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Doug Collins (basketball)
Doug Collins (born 1951, Christopher, Illinois) is a Hall of Fame basketball player, coach, and broadcaster: 1972 Olympic silver medalist, Illinois State's 2,240-point record scorer, 1973 No. 1 pick, four-time NBA All-Star with the 76ers, and coach of the Bulls, Pistons, Wizards, and 76ers.
Doug Collins (politician)
Doug Collins (born 1966) is an American Republican politician, lawyer, and Air Force Reserve chaplain; former Georgia and U.S. representative for Georgia's 9th District (2013-2021) and Trump impeachment defender, since February 5, 2025 the 12th U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Not Susan Collins, the Maine senator.
Doug Cutting
Doug Cutting (born 1961), American software engineer and Stanford graduate, founder of Apache Lucene, Nutch, Hadoop, and Avro; Hadoop creator at Yahoo!, later Cloudera chief architect and former ASF board chairman.
Doug Ducey
Doug Ducey (Douglas A. Ducey, born 1964, Toledo, Ohio) is an American Republican businessman and Arizona's 23rd governor, 2015-2023, former Cold Stone Creamery CEO, known for Prop 123 education funding, the 2.5% flat tax, and COVID emergency orders.
Doug E. Doug
Doug E. Doug (Douglas Bourne, born 1970, Brooklyn) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director known for Sanka Coffie in Cool Runnings (1993), Griffen Vesey on Cosby, and Where I Live.
Doug E. Fresh
Doug E. Fresh (Douglas E. Davis, born 1966, Barbados) is the Original Human Beatbox, hip-hop's pioneering beatboxer and "World's Greatest Entertainer," famous for the 1985 "The Show" and "La Di Da Di" with Slick Rick and the Get Fresh Crew.
Doug Emhoff
Doug Emhoff (born 1964, Brooklyn) is an American entertainment lawyer, first Second Gentleman of the United States (2021–2025) as Kamala Harris's husband, later a Willkie Farr & Gallagher partner and USC Gould professor.
Doug Fieger
Doug Fieger (Douglas Lars Fieger, 1952-2010) was the Detroit-born lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Knack, co-writer and singer of the 1979 six-week No. 1 hit "My Sharona" about Sharona Alperin, frontman of the six-million-selling Get the Knack, and not the coiner of power pop.
Doug Flutie
Doug Flutie (Douglas Richard Flutie), born 1962, is an American former football quarterback who won the 1984 Heisman Trophy at Boston College before becoming one of the greatest CFL players.
Doug Ford
Doug Ford, Progressive Conservative leader since March 2018 and Premier of Ontario since June 29, 2018, is MPP for Etobicoke North, a former Toronto councillor (2010–2014) and Deco Labels president, re-elected to a third majority in February 2025 on a tariff-resistance platform.
Doug Gilmour
Doug Gilmour, born 1963 in Kingston, Ontario, Canadian NHL centre nicknamed 'Killer'; 1,414 points in 1,474 games, 1989 Stanley Cup with Calgary, 127-point Leafs record season and 1993 Selke Trophy, Hall of Fame 2011.
Doug Gjertsen
Doug Gjertsen (Douglas Seneca Gjertsen, born 1967), American swimmer and coach; double 1988 Seoul Olympic freestyle relay gold medalist, 1992 bronze, Texas Longhorn NCAA champion, later SwimAtlanta head coach.
Doug Gottlieb
Doug Gottlieb (born 1976) is an American basketball analyst, sports radio host, and coach; former Notre Dame and Oklahoma State point guard, host of The Doug Gottlieb Show on ESPN, CBS, and Fox Sports Radio, and head coach of Wisconsin-Green Bay since 2024.
Doug Hansen (Everest)
Doug Hansen, American postal worker from Renton, Washington, died May 10, 1996 descending Everest after a late 4 pm summit with guide Rob Hall in the 1996 disaster; subject of Into Thin Air and the film Everest.
