Damien is a given name and less frequently a surname.
The name is a variation of
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)
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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)
Given name
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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 government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022.
Abad previously served as Member of the National Assembly for Ain's 5th constitue ...
(born 1980), French politician
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Damien Adam
Damien Adam (born 28 June 1989) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Seine-Maritime.
Political c ...
(born 1989), French politician
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Damien Adkins
Damien "Chipper" Adkins (born 9 March 1981) is an Australian rules footballer formerly with the Collingwood and West Coast Eagles Football Clubs in the AFL. He currently plays for the Frankston Football Club in the Victorian Football League.
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(born 1981), Australian rules footballer
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Damien Alamos
Damien Alamos (born July 30, 1990) is a French Muay Thai kickboxer. He is the WPMF European and World Muaythai Champion & Lumpinee stadium champion 140 lb.
For his professional fighting career he is jointly managed by Numnoi and Rodrigo A ...
(born 1990), French Muay Thai kickboxer
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Damien Allen (born 1986), English footballer
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Damien Anderson (born 1979), American football player
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Damien Angove
Damien Angove (born 18 December 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Angove was recruited from Old Paradians and played four senior AFL games for Sydney, all in ...
(born 1970), Australian rules footballer
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Damien Arsenault, Canadian politician
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(born 1975), Canadian actor and playwright
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Damien Balisson
Pascal Damien Balisson (born 28 October 1996) is a Mauritian international footballer who plays for Cercle de Joachim as a left back.
Club career
Born in Port Louis, he has played club football for Cercle de Joachim, La Tamponnaise and Thonon ...
(born 1996), Mauritian footballer
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Damien Berry
Damien Berry (born October 21, 1989) is a former American football running back. He played college football at the University of Miami, where he was the team's leading rusher in 2010 and a second-team All- ACC selection. He was signed by the Rave ...
(born 1989), American football player
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Damien Birkinhead
Damien Birkinhead (born 8 April 1993) is an Australian shot putter who competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He placed tenth in the final. His personal bests are 21.35 metres outdoors (Hobart 2016) and 19.11 metres indoors (Bi ...
(born 1993), Australian shot putter
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Damien Blair
Damien Blair (born 1972/73) is the men's head basketball coach at West Chester.
Early life and education
Blair attended The Haverford School and was coached by Mike Mersky. As a junior, he averaged 19 points per game and earned first-team All-I ...
(born 1972/1973), American basketball coach
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Damien Blanch
Damien Blanch (born 24 May 1983) is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer. He last played in the Super League as a er for the Catalans Dragons, and has previously played for the Widnes Vikings, Castleford Tigers ( Heritage № ...
(born 1983), Irish rugby union footballer
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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 his three-year stint as Ram Foley in '' Crash Zone''. He later secured the regular ro ...
(born 1985), Australian actor
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Damien Boisseau
Damien Boisseau is a French actor who specializes in dubbing. He is the official voice-over artist of Matt Damon, Edward Norton, James Marsden, Casper Van Dien and Patrick Dempsey, and also a recurring voice of Josh Hartnett or Jared Padalecki.
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, French voice actor
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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
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Damien Bonnard (born 1978), French actor
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Damien Borel
Damien Borel (born June 1, 1993) is an American football defensive lineman who is currently a free agent. He attended (and played football at) Woodland High School and Butte College. In 2012, while at Butte, he tallied 69 tackles and 19 sacks. B ...
(born 1993), American football player
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Damien Boudjemaa
Damien Boudjemaa (born 7 June 1985) is a French footballer of Algerian descent who plays as a midfielder and for US Lusitanos Saint-Maur.
Club career
In the summer of 2012, there were rumors that Rapid București would be interested to sign th ...
(born 1985), Algerian-French footballer
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Damien Bowen
Damien Bowen (born 14 May 1984) is an Australian seated shot putter and seated javelin thrower. He represented Australia in athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics but did not medal.
Personal
Bowen was born on 14 May 1984 in Perth, Western Au ...
(born 1984), Australian shot putter
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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 (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competitio ...
(born 1980), Australian rugby union footballer
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Damien Bridonneau
Damien Bridonneau (born April 19, 1975 in Niort, Deux-Sèvres) is a professional footballer currently playing for Ligue 2 club Vannes OC
Vannes Olympique Club (; commonly referred to as simply Vannes) is a French football club based in Vanne ...
