Damien is a given name and less frequently a surname. The name is a variation of

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 ...

which comes from the Greek ''Damianos''. This form originates from the Greek 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)

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Damien Abad Damien Abad (; born 5 April 1980) is a French politician who briefly served as Minister of Solidarity in the Borne government, government of Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022. Abad previously served as Member of ...

(born 1980), French politician * Damien Adam (born 1989), French politician * Damien Adkins (born 1981), Australian rules footballer * Damien Alamos (born 1990), French Muay Thai kickboxer * Damien Allen (born 1986), English footballer * Damien Anderson (born 1979), American football player * Damien Angove (born 1970), Australian rules footballer * Damien Arsenault, Canadian politician *

Damien Atkins Damien Atkins is a Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively ...

(born 1975), Canadian actor and playwright

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* Damien Balisson (born 1996), Mauritian footballer * Damien Berry (born 1989), American football player * Damien Birkinhead (born 1993), Australian shot putter * Damien Blair (born 1972/1973), American basketball coach * Damien Blanch (born 1983), Irish rugby union footballer *

Damien Bodie Damien Bodie (born 2 January 1985) is an Australian television actor from Melbourne. Bodie began his career securing roles in children's television roles such as Ram Foley in '' Crash Zone''. He later secured the regular role of Dylan Timmins in ...

(born 1985), Australian actor * Damien Boisseau, French voice actor *

Damien Bona Damien Conrad Bona (March 18, 1955 – January 29, 2012) was an American film historian, writer, film critic and journalist. Bona co-authored the 1986 reference book, "Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards," a definitive histor ...

(1955–2012), American film critic *

Damien Bonnard Damien Bonnard (born 22 July 1978) is a French actor. Filmography References External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnard, Damien 1978 births Living people French male film actors 21st-century French male actors People from Alès Male ...

(born 1978), French actor *

Damien Borel Damien Borel (born June 1, 1993) is a former American football defensive lineman. He attended (and played football at) Woodland High School and Butte College. In 2012, while at Butte, he tallied 69 tackles and 19 sacks. Borel's 19 sacks led all ...

(born 1993), American football player *

Damien Boudjemaa Damien Boudjemaa (born 7 June 1985) is a French footballer of Algerian descent who plays as a midfielder and for Montreuil FC. Club career In the summer of 2012, there were rumors that Rapid București would be interested to sign the player fo ...

(born 1985), Algerian-French footballer *

Damien Bowen Damien Bowen (born 14 May 1984) is an Australian seated shot putter and seated javelin thrower. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Australia in athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics but did not medal. Personal Bowen w ...

(born 1984), Australian shot putter *

Damien Bower Damien Bower (born 17 June 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s, he played in the National Rugby League The National Rugby League (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsor ...

(born 1980), Australian rugby union footballer *

Damien Bridonneau Damien Bridonneau (born April 19, 1975) is a professional footballer currently playing for Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the ...

(born 1975), French footballer *

Damien Broderick Damien Francis Broderick (22 April 1944 – 19 April 2025) was an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' credits him with the first usage of the term ''virtual ...

(1944–2025), Australian writer *

Damien Broothaerts Damien Broothaerts (born 13 March 1983 in Uccle) is a Belgian athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. He represented his country at the 2009 World Championships and 2010 World Indoor Championships. Apart from hurdling he is a modest sprin ...

(born 1983), Belgian athlete *

Damien Brown (soccer) Damien Brown (born 12 January 1975) is an Australian retired professional footballer. Born in Gosford, Brown played youth football with The Entrance and Central Coast, before making his senior debut for The Entrance in 1992. He later spent se ...

(born 1975), Australian footballer *

Damien Brown (fighter) Damien Brown (born 25 December 1984) is an Australian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional since 2010, he has also competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Rizin FF, BRACE, and Cage Warriors. ...

(born 1984), Australian mixed martial artist *

Damien Brunner Damien Brunner (born March 9, 1986) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey forward who last played for EHC Biel of the National League (NL). He has also played in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings and the New Jersey Devils ...

