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:

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 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

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 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 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 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 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 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