Damian (also spelled

Damien Damien is a given name and less frequently a surname. The name is a variation of Damian which comes from the Greek ''Damianos''. This form originates from the Greek derived from the Greek word δαμάζω (damazō), "(I) conquer, master, overco ...

, Daymian, Daman, Damon, Daemon, Damion, Daymein, Damyean, Damiano, Demian, دامیان, Damião amongst others) is a

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that comes from Damianus, which is the latinisation of the

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name Δαμιανός (Damianos), derived from the Greek word δαμάζω (''damazō''), "(I) conquer, master, overcome, tame", in the form of δαμάω/-ῶ (''damaō''), a form assumed as the first person of δαμᾷ (''damāi'').δαμᾷ
Greek Word Study Tool, on Perseus Digital Library.

Historical figures

Notable persons with the name include: *

Deruvian Deruvian (), also known by several other names including Damian, was a possibly legendary 2nd-century bishop and saint, said to have been sent by the pope to answer King Lucius's request for baptism and conversion to Christianity. Together ...

, sometimes called Damian, legendary 2nd-century bishop and saint * Damian of Ephesus, Greek rhetorician * Damian of

Thessalonica Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area) and the capital city, capital of the geographic reg ...

, Greek physician *

Saints Cosmas and Damian Cosmas and Damian ( – or AD) were two Arabs, Arab physicians and early Christian martyrs. They practised their profession in the seaport of Yumurtalık, Aegeae, then in the Roman province of Cilicia (Roman province), Cilicia. Cosmas and ...

(died c. 303), early Christian martyrs, patrons of physicians and surgeons *

Damian Damian () may refer to: *Damian (given name) *Damian (surname) *Damian Subdistrict, in Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China See also *Damiani, an Italian surname *Damiano (disambiguation) *Damien (disambiguation) *Damon (disambiguation) *Da ...

, two conflated early Christian martyrs * Coptic

Pope Damian of Alexandria Damian of Alexandria (Greek: Δαμιανός; died 605) was the Coptic pope and patriarch of Alexandria from 576. Originally from Syria, where his brother was a prefect in Edessa, he became a monk in his early years and spent sixteen years in ...

(died 605) * Damianus (died 669), a bishop of Rochester, named after one of the above martyrs *

Damian of Pavia Damian of Pavia (also ''Damianus Ticinensis, Damianus Mediolanensis, Damianus Biscossia'') was Bishop of Pavia (Ticinum) from 680, succeeding bishop Anastasius. He mediated relations between the Lombards and the Byzantine emperors. Damian wrote ...

(d. 710), Bishop of Pavia and saint *

Damian of Tarsus Damian of Tarsus (Greek: Δαμιανός ό Ταρσεύς, ; died 924), surnamed Ghulam Yazman (" slave/page of Yazman"), was a Byzantine Greek convert to Islam, governor of Tarsus in 896–897 and one of the main leaders of naval raids against t ...

(d. 924), Byzantine renegade and Muslim admiral *

Pedro Damiano Pedro Damiano (; ''Damiano'' is the Italian form, much like the Latin ''Damianus''; 1480–1544) was a Portuguese chess player. A native of Odemira, he was a pharmacist by profession. He wrote ''Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et d ...

(1480–1544), Portuguese chess player * Damian I of Jerusalem (1848–1931), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1897 to 1931 * Saint Damien of Moloka’i (1840–1889), Roman Catholic missionary to the leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, revered for his ministry that resulted in his own death from leprosy *

Damjan Štrbac Damjan Štrbac ( sr-Cyrl, Дамјан Штрбац, 19 February 1912 – 17 July 1941) was a Serbian Orthodox parish priest who was martyred by the Ustaše. He was canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church as Saint Damian of Bosansko Grahovo, Grah ...

(1912–1941), Serbian priest, hieromartyr, and saint, venerated as Saint Damian of Grahovo

Contemporary people

Arts

, full name Damian Gerard Baker (1964 - 2017), English pop musician and actor, known by his mononym Damian *

Damian Chapa Damian Robert Chapa (born October 29, 1963) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer. Biography Chapa's ancestry is Mexican, Italian, German and Native American. He lives in San Antonio, Texas. Chapa played the part of e ...

(born 1962), American actor director star of Blood In Blood Out *

Damien Echols Damien Wayne Echols (born Michael Wayne Hutchison; December 11, 1974) is an American author who first became known as one of three teenagers, the West Memphis Three, convicted of a triple murder in 1994 despite the lack of physical evidence conne ...

(born 1974), American author, one of three members of The West Memphis Three *

Damian Hardung Damian Hardung (/ˈdeɪ.mi.ən ˈhɑːr.dʊŋ/; born September 7, 1998) is a German actor known for his starring roles as Daniel Riffert in the German Netflix series '' How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)'' and James Beaufort in the Amazon Prime Vide ...

(born 1998), German actor *

Damian Higgins Damian Higgins (born 1972) better known by his stage name Dieselboy, is an American drum and bass DJ and music producer. Early life Dieselboy was born Damian Higgins in Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1972. At the age of six he moved to Colorado ...

(born 1972), real name of American DJ DieselBoy *

Damian Lewis Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is a British actor, musician and producer. He rose to prominence portraying U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries ''Band of Brothers (miniseries), Band of Brothers''. Lewis won a Prime ...

(born 1971), English actor *

Damian Marley Damian Robert Nesta “Jr. Gong” Marley (born 21 July 1978) is a Jamaican reggae musician. The second youngest child of Bob Marley, he is the recipient of four Grammy Awards. Early life, education and family Marley is the youngest son of leg ...

