Douglas (surname)

Douglas
Origin
Meaning	Black Stream
Region of origin	Scotland
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Douglas (occasionally spelled Douglass) is a common surname of Scottish origin, thought to derive from the 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. 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 Lords of Douglas.[2] The Scottish Gaelic form of the given name is Dùbhghlas; the Irish-language form is Dúghlas,[3] and Dubhghlas, which are pronounced Irish pronunciation: [duːɣləs].[4] 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).[5]

Arts

Visual arts

Aaron Douglas (1900–1979), American artist
Andrew Douglas (born 1952), British photographer/director
Haldane Douglas (1892–1980), American art director
John Douglas (Scottish architect) (died 1778)
John Douglas (architect) (1830–1911), English architect
Malcolm Douglas (1954–2009), illustrator and an avid fan of folk music
Mel Douglas (born 1978), Australian glass artist
Sholto Johnstone Douglas (1871–1958). Known as Sholto Douglas, or Robert Sholto Johnstone Douglas, he was a Scottish figurative artist,
Stan Douglas (born 1960), Canadian artist
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 (born 1944), American writer
Colin Douglas (novelist) (born 1945), pseudonym of Colin Thomas Currie, Scottish novelist
David John Douglass, political 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
John Douglas (bishop of Salisbury) (1721–1807), Scottish man of letters and Anglican bishop
John E. Douglas, author of horror novels
Keith Douglas (1920–1944), English poet of World War II
J. Yellowlees Douglas, author of hypertext fiction
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890–1998), American conservationist and writer
Max Douglas (born 1970), Canadian comic book creator
Myra Douglas (1844–?), American writer, poet
Michael Douglas (pen name Michael Crichton), American author
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 (born 1960), classical pianist and conductor
Carl Douglas (born 1942), Jamaican-born singer
Carol Douglas (born 1948), American singer
Charles Douglass (1910–2003), an American sound engineer
Chip Douglas (Douglas Farthing Hatlelid), songwriter, musician, and record producer
Chris Douglas (born 1974), American musician
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) (born 1932), 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) (born 1973), drummer for English 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

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 (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 (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), voice actor
Hazel Douglas, British actress
Illeana Douglas (born 1965), American actress
Jack Douglas (actor) (1927–2008), English actor
James Douglas (actor) (born 1933), American soap opera actor
Jason Douglas, American stage, film, and voice actor
Jeff Douglas (born 1971), Canadian actor and broadcaster.
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 (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 November 23, 1955), American television and film producer, son of Kirk Douglas
Robert Douglas (actor) (born 1909), stage and film actor, television director and producer
Róbert Ingi Douglas (born 1973), Icelandic film director
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 (born 1957), American film, television and stage actress
Saba Douglas-Hamilton (born 1970), television presenter and naturalist
Vivien Endicott-Douglas (born 1990), Canadian actress
Martha Howe-Douglas, British actress

Business

Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892–1981), Scottish businessman, founder of Douglas Aircraft
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. (born 1967), businessman and mining executive in Canada, US and Mexico
Louis Douglas (1889–1939), American dancer, choreographer, and music businessman
Raymond E. Douglas (1948–2007), an executive for The New York Times
Walter Donald Douglas (1861–1912), businessman and Titanic casualty

Law

Andrew Grant Douglas (born 1932), a former Republican justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
Byrd Douglas (1894–1965), a college baseball and football coach as well as a judge
Charles Gywnne "Chuck" Douglas III (born 1942), a trial lawyer and a former United States Representative
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 (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, 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 (died 1814), Royal Marine officer
General Sir 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 MacKenzie Douglas, 1st Baronet of Glenbervie (1754–1833) born Kenneth MacKenzie
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 Gordon Douglas (1829–1910), British Royal Navy officer, Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in 1887.
Field Marshal 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), an army officer in the East India Company
Col. William Douglas of Balgillo (c. 1778–1818), a British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars
William Douglas of Fingland (1672 – c. 1760), Scottish soldier
Brigadier-General William Douglas of Kirkness (c. 1690–1747), a Member of Parliament and a soldier.
Major General Sir William Douglas of Bonjedward and Timpendean (1770–1834), a British Army officer
Alan George Sholto Douglas-Pennant (1890–1914), British nobleman and army officer
Lt. Col. Angus Falconer 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), Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
General Count Archibald Douglas-Stjernorp, Swedish military
Violet Douglas-Pennant (1865–1945), British philanthropist and commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force

