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

Damian Damian () 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) *Damon (disambiguation) *Da ...

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 Borne government, government of Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022. Abad previously served as Member of ...

(born 1980), French politician * Damien Adam (born 1989), French politician * Damien Adkins (born 1981), Australian rules footballer * Damien Alamos (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 Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively ...

(born 1975), Canadian actor and playwright

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* Damien Balisson (born 1996), Mauritian footballer * Damien Berry (born 1989), American football player * Damien Birkinhead (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 Ram Foley in '' Crash Zone''. He later secured the regular role of Dylan Timmins in ...

(born 1985), Australian actor * Damien Boisseau, 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 Damien Bonnard (born 22 July 1978) is a French actor. Filmography References External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnard, Damien 1978 births Living people French male film actors 21st-century French male actors People from Alès Male ...

(born 1978), French actor *

Damien Borel Damien Borel (born June 1, 1993) is a former American football defensive lineman. He attended (and played football at) Woodland High School and Butte College. In 2012, while at Butte, he tallied 69 tackles and 19 sacks. Borel's 19 sacks led all ...

(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 Montreuil FC. Club career In the summer of 2012, there were rumors that Rapid București would be interested to sign the player fo ...

(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 at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Australia in athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics but did not medal. Personal Bowen w ...

(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 (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsor ...

(born 1980), Australian rugby union footballer *

Damien Bridonneau Damien Bridonneau (born April 19, 1975) is a professional footballer currently playing for Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the ...

(born 1975), French footballer *

Damien Broderick Damien Francis Broderick (22 April 1944 – 19 April 2025) was an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' credits him with the first usage of the term ''virtual ...

(1944–2025), 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 sprin ...

(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 se ...

(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. ...

(born 1984), Australian mixed martial artist *

Damien Brunner Damien Brunner (born March 9, 1986) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey forward who last played for 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 Damien Burke is a former Gaelic footballer from Corofin, County Galway. He played with his local club Corofin and the Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the R ...

, Irish Gaelic footballer * Damien Burroughs (born 1978), Australian Paralympic athlete * Damien Bush (born 1968), English cricketer * Damien Byrne (born 1954), Irish footballer * Damien Byrne (Gaelic footballer) (born 1978), Irish Gaelic footballer

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* Damien Cahalane (born 1992), Irish hurler and footballer *

Damien Cardace Damian Cardace is a rugby league footballer who plays for Lézignan Sangliers in the French Elite One Championship. He previously played in the Super League for the Catalans Dragons, before being released in July 2015. In 2013, Cardace played f ...

(born 1992), French rugby league footballer * Damien Carême (born 1960), French politician *

Damien Cely Damien Cely (born 13 April 1989 in Sarcelles) is a French diver. He competed in the 3 m springboard event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, we ...

(born 1989), French diver * Damien Chapman (born 1974), Australian rugby union footballer *

Damien Chazelle Damien Sayre Chazelle (; born January 19, 1985) is an American filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama ''Whiplash (2014 film), Whiplash'' (2014), the musical romance ''La La Land'' (2016), the biographical drama ''First Man (film), First ...

(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 Victorian Football League. Christensen played 17 games for the Geelong Football Club. After his playing career, Christensen has coached the Geelong Falcons, ...

(born 1963), Australian rules footballer * Damien Chrysostome (born 1982), Beninese footballer *

Damien Cler Damien Cler (born 2 October 1983) is a French rugby seven forward who competed at the 2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international mult ...

(born 1987), French rugby sevens player *

Damien Comer Damien Comer (born 11 January 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Annaghdown and at senior level for the Galway county team. Early life and playing career Comer is a former pupil of St Jarlath's College in Tuam, and also a gradu ...

(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 (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 (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 (born 1966), Northern Irish boxer * Damien Desprat (born 1974), French sailor * Damien de Veuster (1840–1889), Belgian-Hawaiian Catholic priest *Damien Djordjevic (born 1984), French figure skater *

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 a research scientist ('' chargé de recherche'') at the French government research inst ...

, 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 memb ...

, an American post-punk band *

Damien Dovy Damien Dovy (born 31 March 1966 in Vitry-sur-Seine, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South Americ ...

(born 1966), French karateka *

Damien Duff Damien Anthony Duff (born 2 March 1979) is an Irish professional manager (association football), football manager and former Association football, player. He is the manager of League of Ireland club Shelbourne F.C., Shelbourne. 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 (born 1974), American writer *

Damien Egan Damien James Egan (born 8 July 1983) is a British Labour Party (UK), Labour politician serving as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency), Bristol North East, previo ...