(born 1986), Swiss ice hockey player *

Damien Burke Damien Burke is a former Gaelic footballer from Corofin, County Galway. He played with his local club Corofin and the Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the R ...

, Irish Gaelic footballer * Damien Burroughs (born 1978), Australian Paralympic athlete * Damien Bush (born 1968), English cricketer * Damien Byrne (born 1954), Irish footballer * Damien Byrne (Gaelic footballer) (born 1978), Irish Gaelic footballer

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* Damien Cahalane (born 1992), Irish hurler and footballer * Damien Cardace (born 1992), French rugby league footballer * Damien Carême (born 1960), French politician * Damien Cely (born 1989), French diver * Damien Chapman (born 1974), Australian rugby union footballer *

Damien Chazelle Damien Sayre Chazelle (; born January 19, 1985) is an American filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama ''Whiplash (2014 film), Whiplash'' (2014), the musical romance ''La La Land'' (2016), the biographical drama ''First Man (film), First ...

(born 1985), American director and screenwriter * Damien Chouly (born 1985), French rugby union footballer * Damien Christensen (born 1963), Australian rules footballer * Damien Chrysostome (born 1982), Beninese footballer *

Damien Cler Damien Cler (born 2 October 1983) is a French rugby seven forward who competed at the 2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international mult ...

(born 1987), French rugby sevens player * Damien Comer (born 1994), Irish sportsperson * Damien Comolli (born 1972), French football coach * Damien Cook (born 1991), Australian rugby league player * Damien M. Corsetti, American soldier * Damien Corthésy (born 1988), French cyclist * Damien Couturier (born 1981), French rugby union footballer * Damien Covington (1972–2002), American football player * Damien Cox (born 1961), Canadian journalist

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* Damien Da Silva (born 1988), French footballer * Damien De Bohun, Australian cricket administrator * Damien Degboe, Beninese track athlete * Damien Delaney (born 1981), Irish footballer * Damien Delaney (Gaelic footballer) (born 1973), Irish Gaelic footballer * Damien de Martel (1878–1940), French politician *

Damien Demento Phillip Theis (born June 25, 1958) is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) between 1992 and 1993 under the ring name Damien Demento. As Damien Demento, Theis wrestl ...

(born 1958), American professional wrestler *

Damien Dempsey Damien Dempsey (born 9 June 1975) is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk contemporary lyrics that deliver social and political commentaries on Irish society. Damien sings in his native, working-class accent in the Eng ...

(born 1975), Irish singer-songwriter * Damien Denny (born 1966), Northern Irish boxer * Damien Desprat (born 1974), French sailor * Damien de Veuster (1840–1889), Belgian-Hawaiian Catholic priest *Damien Djordjevic (born 1984), French figure skater *

Damien Doligez Damien Doligez is a French academic and programmer. He is best known for his role as a developer of the OCaml system, especially its garbage collector. He is a research scientist ('' chargé de recherche'') at the French government research inst ...

, French programmer * Damien Done, an American post-punk band * Damien Dovy (born 1966), French karateka *

Damien Duff Damien Anthony Duff (born 2 March 1979) is an Irish professional manager (association football), football manager and former Association football, player. He is the manager of League of Ireland club Shelbourne F.C., Shelbourne. He began his pro ...

(born 1979), Irish footballer * Damien Dufour (born 1981), French footballer * Damien Dussaut (born 1994), French footballer

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* Damien Echols (born 1974), American writer *

Damien Egan Damien James Egan (born 8 July 1983) is a British Labour Party (UK), Labour politician serving as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency), Bristol North East, previo ...

, British politician * Damien Éloi (born 1969), French table tennis player * Damien English (born 1978), Irish politician * Damien Escobar (born 1986), American violinist

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* Damien Fahey (born 1980), American writer * Damien Fahrenfort (born 1986), South African businessman * Damien Fair, American neuroscientist * Damien Farquet (born 1971), Swiss ski mountaineer * Damien Farrell (born 1984), Antiguan footballer * Damien Faulkner (born 1977), Irish race car driver * Damien Fitzhenry (born 1974), Irish hurler * Damien Fitzpatrick (born 1989), Australian rugby union footballer *

Damien Fleming Damien William Fleming (born 24 April 1970) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for the Australian national cricket team and domestic cricket for Victoria. He played in 20 Tests and 88 ODIs from 1994 to 2001 a ...

