Doc or, less commonly, The Doc is the

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American Old West

Doc Holliday John Henry Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887), better known as Doc Holliday, was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist. A close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp, Holliday is best known for his role in the event ...

(1851–1887), American gunfighter, gambler and dentist *

William Frank Carver William Frank "Doc" Carver (May 7, 1851 – August 31, 1927) was a late 19th-century sharpshooter and the creator of a popular diving horse attraction. Early life William Frank Carver was born in Winslow, Illinois, to William Daniel Carver, a p ...

(1851–1927), American sharpshooter and Wild West show producer *

Doc Scurlock Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock (January 11, 1849 – July 25, 1929) was an American Old West figure, cowboy, and gunfighter. A founding member of the Regulators during the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, Scurlock rode alongside such men as B ...

(1849–1929), American cowboy and gunfighter

Sports

Doc Adams Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams (November 1, 1814 – January 3, 1899) was an American baseball player and executive who is regarded by historians as an important figure in the sport's early years. For most of his career he was a member of the N ...

(1814–1899), American baseball player and executive *

Doc Adkins Merle Theron Adkins (August 5, 1872 – February 21, 1934) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Americans () and New York Highlanders (). Adkins batted and threw right-handed. Early life Adkins was born in Troy, Walwo ...

(1872–1934), American baseball player *

Doc Alexander Joseph A. "Doc" Alexander (April 1, 1897 – September 12, 1975) was an American football player, who played center, tackle, guard, and end, and coach in the National Football League. Alexander was born in Silver Creek, New York, the son of Ru ...

(1897–1975), American NFL football player and coach *

Doc Amole Morris George "Doc" Amole (July 5, 1878 – March 9, 1912) was a professional baseball player who career spanned nine season, including parts of two in Major League Baseball with the Baltimore Orioles (1897) and the Washington Senators (1898). On ...

(1878–1912), American baseball player *

Doc Ayers Yancey Wyatt "Doc" Ayers (May 21, 1891 – May 26, 1968) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was known for throwing the spitball, and was one of the 17 pitchers allowed to continue throwing the pitch after it was outlawed ...

(1891–1968), American baseball player *

Darrel Baldock Darrel John Baldock AM (29 September 1938 – 2 February 2011) was an Australian sportsman and state politician. He played Australian rules football for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), East Devonport Footba ...

(1938–2011), Australian rules football player and coach and politician nicknamed "The Doc" * Doc Baker (died c. early 1920s), African-American football player *

Doc Bass William Capers "Doc" Bass (December 4, 1898 – January 12, 1970) was a professional baseball player. He appeared in two games in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves in 1918, once as a pinch hitter and once as a pinch runner. In his ma ...

(1898–1970), American baseball player *

Doc Bennett Elmer S. "Doc" Bennett (February 1, 1891 in Ruyle, Illinois, United States – March 31, 1974 in Hollywood, California, USA) was a minor league baseball pitcher and player, who later became a very successful minor league manager, leading five t ...

(1891–1974), American baseball player and manager *

Doc Blanchard Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard (December 11, 1924 – April 19, 2009) was an American football player and serviceman who became the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award, and was the first football player to win the James E. S ...

(1924–2009), American football player and fighter pilot *

Doc Casey James Patrick Casey (March 15, 1870 – December 31, 1936) was an American professional baseball third baseman. He played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1898 and 1907 for the Washington Senators, Brooklyn Superbas, Detroit ...

(1870–1936), American Major League Baseball player and manager * Matthew Clarke (Australian footballer) (born 1973), retired * Doc Cook (baseball) (1886–1973), American Major League Baseball player * L. J. Cooke (1868–1943), American college men's basketball coach *

Doc Crandall James Otis Crandall (October 8, 1887 – August 17, 1951) was a right-handed pitcher and second baseman. He was the first player to be consistently used as a relief pitcher. Consequently, he was given the nickname Doc by Damon Runyon who said ...

(1887–1951), American Major League Baseball player, the first used consistently as a relief pitcher *

Donald Dann Donald "Doc" William Dann, OAM (12 February 1949 – 31 July 2005) was an Australian Paralympic athlete and table tennis player. He was born in the Tasmanian town of Wynyard. He lost a leg to a land mine in the Vietnam War, where he served in ...

(1949–2005), Australian Paralympic athlete *

Seán Doherty (Gaelic footballer) Seán Doherty (born 1946 in Wicklow, Ireland) is a former Gaelic football manager and player. He played football with his local club Ballyboden Wanderers, Ballyboden St Enda's and St Anne's and was a senior member of the Dublin county team ...

(born 1947), Irish former Gaelic football manager and player * Ed Dougherty (born 1947), American golfer *

Doc Edwards Howard Rodney "Doc" Edwards (December 10, 1938 – August 20, 2018), was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, ...

