Doria family (also spelt D'Oria) was a leading family in Genoa's political, military, and economic life from the 12th century onward.

The Dorias first appeared in Genoese records early in the 12th century. In 1270 Oberto Doria (died 1295) and Oberto Spinola, a member of another great Genoese family, inaugurated a series of governments headed by their families, with dictatorial powers as captains of the people. Ruling for 15 years during what has been termed the golden age of the Genoese medieval commune, Oberto Doria was a hero of the decisive Battle of Meloria (1284) against Pisa, in which 250 members of the Doria family participated.

In the 16th century, the emergence of the family's greatest member, Andrea Doria (1466-1560), opened a new period in the history of Genoa and the Dorias, bringing them again to the political fore. Giovanni Andrea (1539–1606), Andrea's grandnephew, was his lieutenant and heir, serving as Genoese admiral against the Turks in the War of Cyprus (1570–71). He took part victoriously in the Battle of Lepanto (1571), which ended the threat of Turkish supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Dorias continued to furnish military men, principally to Spain, while becoming the richest family in Genoa. In the "aristocratic republic" (1528–1797) inaugurated by Andrea Doria, the family contributed six doges and many ambassadors and prelates.

Filippo or Filippino Doria (c. 1475-c. 1553) was a Genoese admiral from a cadet branch of the Doria family, a nephew of Andrea Doria. He served under Andrea, who put him in command of the war against the Barbary pirates. In 1519 he won attention for his significant contribution to the victory at the Battle of Pianosa.

Filippo participated in many naval battles; in 1529, Andrea made him captain-general, and the doge appointed him 'gonfalone' of the Republic of Venice. He predeceased Andrea sometime between 1548 and 1558.

Filippo Doria commissioned from Guglielmo della Porta and Niccolò da Corte the baldachin above the altar in the Chapel of San Giovanni Battista in Genoa Cathedral in c. 1532.