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

Damien English Damien English (born 21 February 1978) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency from 2007 to 2024, and previously from 2002 to 2007 for the Meath constituency. He served as Minis ...

(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, 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 ...

(born 1977), Irish race car driver *

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. P ...

(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 a ...

(born 1970), Australian cricketer * Damien Fleury (born 1986), French ice hockey player *

Damien Fogarty Damien Fogarty (born 19 October 1985) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a substitute forward for the Kilkenny senior team. Fogarty made his competitive debut for the team during the 2008 National League, however, since then he has r ...

(born 1985), Irish hurler * Damien Fotiou, Australian actor *

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 t ...

(born 1961), Irish sportsperson * Damien Francis (born 1979), Jamaican footballer * Damien Frawley (born 1962), Australian rugby union footballer * Damien Freeleagus, 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 and education Damien Garvey graduated from Padua College, a Catholic boys' school in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1982. Career Garvey ...

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

Damien Gaudin Damien Gaudin (born 20 August 1986) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021 for the , and / squads. During his professional career, Gaudin took six victories – the 2013 Cholet-Pays de Loire an ...

(born 1986), French cyclist * Damien Germanier (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 (born 1977), British track athlete * Damien Gregori, 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 Damien Patrick Hardwick (born 18 August 1972) is a current Australian rules football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League. He is the former senior coach of the Richmond Football ...

(born 1972), Australian rules footballer *

Damien Harris Damien Harris (born February 11, 1997) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he was a two-time national ...

(born 1997), American football player * Damien Hayes (born 1982), Irish sportsman * Damien Healy, Irish Gaelic footballer *

Damiën Hertog Damiën Hertog (born 3 December 1974) is a Dutch footballer who played for Excelsior Rotterdam before retiring in 2008. His former clubs are RBC Roosendaal and De Graafschap. Coaching career From 2008 to 2009, Hertog worked as a scout, analyst a ...

(born 1974), Dutch footballer *

Damien Hétu Damien Hétu (October 24, 1926 – February 15, 2010) was a Canadian politician. Hétu served as mayor of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec on two separate occasions and was a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1989. Ea ...

(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 and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest ...

(born 1965), British artist *

Damien Hobgood Damien Hobgood is a professional surfer from Satellite Beach, Florida. He is known for having once held the highest two-wave grand final score in pro surfing by scoring 19.9 out of 20 at The Quiksilver Pro Fiji in 2004 until Kelly Slater eclipse ...

(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 Damien Horne, also known as Mista D (born July 14, 1978) is an American recording artist, musician and songwriter. He is a member of the trio The Farm, as well as Nashville's MuzikMafia, and is involved with the Salvation Army, Samaritan's F ...

(born 1978), American recording artist *

Damien Howson Damien Howson (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Howson started his athletic career in basketball, becoming a state champion aged 13. He moved to cycling when South Australian Sports Institute di ...

(born 1992), Australian cyclist *

Damien Hoyland Damien Hoyland (born 11 January 1994) is a Scottish rugby union player who is signed to Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby. Age grade rugby The James Gillespie's HS former pupil represented Scotland under-17 as well as Edinburgh at under-16, ...

(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 Damien Roberto Inglis ( ; born May 20, 1995) is a French professional basketball for Yokohama B-Corsairs of the Japanese B. League. He was selected with the 31st overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Bucks and represents France in internati ...

(born 1995), French basketball player * Damien Irwin (born 1969), Irish hurler

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Damien Jalet Damien Jalet (born 17 August 1976) is a Belgo-French choreographer, dancer and performer. Life and career Damien Jalet was born in Uccle, Belgium. He worked as choreographer and performer for Companies like Ballet C. de la B., Sasha Waltz et ...

(born 1976), Belgian-French choreographer *

Damien Jefferson Damien Jefferson (born October 3, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Karşıyaka Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the Champions League. He played college basketball for the New Mexico Lobos and th ...

(born 1997), American basketball player *

Damien Johnson Damien Michael Johnson (born 18 November 1978) is a Northern Irish football coach and former international player. Since 2019 he has been first team technical coach & head of player development at Blackburn Rovers. He began his career with Po ...

(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, were an international multi-sport event held f ...

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

Damien Jurado Damien Troy Jurado (; born November 12, 1972) 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 Recor ...