(born 1978), Grammy-winning reggae artist and son of Bob Marley *

Damian McGinty Damian Joseph McGinty (born 9 September 1992) is an Irish singer and actor. McGinty has been performing for over a decade, and was a member of the group Celtic Thunder for thirteen years, starting when he was fourteen. On 21 August 2011, McGint ...

(born 1992), Irish singer and actor *

Damian O'Hare Damian O'Hare (born 13 August 1977) is an Irish actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Gillette in ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' and ''Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides''. Career O'Hare start ...

(born 1977), Northern-Irish actor * Damian Smith (born 1972 or 1973), Australian ballet dancer *

Damian Wilson Damian Wilson (born 11 October 1969) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Wilson works in the progressive metal genre and was the lead singer of Headspace (band), Headspace and Threshold (band), Threshold. He sang and toured with ban ...

(born 1969), English musician, songwriter and vocalist *

Damian Woetzel Damian Woetzel (born May 17, 1967) is an American choreographer. Woetzel was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he performed from 1985 until 2008. He also frequently performed with companies like the Kirov Ballet and Amer ...

(born 1967), New York City Ballet principal dancer, retired 2008

Sports

Damián Escudero Damián Ariel Escudero (born 20 April 1987) is a former Argentine professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A well-travelled professional, Escudero played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain, Mexico and Brazil after starting out ...

(born 1987), Argentine professional footballer *

Damián Furmanski Damián Furmanski (born 5 October 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography Furmanski began competing on tour in the early 1990s. He represented Argentina at the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel. As a professional pla ...

(born 1975), Argentinean tennis player *

Damian Lillard Damian Lamonte Ollie Lillard Sr. (born July 15, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Dame Time", he played college basketball for the Weber State Wi ...

(born 1990), basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks *

Damian Mackle Damian Mackle (born 20 February 1985) is a Northern Irish professional wrestler currently performing on the independent circuit under the ring name Big Damo (shortened from his initial ring name Damian O'Connor). He is best known for his time in ...

(born 1985), Northern-Irish professional wrestler, known professionally as Killian Dain *

Damian Martin Damian Patrick Martin (born 5 September 1984) is an Australian former professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball in the United States for the Loyola Marymount Lions before playing 13 years in the National Basket ...

(born 1984), Australian basketball player *

Damian Matthew Damian Matthew (born 23 September 1970) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and television pundit, who was last a first-team coach at Rangers. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1989 until 1999, notably in the Premi ...

(born 1970), English football manager *

Damian Militaru Damian Militaru (born 19 December 1967) is a Romanian professional Association football, football coach and a former player. He is the technical director of CSM Jiul Petroșani, Jiul Petroșani. Honours Steaua București *Liga I, Divizia A (4): ...

(born 1967), Romanian footballer *

Damian Sexton Damian Sexton (born 3 December 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990. He was recruited from the Yarrawonga Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League (OMF ...

(born 1968), Australian footballer * Damian Swann (born 1992), American football player * Damian Chong Qui (born 1998), American basketball player

Politics

* Damian Bartyla, Polish lawyer and local politician *

Damian Collins Damian Noel Thomas Collins (born 4 February 1974) is a British politician who served as a junior Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport between July and October 2022. A member of the ...

(born 1974), British politician *

Damian Green Damian Howard Green (born 17 January 1956) is a British politician who served as First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office from June to December 2017 in the second May government. A member of the Conservative Party, he s ...

(born 1956), British politician *

Damian Lyder Damian Lyder is a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the United National Congress. Political career He was appointed to the Senate as an opposition senator after the 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election. Lyder attempted to be screened for s ...

, Trinidad and Tobago politician * Damian McBride (born 1974), former special adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown *

Damian Stoilov Damian Stoilov is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2024 general election, representing Bedford South as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia The Progressive C ...

, Canadian politician

Others

Damian Conway Damian Conway (born 5 October 1964 in Melbourne, Australia) is a computer scientist, a member of the Perl and Raku communities, a public speaker, and the author of several books. Until 2010, he was also an adjunct associate professor in the Fa ...

(born 1964), Australian computer science professor, author and prominent perl programmer *

Damian Milton Damian Elgin Maclean Milton (born August 1973) is a British sociologist and social psychologist who specialises in autism research and is an autism rights advocate. He is a lecturer at the University of Kent as well as a consultant for the Un ...

(born 1973), British sociologist and social psychologist *

Damian Zimoń Damian Zimoń (born 25 October 1934) is metropolitan archbishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice. He was born in Niedobczyce, now a district of Rybnik Rybnik (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a city in southern Poland, in ...

(1940–2012), Polish Roman Catholic prelate

Fiction

* Damian Cray, character from the novel ''Eagle Strike'' by Anthony Horowitz * Damian Desmond, a character from anime/manga series ''

Spy × Family ''Spy × Family'' (stylized as ''SPY×FAMILY'' and pronounced "spy family") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo. The story follows Loid Forger, an enigmatic spy who has to "build a family" to execute a missio ...

'' * Damian Hart, a character from ''Beyblade: Metal Fight'' *

Damian Hayes '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is the fourth entry of the ''Degrassi'' television franchise created by Schuyler and Kit Ho ...

, a character in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' *

Damian Wayne Damian Thomas Wayne is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman. He was created by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert. Damian Wayne is the biological son of Bruce Wayne/Batman. His mo ...

, a DC comics character, the son of Bruce Wayne (Batman) and Talia Al Ghul

References

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