Douglas
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Sir James the Black Douglas, 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
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James, 2nd Earl of, 1358?–88, Scottish military leader.
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Kirk Issur Danielovitch Demsky, 1916–2020, U.S. actor.
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Lloyd C(assel) 1877–1951, U.S. novelist and clergyman.
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Michael, born 1944, U.S. actor and producer (son of Kirk Douglas).
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Stephen A(rnold), 1813–61, U.S. political leader and statesman.
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William O(rville) 1898–1980, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1939–75.
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a city on and the capital of the Isle of Man: a resort town.
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a city in southeastern Arizona.
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a town in central Georgia.
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a male given name: from a Scottish word meaning “black water.”
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C ( lifford ) H ( ugh ). 1879–1952, British economist, who originated the theory of social credit
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Gavin. ?1474–1522, Scottish poet, the first British translator of the Aeneid
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Keith ( Castellain ). 1920–44, British poet, noted for his poems of World War II: killed in action
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Michael K ( irk ). born 1944, US film actor; his films include Romancing the Stone (1984), Wall Street (1987), Basic Instinct (1992), and Wonder Boys (2000)
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( George ) Norman. 1868–1952, British writer, esp of books on southern Italy such as South Wind (1917)
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Tommy , full name Thomas Clement Douglas (1904–86). Canadian statesman: premier of Saskatchewan 1944–61
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The objects, which sold for a total of £59,761, vary from a Victorian travelling shaving brush by pioneering silversmith Frances Douglas to an Imperial Russian tankard and an Edwardian jewellery box.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026
The vacancy rate was roughly 7.6% as of May, according to Aaron Kirk Douglas, director of market intelligence at the Portland-based brokerage HFO Investment Real Estate.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026
One SpaceX buyer has been eyeing a $32-million pocket listing of his in tony Brentwood for months while waiting for the IPO, according to real estate broker Cory Weiss of Douglas Elliman.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
Directed by Cynthia Lawrence, Douglas Moore’s stagework recounts the true story of the scandalous 19th-century romance between Elizabeth “Baby Doe” McCourt and rising Denver political star and mine owner Horace Tabor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026
“Ah, Vermont,” he said, breathing deep and slapping his chest, like Oliver Douglas in the opening sequence of “Green Acres.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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