(born 1975), French footballer
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Damien Broderick
Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. His science fiction novel ''The Dreaming Dragons'' (1980) introduced the trope of the generation time machin ...
(born 1944), Australian writer
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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 sprint ...
(born 1983), Belgian athlete
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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 ...
(born 1975), Australian footballer
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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.
B ...
(born 1984), Australian mixed martial artist
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Damien Brunner
Damien Brunner (born March 9, 1986) is a Swiss professional ice hockey forward currently playing with 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.
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(born 1986), Swiss ice hockey player
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Damien Burke
Damien Burke is a former Gaelic footballer from Corofin, County Galway. He played with his local club Corofin and the Galway
Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the cou ...
, Irish Gaelic footballer
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Damien Burroughs
Damien Alexander Burroughs, OAM (born 28 October 1978) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He won a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games and participated in the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Paralympics.
Personal
Burroughs was born on 28 Octo ...
(born 1978), Australian Paralympic athlete
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Damien Bush
Damien Bush (born 19 May 1968) is an English cricketer. He played sixteen first-class cricket, first-class matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1989 and 1991.
See also
* List of Cambridge University Cricket Club players
Refere ...
(born 1968), English cricketer
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Damien Byrne
Damien Byrne (born 6 April 1954 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional football player. In a career spanning 20 seasons, Byrne won player of the year awards in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the only man to do so. He ...
(born 1954), Irish footballer
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Damien Byrne (Gaelic footballer) (born 1978), Irish Gaelic footballer
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Damien Cahalane
Damien Cahalane (born 10 August 1992) is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays as a centre-back for club sides St Finbarr's and Castlehaven and as a full-back at senior level with the Cork county hurling team.
Early life
Cahalane ...
(born 1992), Irish hurler and footballer
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Damien Cardace
Damian Cardace is a rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 6 ...
(born 1992), French rugby league footballer
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Damien Carême (born 1960), French politician
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Damien Cely (born 1989), French diver
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Damien Chapman (born 1974), Australian rugby union footballer
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Damien Chazelle (born 1985), American director and screenwriter
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Damien Chouly (born 1985), French rugby union footballer
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Damien Christensen
Damien Christensen (born 16 October 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League. Christensen played 17 games for the Geelong Football Club. After his playing career, Christensen has ...
(born 1963), Australian rules footballer
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Damien Chrysostome
Damien Koffi Anderson Chrysostome (born 24 May 1982) is a Beninese former professional association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender. He spent much of his career in the Italian lower leagues before joi ...
(born 1982), Beninese footballer
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Damien Cler
Damien Cler (born 2 October 1983) is a French rugby seven forward who competed at the 2016 Olympics
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, nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams)
, athletes = 11,238
, events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
, opening = 5 August 20 ...
(born 1987), French rugby sevens player
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Damien Comer (born 1994), Irish sportsperson
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Damien Comolli (born 1972), French football coach
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Damien Cook
Damien Cook (born 23 June 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL and Australia at international level.
He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons ...
(born 1991), Australian rugby league player
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, American soldier
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Damien Corthésy (born 1988), French cyclist
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Damien Couturier
Damien Couturier (born 9 July 1981 in L'Union) is a French former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s, and has coached in the 2010s. He played in the Championship for Hull Kingston Rovers, Leigh Centurions and ...
(born 1981), French rugby union footballer
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Damien Covington (1972–2002), American football player
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Damien Cox (born 1961), Canadian journalist
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Damien Da Silva
Damien Da Silva (born 17 May 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for A-League Men’s club Melbourne Victory
Club career
On 16 July 2009, it was announced that Da Silva had signed a three-year contract with Chât ...
(born 1988), French footballer
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Damien De Bohun
Damien De Bohun is the former Head of the A-League. He was previously in charge of game and market development for Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for pro ...
, Australian cricket administrator
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Damien Degboe, Beninese track athlete
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Damien Delaney (born 1981), Irish footballer
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Damien Delaney (Gaelic footballer) (born 1973), Irish Gaelic footballer
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Damien de Martel
Count Damien de Martel was a French politician and diplomat, who was born on November 27, 1878 and died on January 21, 1940. He was a minister plenipotentiary in China, then in Latvia, Japan and the sixth High Commissioner of the Levant in Syria ...
