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

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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)

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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 * Damien Adam (born 1989), French politician *

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. ...

(born 1981), Australian rules footballer *

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 * 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 actor and playwright."Damien Atkins stands out"
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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 * Damien Berry (born 1989), American football player *

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 * 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 his three-year stint as Ram Foley in '' Crash Zone''. He later secured the regular ro ...

(born 1985), Australian actor *

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. ...

, 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 (born 1978), French actor *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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. ...

(born 1986), Swiss ice hockey player * Damien Burke, Irish Gaelic footballer *

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 * Damien Bush (born 1968), English cricketer *

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 * 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 * 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 (born 1985), American director and screenwriter * Damien Chouly (born 1985), French rugby union footballer *

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 * Damien Chrysostome (born 1982), Beninese footballer * Damien Cler (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 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 * 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 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 *

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 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 * Damien Dernoncourt (born 1971), French entrepreneur *

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 *

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 * Damien Djordjevic (born 1984), French figure skater * Damien Doligez, French programmer *

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 * Damien Dovy (born 1966), French karateka *

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 * Damien Dufour (born 1981), French footballer * 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 *

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 * Damien Éloi (born 1969), French table tennis player *

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 * 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 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 * Damien Farquet (born 1971), Swiss ski mountaineer * Damien Farrell (born 1984), Antiguan footballer *

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 * 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 and ...

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

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 *

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 *

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 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 * Damien Gregori, Irish musician * Damien Gregorini (born 1979), French footballer * Damien K. A. Griffith, Barbadian politician *

Damien Guillon Damien Guillon (born 1981) is a French countertenor. He is leader of the ensemble Le Banquet Celeste.Damien Hancock (born 1965), Irish football referee * Damien Hardman (born 1966), Australian surfer *

Damien Hardwick Damien Patrick Hardwick (born 18 August 1972) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the senior coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 2010, and has the longest continuous servi ...

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

(born 1965), British artist * Damien Hobgood (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 (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 Damien Jefferson (born October 3, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for Filou Oostende of the BNXT League. He played college basketball for the New Mexico Lobos and the Creighton Bluejays. High school career Jefferson attended ...

(born 1997), American basketball player * Damien Johnson (born 1978), Northern Irish footballer *

Damien Joly Damien Joly (born 4 June 1992 in Ollioules) is a French swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held ...

(born 1992), French swimmer * Damien Joyce (born 1980), Irish sportsperson *

Damien Jurado Damien Jurado is an American singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington, United States. Over the years, he has released albums on Sub Pop, Secretly Canadian, Loose, and is currently on his own label Maraqopa Records. Music career Jurado's solo ...

(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 wrestler and manager. He is best known for his appearances with the Philadelphia-based Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion in the mi ...

(born 1960), American professional wrestler *

Damien Keeping Damien Keeping 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 After coaching junior ...

(born 1972), Australian rules football coach *

Damien Kelly Damien Kelly is an Irish retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the United Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association and Southwest Independent Soccer League. Youth Kelly attended Eastern Illinois University where ...

(born 1958), Irish-American soccer player * Damien Keown (born 1951), British bioethicist * Damien Keyeux, 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 h ...

, 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 who was elected to represent the riding of Battle River—Crowfoot in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. He was re-elected in the 2021 electi ...

(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 Damien Leake (born August 12, 1952, in The Bronx, New York City) is an American actor and 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 motion pi ...

(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 2006''. Since winning the title, Leith has released nine studio albums, four of ...

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

Damien Leone Damien Leone is a film director, screenwriter, and film producer known for writing and directing ''All Hallows' Eve'' (2013), ''Terrifier'' (2016), and ''Terrifier 2'' (2022), each of which feature his character Art the Clown Art the Clown is ...

, 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 Damien Magee (born 17 November 1945 in Belfast) is a British former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 8 June 1975. He scored no championship points. His only Worl ...

