Nobility
- Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll (1574-1607)
- Archibald I, Lord of Douglas (d.c.1238), Scottish nobleman
- Sir Archibald Douglas (d.1333) (k. 1333), Guardian of Scotland, leader of Scots army at Halidon Hill
- Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar (1653-1712)
- Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar (1692-1715
- Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas (Archibald the Grim, c.1328–1400), Scottish nobleman
- Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas (1372–1424), Scottish nobleman and warlord, Duke of Touraine
- Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas (1390–1439), Scottish nobleman, de jure Duke of Touraine
- Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (1453–1514), warden of the east marches
- Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (1490–1557)
- Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus and 5th Earl of Morton (1556–1588)
- Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry (1818–1858)
- Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk (1663–1739), younger brother of 4th Duke of Hamilton
- Charles Douglas, 5th Lord Mordington (died after 1746)
- Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry (1777–1837), great-great-great-great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Queensberry
- Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry and 2nd Duke of Dover (1698–1778)
- David Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus (c.1515–1558), grandson of George, Master of Douglas
- David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry (1929–)
- Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk (1722–1799), grandnephew of 3rd Earl of Selkirk
- Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk (1809–1885)
- Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry (1896–1954), son of the 10th Marquess of Queensberry
- George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (1378–1402)
- George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus (1429–1462)
- George Douglas, Master of Angus (1469–1513)
- George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton (1662–1738), younger brother of the 12th Earl of Morton
- George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827)
- George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789–1858), grandson of the 14th Earl of Morton
- Guillelmo de Duglas, son of the mythical Sholto Douglas, progenitor of the House. Served Charlemagne in Italy in the late 8th century
- Hugh the Dull, Lord of Douglas (1294–1342/1346)
- James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas (1358–1388), influential lord in the Kingdom of Scotland
- James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas (1371–1443)
- James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas (1426–1488)
- James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton (d.1493)
- James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus (1426)–1446
- James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (d.1548)
- James Douglas, 5th Baron Drumlanrig (d.1498), son of the 4th Baron Drumlanrig
- James Douglas, 7th Baron Drumlanrig (d.1578), son of the 6th Baron Drumlanrig
- James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c.1525–1581), younger brother of 7th Earl of Angus; the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI
- James Douglas, 8th Baron Drumlanrig (died 1615), grandson of the 7th Baron Drumlanrig
- James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry (died 1671), son of the 1st Earl of Queensberry
- James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (1646–1699)
- James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry (1697–1715), lunatic and cannibal
- James Douglas, Earl of Angus (1671–1692), Scottish nobleman and soldier, son of the previous
- James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry and 1st Duke of Dover (1662–1711)
- James Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton (died 1686), younger brother of the 8th Earl of Morton
- James Douglas, 11th Earl of Morton (died 1715), son of the 10th Earl of Morton
- James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (c.1703–1768)
- John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton (died 1513)
- John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry (1779–1856), younger brother of the 6th Marquess of Queensberry
- John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1844–1900), Scottish nobleman
- John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton (born 1927), grandson of the 19th Earl of Morton
- John Douglas, Lord Aberdour (born 1952), son and heir of the 21st Earl of Morton
- John Douglas, Master of Aberdour (born 1986), son and heir of the Lord Aberdour
- Margaret, Duchess of Douglas
- Margaret Douglas (1515–1578), the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor
- Percy Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry (1868–1920), son of the 9th Marquess of Queensberry
- Robert Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton (died 1649), son of the 7th Earl of Morton
- Robert Douglas, 12th Earl of Morton (died 1730), younger brother of the 11th Earl of Morton
- Robert Douglas, Viscount Belhaven(executed 1584), Gentlemen of the Bedchamber
- Sholto Douglas (d.unknown), mythical progenitor of the House of Douglas
- Sholto Douglas, 18th Earl of Morton (1818–1884), son of the 17th Earl of Morton
- Sholto Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton (1844–1935), son of the 18th Earl of Morton
- Sholto Douglas, 20th Earl of Morton (1907–1976), grandson of the 19th Earl of Morton
- Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton (1732–1774)
- Sholto Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig (1967–), son and heir of the 12th Marquess of Queensberry
- Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (1771–1820), Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada
- William I, Lord of Douglas (died c.1214)
- William Longleg, Lord of Douglas (c.1220–c.1274), Scoto-Norman nobleman
- William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas (c.1240–1299), Governor of Berwick Castle, Scottish warrior and freedom-fighter
- William IV, Lord of Douglas (d.1333)
- William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale (c.1300–k.1353)
- William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (died 1384)
- William Douglas, 1st Baron Drumlanrig (died 1427), illegitimate son of the 2nd Earl of Douglas
- William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus (c.1398–1437)
- William Douglas, 2nd Baron Drumlanrig (died 1458), son of the 1st Baron Drumlanrig
- William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas (c.1424–1440)
- William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (1425–1452)
- William Douglas, 3rd Baron Drumlanrig (died 1464), son of the 2nd Baron Drumlanrig
- William Douglas, 4th Baron Drumlanrig (died 1484), son of the 3rd Baron Drumlanrig
- William Douglas, 6th Baron Drumlanrig (died 1513), son of the 5th Baron Drumlanrig
- William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus (died 1571)
- William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton (1540–1606)
- William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus (1553–1611)
- William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry (died 1640), son of the 8th Baron Drumlanrig
- William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton (1582–1648)
- William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas (1590–1660), son of the 10th Earl of Angus
- William Douglas, 9th Earl of Morton (died 1681), son of the 8th Earl of Morton
- William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry (1637–1695), Scottish politician
- William Douglas, 1st Earl of March (died 1705), son of 1st Duke of Queensberry
- William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March (c.1696–1730/31), son of the 1st Earl of March
- William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry (1724–1810), son of 2nd Earl of March
- William Douglas of Glenbervie (c.1473–1513)
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