(1878–1940), French politician
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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
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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
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Damien Denny
Damien Denny (born 20 April 1966 in Lisburn, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish light middleweight boxer.
Born in Lisburn, but raised in Belfast, Denny stands 5 ft 9 in (175 cm). His record is 18 wins (11 knockouts) and 4 losses.
He col ...
(born 1966), Northern Irish boxer
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Damien Dernoncourt
Damien Dernoncourt is the Founder and CEO of Naga Brands, an operating platform bringing financing and functional expertise to brands, creative entrepreneurs and designers. In 2017, Naga Brands raised capital from family offices and its first i ...
(born 1971), French entrepreneur
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Damien Desprat
Damien Desprat (born September 14, 1974 in France) is a Monégasque Olympic sailor, who specializes in Lasers
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagneti ...
(born 1974), French sailor
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Damien de Veuster
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. or Saint Damien De Veuster ( nl, Pater Damiaan or '; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacr ...
(1840–1889), Belgian-Hawaiian Catholic priest
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Damien Djordjevic
Damien Djordjevic (born 1 July 1984 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French former competitive figure skater. He is the 2002 French junior national champion and competed at the World Junior and European Championships. His highest placement at an ISU ...
(born 1984), French figure skater
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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 research scientist (''chargé de recherche'') at the French government research insti ...
, French programmer
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Damien Done
Damien Done is an American post-punk/ gothic rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Formed in Gainesville, Florida in 2002 as a semi-eponymously-named solo project by frontman Damien Moyal, the group has since been expanded to include other band me ...
, an American post-punk band
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Damien Dovy
Damien Dovy (born 31 March 1966 in Vitry-sur-Seine, France) is a French karateka who won multiple medals at Karate's top Competitions the European Karate Championships and World Karate Championships.
Also lost with the Algerian/swedish Amin Bou ...
(born 1966), French karateka
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Damien Duff
Damien Anthony Duff (born 2 March 1979) is an Irish professional football manager and former player who played predominantly as a winger. He has been the manager of League of Ireland club Shelbourne F.C. since November 2021.
He began his pro ...
(born 1979), Irish footballer
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Damien Dufour
Damien Dufour (born October 30, 1981) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for AS Prix-lès-Mézières.
Career
Dufour was born in Migennes. He played the 2007–08 season for Grenoble Foot on loan from AJ Auxerre
Association de ...
(born 1981), French footballer
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Damien Dussaut (born 1994), French footballer
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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 writer
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Damien Egan
Damien James Egan is a British Labour Party politician, and the second directly elected Mayor of Lewisham in Greater London.
Early life
Egan was born in Cork, Ireland, and raised in Bristol. During his childhood, his family were homeless on ...
, British politician
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Damien Éloi (born 1969), French table tennis player
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Damien English
Damien English (born 21 February 1978) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency since 2007, and previously from 2002 to 2007 for the Meath constituency. He served as Minister of State f ...
(born 1978), Irish politician
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Damien Escobar
Damien Escobar (born 1986), also known as Dame Esco, is an American violinist. He was previously in the duo Nuttin' But Stringz with his brother Tourie, but has been a solo artist since 2012. His "crossover violin" musical style consists of a mi ...
(born 1986), American violinist
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Damien Fahey (born 1980), American writer
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Damien Fahrenfort
Damien Fahrenfort (born 10 November 1986), also known as "Dooma", is a South African business person, professional surfer, web-content creator, producer and journalist born in Cape Town, South Africa.
Damien Fahrenfort was a competitor on the W ...
(born 1986), South African businessman
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Damien Fair
Damien Fair is a behavioral neuroscientist, professor at the University of Minnesota, and director of the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain. In 2020, he was selected for the MacArthur Fellows Program. In 2013, he received the Presidenti ...
, American neuroscientist
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Damien Farquet
Damien Farquet (born 1971) is a Switzerland, Swiss ski mountaineer and cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. Professionally he is deployed in the Border Guard Corps and lives in Le Châble.
Selected results
* 1994:
** 1st, Patrou ...
(born 1971), Swiss ski mountaineer
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Damien Farrell
Damien Farrell (born 17 March 1984) is an Antiguan and Barbudan footballer who plays as a defender for Sani Pro Fort Road.