(born 1945), British auto racing driver *

Damien Magnifico Damien Jack Magnifico (born May 24, 1991) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels and the Milwaukee Brewers. Career Magnifico was drafted by the New York Mets in ...

(born 1991), American baseball player * Damien Mahavony (born 1985), Malagasy footballer *

Damien Mama Damien Mama (born June 27, 1995) is an American football guard. He played college football at USC. Early years Mama attended St. John Bosco High School, where he was a two-way player at offensive tackle and defensive tackle. As a senior, he ...

(born 1995), American football player * Damien Mander (born 1979), Australian activist *

Damien Mantach Damien Mantach is a former Victorian Liberal Party state director who was imprisoned for fraud, and who is currently in prison since being sentenced. Early life Mantach was born in Launceston Tasmania, he studied at Launeston Church Grammar S ...

, Australian politician * Damien Marchesseault (1818–1868), American politician * Damien Marcq (born 1988), French footballer *

Damien Margat Damien Margat (born 10 April 1983) is a French lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2004 World Rowing Championships in Banyoles Banyoles () is a city of 20,168 inhabitants (2021) located in the province of Girona in northeastern Cat ...

(born 1983), French rower * Damien Marie (born 1994), French footballer *

Damien Markman Damien Markman (born 7 January 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played in The Football League for Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the to ...

(born 1978), English footballer * Damien Marsh (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 Damien McCaul is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Donaghmore GAA club and at senior level for the Tyrone county team. He plays as a corner-back. Career McCaul made the breakthrough into the Tyrone team in the 2007 McKenna Cup pre-seaso ...

, Gaelic footballer * Damien McCaul (presenter), Irish radio presenter *

Damien McCormack Damien McCormack (born 28 January 1987) is an Australian rules footballer formerly on the Western Bulldogs list in the Australian Football League (AFL). Recruited from the Dandenong Stingrays Under 18's with the 38th pick in the 2004 National ...

(born 1987), Australian rules footballer *

Damien McCrory Damien Paul McCrory (born 23 February 1990) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Grantham Town. First signing professional forms with Plymouth Argyle in 2008, he spent the next two years on loan at Port Vale an ...

(born 1990), Irish footballer *

Damien McCusker Damien McCusker (born 21 October 1966) is a Gaelic footballer who played for the Derry county team in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He still plays club football with Watty Graham's GAC Glen. With the exception of the 1989 season, he played ...

(born 1966), Northern Irish Gaelic footballer *

Damien McCrystal Damien McCrystal (born 23 March 1961) became the first City editor of The Sun, News International’s daily tabloid, in September 1987 after Robert Worcester, the founder of Market & Opinion Research International (MORI, now Ipsos MORI) told Ru ...

(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 Damien Patrick Miller is an Australian career diplomat and the first Indigenous Australian to head an List of diplomatic missions of Australia, Australian diplomatic mission. Early life and education Miller belongs to the Biri language, Gangul ...

, Australian diplomat *

Damien Molony Damien Molony (born 21 February 1984) is an Irish actor. He is best known for his television roles as Hal Yorke in BBC Three's '' Being Human'', DC Albert Flight in the BBC's ''Ripper Street'', DS Jack Weston in Channel 5's '' Suspects'', Jon ...

(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. Originally from Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands, he moved to the United States as a child and grew up in Miami, Florida wher ...

(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 Damien Nadarajah (born 4 March 1968) is a Sri Lankan former first-class cricketer who played for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They play ...

(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 Mid ...

(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 Damien O'Kane (born 1 September 1978) is an Irish musician, born in Coleraine. He lives in Yorkshire with his wife, musician Kate Rusby, and their two daughters. Career O'Kane graduated from Newcastle University in 2005 and has been performi ...

(born 1978), Irish musician *

Damien Oliver Damien Oliver (born 22 June 1972) is an Australian 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 Western Australia. ...

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

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Damien Parer Damien Peter Parer (1 August 1912 – 17 September 1944) was an Australian war photographer. He became famous for his war photography of the Second World War, and was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire at Peleliu, Palau. He was cinematographer ...