(born 1970), Australian cricketer * Damien Fleury (born 1986), French ice hockey player * Damien Fogarty (born 1985), Irish hurler * Damien Fotiou, Australian actor * Damien Fox (born 1961), Irish sportsperson * Damien Francis (born 1979), Jamaican footballer * Damien Frawley (born 1962), Australian rugby union footballer * Damien Freeleagus, Australian actor * Damien Freeman, Irish Gaelic footballer * Damien Furtado (born 1997), French footballer

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Damien Garvey Damien Garvey is an Australian actor and former musician known for his film and television roles. Early life and education Damien Garvey graduated from Padua College, a Catholic boys' school in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1982. Career Garvey ...

, Australian actor * Damien Gaspar (born 1975), Australian rules footballer *

Damien Gaudin Damien Gaudin (born 20 August 1986) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021 for the , and / squads. During his professional career, Gaudin took six victories – the 2013 Cholet-Pays de Loire an ...

(born 1986), French cyclist * Damien Germanier (born 1988), Swiss footballer *

Damien Gildea Damien Gildea (born 1969) is an Australian mountaineer and Antarctic explorer who has climbed extensively in Antarctica, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, Bolivia, Alaska, New Zealand and elsewhere. Mountaineering His Antarctic ascents include Mount Vinso ...

(born 1969), Australian mountaineer * Damien Godet (born 1986), French cyclist * Damien Gore (born 1999), Irish Gaelic footballer * Damien Greaves (born 1977), British track athlete * Damien Gregori, Irish musician * Damien Gregorini (born 1979), French footballer * Damien K. A. Griffith, Barbadian politician * Damien Guillon (born 1981), French countertenor

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* Damien Hancock (born 1965), Irish football referee * Damien Hardman (born 1966), Australian surfer * Damien Hardwick (born 1972), Australian rules footballer *

Damien Harris Damien Harris (born February 11, 1997) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he was a two-time national ...

(born 1997), American football player * Damien Hayes (born 1982), Irish sportsman * Damien Healy, Irish Gaelic footballer * Damiën Hertog (born 1974), Dutch footballer * Damien Hétu (1926–2010), Canadian politician * Damien Hill, Australian rugby union coach *

Damien Hirst Damien Steven Hirst (; né Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest ...

(born 1965), British artist *

Damien Hobgood Damien Hobgood is a professional surfer from Satellite Beach, Florida. He is known for having once held the highest two-wave grand final score in pro surfing by scoring 19.9 out of 20 at The Quiksilver Pro Fiji in 2004 until Kelly Slater eclipse ...

(born 1979), American surfer *

Damien Hooper Damien Hooper (born 5 February 1992) is an Indigenous Australian professional boxer. As an amateur he was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the light-heavyweight division. Early life Hooper was raised by his grandm ...

(born 1992), Australian boxer * Damien Horne (born 1978), American recording artist *

Damien Howson Damien Howson (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Howson started his athletic career in basketball, becoming a state champion aged 13. He moved to cycling when South Australian Sports Institute di ...

(born 1992), Australian cyclist * Damien Hoyland (born 1994), Scottish rugby union footballer * Damien Hudd (born 1981), Welsh rugby union footballer * Damien Hughes, Anguillan football executive

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Damien Inglis Damien Roberto Inglis ( ; born May 20, 1995) is a French professional basketball for Yokohama B-Corsairs of the Japanese B. League. He was selected with the 31st overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Bucks and represents France in internati ...

(born 1995), French basketball player * Damien Irwin (born 1969), Irish hurler

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* Damien Jalet (born 1976), Belgian-French choreographer *

Damien Jefferson Damien Jefferson (born October 3, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Karşıyaka Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the Champions League. He played college basketball for the New Mexico Lobos and th ...

