Business
- Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. (1892–1981), Scottish businessman, founder of Douglas Aircraft
- Gustaf Douglas (born 1938), Swedish businessman, vice chairman and largest single shareholder in security firm Securitas AB
- James Douglas (businessman) (1867–1949), Canadian mining engineer and businessman
- James Douglas, Jr. (born 1967), businessman and mining executive in Canada, USA and Mexico.
- Walter Donald Douglas (1861–1912), businessman and Titanic casualty
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