Nobility

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)
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
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
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 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
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 (born 1943), 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 John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu 1832=1905
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 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

Politics

Sir Adye Douglas (1815–1906), Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricket player
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
Bob Douglas (politician) (born 1932)
Boyd Douglas (born 1950), politician in Northern Ireland.
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, an English M.P
Charles Mackinnon Douglas (1865–1924), Liberal MP for North West Lanarkshire
Curtis N. Douglas (1856–1919), New York politician
Denzil Douglas (born 1953), Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis
Dick Douglas (born 1932), 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 G. Douglas (1887–1984), Irish senator
James Henry Douglas, died 1905, an Australian politician
James W. Douglas (1851–1883), British Columbian politician
Janet Douglas (diplomat) (born 1960), British diplomat and ambassador
Jim Douglas (born 1952), American politician
John Douglas Sr. (b.c.1636), Maryland, USA, 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 17830, 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 (born 1941), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party
Mark Douglas (Wisconsin) (1829–1900), American politician
Michael Douglas (politician), d1992, Dominican politician
Paul Douglas (1892–1976), American economist and United States Senator from Illinois
Robert Douglas (New Zealand politician), 19th-century New Zealand MP
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, (born 1924), 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) born 1921, 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 (born 1939), 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 (born 1926), a British Conservative politician
Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (1832–1905), a British Conservative Party 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.
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

Sport

Allan Douglas (born 1958), Bermudian cricketer
Allan Douglas (born 1987), Bermudian cricketer
Andy Douglas (born 1978), American professional wrestler
Angus Douglas (born 1889), Scottish international footballer
Archibald Hugh "Toots" "Tootsie" Douglas (1885–1972), college football and baseball player
Anthony Douglas (born 1985), British Olympic Speed Skater
Barry Douglas (footballer) (born 1989), Scottish footballer
Billy Douglas (rugby player) (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
C.H. "Pickles" Douglas (1886–1954), cricketer and boxing referee
Caimin Douglas (born 1977), Dutch sprinter
Chris Douglas (born 1989), Bermudian cricketer
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
Desmond Douglas (born 1955), British table tennis player
Dewayne Douglas (1931–2000), American football player
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
James Douglas (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)
Jimmy Douglas (Canadian soccer) (born 1948)
Jimmy Douglas (Scottish footballer) (born 1859)
John Douglas (rugby player) (born 1934)
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
Katie Douglas (born 1979), American Women's National Basketball Association player
Keith Douglas (curler), Scottish curler
Kent Douglas (1936–2009), Canadian Ice Hockey player
Laura Douglas (artist) (1886–1962), American painter
Laura Douglas (athlete) (born 1983), Welsh hammer thrower
Luke Douglas (born 1986), Australian professional rugby league footballer
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
Rab Douglas (born 1972), Scottish football goalkeeper
Rasul Douglas (born 1994), American football player
René R. Douglas (born 1967), Panamanian jockey
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 (born 1979), Panamanian-American professional basketball player.
Sean Douglas (born 1972), New Zealand association football player
Shane Douglas (born 1964), American professional wrestler
Steve Douglas (darts player) (born 1977), English darts player
Steve Douglas (skateboarder), professional 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

Science

Biology

Claude Gordon Douglas (1882–1963), British physiologist
David Douglas (1799–1834), Scottish botanist
Virginia Douglas (Born 1927), 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 (born 1938), American mathematician

Physics

David Douglass, American physicist
James Douglas (physician) (1675–1742), Scottish physician and anatomist
Michael R. Douglas, American physicist at Rutgers University

