Douglas (surname)

Douglas is an English surname.

Origin and Meaning

Douglas is a name of origin and is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Dubhglais / Dubhghlais. It means as much as " dark ( Gaelic dubh ) river (Gaelic: Glais ) " and originally referred to a river, later a Scottish clan. He is a first name used: Douglas ( first name ).

Variants

• Douglass

Well-known bearers of the name

• For members of the English noble family Douglas, see Douglas ( Dynasty)

A

• Aaron Douglas ( painter) ( 1899-1979 ), American painter
• Aaron Douglas (born 1971 ), Canadian actor
• Alan Douglas ( born 1931 ), American music producer
• Albert Douglas (1852-1935), American politician
• Alec Douglas-Home (1903-1995), British politician
• Alexander Douglas - Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton ( 1767-1852 ), Scottish nobleman
• Alexander Douglas - Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton (born 1978 ), Scottish nobleman
• Alfred Douglas (1870-1945), British poet, translator and writer
• Alfred Douglas - Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton ( 1862-1940 ), Scottish nobleman
• Angela Douglas ( born 1940 ), British actress
• Angus Douglas - Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton ( 1938-2010 ), Scottish nobleman
• Archibald I, Lord of Douglas (c. 1198-1238 )
• Archibald Douglas ( † 1333), Guardian of Scotland
• Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas (c. 1325-1400 )
• Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas (c. 1370-1424 )
• Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas ( 1390-1439 )
• Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray (1426-1455)
• Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus ( 1453-1514 to )
• Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie (1475-1536)
• Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus ( 1490-1557 )
• Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus ( 1555-1588 to )
• Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormonde (around 1609-1655 )
• Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas ( 1694-1761 )
• Archibald Douglas ( † 1741), Member of Parliament
• Archibald Douglas (1707-1778), Member of Parliament
• Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton ( 1740-1819 )
• Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas ( 1748-1827 ), Member of Parliament
• Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry ( 1818-1858 )
• Archibald Lucius Douglas (1842-1913), Canadian officer in the British Navy
• Archibald Douglas, 4th Baron Blythswood ( 1870-1929 )
• Archibald Douglas Stjernorp (1883-1960), General and Commander of the Swedish army
• Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie, Scottish nobleman
• Ashanti Douglas ( born 1980 ), American singer and actress

B

• Barry Douglas ( born 1960 ), British pianist
• Barry Douglas ( footballer ) (* 1989), Scottish football player
• Benjamin Douglas (1816-1891), American politician
• Beverly B. Douglas (1822-1878), American politician
• Bob Douglas (1882-1979), American sports manager
• Bryan Douglas ( born 1934 ), English footballer

C

• Caimin Douglas ( b. 1977 ), Dutch athlete
• Carole Nelson Douglas ( born 1944 ), American author
• Cameron Douglas (born 1978 ), American actor
• Campbell Mellis Douglas (1840-1909), Canadian surgeon
• Carl Douglas ( born 1942 ), Jamaican singer
• Carol Douglas (born Carol Strickland, born 1948 ), American singer
• Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry ( 1698-1778 ), Scottish nobleman
• Charles George Douglas - Hamilton, 7th Earl of Selkirk ( 1847-1886 ), Anglo- Scottish nobleman and officer
• Charlotte Montagu -Douglas -Scott (1811-1895), Scottish nobleman and maid of honor
• Chris Douglas ( born 1974 ), American musician and DJ
• Chris Douglas - Roberts ( * 1987), American basketball player
• Chuck Douglas ( b. 1942 ), American politician
• Claude Gordon Douglas (1882-1963), a British pathologist
• Clare Douglas, British editor
• Clifford Hugh Douglas (1879-1952), Scottish engineer
• Craig Douglas ( born 1941 ), British pop singer

