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 a hypocorism (affectionate variation of a personal name) which takes the place of a given name, usually Douglas. Notable people with the name include:
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- Doug Cameron (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug Carpenter (born 1942), former National Hockey League head coach
- Doug Chapman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug Christie (basketball) (born 1970), American basketball player
- Doug Christie (lawyer) (1946–2013), Canadian lawyer and activist
- Doug Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug Collins (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug Cooper (racing driver) (1938–1987), American NASCAR driver
- Doug Costin (born 1997), American football player
- Doug Cowie (footballer) (1926–2021), Scottish footballer
- Doug Cowie (umpire) (born 1946), New Zealand cricket umpire
- Doug Cox (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug Cunningham (politician) (born 1954), former Nebraska State Senator
- Doug Cunningham (American football) (1945–2015), American former National Football League running back
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- Doug Ferguson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug Fieger (1952–2010), American singer-songwriter and musician, member of the rock band The Knack
- Doug Fisher (actor) (1941–2000), British actor
- Doug Fisher (politician) (1919–2009), Canadian politician and columnist
- Doug Flutie (born 1962), American football player
- Doug Ford (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug Fraser (Australian footballer) (1886–1919), Australian rules footballer
- Doug Fraser (Scottish footballer) (born 1941), Scottish football player and manager
- Doug Frost (swimming coach) (born 1943), Australian swimming coach
- Doug Frost (wine), American Master of Wine, Master Sommelier and author
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- Doug Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug Harrison (born 1949), Canadian politician
- Doug Harvey (ice hockey) (1924–1989), Canadian National Hockey League player, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
- Doug Harvey (umpire) (1930–2018), member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Doug Henry (baseball) (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Doug Henry (motocross) (born 1969), American former motocross racer, three-time AMA national champion
- Doug Hoyle, Baron Hoyle (born 1930), British politician
- Doug Hutchison (born 1960), American character actor
- Doug Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
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- Doug MacLeod (musician) (born 1946), American blues musician, guitarist, and songwriter
- Doug MacLeod (TV writer) (1959–2021), Australian screenwriter and author
- Doug Martin (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug McAdam (born 1951), sociology professor
- Doug McDermott (born 1992), American National Basketball Association player
- Doug McEnulty (1922–1991), American National Football League player
- Doug McIntosh (1945–2021), American basketball player
- Doug McLean, Sr. (1880–1947), Australian rugby union and rugby league player
- Doug Mitchell (Canadian football) (born 1942), retired Canadian Football League offensive lineman
- Doug Mitchell (film producer) (born 1952)
- Doug McLean, Jr. (1912–1961), Australian rugby union and rugby league player, son of Doug McLean, Sr.
- Doug Mooers (born 1947), American football player
- Doug Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people
- Doug Mowat (1929–1992), Canadian politician
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- Doug Taitt (1902–1970), American Major League Baseball player and minor league player/manager
- Doug Billings, one of the main characters in The Hangover Trilogy
- Doug, a baby in the comic strip Dog Eat Doug
- Doug, a character in the 2012 video game The Walking Dead
- Doug Borski, one of the main characters on the Canadian teen-adult animated series Sons of Butcher
- Doug Carter, on the British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome, from the TV show Fairly Odd Parents
- Doug, a koala man from the adult animated sitcom Ugly Americans
- Doug Funnie, the main character on the animated series Doug
- Doug Heffernan, the main character on the American sitcom The King of Queens
- Doug McKenzie, on the Canadian television show SCTV
- Douglas Potts, on the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Doug Whitty, a baby in the American animated sitcom television series Family Guy
- Doug Williams (Days of Our Lives), on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Doug Willis, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Doug Witter, in the television series Dawson's Creek
- Doug the Pug (born 2012), internet and social media personality