Other scientists

A.S. Douglas (1921–2010), British professor of computer science
John William Douglas (1814–1905), English entomologist
Mary Douglas (born 1921), 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),Zoologist known for his study of elephants

Religion

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
Rt. Rev. the Hon. Arthur Gascoigne Douglas (1827–1905), Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
Edward Douglas (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
The Very Rev Hugh Osborne Douglas (1911–1986), Honorary Chaplain to the Queen
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
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
Vernon Francis Douglas (1910–1943), New Zealand priest
Wilfrid Douglas (1917–2004), missionary, linguist and translator
William Douglas (priest) (1769?–1819), Archdeacon of Wilts

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), an American businessman who had an airport named for his wife, Charlotte
Betto Douglas (c. 1772 – ?), a slave on the British Colony of St. Kitts
Catherine Douglas aka "Kate" Barlass
Charlie Douglas (Charles Edward Douglas), New Zealand explorer, surveyor, and Royal Geographical Society Gill Memorial Prize winner (1840–1916)
David Douglas (1823–1916), Scottish publisher
David C. Douglas (1898–1982), British historian
David Douglas, Lord Reston (born 1769), Adam Smith's heir
Frank L. Douglas, Guyanese American medical doctor.
George Douglas of Longniddry, (floruit 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 W. B. Douglas, social researcher
Jane Douglas (c. 1700–1762), Brothel Keeper
Janet Douglas, a Scottish woman who claimed to have second sight
Jennifer Douglas (born 1964), an American writer/producer and activist.
John E. Douglas (born 1945), FBI agent and criminal profiler
Josepha Williams Douglas (1860–1938), also commonly known as Josepha Williams, was an American physician
Ken Douglas (born 1934), New Zealand trade union leader
Linda Douglass, former director of communications for the White House Office of Health Reform
Malcolm Douglas, 8th Laird of Mains
Margaret Elizabeth Douglas (1934–2008), English television producer and executive
Mark Douglas professor of Christian ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary
Michael Dutton Douglas (1945–1963), road accident victim
Robert Douglas, Provost of Lincluden, landowner, courtier, and administrator
Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet (Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, 1694–1770), Scottish genealogist
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, a British professor of computer science
Stephen Douglas (journalist), British journalist
Sue Douglas (born 1957), British media executive and former newspaper editor
Susan J. Douglas, feminist academic, columnist, and cultural critic
Walter Douglas, Scottish drug trafficker
William Alexander Binny "Alec" Douglas (born 1929), Canadian naval historian
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 or Mackenzie-Douglas, baron de Kildin (1713–1765), French chargé d'affaires in St Petersburg
Belinda Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu (born 1932), a British embroiderer
Francisco Antonio Gregorio Tudela van Breugel-Douglas (born 1955), Peruvian career diplomat.
Ian Douglas-Wilson (1912–2013), British physician and editor of The Lancet,

Counts Douglas in continental Europe

Field Marshal Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge
Rosita Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough née Douglas
Count Gustaf Archibald Siegwart Douglas (born 1938), Swedish businessman and politician
Count Vilhelm Archibald Douglas (1883–1960), Swedish nobleman and soldier

References

"Douglas Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2014
"Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 6 April 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Douglas".
Coghlan, Ronan (1979), Irish Christian names: an A-Z of first names, Johnston and Bacon, p. 42
Norman, Teresa (2003), A World of Baby Names (Revised ed.), Perigee, p. 287, ISBN 978-0-399-52894-1
Black, George Fraser (1946), The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, New York: New York Public Library, pp. 217–218

External links

Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften Teil 2,3: Estland, Görlitz 1930 Genealogy handbook of Baltic nobility

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[1] "Douglas Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2014

[a-last1-2] "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 6 April 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Douglas".

[3] Coghlan, Ronan (1979), Irish Christian names: an A-Z of first names, Johnston and Bacon, p. 42

[4] Norman, Teresa (2003), A World of Baby Names (Revised ed.), Perigee, p. 287, ISBN 978-0-399-52894-1

[Black-5] Black, George Fraser (1946), The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, New York: New York Public Library, pp. 217–218