Club career
Farrell started his career with Empire. He went on trial with AFC Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest follow ...
(born 1984), Antiguan footballer
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Damien Faulkner
Damien Faulkner (born 15 February 1977) is an Irish race car driver from Moville County Donegal. Beginning his professional career in Formula Vauxhall Junior in 1995, he competed in the Formula Ford Festival in 1996 and finished 11th. He f ...
(born 1977), Irish race car driver
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Damien Fitzhenry
Damien Fitzhenry (born 5 July 1974) is an Irish retired hurler. His league and championship career with the Wexford senior team spanned eighteen seasons from 1993 until 2010.Fitzhenry is widely regarded as Wexford's greatest ever goalkeeper.
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(born 1974), Irish hurler
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Damien Fitzpatrick
Damien Nicholas Fitzpatrick (born 8 June 1989) is an Australia professional rugby union player of Irish descent. He currently plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby. He was captain of the Sydney Rays team in the National Rug ...
(born 1989), Australian rugby union footballer
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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 and ...
(born 1970), Australian cricketer
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Damien Fleury
Damien Fleury (born 1 February 1986) is a French professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Brûleurs de Loups in the Ligue Magnus as well as the French national team.
Playing career
Fleury began his professional career in his ...
(born 1986), French ice hockey player
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Damien Fogarty
Damien Fogarty (born 19 October 1985) is an Irish people, Irish hurling, hurler who currently plays as a substitute forward for the Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny senior team.
Fogarty made his competitive debut for the team during the National Hurling ...
(born 1985), Irish hurler
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Damien Fotiou, Australian actor
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Damien Fox
Damien Fox (born 1961 in Tullamore, County Offaly) is an Irish sportsperson. The Gift as he is known on and off the field by his peers, plays hurling with his local club Tullamore and was a member of the Offaly and London senior inter-county ...
(born 1961), Irish sportsperson
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Damien Francis
Damien Jerome Francis (born 27 February 1979) is a retired Jamaican international footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Early career
As a child, Francis followed Wimbledon, and was a ball boy at their ground. He started ...
(born 1979), Jamaican footballer
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Damien Frawley (born 1962), Australian rugby union footballer
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Damien Freeleagus
Damien Freeleagus is a Brisbane-born actor whose credits include the films '' Jucy'' (2010) and ''Primal'' (2010). He also directed the short film ''Bird Therapy'' which was a Tropfest finalist in 2011.
Select Credits
*'' All My Friends Are Leavi ...
, Australian actor
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Damien Freeman
Damien Freeman is Gaelic footballer from Magheracloone, County Monaghan. He plays for Magheracloone Mitchell's GAC, Magheracloone Mitchell's and at senior level for the Monaghan county football team, Monaghan county team.
Damien is a graduate ...
, Irish Gaelic footballer
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Damien Furtado
Damien Furtado (born 8 March 1997) is a French Association football, footballer who plays for the B-team of Rio Ave F.C. as a Midfielder#Winger, winger.
Football career
On 5 August 2018, Furtado made his professional debut with Rio Ave F.C., Rio ...
(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
Garvey graduated from Padua College in 1982.
Career
Garvey had guest roles in several drama series in his early part of his act ...
, Australian actor
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Damien Gaspar
Damien Gaspar (born 28 March 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Melbourne selected Gaspar in the 1992 AFL Draft from South Fremantle in the West Australian Footb ...
(born 1975), Australian rules footballer
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Damien Gaudin
Damien Gaudin (born 20 August 1986 in Beaupréau) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021. He competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Gaudin left at the end of the 2013 season, and joi ...
(born 1986), French cyclist
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Damien Germanier
Damien Germanier (born 30 March 1988 in Sion) is a Swiss football midfielder, who currently plays for FC Echallens on loan from FC Sion.
Career
He began his career in the youth team of FC Sion and was promoted to the senior team in July 200 ...
(born 1988), Swiss footballer
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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
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Damien Godet
Damien Godet (born 10 November 1986 in Sartrouville, Yvelines) is a French professional BMX cyclist. He won a bronze medal in men's cruiser at the 2006 UCI World Championships in São Paulo, Brazil, and later represented his nation France at th ...