D

• Darl Douglas ( born 1979 ), Dutch footballer
• Dave Douglas ( born 1963 ), American jazz musician
• David Douglas (1799-1834), Scottish botanist
• David Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus ( 1515-1557 ), Scottish nobleman
• David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry ( born 1929 ), Scottish nobleman and politician
• David Douglas -Home, 15th Earl of Home ( born 1943 ), British businessman and politician
• Denzil Douglas ( * 1953 ), politician from St. Kitts and Nevis
• Desmond Douglas ( born 1955 ), English tennis players
• Donald Douglas ( actor) ( 1905-1945 ), British actor
• Donald Douglas ( sailors ), American sailor
• Donald Wills Douglas (1892-1981), American aircraft designer and entrepreneur
• Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton ( 1756-1799 ), Scottish nobleman
• Douglas Douglas - Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton ( 1903-1973 ), Scottish nobleman and pilot
• Douglas Duncan (born 1965 ), American biathlete

E

• Edward Douglas -Scott - Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu ( born 1926 ), British nobleman and politician ( Conservative Party )
• Ellen Douglas (1921-2012), American writer
• Emily Taft Douglas (1899-1994), American writer and politician
• Emory Douglas ( born 1945 ), American artist and political activist
• Everett Douglas (1902-1967), American Cutter

F

• Felicity Douglas (1910-1992), British writer
• Ferdinand of Grumme -Douglas (1860-1937), German Rear Admiral and politician
• Francis Douglas (1847-1865), British mountaineer
• Franky Douglas ( born 1948 ), Dutch jazz guitarist
• Fred J. Douglas (1869-1949), American politician
• Frederick Robert Vere Douglas-Hamilton (1843-1917), Scottish nobleman

G

• Gabrielle Douglas ( * 1995), American gymnast
• George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus ( 1378-1402 to ), Scottish nobleman
• George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus ( 1429-1462 to ), Scottish nobleman
• George Douglas, Master of Angus (1469-1513), Scottish nobleman
• George Douglas ( bishop) († 1589 ), Scottish clergyman, Bishop of Moray
• George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton ( 1761-1827 ), Scottish aristocrat
• George Douglas, pen name of George Douglas Brown (1869-1902), Scottish writer
• George Douglas ( actor), actor
• George Douglas, pseudonym of Bob Thiele (1922-1996), American music producer and composer
• George Douglas - Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk ( 1906-1994 ), Scottish diplomat and politician ( Conservative Party )
• George Brisbane Scott Douglas ( 1856 -? ), Scottish poet and writer
• Gordon Douglas (1907-1993), American film director
• Gustaf Douglas ( born 1938 ), Swedish entrepreneur

B

• Haldane Douglas (1892-1980), American artist, art director and production designer
• Harry Douglas ( born 1984 ), U.S. American football player
• Herb Douglas ( * 1922 ), American track and field athlete
• Hugo Sholto Oskar Georg von Douglas (1837-1912), German industrialist

I

• Iain Douglas - Hamilton ( b. 1942 ), British environmentalist and documentary maker
• Illeana Douglas (born 1965 ), American actress

