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
• Kate Douglass (b. 2001), American Olympic swimmer
• 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

See also

• Douglass (disambiguation)
• Douglas (surname)
• Douglass family