(1912–1944), Australian photographer and filmmaker *

Damien Pasini Damien Pasini (born 22 July 1984 in Bouches-du-Rhône, Miramas) is a French racing driver. He has competed in such single-seater series as Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and World Series by Nissan. Pasini has also raced ...

(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 Damien Peverill (born 12 July 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Peverill was known as a hard-working player whose no-nonsense approach to football, a ...

(born 1979), Australian rules footballer * Damien Pichereau (born 1988), French politician *

Damien Pignolet Damien Pignolet (born c. 1948) is an Australian chef who created the Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year Award. Pignolet was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He is a second-generation Australian of French descent. He studied at the William An ...

(born 1948), Australian chef * Damien Piqueras (born 1991), French rower * Damien Plessis (born 1988), French footballer * Damien Poisblaud (born 1961), French cantor *

Damien Pottinger Damien Pottinger (born January 17, 1982) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Career College career Pottinger began playing at the college level with Duquesne University in 2000, where he is currently the U ...

(born 1982), Canadian footballer

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Damien Quigley Damien Quigley (born 1971 in Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland) is a retired Irish people, Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Na Piarsaigh GAA (Limerick), Na Piarsaigh and was a member of the Limerick GAA, Limerick se ...

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

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Damien Raemy Damien Raemy (born 6 April 1994) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, su ...

(born 1994), French motorcycle racer * Damien Rafferty ( 2010s), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Damien Rascle Damien Rascle (born 5 August 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Rascle was born in Le Coteau. He joined Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock from US Albi in a short-term deal. Manager Jim Je ...

(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 hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Limerick senior team. Reale made his first appearance for the team during the 2001 National League and immediately became a regular member of the star ...

(born 1981), Irish hurler * Damien Reck (born 1998), Irish hurler *

Damien Reid Damien Reid is a professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s. He played at representative level for Scotland, and at club level for the Gateshead Thunder, Barrow Raiders, Castleford Tigers ( Heritage № 821), Widnes Vikin ...

, Scottish rugby league footballer *

Damien Renard Damien Renard (born 20 February 1980) is a French orienteering competitor. He has received silver medals with the French relay team in both world championships and European championships. He won Swedish middle-distance championship in 2005. He ...

(born 1980), French orienteer *

Damien Riat Damien Riat (born 26 February 1997) is a Switzerland, Swiss professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), winger who is currently playing with Lausanne HC of the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL). Riat was drafted 117th overall by ...

(born 1997), Swiss ice hockey player *

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

(born 1973), Irish singer-songwriter *

Damien Richardson (disambiguation) Damien Richardson may refer to: * Damien Richardson (footballer), Irish football manager and former player * Damien Richardson (American football) * Damien Richardson (actor) Damien Richardson (born 2 August 1969) is an Australian film, televi ...

, 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 Damien Ryan (born 20 September 1979) is an Australian professional basketball player. Born in Gisborne, Victoria, Ryan attended Salesian College in Sunbury, Victoria. After starring as a junior basketballer in Sunbury, he attended the Aus ...

(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 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 deve ...

, Belgian software designer * Damien Sargue (born 1981), French singer * Damien M. Schiff (born 1979), American lawyer *

Damien Schumann Damien Schumann (born 12 November 1987) is a male beach volleyball player from Australia. He represented Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast and the Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – ...

(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 yach ...

(born 1979), French sailor * Damien Shaw (born 1984), Irish cyclist *

Damien Sin Damien Sin (1965 – 2011), born Foong Yu Lei, was a Singaporean author, poet and musician. He has written several bestselling books published by the Angsana Books imprint of publisher Flame Of The Forest Publishing. Sin died in 2011. After fa ...

(1965–2011), Singaporean author * Damien Smith (disambiguation), multiple people *

Damien Starkey Damien Starkey (born October 20, 1982) is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He has played many roles in several bands, served as a vocalist for Society Red and Burn Season, bassist for Puddle of Mudd, and he also owns a company ca ...

