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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 hypocorism (affectionate variation of a personal name) which takes the place of a given name, usually Douglas. Notable people with the name include: Douglas Grosch, ex. People A–C * Doug Allison (1846–1916), American baseball player * Doug Anderson (other), multiple people * Doug Applegate (other), 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 Baldwin (born 1988), American football player * Doug Baldwin (ice hockey) (1922–2007), Canadian ice hockey player * Doug Bennett (other), multiple people * Doug Bereuter (born 1939), American former politician * Doug Bing (born 1950/51), Canadian polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas (given Name)
Douglas is a Scottish masculine given name which originated from the surname ''Douglas''. Although today the name is almost exclusively given to boys, it was used as a girl's name in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the north of England. The Scottish surname ''Douglas'' was borne by one of the most powerful families of the Kingdom of Scotland (the Earls of Douglas, Angus, Morton, Dukes of Hamilton and others). It has sometimes been stated that the given name is connected with the given name '' Dougal'', although it is more likely derived from the surname already mentioned. Linguistically, ''Douglas'' is derived from the Gaelic elements: ''dubh'', meaning "dark, black"; and ''glas'', meaning "stream" (also a derivative of ''glas'', meaning "green"). The surname ''Douglas'' is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so-named. While there are numerous places with this name in both Ireland and Scotland, it is thought, in most cases, to refer t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Baldwin
Douglas Dewayne Baldwin Jr. (born September 21, 1988) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Stanford and was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2011. Baldwin is the Seahawks third all-time leader in team receptions and receiving yards, second in receiving touchdowns and was selected to the Pro Bowl twice and won Super Bowl XLVIII with them over the Denver Broncos. Early years Baldwin grew up in Gulf Breeze, Florida. He played youth football and ran track in Pensacola, Florida with future NFL running back Alfred Morris. He played football for the Gulf Breeze High School Dolphins. As a senior, Baldwin had 42 receptions for 682 yards (16.2 avg.) with six touchdowns. In track & field, Baldwin competed in the jumping events, recording top-jumps of 1.94 meters in the high jump and 6.65 meters in the long jump. College career Baldwin played college football at Stanford from 2007 to 2010. He served as a wide rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Burgum
Douglas James Burgum (born August 1, 1956) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician serving as the 33rd governor of North Dakota since 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party. Burgum was born and raised in the small town of Arthur, North Dakota. He mortgaged his inherited farmland after graduating from college in 1983 to invest in a small technology startup, Great Plains Software. Becoming the company's president in 1984, he grew Great Plains into a successful large software company. Burgum sold the company to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001. While working at Microsoft, he managed Microsoft Business Solutions. He has served as board chairman for Atlassian and SuccessFactors. Burgum is the founder of Kilbourne Group, a Fargo-based real-estate development firm, and also is the co-founder of Arthur Ventures, a software venture capital group. A lifelong resident of North Dakota, Burgum entered the Republican primary in the 2016 North Dakota gubernato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Bradley
Douglas William Bradley (born 7 September 1954) is an English actor and author, best known for his role as the lead Cenobite "Pinhead" in the ''Hellraiser'' film series and for narration on various Cradle of Filth albums. He is also starring in the upcoming animated film ''Dagon: Troll World Chronicles'' as the forest monster Goeyre Heddagh. Early life Bradley was born in Liverpool and attended Quarry Bank High School. Career Bradley is best known for playing the role of Pinhead, the lead Cenobite, in the first eight ''Hellraiser'' films, as well as Captain Elliot Spencer in two of the films, '' Hellbound: Hellraiser II'' (1988) and '' Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth'' (1992). He is one of only six actors to play the same horror character at least six consecutive times, the others being Christopher Lee (who portrayed Count Dracula), Robert Englund (who portrayed Freddy Krueger), Warwick Davis (who portrayed the Leprechaun), Brad Dourif (who portrayed Chucky) and Tobin Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Anderson (other)
Douglas, Doug, or Dougie Anderson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Doug Anderson (poet) (born 1943), American poet, fiction writer, and memoirist * Doug Anderson (singer) (born 1973), American gospel singer *Dougie Anderson (born 1976), Scottish television & radio presenter, comedian & author * Douglas Anderson (television writer) (fl. 1990s), American writer for the television series ''Guiding Light'' Sports * Doug Anderson (Australian footballer) (1903–1999), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy * Doug Anderson (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1989), Scottish association footballer * Doug Anderson (rugby league) (1926–2016), New Zealand rugby league footballer *Doug Anderson (ice hockey) (1927–1998), Canadian ice hockey player * Doug Anderson (footballer, born 1963) (1963–2015), Hong Kong-born footballer who played in the English Football League Others * Doug Anderson (politician) (1939–2013), American educator and politician from Mississippi * Douglas A. Anders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Brown (other)
Doug Brown may refer to: * Doug Brown (Australian footballer) (1923–2012), Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League * Doug Brown (gridiron football) (born 1974), American retired football player in the NFL and the CFL * Doug Brown (ice hockey) (born 1964), American ice hockey player in the National Hockey League *Doug Brown (runner) (born 1952), American Olympic distance runner *Doug Brown (sportscaster), American sports reporter for ESPN Radio * Dougie Brown (born 1969), Scottish cricketer * Douglas Brown (cricketer) (born 1972), Jamaican-born cricketer for the Turks and Caicos Islands *Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside, (16 August 1879 – 5 May 1958) was a British politician who represented the Conservative Party (UK). He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1943 to 1951. Upon stepping down as Speaker he ... (1879–1958), British politician * Douglas M. Brown, 28th New Mexico State Treasu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Clark (other)