J

• Jack Douglas ( writer) ( 1908-1989 ), American comedy writer
• Jack Douglas ( actor) ( 1927-2008 ), British actor
• Jack Douglas ( hockey player ) ( 1930-2003 ), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jack Douglas ( music producer), American music producer
• Jackson Douglas (born 1969 ), American actor
• Jahméne Douglas ( * 1991), English pop singer
• James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (1286-1330), Scottish commander
• James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas (c. 1358-1388 ), Scottish nobleman, the Earl of Mar
• James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas ( the Black Douglas, 1426-1488 ), Scottish nobleman, the Earl of Avondale
• James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus ( 1428-1446 to ), Scottish nobleman
• James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (before 1495-1553 ), Scottish nobleman
• James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton ( 1525-1581 ), Scottish nobleman
• James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton ( 1702-1768 ), Scottish peer out of the house Douglas and naturalist
• James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas ( 1646-1700 ), Scottish nobleman
• James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ( 1672-1711 ), Scottish nobleman
• James Douglas ( physician) ( 1675-1742 ), English anatomist
• James Douglas ( governor) ( 1803-1877 ), British colonial governor
• James Douglas ( mining entrepreneur ) ( 1837-1918 ), Canadian mining entrepreneur
• James Douglas ( journalist) ( 1867-1940 ), British journalist and editor
• James Douglas ( footballer ) ( 1898-1972 ), American football player
• James Douglas ( writer ) (actually, Ulrich Kohli, * 1948 ), a Swiss lawyer and writer
• James Douglas ( boxer ) ( born 1960 ), American boxer
• James Douglas - Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton ( 1658-1712 ), Scottish nobleman
• James Douglas-Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton ( 1702-1742 ), Scottish nobleman
• James Douglas-Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton ( 1724-1758 ), Scottish nobleman
• James Douglas - Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton ( 1755-1769 ), Scottish nobleman
• James Douglas - Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas ( b. 1942 ), Scottish politician
• James H. Douglas Jr. (1899-1988), American politician
• Jerry Douglas ( born 1956 ), American country musician
• Jesse Douglas (1897-1965), American mathematician
• Jim Douglas ( born 1951 ), American politician
• Jon Douglas (1936-2010), American tennis player
• Jonathan Douglas ( born 1981 ), Irish football player
• John Douglas ( archbishop ), English archbishop
• John Douglas ( bishop) ( 1721-1807 ), Scottish scholar and cleric, Bishop of Carlise and Salisbury
• John Douglas ( politician ) ( 1828-1904 ), Australian politician
• John Douglas (architect ) ( 1830-1911 ), English architect
• John Douglas (baseball player) ( 1917-1984 ), American baseball player
• John Douglass, the 14th Lord of Tilquhillie ( 1803-1870 ), Scottish textile manufacturer in Austria
• John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton ( John Charles Sholto Douglas, * 1927), Scottish landowner and politician
• John Douglas ( cricketer ) ( born 1951 ), Australian cricket and Australian football player
• John Douglas ( boxer ) (born 1971 ), Guyanese boxer
• John E. Douglas ( born 1945 ), American criminologist and journalist
• John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry ( 1844-1900 ), Scottish nobleman
• Johnny Douglas (1882-1930), English cricketer and boxer
• Johnny Douglas ( composer ) ( 1920-2003 ), British film composer and conductor

K

• Katie Douglas ( born 1979 ), American basketball player
• Kent Douglas (1936-2009), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Kirk Douglas ( * 1916), American actor

L

• Lawrence Douglas, American legal scholar and university teacher
• Lewis Williams Douglas (1894-1974), American politician
• Lloyd C. Douglas (1877-1951), American priest and author
• Louis Douglas ( † 1939), American dancer

M

• Malcolm Douglas (1941-2010), Australian wildlife filmmaker
• Margaret Douglas (1515-1577), British nobleman
• Margaret Douglas of Galloway, Scottish nobleman
• Marques Douglas ( born 1977 ), U.S. American football player
• Mary Douglas (1921-2007), British social anthropologist
• Melvin Douglas ( born 1963 ), American wrestler
• Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981), American actor
• Michael Douglas ( born 1944 ), American actor
• Michael Douglas ( Skeleton Pilot) (born 1971 ), Canadian Skeleton Pilot
• Michael R. Douglas ( b. 1961 ), American physicist
• Michelle Douglas ( born 1985 ), Scottish badminton player
• Mike Douglas (1925-2006), American singer, presenter and actor
• Montell Douglas ( born 1986 ), British sprinter

N

• Nathan Douglas ( athlete ) ( b. 1982 ), British track and field athlete
• Nathan E. Douglas, pseudonym of Nedrick Young (1914-1968), American film actor and screenwriter
• Norman Douglas (1868-1952), Scottish writer

O

• Otto Douglas Douglas Hill (1897-1972), German sculptor and ceramist

P

• Paul Douglas (actor ) ( 1907-1959 ), American film actor
• Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976), American politician and economist
• Philip Douglas, American biathlete
• Phyllis Douglas (1936-2010), American actress
• Pierre Douglas ( b. 1941 ), French comedian and actor