(born 1936), American Major League Baseball player * Mike Emrick (born 1946), American hockey broadcaster *

Doc Gautreau Walter Paul "Doc" Gautreau (July 26, 1901 – August 23, 1970) was an American professional baseball player, manager and scout. The native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was a second baseman during his playing days who stood a diminutive tall and ...

(1901–1970), American Major League Baseball player and manager *

Doc Gessler Henry Homer "Doc" Gessler (December 23, 1880 – December 27, 1924) was a Major League Baseball player born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, who began his eight-season career, at the age of 22, with the Detroit Tigers in . He played mainly as a right fie ...

(1880–1924), American Major League Baseball player *

Dwight Gooden Dwight Eugene Gooden (born November 16, 1964), nicknamed "Dr. K" and "Doc", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Gooden pitched from 1984 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2000 for the N ...

(born 1964), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Doctor Greenwood Doctor Haydock "Doc" Greenwood (31 October 1860 – 3 November 1951) was an English footballer who played for Blackburn Rovers and made two appearances for England in 1882. "Doctor" was his Christian name and was not in recognition of any medica ...

(1860–1951), English footballer *

Roy Halladay Harry Leroy "Roy" Halladay III (May 14, 1977 – November 7, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies between 1998 and 2013. His nicknam ...

(1977–2017), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Dick Hoblitzell Richard Carleton "Dick" Hoblitzell (October 26, 1888 – November 14, 1962) played first base in the major leagues from 1908 to 1918. He played for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox. Nicknamed "Doc" by his teammates, Hoblitzell's baseball car ...

(1888–1962), American Major League Baseball player * Arthur Irwin (1858–1921), Canadian-American Major League Baseball player and manager *

Jack Kearns Jack "Doc" Kearns (born John Patrick Leo McKernan; August 17, 1882 – July 7, 1963) was an American boxer and boxing manager. He was born on a farm in Waterloo, Michigan to Phillip H. McKernan and Frances M. Knauf (aka Hoff, later Quigley), dau ...

(1882–1963), American boxing manager, most notably for Jack Dempsey *

Allan Kwartler Allan S. Kwartler (nicknamed "Doc"; September 10, 1917 – November 11, 1998), born in New York City, was an American sabre and foil fencer. He was Pan-American sabre champion, 3-time Olympian, and twice a member of sabre teams that earned ...

(1917–1998), American sabre and foil fencer,

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

and

Maccabiah Games The Maccabiah Games (a.k.a. the World Maccabiah Games; he, משחקי המכביה, or משחקי המכביה העולמית; sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics"), first held in 1932, are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sp ...

champion *

Doc Lawson Aldophus "Doc" Lawson (born February 11, 1958, in Liberia) is a former American soccer defender best known for his long indoor career. Lawson played the third most games in the history of the original MISL. He also spent four seasons in the ...

(born 1958), American soccer player * Doc MacKenzie (1906–1936), American race car driver *

Doc McJames James McCutchen McJames (August 27, 1874 – September 23, 1901) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of six seasons (1895–1899, 1901) with the Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, and Brooklyn Super ...

(1874–1901), American baseball player and physician * Walter Meanwell (1884–1953), college men's basketball coach *

Doc Medich George Francis "Doc" Medich (born December 9, 1948) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1972–1982. He was a medical student at the University of Pittsburgh, and acquired the nickname "Doc" during his e ...

(born 1948), American baseball player *

Cary Middlecoff Emmett Cary Middlecoff (January 6, 1921 – September 1, 1998) was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour from 1947 to 1961. His 39 Tour wins place him tied for tenth all-time, and he won three major championships. Middlecoff graduated as ...

(1921–1998), American golfer and dentist * Donald Minnegan (1902–2002), former coach and athletic director at Towson University *

Gil Morgan Gilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD (born September 25, 1946) is an American professional golfer. Morgan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma in 1968. In 1972, Morgan earned a Doctor of Optometry de ...

(born 1946), American golfer * Harold Nicholls (1897–1977), New Zealand rugby football player * Danell Nicholson (born 1967), American former boxer *

Donncha O'Callaghan Donncha O'Callaghan (born 24 March 1979) is an Irish retired rugby union player. He spent most of his career with his home province Munster, spending 17 seasons with the province and winning five major trophies, before finishing his career with ...

(born 1979), Irish rugby union footballer * Derek Pace (1932–1989), English footballer *

Doc Powers Michael Riley "Doc" Powers (September 22, 1870 – April 26, 1909) was an American Major League Baseball player who caught for four teams from to . He played for the Louisville Colonels and Washington Senators of the National League, and ...

(1870–1909), American Major League Baseball player and physician *

Doc Prothro James Thompson "Doc" Prothro Sr. (July 16, 1893 – October 14, 1971) was an infielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Prothro was so nicknamed because he was a practicing dentist before signing his first professional baseball contrac ...