(born 1997), American basketball player * Damien Johnson (born 1978), Northern Irish footballer * Damien Joly (born 1992), French swimmer * Damien Joyce (born 1980), Irish sportsperson * Damien Jurado (born 1972), American singer-songwriter

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Damien Kane Edward Bazzaza (born April 16, 1960), known by his ring name Damien Kane, is an American retired professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Manager (professional wrestling), manager. He is best known for his appearances with the Philadelph ...

(born 1960), American professional wrestler *

Damien Keeping Damien Keeping (born 25 May 1972) is an Australian rules football coach who served as the head coach of the Carlton Football Club in its first two seasons in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW), from 2017 to 2018. Coaching career Beginnings Aft ...

(born 1972), Australian rules football coach * Damien Kelly (born 1958), Irish-American soccer player *

Damien Keown Damien Keown (born 1951) is a British academic, bioethicist, and authority on Buddhist bioethics. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Goldsmiths, University of London. Keown earned a B.A. in religious studies from the Univer ...

(born 1951), British bioethicist *

Damien Keyeux Damien Keyeux is a film editor with more than thirty film credits. His credits include ''The Barons'' (2009), '' Illegal'' (2010), '' When Pigs Have Wings'' (2011), ''Horses of God ''Horses of God'' (, , translit. Ya khayl Allah) is 2012 ...

, French film editor *

Damien Kiberd Damien Kiberd is an Irish journalist and commentator. He is one of the four founders of, and was formerly editor of, ''The Sunday Business Post''. He is also a former business editor of ''The Irish Press'', and of the ''Sunday Tribune''. Kiberd ha ...

, Irish journalist * Damien Kingsbury (born 1955), Australian academic * Damien Knabben (1941–2006), Belgian futsal coach *

Damien Kurek Damien C. Kurek (born November 28, 1989) is a Canadian politician and farmer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Battle River—Crowfoot riding from 2019 to 2025. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 201 ...

(born 1989/1990), Canadian politician

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* Damien Lacey (born 1977), Welsh footballer * Damien Lahaye (born 1984), Belgian footballer * Damien Lauretta (born 1992), French actor *

Damien Leake Damien Leake (born August 12, 1952, in The Bronx, New York City) is an American actor and world record-holding masters track and field athlete. Starting with a role in 1973's ''Serpico'', Leake has had a continuous career appearing in some 70 mot ...

(born 1952), American actor *

Damien Leith Damien Leo Leith (born 18 January 1976, in Dublin) is an Irish-Australian singer–songwriter. He was the winner of the Network Ten music contest ''Australian Idol'' in 2006. Since winning the title, Leith has released nine studio albums, four of ...

(born 1976), Irish-Australian musician and novelist *

Damien Leone Damien Leone (born January 29, 1982)is an American filmmaker, film editor, and special effects artist. He is best known for writing and directing ''All Hallows' Eve (2013 film), All Hallows' Eve'' (2013), ''Terrifier'' (2016), ''Terrifier 2'' (20 ...

, American director *

Damien LeRoy Damien LeRoy, sometimes known professionally by the alias DJ Ammo, is an American disc jockey and music producer from Los Angeles, California. He has co-produced " The Time (Dirty Bit)" along with three other songs from The Black Eyed Peas' sixth ...

, American disc jockey * Damien Le Tallec (born 1990), French-Russian footballer * Damien Letulle (born 1973), French archer *

Damien Lewis (disambiguation) Damien Lewis may refer to: * Damien Lewis (American football) (born 1997), American football player * Damien Lewis (filmmaker) (born 1966), British author and filmmaker See also * Damian Lewis Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is a ...

