Douglas Seymour Whiteford[1] (1914 – 15 January 1979) was an Australian racing driver.

[2] He was best known as a competitor in the Australian Grand Prix which he won three times in four years.

He raced a Talbot-Lago T26 Formula One car which he used to win his second and third Grands Prix.

His third win was at the first Albert Park street circuit which today hosts the modern Australian Grand Prix.

Whiteford first contested the Australian Grand Prix in 1948[3] and continued to compete in the race regularly up to 1961 with a final appearance in the 1964 event.