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
 * 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