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__NOTOC__ Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman name Didius. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it became associated with the name ''Desiderius'', related to Latin ''desiderium'' – which can be translated as "ardent desire" or "the longed-for". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Didier Ahadsi (born 1970), Togolese self-taught artist and sculptor * Didier Agathe (born 1975), French footballer * Didier André (born 1974), French race car driver * Didier Boulaud (born 1950), French senate member * Didier Burkhalter (born 1960), Swiss politician * Didier of Cahors (c. 580–655), Desiderius or (saint) Didier, French saint * Didier Couécou (born 1944), French footballer * Didier Daeninckx (born 1949), French crime writer and politician * Didier Delsalle (born 1957), French helicopter pilot * Didier Deschamps (born 1968), French i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien language, Francien) largely supplanted. It was also substratum (linguistics), influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the Germanic languages, Germanic Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. As a result of French and Belgian colonialism from the 16th century onward, it was introduced to new territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole, were established. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Diderot
Didier Diderot (14 September 1685 in Langres – 3 June 1759 ibid) was a French craftsman and the father of the Encyclopédistes, encyclopedist, author, philosopher of Age of Enlightenment, enlightenment Denis Diderot. Biography Didier Diderot descended from families of local craftsmen from the city of Langres, Champagne (historical province), Champagne. His father, Denis Diderot (1654–1726), senior, was a master craftsman, or rather a knife forgemaster, ''maître coutelier'', and his mother was Nicole Beligné (1655–1692). On 20 June 1679 both had married. Nicole Beligné was born on 1655 as the daughter of a wealthy artisan family. Her father was François Beligné (1625–1697) who was also knife blacksmith, her mother was Catherine Grassot. From his father-in-law Beligné Denis Diderot adopted the labeling of their own products: a pearl, ''la perle''. Didier (compare also Desiderius of Langres) had five brothers - Didier was the second son - and one sister; by ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Raoult
Didier Raoult (; born 13 March 1952) is a retired French physician and microbiologist specialising in infectious diseases. He taught about infectious diseases at the Faculty of Medicine of Aix-Marseille University (AMU), and in 1984, created the '' Rickettsia'' Unit of the university. From 2008 to 2022, Raoult was the director of the ''Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes''. He gained significant worldwide attention during the COVID-19 pandemic for vocally promoting hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the disease, despite lack of evidence for its effectiveness and the subsequent opposition from NIH and WHO to its use for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients. As of 2025, 40 of Raoult's research publications have been retracted, and at least another 218 of his publications have received an expression of concern from their publishers, due to questions related to ethics approval for his studies. Personal life Raoult was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Pittet
Didier Pittet (born 20 March 1957 in Geneva, Switzerland) is an infectious diseases expert and the director of thInfection Control ProgrammeanWHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety Geneva, Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ... . Since 2005, Pittet is also the External Lead of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Pironi
Didier Joseph Louis Pironi (26 March 1952 – 23 August 1987) was a French racing driver and offshore powerboat racing, offshore powerboat racer, who competed in Formula One from to . Pironi was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, and won three List of Formula One Grands Prix, Grands Prix across five seasons. In endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, Pironi won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in with Renault Sport, Renault. Born and raised in Val-de-Marne, Pironi was the half-brother of racing driver José Dolhem. After initially studying engineering, he enrolled at the Winfield Racing School at Paul Ricard Circuit, Paul Ricard, earning a scholarship to compete in Formula Renault, where he won the Formula Renault Eurocup, Eurocup in List of Formula Renault 2.0 champions, 1974 and List of Formula Renault 2.0 champions, 1976. After finishing third in the 1977 European Formula Two Championship, Pironi progressed to Formul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Opertti
