Des is a masculine given name, mostly a short form (
hypocorism) of
Desmond Desmond or Desmond's may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Desmond'' (novel), 1792 novel by Charlotte Turner Smith
* '' Desmond's'', 1990s British television sitcom
Ireland
* Kingdom of Desmond, medieval Irish kingdom
* Earl of Desmond, Iris ...
. People named Des include:
People
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Des Buckingham, English football manager
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Des Corcoran, (1928–2004), Australian politician
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Des Dillon (disambiguation) Des Dillon may refer to:
* Des Dillon (writer) (born 1960), Scottish writer
* Des Dillon (rugby union) (born 1980), Irish rugby union footballer
* Des Dillon (hurler) (1926–1964), Irish hurler and handballer
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, several people
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Des Hasler (born 1961), Australian rugby league player-coach
* Desmond
Des Kelly
Desmond Kelly (born 19 February 1965) is a British journalist and broadcaster.
Kelly is the Chief Reporter and interviewer for British broadcaster, BT Sport. He is part of the live broadcast team mainly for the channel's Champions League and P ...
(born 1965), British journalist
* Desmond
Des Lynam (born 1942), British television presenter
* Desmond
Des Lyttle (born 1971), English footballer
* Desmond
Des O'Connor (1932–2020), British entertainer
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Des O'Connor, Australian rugby league player in the 1970s
* Desmond
Des O'Grady (born 1953), Irish retired Gaelic footballer
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Des O'Hagan (1934–2015), Irish communist
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Desmond O'Malley (1939–2021), Irish politician, government minister and founder and leader of the Progressive Democrats
* Desmond
Des O'Neil (1920–1999), Australian politician
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Des O'Reilly (1954–2016), Australian rugby league player
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Desmond Smith (general) (1911–1991), Canadian major-general
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Des Smith (headteacher)
Desmond Des P Smith MA, BA, ACDip was, until his retirement in July 2006, the successful headteacher at All Saints Catholic School and Technology College, Dagenham, England. Smith attracted media attention by making the indiscreet remarks that ...
, British headteacher embroiled in the Cash for Honours scandal
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Des Smith (ice hockey) (1914–1981), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
* Desmond Sinclair
Des Walker (born 1965), English international footballer
Fictional characters
* Desmond
Des Barnes, in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street''
* Desmond
Des Clarke (Neighbours), in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''
* Desmond
Des Tiny, in the book series ''The Saga of Darren Shan''
See also
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DES (disambiguation)
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Dess (disambiguation)
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Dez (disambiguation)
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Masculine given names
Hypocorisms
Irish masculine given names
English masculine given names