Douglass is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abel Douglass (before 1849 – c. 1907), American whaler *

A. E. Douglass A. E. (Andrew Ellicott) Douglass (July 5, 1867 in Windsor, Vermont – March 20, 1962 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American astronomer. He discovered a correlation between tree rings and the sunspot cycle, and founded the discipline of dendrochron ...

(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 Richard Brooks Douglass (September 28, 1963 – May 9, 2020) was an American film producer and actor, lawyer, businessman, and former state senator in Oklahoma. He died from cancer on May 9, 2020, at age 56. Early life Douglass was born in Norma ...

(1963-2020), American lawyer, politician, and actor *

Charles Douglass Charles Rolland Douglass (January 2, 1910 – April 8, 2003) was a Mexican-born American sound engineer, credited as the inventor of the laugh track. Early years Douglass was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1910 to an American family. His fathe ...

(1910–2003), American sound engineer, credited as the inventor of the laugh track *

Charles Remond Douglass Charles Remond Douglass (October 21, 1844 – November 23, 1920) was the third and youngest son of Frederick Douglass and his first wife Anna Murray Douglass. He was the first African-American man to enlist in the military in New York during the ...

(1844–1920), African-American clerk and soldier *

Dale Douglass Dale Dwight Douglass (March 5, 1936 – July 6, 2022) was an American professional golfer who won tournaments at both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour level. Douglass was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He grew up in Fort Morgan, Colorado, wher ...

(1936–2022), American professional golfer * David Douglass (physicist), American physicist * David Douglass (1720-1786), British-American stage actor and theatre manager *

David John Douglass David John Douglass, sometimes known as Dave or "''Danny the Red''", is a political activist in Tyneside and Yorkshire. He is a member of the IWW, the NUM and Class War, and was formerly in the Revolutionary Workers' Party (Trotskyist) and the ...

, British trade unionist, political activist and writer *

Dorothea Lambert Chambers Dorothea Lambert Chambers (née Dorothea Katherine Douglass, 3 September 1878 – 7 January 1960) was a British tennis player. She won seven The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon women's singles titles and a gold medal at the Tennis at the 190 ...

(née Douglass, 1878–1960), English tennis player * Frank Douglass (1875–1972), South African rugby union player *

Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 1817 or 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became ...

(1818–1895), American abolitionist and writer *

Gregory Douglass Gregory Douglass (born December 19, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter. Douglass plays lead guitar and piano. Background Douglass was born and raised in rural Vermont, performing in musical theater and winning local talent shows in his ear ...

(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 Herbert Edgar Douglass Jr. (May 16, 1927 – December 15, 2014) was a Seventh-day Adventist theologian. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, US, the oldest of five children (all sons) to Herbert Edgar Douglass Sr (1904–1983) and Mil ...

(1927–2014), American Seventh-day Adventist theologian *

Jack Douglass John Patrick "Jack" Douglass (born June 30, 1988), better known as jacksfilms, is an American YouTuber. Douglass began his online career in 2006. His YouTube channel initially consisted of infomercial parodies, sketches, and comedic music vide ...

, American internet personality, musician and comedian on YouTube *

James Nicholas Douglass Sir James Nicholas Douglass, (16 October 1826 – 19 June 1898) was an English civil engineer, a prolific lighthouse builder and designer, most famous for the design and construction of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse, for which he was kn ...

(1826–1898), English civil engineer, lighthouse builder and designer * James W. Douglass, American author, activist, and Christian theologian *

Jimmy Douglass Jimmy Douglass, also known as "The Senator", is an American recording engineer and record producer. His career has spanned more than four decades. Career In the early 1970s at Atlantic Records studios in New York City, he started his studio ...

, American recording engineer and record producer *

Joe Douglass Joe Douglass (born January 21, 1974) is a former American football wide receiver/linebacker. He most recently played for the Las Vegas Gladiators in the Arena Football League. High school career At South Salem High School South Salem High Sch ...

(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 Thomas Douglass John Thomas Douglass (1847–1886) was an American composer, virtuoso violinist, conductor and teacher. He is best known for composing '' Virginia's Ball'' (1868), which is generally regarded as the first opera written by a Black American comp ...

(1847–1886), American violinist, composer of ''Virginia's Ball'' * John W. Douglass (born 1941), United States Air Force officer *

John Watkinson Douglass John Watkinson Douglass (1827–1909), was an American politician who served as the 6th president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia from 1889 to 1893 and as the 7th Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1871 to 1875. Prior ...

(1827–1909), American politician *

Joseph Douglass Joseph Henry Douglass (July 3, 1871 – December 7, 1935) was a groundbreaking African-American concert violinist, the son of Charles Remond Douglass and Mary Elizabeth Murphy, and grandson of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Early life and infl ...

(1871–1935), African-American concert violinist * Kingman Douglass (1896–1971), American investment banker, member of the United States intelligence community *

Klondike Douglass William Bingham "Klondike" Douglass (May 10, 1872 – December 13, 1953) was an American Major League Baseball player who split his time between first base, and at catcher for the St. Louis Browns and the Philadelphia Phillies from 1896 to 1 ...

(1872–1953), American Major League Baseball player born in Boston *

Lavantia Densmore Douglass Lavantia Densmore Douglass (March 1, 1827 – May 27, 1899) was an American social reformer associated with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Failing eye-sight caused by cataracts was only partially restored after surgery, and affect ...

(1827–1899), American social reformer *

Leon Douglass Leon Forrest Douglass (March 12, 1869 – September 7, 1940) was an American inventor and co-founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company who registered approximately fifty patents, mostly for film and sound recording techniques. Life and profes ...

(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 Mabel Smith Douglass (February 11, 1874 – September 21, 1933) was the first dean, in 1918, of the New Jersey College for Women in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 1955, the college was renamed Douglass College in her honor. Life Douglass was appoint ...

(1874–1933), American educator * Maurice Douglass, American football player * Mike Douglass (American football), American football player *

Mike Douglass (urban planner) Mike Douglass is an American urban planner scholar and social scientist known for his exploration of rural- urban linkages, migration and international economic competition, focusing on globalization and the rise of civil society in Asia. He is ...

, 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 Sara Warneke (2 June 1957 – 27 September 2011), better known by her pen name Sara Douglass, was an Australian fantasy writer who lived in Hobart, Tasmania. She was a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel. Biography A ...

(1957–2011), Australian author *

Sarah Hallam Douglass Sarah Hallam Douglass (d. Philadelphia, 1773) was an English-born American stage actress and theatre director. She was married to Lewis Hallam, with whom she travelled to America to perform in his company in 1752. This was the first permanent the ...

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

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