Didier Opertti Badán (born 23 April 1937) is a Uruguayan political figure and lawyer. Political offices in Uruguay Interior Minister Opertti served as the interior minister of Uruguay from 1995 to 1998 in the government of Julio María Sanguinetti. Foreign minister Opertti subsequently served as Minister of Foreign Relations under both Presidents Sanguinetti and subsequently Jorge Batlle from 1998 until 1 March 2005. Other offices He served as the president of the United Nations General Assembly from 1998 to 1999. As of 2006, he serves as Secretary-General Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, Power (social and political), power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the org ... of ALADI. See also * Politics of Uruguay External links Biography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Ollé-Nicolle
Didier Ollé-Nicolle (born 2 September 1961) is a French football manager and former player who played as a defender. He most recently managed Division 1 Féminine side Paris Saint-Germain Féminine. Club career Ollé-Nicolle was born in Belley, Ain. He had a modest playing career in French lower leagues for Angers, Chambéry and Raon-l'Étape. He primarily played as a defender. Managerial career Ollé-Nicolle coached Raon-l'Étape, Valenciennes, Nîmes, Châteauroux. He has managing in Ligue 1 at OGC Nice, as of 1 July 2009 and on 9 March 2010, Nice decided to sack him and put the team into the hands of Eric Roy, René Marsiglia and Frédéric Gioria. In September 2010, he was named Neuchâtel Xamax manager. He was sacked after a 4–1 home defeat against FC Thun on 11 May 2011, leaving the Swiss Cup finalist two points clear of relegation with three games left. In July 2011, he was hired as manager for Apollon Limassol, a Cypriot team considered to be one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Niquet
Didier Niquet (born 22 July 1949) is a French sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He finished sixth in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no .... ReferencesSports-reference.com profile External links * 1949 births Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics French male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for France Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Marouani
Didier "Ecama" Marouani (born 14 July 1953) is a French composer and musician born in Monaco. Biography Didier started his career as a pop singer and made his first single, "Je suis ton chevalier" (''I am your knight'') with Etienne Roda-Gil as a lyricist in 1975. He followed this by touring with Johnny Hallyday, Claude François and Joe Dassin. In 1977, he formed the band Space, under which he performed as the pseudonym Ecama. The title track from the first album, " Magic Fly", reached number 2 on the U.K. Singles Chart and was used as the main theme song of the original Chinese version of Jackie Chan's 1978 film '' Snake in the Eagle's Shadow'' (蛇形刁手). This was followed by the albums ''Deliverance'' (1977) and ''Just Blue'' (1978). In 1980 he left Space after a dispute with producer Jean-Phillip Illiesco. Later, he participated in another electronic venture "Paris-France-Transit" (1982). In 1983, Didier & Space went to the USSR to give 21 concerts for 600,000 peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Malherbe
Didier Malherbe (born 22 January 1943) is a French jazz, rock, and world music musician and poet. He is a member of the bands Gong and Hadouk. He plays the saxophone, flute, alto clarinet, ocarina, Laotian Khen, Bawu flute, Hulusi, and many other wind instruments. Since 1995, the duduk has been his preferred instrument. Early life Didier Malherbe began playing saxophone at the age of 13, after hearing Charlie Parker's " Bloomdido", a title he would later adopt as his nickname. After two years of formal training on saxophone, he began to participate in jam sessions at various Paris jazz clubs with musicians such as Alby Cullaz, Eddy Louiss, and Jacques Thollot. He then moved away from jazz, stating, "I had grown puzzled about bebop because of so many rules. Then free jazz arrived, which got rid of all the rules... I decided I'd rather look elsewhere". In 1962, after hearing the first album of Ravi Shankar, he traveled to India where he discovered the bamboo flute and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Lemaire
Didier Lemaire (born 23 July 1975) is a French politician. As a member of Horizons, he was elected member of parliament for Haut-Rhin's 3rd constituency in the 2022 French legislative election. References External links Pageat the French national assembly The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known ... See also * List of deputies of the 16th National Assembly of France {{DEFAULTSORT:Lemaire, Didier 1975 births Living people Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Horizons (political party) politicians Members of Parliament for Haut-Rhin Wikipedia requested images of politicians and government-people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Lavergne
Didier Lavergne is a French make-up artist A make-up artist, also called a makeup artist, and often shortened to MUA, is an artist whose medium is the human body, applying makeup and Prosthetic makeup, prosthetics on others for theatre, television, film, fashion, magazines and other simil .... He won an Academy Award for Best Makeup as well as a BAFTA Award for Best Makeup for his work in '' La Vie en rose'' (2007). References External links * French make-up artists Best Makeup Academy Award winners Best Makeup BAFTA Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{France-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