(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 wrestling, professional wrestler and Manager (professional wrestling), manager. He is best known for his appearances with the Philadelph ...

(born 1960), American professional wrestler *

Damien Keeping Damien Keeping (born 25 May 1972) 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 Aft ...

(born 1972), Australian rules football coach * Damien Kelly (born 1958), Irish-American soccer player *

Damien Keown Damien Keown (born 1951) is a British academic, bioethicist, and authority on Buddhist bioethics. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Goldsmiths, University of London. Keown earned a B.A. in religious studies from the Univer ...

(born 1951), British bioethicist *

Damien Keyeux Damien Keyeux is a film editor with more than thirty film credits. His credits include ''The Barons'' (2009), '' Illegal'' (2010), '' When Pigs Have Wings'' (2011), ''Horses of God ''Horses of God'' (, , translit. Ya khayl Allah) is 2012 ...

, 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 ha ...

, 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 and farmer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Battle River—Crowfoot riding from 2019 to 2025. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 201 ...

(born 1989/1990), Canadian politician

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* Damien Lacey (born 1977), Welsh footballer * Damien Lahaye (born 1984), Belgian footballer *

Damien Lauretta Damien Lauretta (born 7 January 1992, in Toulon) is a French singer, record producer, songwriter and actor. Life and career He participated in several music programs, such as the ''Bataille des chorales'' (TF1), and ''Le Grand show des enfants'' ...

(born 1992), French actor *

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

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

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

Damien Leone Damien Leone (born January 29, 1982)is an American filmmaker, film editor, and special effects artist. He is best known for writing and directing ''All Hallows' Eve (2013 film), All Hallows' Eve'' (2013), ''Terrifier'' (2016), ''Terrifier 2'' (20 ...

, American director *

Damien LeRoy Damien LeRoy, sometimes known professionally by the alias DJ Ammo, is an American disc jockey and music producer from Los Angeles, California. He has co-produced " The Time (Dirty Bit)" along with three other songs from The Black Eyed Peas' sixth ...

, American disc jockey *

Damien Le Tallec Damien Le Tallec (born 19 April 1990) is a French professional football official and a former centre-back. He works as an advisor with the Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg. A former France youth international, Le Tallec appeared with the und ...

(born 1990), French-Russian footballer * Damien Letulle (born 1973), French archer *

Damien Lewis (disambiguation) Damien Lewis may refer to: * Damien Lewis (American football) (born 1997), American football player * Damien Lewis (filmmaker) (born 1966), British author and filmmaker See also * Damian Lewis Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is a ...

, 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 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 t ...

(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 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 Sch ...

, Australian politician *

Damien Marchesseault Damien Marchesseault (or Marchesseau) (April 1, 1818 – January 20, 1868) was a Canadian-born American politician who served as the seventh mayor of Los Angeles from May 9, 1859, to May 9, 1860, and then again from January 7, 1861, to May ...

(1818–1868), American politician * Damien Marcq (born 1988), French footballer * Damien Margat (born 1983), French rower * Damien Markman (born 1978), English footballer *

Damien Marsh Damien Marsh (born 28 March 1971) is a former Australian 100 metre and 200 metre sprint champion. A native of Goondiwindi, Queensland, Marsh finest moment as a sprinter was winning the 1995 100 metre IAAF Grand Prix Final in Monaco in a time ...

(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, Gaelic footballer *

Damien McCaul (presenter) Damien McCaul is an Irish radio presenter and television personality. Career McCaul used to present ''The Den'', RTÉ's nationwide programming for children, where he worked alongside Dustin the Turkey for many years before quitting in May 200 ...

, Irish radio presenter * Damien McCormack (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 side Leicester St Andrews. He made 442 appearances in all competitions during a 15-year career. First signing professional forms with ...

(born 1990), Irish footballer * Damien McCusker (born 1966), Northern Irish Gaelic footballer * Damien McCrystal (born 1961), English editor *

Damien McGrane Damien McGrane (born 13 April 1971) is an Irish professional golfer. Early life and career McGrane was born in Kells, County Meath, Ireland. He turned professional in 1991. McGrane has had full status on the European Tour since 2003, and has ...

(born 1971), Irish golfer * Damien Mealey (born 1968), Australian cricketer * Damien Megherbi, French producer * Damien Menzo (born 1993), Dutch footballer *

Damien Meslot Damien Meslot (born 11 November 1964 in Belfort) is a French politician and a member of The Republicans. He represented Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2017, and has served as the mayor of Belfor ...

