Doubleday is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Publishing family

Frank Nelson Doubleday Frank Nelson Doubleday (January 8, 1862 – January 30, 1934), known to friends and family as “ Effendi” (phonetic "F.N.D."), founded the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897, which later operated under other names. Starting work at the age ...

(1862–1934), American businessman, founder of Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 *

Nelson Doubleday Nelson Doubleday (June 16, 1889 – January 11, 1949) was a U.S. book publisher and president of Doubleday Company from 1922–1946. His father Frank Nelson Doubleday had founded the business. His son Nelson Doubleday Jr. followed hi ...

(1889–1949), American book publisher and president of Doubleday Company *

Nelson Doubleday Jr. Nelson Doubleday Jr. (July 20, 1933 – June 17, 2015) was the owner and the next-to-last president and CEO of Doubleday and Company before its sale to Bertelsmann A.G. in 1986. He was instrumental in the company's purchase of the New York Mets ...

(1933–2015), last president of Doubleday and Company *

Neltje Doubleday Kings Neltje, also known as Neltje Doubleday Kings (October 10, 1934April 30, 2021), was an American artist, businesswoman and philanthropist. In 2005 Neltje received the Wyoming Governor's Art Award for her artwork; she was an abstract painter. She ha ...

(born 1934), American artist and philanthropist, daughter of Nelson Doubleday * Russell Doubleday (1872–1949), American author, editor and publisher, brother of Frank Nelson Doubleday

New York family

Abner Doubleday Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a p ...

(1819–1893), American Civil War Union general and disputed inventor of baseball * Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting (1851–1924), American author and daughter of Ulysses F Doubleday * Stephen Ward Doubleday, (1845–1926), American banker and Civil War soldier, son of Thomas D. Doubleday * Thomas D. Doubleday (1792–1866), American bookstore owner and Civil War officer * Ulysses Doubleday (general) (1824–1893), American Civil War general * Ulysses F. Doubleday (1792–1866), American printer, congressman from New York, father of Thomas D. Doubleday, Abner Doubleday, Ulysses Doubleday, and Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting

Scientific family

Edward Doubleday Edward Doubleday (9 October 1810 – 14 December 1849) was an English entomologist primarily interested in Lepidoptera. He is best known for ''The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Comprising Their Generic Characters, a Notice of Their Habits and ...

(1811–1849), English entomologist *

Henry Doubleday (entomologist) Henry Doubleday (1 July 1808 – 29 June 1875) was an English entomologist and ornithologist. Henry Doubleday was the eldest son of Quaker and grocer Benjamin Doubleday and his wife Mary of Epping, Essex. He and his brother Edward Double ...

(1808–1875), English entomologist and ornithologist, brother of Edward Doubleday * Henry Doubleday (horticulturalist) (1810–1902), English scientist and horticulturalist, cousin of Henry and Edward Doubleday

Acting family

Frank Doubleday (actor) Frank Doubleday (January 28, 1945 – March 3, 2018) was an American actor whose most notable roles were as film villains. Doubleday was born in Norwich, Connecticut and moved to Los Angeles with his family as a child. Doubleday is known for fi ...

(1945–2018), American actor, father of Portia Doubleday and Kaitlin Doubleday *

Kaitlin Doubleday Kaitlin Janette Doubleday (born July 19, 1984) is an American actress. She played a number of supporting film roles in her early career, including in '' Waiting...'' (2005) and ''Accepted'' (2006). From 2015 to 2016, she starred as Rhonda Lyon in ...

(born 1984), American actress *

Portia Doubleday Portia Ann Doubleday is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Sheeni Saunders in the film '' Youth in Revolt'' (2009), Chris Hargensen in the film '' Carrie'' (2013), and as Angela Moss in the USA Network television drama ''Mr ...

(born 1988), American actress

Other people

Arthur Doubleday Arthur Doubleday (16 October 1865 – 23 January 1951) was a South African-born prelate who served in the Roman Catholic Church as the second Bishop of Brentwood from 1920 to 1951. Born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on 16 October 1865, he wa ...

, (1865–1951), Bishop of Brentwood in the Roman Catholic Church *

Edmund Doubleday Edmund Doubleday (died December 1620) was an English vintner, lawyer, office-holder and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614. He was jointly responsible for the capture of Guy Fawkes in the Gunpowder Plot. Doubleday was acting as a ...

(died 1620), English politician who helped capture Guy Fawkes * Geoff Doubleday (born 1940), Australian rules footballer *

Jack Doubleday Jack Lindsay Doubleday (28 May 1890 – 30 October 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League. Family The son of John Doubleday (1837-1907), and Elizabeth Josephine Doubl ...

(1890–1918), Australian footballer * John Doubleday (restorer) (about 1798 – 1856), British craftsman and restorer *

John Doubleday (sculptor) John Doubleday (born 9 October 1947) is a British sculptor and painter. His work includes statues of political leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Golda Meir as well as cultural icons such as The Beatles, Sherlock Holmes and Laurel and Hardy. ...

(born 1947), British painter and sculptor * John Gordon Doubleday (1920–1982), British diplomat * Ken Doubleday (born 1926), Australian Olympian athlete * Neltje Doubleday (disambiguation), several people * Ralph R. Doubleday (1881–1958), American rodeo photographer *

Thomas Doubleday Thomas Doubleday (February 179018 December 1870) was an English politician and author. He was a keen observer of political events. Life He was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne. In early life he adopted the views of William Cobbett, and was active in ...

(1790–1870), English politician and author {{Surname