Douglas or Doug Clark may refer to: Arts *Douglas Clark (poet) (1942–2010), English poet *Douglas Clark (sculptor), American sculptor *Doug Clark (died 2002), leader of Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts Politics *Doug Clark (Arizona politician), American politician *Doug Clark (Australian politician) (1927–2008) Sports *Douglas Clark (rugby league) (1891–1951), British rugby league footballer, wrestler and World War One veteran *Doug Clark (baseball) (born 1976), American baseball player Other people *Doug Clark (serial killer) (born 1948), American serial killer *Doug Clark (investor), American real estate investor *Douglas Alan Clark Lieutenant-Commander Douglas Alan Clark (May 26, 1917 – August 6, 2012) was an American fighter pilot who received the Navy Cross for his actions while commanding Fighting Squadron THIRTY (VF-30), attached to the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), on 2 ... (1917–2012), American recipient of the Navy Cross See also * Douglas Clarke (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Christie (lawyer)
Douglas Hewson Christie, Jr. (April 24, 1946 – March 11, 2013) was a Canadian lawyer and political activist based in Victoria, British Columbia, who was known nationally for his defence of clients such as Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel, former Nazi prison guard Michael Seifert and neo-Nazi Paul Fromm among others. Career Christie was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and graduated from the law school of the University of British Columbia in 1970. He was the founder and general counsel of the Canadian Free Speech League and was best known for defending individuals accused of Nazi war crimes or racist, anti-Semitic or neo-Nazi activity. He was also the founder and leader of the Western Canada Concept, a separatist party which ran in British Columbia and federally, and the Western Block Party, a right-wing federal political party advocating the separation of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba from Canadian Confederation. He first came to national attention as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Bowser
Doug Spencer Bowser is an American businessman, currently serving as the president of Nintendo of America. He succeeded Reggie Fils-Aimé as president in 2019, having previously worked for Procter & Gamble and Electronic Arts. Early career Bowser graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in communications in 1984, going on to work at Procter & Gamble from 1984 to 2007, which included serving as the director of customer marketing for the Latin American region from 1998 to 2004, and the company's Safeway customer team from 2004 to 2007. Bowser worked at Electronic Arts from 2007 through 2015, serving as vice president of global demand planning. Nintendo Bowser joined in Nintendo in 2015 as the vice president of sales and marketing, and was promoted to senior vice president of sales and marketing in mid-2016, where he oversaw the promotion and release of the Nintendo Switch within North America. In February 2019, Nintendo of America's president and ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Bennett (other)
Douglas or Doug Bennett may refer to: * Douglas Bennett (canoeist) (1918–2008), Canadian flatwater canoeist * Douglas Bennett (cricketer, born 1886) Douglas Bennett (19 November 1886 – 14 August 1982) was a South African cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, e ... (1886–1982), South African cricketer * Douglas Bennett (cricketer, born 1912) (1912–1984), South African cricketer * Douglas C. Bennett (born 1946), American academic * Douglas J. Bennet (1938–2018), president of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, United States * Doug Bennett (footballer) (1894–1975), Australian footballer * Doug Bennett (Michigan politician) (born 1945), American politician in the Michigan House of Representatives * Doug Bennett (musician) (1951–2004), Canadian musician {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Douglas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Cowie (footballer)
Douglas Cowie (1 May 1926 – 26 November 2021) was a Scottish footballer who played for Dundee, Greenock Morton and the Scotland national team. He played initially as a central defender but later converted to a left half. Club career Signed for Dundee by manager George Anderson, Cowie went on to play 341 times for the club in the Scottish Football League alone, many of them as captain. He was part of the Dundee side that won back-to-back League Cups in 1951–52 and 1952–53, also played in the 1952 Scottish Cup Final and was a member of the squad that missed out on winning the League Championship by one point in the 1948–49 season. Cowie left Dundee in 1961 and had a two-year spell with Greenock Morton as a player-coach. He was Raith Rovers manager for the 1963–64 season but left the Kirkcaldy club to rejoin the Morton coaching staff in the summer of 1964. He later worked at Dundee United in coaching and scouting capacities. On 3 April 2009, Cowie was inducted i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Christie (basketball)
Douglas Dale Christie (born May 9, 1970) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at , he played the shooting guard position. He was formerly a commentator for the Kings on NBC Sports California. Early life and college career Born in Seattle, Washington, Christie is the son of John Malone and Norma Christie. He was raised in Seattle by his mother Norma Christie. Christie is biracial as his father is black and his mother is white. He began playing street ball at a young age, but it was under the guidance of Mark Morris High School coach Dave Denny that his game took off. "Once I came there, and I put that with the street side of basketball, I noticed great strides", he said. "I was learning the basics of basketball—the things you don't learn on the playground." Christie played basketball in eighth grade at Cascade Middle School and for Mark Morris Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
