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 or Douglass. Notable people with the name include:
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People
A
Doug Allan (1951–2026), Scottish wildlife cameraman and photographer
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), former 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 Eggers (1930–2025), American football 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 (1926–2024), 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 LaMalfa (1960–2026), American politician
Doug Landry (1964–2015), American football player
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 McLean, Jr. (1912–1961), Australian rugby union and rugby league player, son of Doug McLean, Sr.
Doug McClure (1935-1995), American actor
Doug McClure (born 1964), English footballer
Doug Mitchell (Canadian football) (born 1942), retired Canadian Football League offensive lineman
Doug Mitchell (film producer) (born 1952)
Doug Moe (1938–2026), American basketball player and coach
Doug Moench (born 1948), American comic book writer
Doug Mooers (born 1947), American football player
P
Doug Parker (born 1961), American businessman
Doug Parker (voice actor), Canadian voice actor
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 in the Canadian teen-adult animated series Sons of Butcher
Doug Carter, in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome, from the TV show Fairly Odd Parents
Dexter Douglas, a main character in the 1990s animated television series Freakazoid!
Doug, a koala man from the adult animated sitcom Ugly Americans
Doug Funnie, the main character in the animated series Doug
Doug (Godzilla), a Godzilla character
Doug Heffernan, the main character in the American sitcom The King of Queens
Doug McKenzie, in the Canadian television show SCTV
Douglas Potts, in the British soap opera Emmerdale
Doug Ramsey, Marvel Comics character also known as Cypher
Doug Swallow, murder victim in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations
Animals
Doug the Pug (born 2012), Internet and social media personality