(1893–1971), American Major League Baseball player and manager and dentist *

Doc Redman Doc Hudspeth Redman (born December 27, 1997) is an American professional golfer. High school career Redman was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended Leesville Road High School where he was the North Carolina AAAA state champion as a sen ...

(born 1997), American golfer * Ross Reynolds (1887–1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Doc Rivers Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13, 1961) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing for Marquette Universit ...

(born 1961), American National Basketball Association player and coach *

Johnny Rutherford (baseball) John William Rutherford (May 5, 1925 – December 25, 2016) was a Canadian Major League Baseball pitcher. Early life and education Born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, Rutherford grew up in Detroit, Michigan, graduating from Mackenzie High School ...

(born 1925), Canadian former Major League Baseball pitcher *

Harry Sage Harry Sage (March 16, 1864 – May 27, 1947), nicknamed "Doc", was a Major League Baseball catcher in 1890 for the Toledo Maumees of the American Association. He was a native of Rock Island, Illinois. In his only major league season, Sage pl ...

(1864–1947), American Major League Baseball player * Homer Smoot (1878–1928), American Major League Baseball player *

Gary Wiggins Gary Wiggins (20 November 1952 – 25 January 2008) was an Australian professional cyclist, who specialised in six-day racing. His son is the British cyclist, five-time Olympic champion and 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins. Early li ...

(1952–2008), Australian cyclist nicknamed "The Doc" * Doc Wise (born 1967), American football player

Arts and entertainment

* Doc Bagby, American musician *

Doc Brown (rapper) Benjamin Harvey Bailey Smith (born 21 September 1977), also known by the stage name Doc Brown, is an English actor, comedian, rapper, screenwriter, songwriter, and voiceover artist. He portrayed DS Joe Hawkins in the television series '' Law & ...

(born 1980), British rapper and comedian *

Doc Cheatham Adolphus Anthony Cheatham, better known as Doc Cheatham (June 13, 1905 – June 2, 1997), was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader. He is also the Grandfather of musician Theo Croker. Early life Doc Cheatham was born in Nashv ...

(1905–1997), American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader * George Hager (1885–?), American illustrator and newspaper editorial cartoonist *

Doc Hammer Eric Hammer (born February 2, 1967), known professionally as Doc Hammer, is an American voice actor, musician, writer and artist. He performed in the gothic rock bands Requiem in White from 1985 to 1995 and Mors Syphilitica from 1995 to 2002, bot ...

, American musician and writer of ''The Venture Bros'' *

Owen Smith Owen Smith (born 2 May 1970) is a former Labour Party politician and subsequently a British lobbyist, who has been the UK government relations director for pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb since 2020. Smith was Member of Parliamen ...

, Producer at game development company Uncommon Chocolate * Harold L. Humes (1926–1992), American writer and activist *

Charles Kuhn Charles Harris Kuhn (March 20, 1892 – 1989), nicknamed Doc Kuhn, was a cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip ''Grandma (comic strip), Grandma''. He usually signed his drawings and comic strips Chas. Kuhn. Born in Prairie ...

(1892–1989), American cartoonist *

Doc Neeson Bernard Patrick "Doc" Neeson OAM (4 January 1947 – 4 June 2014) was an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. He was the front man for the hard rock band The Angels from its formation in February 1976 through to 1999. The band then split ...

(1947–2014), Irish-born Australian rock singer *

Doc Pomus Jerome Solon Felder (June 27, 1925 – March 14, 1991), known professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall ...

(1925–1991), American blues singer and songwriter * David G. Robinson (theatre pioneer), 19th century theatrical pioneer in Northern California *

Doc Searls David "Doc" Searls (born July 29, 1947), is an American journalist, columnist, and a widely read blogger. He is the host of FLOSS Weekly, a free and open-source software (FLOSS) themed netcast from the TWiT Network, a co-author of ''The Cluetra ...

(born 1947), American journalist, author and blogger *

Doc Severinsen Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Early life Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) a ...

(born 1927), American trumpeter and bandleader *

Doc Shaw Larramie Cortez "Doc" Shaw (born April 24, 1992) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Malik Payne in ''Tyler Perry's House of Payne'', Marcus Little in ''The Suite Life on Deck'', and King Boomer in ''Pair of Kings''. Life an ...

(born 1992), American actor, singer and rapper *

Neil Simon Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He has received mo ...

(1927–2018), American playwright and screenwriter *

E. E. Smith Edward Elmer Smith (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965), publishing as E. E. Smith, Ph.D. and later as E. E. "Doc" Smith, was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and science-fiction author, best known for the '' ...

