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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.

Doug McDermott

Doug McDermott (born 1992) is an American NBA forward, 11th pick of the 2014 draft (Denver, traded to Chicago) and Creighton's 3,150-point scorer, fifth in NCAA history; his No. 3 jersey was retired in 2023.

Doug McMillon

Doug McMillon, also known as Carl McMillon, is an American retail executive who served as Walmart's CEO from 2014 to 2026, after starting as an hourly warehouse worker in 1984.

Doug Mientkiewicz

Doug Mientkiewicz, American first baseman (born 1974, Toledo, Ohio), 12 MLB seasons 1998–2009; 2000 Olympic gold, 2001 AL Gold Glove, 2004 Red Sox World Series champion who caught the final out and fought the Red Sox over the ball.

Doug Moench

Doug Moench (born 1948, Chicago) is an American comic book writer, co-creator of Moon Knight, Deathlok, and Black Mask, and writer of two major Batman runs and Knightfall.

Doug Northway

Doug Northway (Douglas Dale Northway, born 1955) is an American swimmer who won 1,500 m freestyle bronze at Munich 1972 and swam on the US 4x200 m freestyle relay that set the 7:30.33 world record at Montreal 1976.

Doug Ollivant

Doug Ollivant is an American politician and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who is the Republican nominee for Virginia's 7th Congressional District in the 2026 election.

Doug Partie

Doug Partie (Robert Douglas Partie, born 1961), American volleyball middle blocker from Santa Barbara; UCLA four-time NCAA champion, 1988 Olympic gold and 1992 bronze medalist, later IT executive.

Doug Pederson

Doug Pederson, NFL head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles (2016-20, Super Bowl LII champion) and Jacksonville Jaguars (2022-24), former NFL quarterback and Chiefs offensive coordinator.

Doug Pitt

Doug Pitt, also known as Douglas Pitt, is an American businessman and philanthropist in Springfield, Missouri, known for founding the children's charity Care to Learn and serving as Tanzania's first Goodwill Ambassador.

Doug Ross

Doug Ross, also known as Douglas Ross, was a fictional pediatric fellow in the emergency room of County General on the TV series ER, played by George Clooney.

Doug Russell

Doug Russell (Douglas Albert Russell, born 1946), American swimmer from Midland, Texas; 1968 Olympic gold in 100 m butterfly (55.9 OR, upsetting Mark Spitz) and 4x100 medley relay; world records in backstroke, butterfly, medley relay; ISHOF 1985.

Doug Smith

Doug Smith is a climate scientist who leads decadal climate prediction at the Met Office Hadley Centre, known for his 2007 Science paper establishing global decadal forecasting.

Doug Smith (New York politician)

Doug Smith is an American politician and Republican member of the New York State Assembly from the 5th district in Suffolk County, first elected in 2018.

Doug Stanhope

Doug Stanhope (born 1967) is an American stand-up comedian from Worcester, Massachusetts, based in Bisbee, Arizona, known for confrontational libertarian, autobiographical comedy, festival wins, The Man Show, and over a dozen specials.

Doug Steinhardt

Doug Steinhardt is an American politician and attorney serving as a Republican member of the New Jersey Senate from the 23rd Legislative District, sworn in in December 2022.

Doug TenNapel

Doug TenNapel is an American animator, cartoonist, and game designer, creator of Earthworm Jim (1994), the claymation game The Neverhood (1996), Catscratch, and graphic novels such as Cardboard and Nnewts; he later crowdfunded Armikrog.

Doug Unplugs

Doug Unplugs is a DreamWorks Animation preschool series on Apple TV+ (2020-2022), based on Dan Yaccarino's 2013 picture book Doug Unplugged, about a six-year-old robot who explores the human world with his friend Emma.

Doug van Wie

Doug van Wie (born 1984) is an American former swimmer from Charlotte, North Carolina, an Auburn backstroker who won gold and a 3:08.44 world record on the US 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2008 short-course Worlds, later a healthcare strategy executive.

Doug Waterhouse

Doug Waterhouse (1916–2000) was an Australian entomologist who led CSIRO's Division of Entomology for 21 years and identified the active ingredients of the insect repellent Aerogard.

Doug Williams (quarterback)

Doug Williams (born 1955), Grambling State quarterback drafted 17th overall by Tampa Bay in 1978; first Black QB to start and win a Super Bowl (XXII MVP, 340 yards, 4 TDs), later Grambling coach and Washington executive.

Doug Williams (wrestler)

Doug Williams (Douglas Clayton Durdle, b. 1972, Reading) is an English retired technical wrestler, two-time TNA X Division Champion, British Invasion member, ROH Pure Champion, and Chaos Theory originator.

Doug's 1st Movie

Doug's 1st Movie is a 1999 animated comedy from Jumbo Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Maurice Joyce, based on Disney's Doug TV series, released March 26, 1999, grossing $19.4 million.

Dougga

Dougga, known in ancient sources as Thugga or Tugga, is an archaeological site in northern Tunisia, a Numidian and Punic hill-town later made a Roman municipium and colonia, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Douggie McMeekin

Douggie McMeekin is a British actor, LAMDA-trained with a Nottingham physics degree, known for Chernobyl (Yuvchenko), Harlots (Charles Quigley), The Decameron (Tindaro), and RSC stage roles including Lucio in Measure for Measure.

Dough

Dough: a kneadable flour-and-water paste used for bread, pasta, pastry, and biscuits. Distinguished by gluten development, leavening (yeast, steam, none), and fat content; kneading parameters govern bread quality.