Doug Hegdahl
Doug Hegdahl (Douglas Brent Hegdahl III, born 1946), U.S. Navy seaman apprentice and Vietnam War POW at the Hanoi Hilton, called "The Incredibly Stupid One" for feigning illiteracy, memorized about 256 fellow prisoners' names to "Old MacDonald" and disclosed them after his August 5, 1969 release.
Doug Henning
Doug Henning (1947–2000), Canadian magician and illusionist, star of Broadway's The Magic Show and NBC's World of Magic specials; revived mass-interest in magic, later followed Transcendental Meditation and the Natural Law Party.
Doug Hopkins
Doug Hopkins (1961-1993), American guitarist and songwriter, co-founded Gin Blossoms in Tempe, Arizona, and wrote "Hey Jealousy" and "Found Out About You"; fired in 1992 during New Miserable Experience sessions, he died by suicide in December 1993.
Doug Howlett
Doug Howlett (Douglas Charles Howlett), born 1978, New Zealand All Blacks winger 2000-2007 whose 49 test tries stood as the All Blacks record until Will Jordan passed it; later Munster captain and commercial head.
Doug Hudson
Doug Hudson is a healthcare entrepreneur who co-founded the New York dental studio chain Tend in 2018, after founding HearingPlanet and serving as founding CEO of SmileDirectClub.
Doug Hutchison
Doug Hutchison (Douglas Anthony Hutchison, born 1960, Dover, Delaware) is an American character actor known for Eugene Victor Tooms on The X-Files and Percy Wetmore in The Green Mile, and for his 2011 marriage to 16-year-old Courtney Stodden.
Doug Jones (actor)
Doug Jones is an American character actor, contortionist, and mime artist, Hollywood's best-known creature performer: Abe Sapien in Hellboy, the Faun and Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth, the Amphibian Man in The Shape of Water, and Saru on Star Trek: Discovery. Not the Alabama politician.
Doug Jones (politician)
Doug Jones (born 1954) is an Alabama lawyer, former U.S. Senator (2018-2021), and 2026 Democratic nominee for governor, known for prosecuting the 1963 Birmingham church bombing cases and losing his 2020 Senate seat to Tommy Tuberville.
Doug King (businessman)
Doug King is a British commodities trader and investor, co-founder of RCMA Capital LLP and CEO of Yelo Enterprises, who has owned Coventry City Football Club since January 2023.
Doug Liman
Doug Liman (born 1965) is an American director and producer of Swingers, Go, The Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Edge of Tomorrow, Locked Down, Road House, and The Instigators, known for improvised, troubled productions and a planned Tom Cruise space film.
Doug Lussenhop
Doug Lussenhop, aka DJ Douggpound, is an American comedy editor, writer, and joke DJ from Darien, Illinois, known for shaping Tim and Eric's glitchy editing style, the B'owl sketch, Portlandia, The Eric Andre Show, and podcasts like The Poundcast.
Doug Marrone
Doug Marrone is an American football coach and former player, head coach of the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars and offensive line coach of the New England Patriots since 2025.
Doug Martin (running back)
Doug Martin, 'Muscle Hamster,' Boise State running back drafted 31st overall by Tampa Bay in 2012; two-time Pro Bowler, 2015 first-team All-Pro with 1,402 rushing yards; died at 36 in Oakland in 2025 after police restraint.
Doug Mastriano
Doug Mastriano (born 1964) is a Republican Pennsylvania state senator, retired Army colonel, and 2022 GOP gubernatorial nominee who lost to Josh Shapiro; known for 2020 election denial, the Alvin York research controversy, and 2026 nomination as ambassador to Slovakia.
Doug McClure
Doug McClure (Douglas Osborne McClure, 1935-1995), American actor famous as Trampas on NBC's The Virginian; later cult star of The Land That Time Forgot and namesake of The Simpsons' Troy McClure.
Doug McCrory
Doug McCrory is an American Democratic politician who has represented Connecticut's 2nd Senate District since 2017, after six terms in the state House, and chairs the Education Committee.