(1890–1965), American science fiction writer *

Danny Torrance Daniel Anthony Torrance, also known as Doc, Danny, Dan, and later Doctor Sleep, is a fictional character who first appears in the 1977 novel '' The Shining'' by Stephen King as a child with psychic powers called "the shining". His parents are fathe ...

, a fictional character in

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

's The Shining *

Doc Watson Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. Watson won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. W ...

(born 1923), American musician and songwriter

Military

* John Bahnsen (born 1934), retired US Army brigadier general * Donald E. Ballard (born 1945), American retired colonel and Medal of Honor recipient *

John Bradley (United States Navy) John Henry "Jack" "Doc" Bradley (July 10, 1923 – January 11, 1994) was a United States Navy Hospital corpsman who was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War I ...

(1923–1994), US Navy corpsman who participated in the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima *

Donald M. Carpenter Donald Marshall Carpenter (March 6, 1894 – April 4, 1940) was an early naval aviator in the United States Navy flying from the and . These were the first two aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy. He graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in the C ...

(1894–1940), early US Navy aviator *

Ivan Dougherty Major General Sir Ivan Noel Dougherty, (6 April 1907 – 4 March 1998) was an Australian Army officer during the Second World War and early Cold War period. Education and early life Ivan Noel Dougherty was born on 6 April 1907 in Leadville, ...

(1907–1998), Australian Army major general * Ralph Eaton (1898–1986), US Army brigadier general * Robert H. Foglesong (born 1945), retired US Air Force general * Robert R. Ingram (born 1945), retired US Navy sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor * Charles R. Jennison (1834–1888), American Civil War colonel and anti-slavery activist *

Rick Jolly Surgeon-Captain Richard Tadeusz Jolly OBE (29 October 1946 – 13 January 2018) was a Royal Navy medical officer who served in the 1982 Falklands War and was later decorated by both the British and Argentine governments for his distinguished co ...

(born 1946), former Royal Navy surgeon-captain nicknamed "The Doc" *

Wheeler Bryson Lipes In September 1942, Pharmacist's Mate Wheeler Lipes performed an emergency appendectomy aboard a United States Navy submarine. Although he did not have proper medical equipment or formal surgical training, the operation was a success. After the war, ...

(1920–2005), US Navy pharmacist's mate who performed the first major surgery aboard a submarine * Harold Anthony Oaks (1896–1968), Canadian World War I flying ace *

Lewis Powell (conspirator) Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865), also known as Lewis Payne and Lewis Paine, was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at th ...

(1844–1865), Confederate soldier hanged for his part in the Abraham Lincoln assassination plot *

Alfred V. Rascon Alfred Velazquez Rascon (born September 10, 1945) is a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel. In 2000, he was awarded the Medal of Honor—the United States' highest military decoration—for his actions as a medic near Long Khánh Provin ...

(born 1945), US Army retired lieutenant colonel and Medal of Honor recipient * William P. Sanders (1833–1863), Union Army officer during the American Civil War

Politicians and government officials

* A. A. Ames (1842–1911), American politician * David O. Cooke (1920–2002), American government administrator * Charles Edgar Edgett (1883–1947), Canadian police chief and anti-communist *

H. V. Evatt Herbert Vere Evatt, (30 April 1894 – 2 November 1965) was an Australian politician and judge. He served as a judge of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940, Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs from 1941 to 1949, and l ...

(1894–1965), Australian politician *

Doc Hastings Richard Norman Hastings (born February 7, 1941) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. representative for from 1995 until his retirement in 2015. The district includes much of central Washington inc ...

(1941-), American politician *

Robert Newell (politician) Robert "Doc" Newell (March 30, 1807 – November 24, 1869), was an American politician and fur trapper in the Oregon Country. He was a frontier doctor in what would become the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Ohio, he served in the Provisio ...

(1807–1869), American politician, fur trapper and frontier doctor *

Dennis O'Keefe (politician) Dennis "Doc" O'Keefe (born April 1944) is a Canadian politician who served as the 14th mayor of St. John's from 2008 to 2017 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Background O'Keefe was born and raised in St. John's, and completed his early educ ...

, former mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Other

Arthur Barker Arthur R. "Doc" Barker (June 4, 1899 – January 13, 1939) was an American criminal, the son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang, founded by his brother Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis. Barker was typically called on for violent ac ...

(1899–1939), American criminal, son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang * John W. A. "Doc" Buyers (1928–2006), American business executive * Ruben Cavazos (born 1957), American criminal, former International President of the Mongols Motorcycle Club *

Maurice Ewing William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer. Ewing has been described as a pioneering geophysicist who worked on the research of seismic reflection and refraction in ocean basi ...

(1906–1974), American geophysicist and oceanographer *

Michael Keiner Michael Keiner (born 8 February 1959 in Wetzlar, Germany) is a German poker player best known for winning a Seven-card stud WSOP The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, si ...