# Douglass (surname)

Douglass is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Abel Douglass (before 1849 – c. 1907), American whaler
* A. E. Douglass (1867–1962), American astronomer
* Astyanax Douglass (1897–1975), Major League Baseball catcher for the Cincinnati Reds
* Bill Douglass (1923–1994), American jazz drummer
* Bobby Douglass (born 1947), American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears
* Brooks Douglass (1963–2020), American lawyer, politician, and actor
* Charles Douglass (1910–2003), American sound engineer, credited as the inventor of the laugh track
* Charles Remond Douglass (1844–1920), African-American clerk and soldier
* Dale Douglass (1936–2022), American professional golfer
* David Douglass (physicist), American physicist
* David Douglass (1720–1786), British-American stage actor and theatre manager
* David John Douglass, British trade unionist, political activist and writer
* Dorothea Lambert Chambers (née Douglass, 1878–1960), English tennis player
* Frank Douglass (1875–1972), South African rugby union player
* Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), American abolitionist and writer
* Gregory Douglass (born 1980), American singer-songwriter
* Gordon K. (Sandy) Douglass (1904–1992), American racer, designer, and builder of sailing dinghies
* Harry Douglass, Baron Douglass of Cleveland (1902–1978), British trade unionist
* Herbert E. Douglass (1927–2014), American Seventh-day Adventist theologian
* Jack Douglass, American internet personality, musician and comedian on YouTube
* James Nicholas Douglass (1826–1898), English civil engineer, lighthouse builder and designer
* James W. Douglass, American author, activist, and Christian theologian
* Jenn Ladisch Douglass, American politician in Illinois
* Jimmy Douglass, American recording engineer and record producer
* Joe Douglass (born 1974), American football player for the Las Vegas Gladiators
* John J. Douglass (1873–1939), member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
* John Patrick Douglass (born 1988), YouTuber known as "jacksfilms"
* John Thomas Douglass (1847–1886), American violinist, composer of Virginia's Ball
* John W. Douglass (born 1941), United States Air Force officer
* John Watkinson Douglass (1827–1909), American politician
* Joseph Douglass (1871–1935), African-American concert violinist
* Kate Douglass (b. 2001), American Olympic swimmer
* Kingman Douglass (1896–1971), American investment banker, member of the United States intelligence community
* Klondike Douglass (1872–1953), American Major League Baseball player born in Boston
* Lavantia Densmore Douglass (1827–1899), American social reformer
* Leon Douglass (1869–1940), American inventor
* Linda Douglass, director of communications for the White House Office of Health Reform in the Obama administration
* Lewis Henry Douglass (1840–1908), American typesetter and soldier
* Mabel Smith Douglass (1874–1933), American educator
* Maurice Douglass, American football player
* Mike Douglass (American football), American football player
* Mike Douglass (urban planner), American urban planner and social scientist
* Pat Douglass, American basketball player and coach
* Paul Douglass (1905–1988), American academic administrator
* Ralph Waddell Douglass (1895–1971), American commercial artist and university professor
* Ramona Douglass, African-American activist
* Richard Douglass (1746–1828), American militia officer and cooper
* Robyn Douglass, American actress
* Samuel T. Douglass (1814–1898), American justice
* Sara Douglass (1957–2011), Australian author
* Sarah Hallam Douglass d1773, English-born American stage actress and theatre director
* Sean Douglass, American baseball player
* Stephen Douglass, American actor
* Stu Douglass (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player
* Susan L. Douglass, American educator and author
* William Douglass (engineer), Chief Engineer for the Commissioners of Irish Lights
* William Douglass (physician) (c. 1691–1752), American physician and pamphleteer
* William Boone Douglass (born 1864), American lawyer, engineer, surveyor, genealogist and anthropologist