(born 1964), French politician * Damien Miceli (born 1984), Belgian footballer * Damien Miller, Australian diplomat *

Damien Molony Damien Molony 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 in Channel 4's '' GameFa ...

(born 1984), Irish actor *

Damien Monier Damien Monier (born 27 August 1982) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2004 to 2022. Career Monier was born in Clermont-Ferrand, and became a professional rider in 2004. After seven years with ...

(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. Born in Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands, he moved to the United States as a child and grew up in Miami, Florida, where he n ...

(born 1976), American musician * Damien Mozika (born 1987), French footballer *

Damien Mudge Damien Mudge (born 12 May 1976) is an Australian professional male doubles squash player, from Adelaide, South Australia, currently residing with his wife and son in Mexico. He holds the all-time record of 157 professional doubles tour title ...

(born 1976), Australian squash player * Damien Murray (born 1981), Irish hurler *

Damien Murray (footballer) Damien Murray (born 6 December 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from South Australian National Football League club West Adelaide, Murray was dra ...

(born 1970), Australian rules footballer

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* Damien Nadarajah (born 1968), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Damien Nash Damien Darnell Nash (April 14, 1982 – February 24, 2007) was an American football running back who played for the Tennessee Titans and Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He died after the 2006 season, his only season with th ...

(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 Mi ...

(born 1974), French cyclist * Damien Neville (born 1975), Bahamian footballer * Damien Nygaard (born 1945), Australian athlete

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Damien O'Connor Damien Peter O'Connor (born 16 January 1958) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Agriculture, Minister for Biosecurity, Minister for Trade and Export Growth, Minister for Land Information and Minister for Rural ...

(born 1958), New Zealand politician *

Damien O'Donnell Damien O'Donnell (born 1967 in Dublin) is an Irish film director and writer. He has directed three feature films thus far: '' East is East'' (1999), starring Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry, and Archie Panjabi; '' Heartlands'' (2002), st ...

(born 1967), Irish director *

Damien O'Hagan Damien O'Hagan is a former Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Tyrone county team. He played for his county at minor including an all Ireland minor final at 15, under-21 and senior levels. While he was playing for Tyrone, the c ...

, Irish Gaelic footballer *

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

(born 1978), Irish musician *

Damien Oliver Damien Oliver (born 22 June 1972) is an Australian Retirement, retired 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 ...

(born 1972), Australian jockey *

Damien O'Reilly Damien O'Reilly is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Cavan county team. Playing career O’Reilly was a versatile footballer, he could play in defence or as a forward. He helped Cavan reach the All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champio ...

(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 (born 1984), French racing driver * Damien Patton (born 1972), American mechanic *

Damien Perquis Damien Albert René Perquis (born 10 April 1984) is a former professional footballer and current assistant coach of Gazélec Ajaccio's B-team. A Defender (association football), defender, he represented France at youth level, before acquiring ...

(born 1984), French footballer *

Damien Perquis (footballer, born 1986) Damien Perquis (; born 8 March 1986) is a French former association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He has formerly played professionally for Stade Malherbe Caen, Caen and Valenciennes FC, Vale ...

(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 Damien Poisblaud (born 13 April 1961 in Maillé in Vendée) is a French cantor specializing in Gregorian chant. He is the director of the Gregorian choir "Les Chantres du Thoronet". Biography Damien Poisblaud took interest in gregorian singing ...

(born 1961), French cantor * Damien Pottinger (born 1982), Canadian soccer player

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Damien Quigley Damien Quigley (born 1971) is an Irish hurling selector and former player. At club level, he played with Na Piarsaigh GAA (Limerick), Na Piarsaigh and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team. Playing career Quigley was educ ...

(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 Damien Raux (born November 3, 1984) is a French professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Scorpions de Mulhouse in the Ligue Magnus. International Raux participated at the IIHF World Championship as a member of the France Natio ...

(born 1984), French ice hockey player *

Damien Ravu Damien Ravu (born 3 May 1994) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 1 October 2017. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Scotland on 2 ...

(born 1994), Papua New Guinean cricketer *

Damien Reale Damien Reale (born 17 May 1981) is an Irish former hurling, hurler. At club level, he played with Hospital-Herbertstown GAA, Hospital-Herbertstown, divisional side Emmets GAA, Emmets and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling tea ...