, multiple people * Damien Lock (born 1978), Australian rules footballer * Damien Lovelock (1954–2019), Australian musician * Damien Luce (born 1978), French pianist

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* Damien MacKenzie (born 1980), Australian cricketer * Damien Magee (born 1945), British auto racing driver * Damien Magnifico (born 1991), American baseball player * Damien Mahavony (born 1985), Malagasy footballer * Damien Mama (born 1995), American football player * Damien Mander (born 1979), Australian activist * Damien Mantach, Australian politician * Damien Marchesseault (1818–1868), American politician * Damien Marcq (born 1988), French footballer * Damien Margat (born 1983), French rower * Damien Markman (born 1978), English footballer *

Damien Marsh Damien Marsh (born 28 March 1971) is a former Australian 100 metre and 200 metre sprint champion. A native of Goondiwindi, Queensland, Marsh finest moment as a sprinter was winning the 1995 100 metre IAAF Grand Prix Final in Monaco in a time ...

(born 1971), Australian sprinter *

Damien Martyn Damien Richard Martyn (born 21 October 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He played for the national team sporadically in 1992–1994 before becoming a regular ODI player from 1999 to 20 ...

(born 1971), Australian cricketer * Damien McCaul, Gaelic footballer *

Damien McCaul (presenter) Damien McCaul is an Irish radio presenter and television personality. Career McCaul used to present ''The Den'', RTÉ's nationwide programming for children, where he worked alongside Dustin the Turkey for many years before quitting in May 200 ...

, Irish radio presenter * Damien McCormack (born 1987), Australian rules footballer * Damien McCrory (born 1990), Irish footballer * Damien McCusker (born 1966), Northern Irish Gaelic footballer * Damien McCrystal (born 1961), English editor * Damien McGrane (born 1971), Irish golfer * Damien Mealey (born 1968), Australian cricketer * Damien Megherbi, French producer * Damien Menzo (born 1993), Dutch footballer * Damien Meslot (born 1964), French politician * Damien Miceli (born 1984), Belgian footballer * Damien Miller, Australian diplomat * Damien Molony (born 1984), Irish actor * Damien Monier (born 1982), French cyclist * Damien Moore (born 1980), British politician * Damien Mostyn (born 1978), Australian rugby union footballer * Damien Mouchamps (born 1996), Belgian footballer * Damien Moulin (born 1987), French footballer *

Damien Moyal Damien Zev Moyal (born September 25, 1976) is an American vocalist, lyricist, musician, songwriter, and designer. Born in Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands, he moved to the United States as a child and grew up in Miami, Florida, where he n ...

(born 1976), American musician * Damien Mozika (born 1987), French footballer *

Damien Mudge Damien Mudge (born 12 May 1976) is an Australian professional male doubles squash player, from Adelaide, South Australia, currently residing with his wife and son in Mexico. He holds the all-time record of 157 professional doubles tour title ...

(born 1976), Australian squash player * Damien Murray (born 1981), Irish hurler * Damien Murray (footballer) (born 1970), Australian rules footballer

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* Damien Nadarajah (born 1968), Sri Lankan cricketer * Damien Nash (1982–2007), American football player *

Damien Nazon Damien Nazon (born 26 June 1974) is a former French racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1998 Tour de France. Nazon took a total of 33 victories during his career, including stage wins in the Dauphiné Libéré, the Grand Prix du Mi ...

(born 1974), French cyclist * Damien Neville (born 1975), Bahamian footballer * Damien Nygaard (born 1945), Australian athlete

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Damien O'Connor Damien Peter O'Connor (born 16 January 1958) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Agriculture, Minister for Biosecurity, Minister for Trade and Export Growth, Minister for Land Information and Minister for Rural ...

(born 1958), New Zealand politician *

Damien O'Donnell Damien O'Donnell (born 1967 in Dublin) is an Irish film director and writer. He has directed three feature films thus far: '' East is East'' (1999), starring Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry, and Archie Panjabi; '' Heartlands'' (2002), st ...

(born 1967), Irish director * Damien O'Hagan, Irish Gaelic footballer *

Damien O'Kane Damien O'Kane (born 1 September 1978) is an Irish musician, born in Coleraine, County Londonderry. He lives in Yorkshire with his wife, the folk musician Kate Rusby, and their two daughters. Career O'Kane graduated from Newcastle University ...