R

• RJW Douglas (1920-1979), Canadian geologist
• Rachel Douglas -Home, 27th Baroness Dacre ( 1929-2012 ), British politician ( Labour Party )

• Robert Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton († 1649), Scottish nobleman
• Robert Earl Douglas (1611-1662), Scottish aristocrat, and Field Marshal in Swedish service
• Robert Douglas ( bishop) ( 1624-1716 ), Scottish priest, bishop of Dunblane
• Robert Douglas, 12th Earl of Morton, († 1730), British nobleman
• Robert Douglas ( governor ), British colonial governor
• Robert Douglas ( actor) ( 1909-1999 ), British actor, director and producer
• Robert Douglas ( footballer ) (born 1972 ), Scottish football player
• Robert Duncan Douglas (born 1965 ), American biathlete, see Duncan Douglas
• Robert Edward Douglas ( born 1942 ), American wrestler, see Bobby Douglas
• Róbert Ingi Douglas ( b. 1973 ), Icelandic director
• Robert S. Douglas, American Cutter
• Roger Douglas ( born 1937 ), New Zealand politician
• Ronald G. Douglas ( born 1938 ), American mathematician
• Rosie Douglas (1941-2000), politician dominicanischer

S

• Saba Douglas-Hamilton (born 1970 ), Kenyan conservationist and documentary
• Sandra Douglas ( born 1967), British track and field athlete
• Sarah Douglas ( born 1952 ), British actress
• Sean Douglas (born 1972 ), New Zealand football player
• Shane Douglas (born 1964 ), American professional wrestler
• Shirley Douglas ( b. 1934 ), Canadian actress
• Sholto Douglas, mythical ancestor of the Scottish Clans Douglas, see Douglas ( dynasty ) # origins
• Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside ( 1893-1969 ), British air marshal
• Sholto Johnstone Douglas (1871-1958), British painter
• Stan Douglas ( born 1960 ), Canadian artist
• Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), American politician
• Steve Douglas (1938-1993), American saxophonist
• Susan J. Douglas, American media scholar

T

• Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk ( 1771-1820 ), Scottish philanthropist
• Tommy Douglas (1904-1986), Canadian politician
• Tommy Douglas (musician ) ( 1911-1965 ), American jazz musician
• Toney Douglas ( born 1986 ), American basketball player
• Troy Douglas (born 1962 ), Dutch bermudisch - Athlete

W

• Walburga Habsburg Douglas ( * 1958 ), German - Swedish lawyer and politician of Austrian origin
• Walter Douglas (1861-1912), American industrialist
• William of Douglas (1849-1908), German landowner and politician, MdR
• William I, Lord of Douglas ( † 1214 ), Scottish nobleman
• Longleg William, Lord of Douglas (c. 1220 to 1274), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas the Hardy (around 1240-1299 ), Scottish soldier and governor of Berwick Castle
• William IV, Lord of Douglas ( † 1333), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c. 1327-1384 ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas of Nithsdale († 1392 ), Scottish Knight
• William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus ( 1398-1437 to ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ( 1425-1440 ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas ( 1425-1452 ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus ( 1533-1591 ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton ( 1540-1606 ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus ( 1552-1611 ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton ( 1582-1648 ), Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
• William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas ( 1589-1660 ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus ( 1590-1660 ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton (1635-1694), Scottish peer
• William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry ( 1637-1695 ), Scottish nobleman and government official
• William Douglas, 1st Baronet († 1809), Scottish landowner, founder of Castle Douglas
• William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry ( 1725-1810 ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside ( 1893-1969 ), British air force officer
• William Douglas ( Barbados) ( 1921-2003 ), Governor General of Barbados
• William Douglas-Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Hamilton ( 1634-1694 ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas - Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton ( 1811-1863 ), Scottish nobleman
• William Douglas - Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton ( 1845-1895 ), Scottish nobleman
• William H. Douglas (1853-1944), American politician
• William Lewis Douglas (1845-1924), American politician (Massachusetts )
• William O. Douglas (1898-1980), American lawyer and judge