (born 2012), internet and social media personality