(born 1978), Irish musician *

Damien Oliver Damien Oliver (born 22 June 1972) is an Australian Retirement, retired thoroughbred racing jockey. Oliver comes from a racing family; his father Ray Oliver had a successful career until his death in a race fall during the 1975 Kalgoorlie Cup in ...

(born 1972), Australian jockey * Damien O'Reilly (born 1967), Irish Gaelic footballer

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* Damien Parer (1912–1944), Australian photographer and filmmaker * Damien Pasini (born 1984), French racing driver * Damien Patton (born 1972), American mechanic *

Damien Perquis Damien Albert René Perquis (born 10 April 1984) is a former professional footballer and current assistant coach of Gazélec Ajaccio's B-team. A Defender (association football), defender, he represented France at youth level, before acquiring ...

(born 1984), French footballer *

Damien Perquis (footballer, born 1986) Damien Perquis (; born 8 March 1986) is a French former association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He has formerly played professionally for Stade Malherbe Caen, Caen and Valenciennes FC, Vale ...

(born 1986), French footballer * Damien Perrier (born 1989), French golfer * Damien Perrinelle (born 1983), French footballer * Damien Peverill (born 1979), Australian rules footballer * Damien Pichereau (born 1988), French politician * Damien Pignolet (born 1948), Australian chef * Damien Piqueras (born 1991), French rower * Damien Plessis (born 1988), French footballer * Damien Poisblaud (born 1961), French cantor * Damien Pottinger (born 1982), Canadian soccer player

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Damien Quigley Damien Quigley (born 1971) is an Irish hurling selector and former player. At club level, he played with Na Piarsaigh GAA (Limerick), Na Piarsaigh and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team. Playing career Quigley was educ ...

(born 1971), Irish sportsperson * Damien Quinn (disambiguation), multiple people * Damien Quintard (born 1991), French sound engineer

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* Damien Raemy (born 1994), French motorcycle racer * Damien Rafferty ( 2010s), Irish Gaelic footballer * Damien Rascle (born 1980), French footballer * Damien Raux (born 1984), French ice hockey player * Damien Ravu (born 1994), Papua New Guinean cricketer *

Damien Reale Damien Reale (born 17 May 1981) is an Irish former hurling, hurler. At club level, he played with Hospital-Herbertstown GAA, Hospital-Herbertstown, divisional side Emmets GAA, Emmets and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling tea ...

(born 1981), Irish hurler * Damien Reck (born 1998), Irish hurler * Damien Reid, Scottish rugby league footballer * Damien Renard (born 1980), French orienteer * Damien Riat (born 1997), Swiss ice hockey player *

Damien Rice Damien George Rice (born 7 December 1973) is an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. He began his career as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper (band), Juniper, who were signed to Polygram Records in 1997. The band enjoyed moderate succe ...

(born 1973), Irish singer-songwriter * Damien Richardson (disambiguation), multiple people * Damien Ricketson (born 1973), Australian composer * Damien Roberts (born 1978), South African tennis player * Damien Robin (born 1989), French footballer * Damien Robinson (born 1973), American football player *

Damien Robitaille Damien Robitaille (, born June 1981) is a Canadians, Canadian musician from the village of Lafontaine, Ontario, Lafontaine, Ontario in the Georgian Bay area, two hours north-west of Toronto. He is a Franco-Ontarian musician whose career is mainly ...

(born 1981), Canadian musician * Damien Russell (born 1970), American football player * Damien Ryan (basketball) (born 1978), Australian basketball player * Damien Ryan (footballer) (born 1977), Australian rules footballer

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Damien Saez Damien Saez (; born 1 August 1977) or just Saez, is a French singer-songwriter and musician. Biography Early life Damien Saez was born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, on 1 August 1977, where he lived until the age of three or four years b ...

(born 1977), French singer-songwriter *

Damien Sandras Damien Sandras is known in the free software community due to his work on GNOME, more specifically on Ekiga, the leading open-source softphone for the Linux desktop. He is one of the founders of FOSDEM, an event dedicated to free software develo ...

