Damian (also spelled

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

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

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

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'').

Historical names

Notable persons with the name include: *

Deruvian Deruvian ( lat-med, Deruvianus), 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 Ch ...

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

Ephesus Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in t ...

, Greek rhetorician *Damian of

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

, Greek physician *

Saints Cosmas and Damian Cosmas and Damian ( ar, قُزما ودميان, translit=Qozma wa Demyaan; grc-gre, Κοσμᾶς καὶ Δαμιανός, translit=Kosmás kai Damianós; la, Cosmas et Damianus; AD) were two Arab physicians in the town Cyrrhus, and were r ...

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

Damian Damian ( la, links=no, Damianus) 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) *Dam ...

, two early Christian martyrs * Coptic

Pope Damian of Alexandria Damian of Alexandria (died 605) was the List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria, Coptic pope and patriarch of Alexandria from 576. Originally from Syria, where his brother was a prefect in Edessa, Mesopotamia, Edessa, he became a monk in his ...

(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 wrot ...

(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 ( pt, Pedro Damião; ''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 gioca ...

(1480–1544), a

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player *

Damian I of Jerusalem Damian I (July 10, 1848 – August 14, 1931) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem , image = , imagewidth = , alt = , caption = Coat of arms , abbreviation = , type ...

, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1897 to 1931 * Saint Damien of Moloka'i (1840–1889), a 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

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, and producer. Life Chapa's ancestry is of Mexican, Italian, German and Native American descent. He now calls San Antonio, Texas home. Career Chapa played the par ...

(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 writer, best known as one of the West Memphis Three, a group of teenagers convicted of a triple murder. Upon his release from death row in 2011 under an Alford p ...

(born 1974), American author, one of three members of The West Memphis Three * Damian Higgins (born 1972), real name of American DJ DieselBoy *

Damian Lewis Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor, presenter and producer. He is best known for portraying U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'', which earned him a Golden Globe nomination ...

(born 1971), English actor *

Damian Marley Damian Robert Nesta "Jr. Gong" Marley (born 21 July 1978) is a Jamaican DJ, singer, lyricist and rapper. He is the recipient of four Grammy Awards. Early life, education and family Damian Marley is the youngest son of reggae musician Bob Marle ...

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

Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...

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

(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''. Filmography Film ...

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

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 America ...

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

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 Fac ...

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

Damián Escudero Damián Ariel Escudero (born 20 April 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder. He was a well-travelled professional, playing for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain, Mexico and Brazil after starting out a ...

(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 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 has b ...

(born 1956), British politician *

Damian Lillard Damian Lamonte Ollie Lillard Sr. (born July 15, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Weber State Wildcats and earned ...

(born 1990), basketball player for the

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of the

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* Damian Mackle (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, best known for his 11 seasons with the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). After four years of college basketball for Lo ...

(born 1984), Australian basketball player * Damian Matthew (born 1970), English football manager *

Damian McBride Damian McBride (born 1974) is a British political advisor. He is a former Whitehall civil servant and former special adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. McBride began his civil service career at HM Customs and Excise. He worked wi ...

, former special adviser to British Prime Minister

Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chance ...

Damian Militaru Damian Militaru (born 19 December 1967) is a Romanian former professional footballer, currently a manager. Honours Steaua București * Divizia A (4): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 * Cupa României (3): 1995–96, 1996–97, ...

(born 1967), Romanian footballer * Damian Swann (born 1992), American football player *

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 and Threshold. He sang and toured with bands and projects for Star One, Ayreo ...

(born 1969), English musician, songwriter and vocalist

Fiction

Damian Cray This is a list of characters from Anthony Horowitz's ''Alex Rider'' series. This includes characters from the novels, the film, the graphic novels, and the short stories. Main antagonists Ash Anthony Sean Howell, more commonly referred ...

, character from the novel ''Eagle Strike'' by

Anthony Horowitz Anthony John Horowitz, (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include ''The Diamond Brothers'' series, the ''Alex Rider'' series, and ''T ...

* Damian Desmond, a character from anime/manga series ''

Spy x Family Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangibl ...

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

Damian Hayes ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television programme, television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV Television Network, CTV on October ...

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

Damian Wayne Damian Wayne, also known as Damian al Ghul (Arabic: دميان الغول), is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, created by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert, commonly in association with Batman. He is the son o ...

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

References

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