(born 1982), American producer *

Damien Sully Damien Sully (born 30 October 1974) is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. He has umpired 46 career games in the AFL as of the completion of 2009 AFL season. Sully was awarded the distinction of VFL Ump ...

(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 Damien Gerard Timmer (born 20 October 1968 in Chelsea, London) is an English Joint-Managing Director of British independent production company Mammoth Screen, which was established in 2007. He has executive produced ''Lost in Austen'', ''Wutheri ...

(born 1968), British executive producer * Damien Tixier (born 1980), French footballer *

Damien Top Damien Top (born 13 July 1973, in Rouen) is a French tenor, musicologist and conductor, and is artistic director of the International Albert Roussel Festival. Career Damien Top is an exponent of contemporary French music as singer, conducto ...

(born 1963), French musician * Damien Touya (born 1975), French fencer * Damien Touzé (born 1996), French cyclist *

Damien Traille Damien Traille (born 12 June 1979) is a former French rugby union player. He usually played as a centre, full-back and fly-half. He has played for France, including at the 2003 Rugby World Cup and the 2011 Rugby World Cup as well as France's ...

(born 1979), French rugby union footballer *

Damien Troquenet Damien Troquenet is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2003 to 2009. Troquenet was born in Paris. He won a silver medal in the C2 team event at the 2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Foz do Iguaçu. ...

, French canoeist *

Damien Tudehope Damien Francis Tudehope (born 1953) is an Australian politician. Tudehope has served as the New South Wales Minister for Finance in the second Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries since April 2019. He is also the Minister for Employee Relati ...

(born 1953), Australian politician *

Damien Tussac Damien Tussac (born 2 January 1988)
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Damien Valero (born 1965), French visual artist *

Damien Varley Damien Varley (born 29 October 1983) is a former Irish rugby union player who represented Munster and Ireland. He played as a hooker. Varley was forced to retire from rugby in February 2015, due to a foot injury. Early life Varley was educa ...

(born 1983), Irish rugby union footballer

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Damien Walters Damien Gareth Walters (born 6 April 1982) is a British freerunner and former gymnast from Derbyshire who specializes in tumbling and trampoline. Career Walters participated in four Trampoline World Championships. In 2003, he was one of four m ...

(born 1982), British gymnast *

Damien Dante Wayans Damien Dante Wayans (born April 29, 1980) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director. He is a member of the Wayans family. Early life Wayans was born in New York City, he is the nephew of the Wayans Siblings, which consists of ...

(born 1980), American actor *

Damien Wayne Damien Wayne Kostyal (born December 18, 1971), better known by his ring name Damien Wayne, is an American professional wrestler. He is a 3-time holder of the NWA National Heavyweight Championship and former holder of the NWA North American Heavy ...

(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

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

Fictional characters

Damien Karras Father Damien Karras, SJ, is a fictional character from the 1971 novel ''The Exorcist'', its 1983 sequel ''Legion'', one of the main protagonists in the 1973 film ''The Exorcist'', and a supporting character in ''The Exorcist III'', the 1990 fil ...

, protagonist of the novel ''

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty ...

'' and its film adaptation of the same title. *

Damien Thorn Damien Thorn is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of ''The Omen'' franchise. He is the Antichrist and the son of the Devil. The character has been portrayed by Harvey Spencer Stephens, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Sam Neill, Seamus Da ...

, the main character in the '' Omen'' series of horror films and '' Damien'' TV series * Damien Trotter, in the sitcom ''

Only Fools and Horses ''Only Fools and Horses....'' is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas ...

'' *Damien, from the television episode " Damien" from '' South Park'' *Damien, from ''

District 13 ''District 13'' (French title ''Banlieue 13'' or ''B13''), is a 2004 French action film directed by Pierre Morel and written and produced by Luc Besson. It depicts parkour in several stunt sequences completed without wires or computer-generated ...