, Belgian software designer * Damien Sargue (born 1981), French singer * Damien M. Schiff (born 1979), American lawyer * Damien Schumann (born 1987), Australian volleyball player *

Damien Seguin Damien Seguin (born 3 September 1979 in Briançon) is a French sailor. He is a paralympic champion and was a nominee for World Sailing - World Sailor of the Year Awards. With sailing no longer on the Paralympic agenda, he has pursued offshore yac ...

(born 1979), French sailor * Damien Shaw (born 1984), Irish cyclist * Damien Sin (1965–2011), Singaporean author * Damien Smith (disambiguation), multiple people * Damien Starkey (born 1982), American producer * Damien Sully (born 1974), Australian rules football umpire

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* Damien Thomas (born 1942), British actor * Damien Thomlinson, Australian para-snowboarder *

Damien Tibéri Damien Tibéri (born 23 August 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left midfielder. After playing for CS Sedan-Ardennes from 2006 to 2011, Tibéri joined AC Ajaccio in July 2011.''Le Figaro () is a French dai ...

(born 1985), French footballer * Damien Tiernan (born 1970), Irish journalist * Damien Timmer (born 1968), British executive producer * Damien Tixier (born 1980), French footballer * Damien Top (born 1963), French musician * Damien Touya (born 1975), French fencer * Damien Touzé (born 1996), French cyclist * Damien Traille (born 1979), French rugby union footballer * Damien Troquenet, French canoeist * Damien Tudehope (born 1953), Australian politician * Damien Tussac (born 1988), German rugby union footballer

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Damien Valero Damien Valero (born 1965) is a French mixed-media visual artist and professor of art and space at Georgia Tech (USA) and l' École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette (France). His work is held in the National Collectio ...

(born 1965), French visual artist * Damien Varley (born 1983), Irish rugby union footballer

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* Damien Walters (born 1982), British gymnast * Damien Dante Wayans (born 1980), American actor * Damien Wayne (born 1971), American professional wrestler * Damien Webber (born 1968), English footballer * Damien Welch (born 1982), Welsh rugby union footballer *

Damien Whitehead Damien Whitehead (born 24 April 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played in The Football League for Macclesfield Town. Career Whitehead started his career at non-league Warrington Town where his impressive goal scoring a ...

(born 1979), English footballer * Damien Wilkins (born 1980), American basketball player * Damien Wilkins (writer) (born 1963), New Zealand novelist * Damien Williams (born 1992), American football player * Damien Wilson (born 1993), American football player *

Damien Woody Damien Michael Woody (born November 3, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard for the New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college fo ...

(born 1977), American football player * Damien Wright (born 1975), Australian cricketer

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* Damien Yzerbyt (1963–2014), Belgian politician

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* André Damien (1930–2019), French lawyer and politician

Fictional characters

Damien Karras Father Damien "Demis" Karras, Jesuits, SJ, is a fictional Character (arts), character from the 1971 novel ''The Exorcist (novel), The Exorcist'', its 1983 sequel ''Legion (Blatty novel), Legion'', one of the main protagonists in the 1973 film ''Th ...

, protagonist of the novel ''

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on The Exorcist (novel), his 1971 novel. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller (play ...

'' and its film adaptation of the same title. * Damien Thorn, the main character in the ''

Omen An omen (also called ''portent'') is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly believed in ancient history, and still believed by some today, that omens bring divine messages ...

'' series of horror films and ''

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 ...

'' TV series * Damien Trotter, in the sitcom ''

Only Fools and Horses ''Only Fools and Horses'' (titled onscreen as ''Only Fools and Horses....'') is a British television sitcom that was created and written by John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Ki ...

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South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand the ...

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District 13 ''District B13'' ( French title ''Banlieue 13'' or ''B13''), is a 2004 French action film directed by Pierre Morel, produced by Luc Besson, and written by Besson and Bibi Naceri. It depicts parkour in several action sequences, which was complet ...