(born 1986), French cyclist
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Damien Gore
Damien Gore (born 1999) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for West Cork Junior Championship club Kilmacabea and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. He usually lines out as a left corner-forward.
Honours
;Cork Ins ...
(born 1999), Irish Gaelic footballer
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Damien Greaves
Damien David Greaves (born 19 September 1977 in Forest Gate, Greater London) is male former sprints and hurdling track and field athlete who represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Athletics career
Greaves ...
(born 1977), British track athlete
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Damien Gregori
Damien Gregori (also Greg Moffitt) is an Irish musician.
Cradle of Filth
Damien was keyboard player with UK band Cradle of Filth from 1995 to 1997, and appeared on two of the band's albums, '' V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein'' and '' ...
, 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 (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 (born 1965), British artist
*Damien Hobgood (born 1979), American surfer
*Damien Hooper (born 1992), Australian boxer
*Damien Horne (born 1978), American recording artist
*Damien Howson (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 (born 1995), French basketball player
*Damien Irwin (born 1969), Irish hurler
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*Damien Jalet (born 1976), Belgian-French choreographer
*Damien Jefferson (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 (born 1960), American professional wrestler
*Damien Keeping (born 1972), Australian rules football coach
*Damien Kelly (born 1958), Irish-American soccer player
*Damien Keown (born 1951), British bioethicist
*Damien Keyeux, French film editor
*Damien Kiberd, Irish journalist
*Damien Kingsbury (born 1955), Australian academic
*Damien Knabben (1941–2006), Belgian futsal coach
*Damien Kurek (born 1989/1990), Canadian politician
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*Damien Lacey (born 1977), Welsh footballer
*Damien Lagrange (born 1987), French rugby union footballer
*Damien Lahaye (born 1984), Belgian footballer
*Damien Lauretta (born 1992), French actor
*Damien Leake (born 1952), American actor
*Damien Leith (born 1976), Irish-Australian musician and novelist
*Damien Leone, American director
*Damien LeRoy, American disc jockey
*Damien Le Tallec (born 1990), French-Russian footballer
*Damien Letulle (born 1973), French archer
*Damien Lewis (disambiguation), 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 Marie (born 1994), French footballer
*Damien Markman (born 1978), English footballer
*Damien Marsh (born 1971), Australian sprinter
*Damien Martyn (born 1971), Australian cricketer
*Damien McCaul, Gaelic footballer
*Damien McCaul (presenter), 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 (born 1976), American musician
*Damien Mozika (born 1987), French footballer
*Damien Mudge (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 (born 1974), French cyclist
*Damien Neville (born 1975), Bahamian footballer
*Damien Nygaard (born 1945), Australian athlete
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*Damien O'Connor (born 1958), New Zealand politician
*Damien O'Donnell (born 1967), Irish director
*Damien O'Hagan, Irish Gaelic footballer
*Damien O'Kane (born 1978), Irish musician
*Damien Oliver (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 (born 1984), French footballer
*Damien Perquis (footballer, born 1986) (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 footballer
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*Damien Quigley (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 (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 (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 (born 1981), Canadian musician
*Damien Russell (born 1970), American football player
*Damien Ryan (born 1978), Australian basketball player
*Damien Ryan (footballer) (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
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*Damien Saez (born 1977), French singer-songwriter
*Damien Sandras, 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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (born 1977), American football player
*Damien Wright (born 1975), Australian cricketer
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*Damien Yzerbyt (1963–2014), Belgian politician
Surname
*André Damien (1930–2019), French lawyer and politician
Fictional characters
*Damien Karras, protagonist of the novel ''The Exorcist (novel), The Exorcist'' and its The Exorcist (film), film adaptation of the same title.
*Damien Thorn, the main character in the ''The Omen (film series), Omen'' series of horror films and ''Damien (TV series), Damien'' TV series
*Damien Trotter, in the sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses''
*Damien, from the television episode "Damien (South Park), Damien" from ''South Park''
*Damien, from ''District 13''
See also
* Damian (disambiguation), includes people with the given name Damian
* Father Damien (disambiguation)
* Robert-François Damiens (1715-1757), Frenchman who unsuccessfully attempted the assassination of Louis XV of France
* Saint Damien (disambiguation)
* Damiano (given name)
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