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

(born 1973), Irish singer-songwriter *

Damien Richardson (disambiguation) Damien Richardson may refer to: * Damien Richardson (footballer) (born 1947), Irish football manager and former player * Damien Richardson (American football) (born 1976) * Damien Richardson (actor) Damien Richardson (born 2 August 1969) is a ...

, 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 Damien Robitaille (, born June 1981) is a Canadians, Canadian musician from the village of Lafontaine, Ontario, Lafontaine, Ontario in the Georgian Bay area, two hours north-west of Toronto. He is a Franco-Ontarian musician whose career is mainly ...

(born 1981), Canadian musician * Damien Russell (born 1970), American football player *

Damien Ryan (basketball) Damien Ryan (born 20 September 1979) is an Australian former professional basketball player. Early life Ryan was born in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1997, Ryan attended the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. Professional career Ryan debu ...

(born 1978), Australian basketball player * Damien Ryan (footballer) (born 1977), Australian rules footballer

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Damien Saez Damien Saez (; born 1 August 1977) or just Saez, is a French singer-songwriter and musician. Biography Early life Damien Saez was born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, on 1 August 1977, where he lived until the age of three or four years b ...

(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 develo ...

, Belgian software designer * Damien Sargue (born 1981), French singer *

Damien M. Schiff The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) is an American nonprofit public interest law firm established for the purpose of defending and promoting individual freedom.Zumbrun, Ronald A. (2004). "Life, Liberty, and Property Rights," in ''Bringing Justice ...

(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 and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, both with teammate Chris McHugh, winning ...

(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 yac ...

(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 Damien Roy Charles Noel Court-Thomas (11 April 1942 – 18 April 2025), known by his stage name Damien Thomas, was a British actor noted for his roles in British films and television, such as his role as Father Martin Alvito in the 1980 minise ...

(born 1942), British actor *

Damien Thomlinson Damien Thomlinson is an Australian Australian commandos, commando, swimmer, rally car navigator, para-snowboarder and author. He joined the Australian Army in 2005, and went on to serve in Afghanistan. While serving with the 2nd Commando Regime ...

, Australian para-snowboarder *

Damien Tibéri Damien Tibéri (born 23 August 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left midfielder. After playing for CS Sedan-Ardennes from 2006 to 2011, Tibéri joined AC Ajaccio in July 2011.''Le Figaro () is a French dai ...

(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'', ''Wuthe ...

(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, conductor, ...

(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, French canoeist *

Damien Tudehope Damien Francis Tudehope (born 1953) is an Australian politician. Tudehope served as the New South Wales Minister for Finance in the second Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries from April 2019 to March 2023. He was also the Minister for Emplo ...

(born 1953), Australian politician *

Damien Tussac Damien Tussac (born 2 January 1988)
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Damien Valero Damien Valero (born 1965) is a French mixed-media visual artist and professor of art and space at Georgia Tech (USA) and l' École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette (France). His work is held in the National Collectio ...

(born 1965), French visual artist * Damien Varley (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. In January 2024, he was announced as the director of an already-filmed comedy action film ''Stuntn ...

(born 1982), British gymnast *

Damien Dante Wayans Damien Dante Wayans (born April 15, 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 a member of the Wayans family, which includes Keenen Iv ...

(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 Heav ...

(born 1971), American professional wrestler * Damien Webber (born 1968), English footballer *

Damien Welch Damian Welch (born 28 July 1982 in Reading, Berkshire, Reading) is a former Welsh Rugby Union player who played at Lock (rugby union), lock. He represented Wales at Rugby sevens, Sevens in the 2008–2009 season. Club career Welch played for W ...

(born 1982), Welsh rugby union footballer *

Damien Whitehead Damien Whitehead (born 24 April 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played in The Football League for Macclesfield Town. Career Whitehead started his career at non-league Warrington Town where his impressive goal scoring a ...

(born 1979), English footballer * Damien Wilkins (born 1980), American basketball player * Damien Wilkins (writer) (born 1963), New Zealand novelist *

Damien Williams Damien Williams (born April 3, 1992) is an American professional football running back. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He has also played for the Kans ...

(born 1992), American football player *

Damien Wilson Damien Wilson (born May 28, 1993) is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football at Minnesota, and was selected by the Cowboys in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL draft. He has also played for the Kansas City Chiefs ...

(born 1993), American football player *

Damien Woody Damien Michael Woody (born November 3, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard for the New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college fo ...

(born 1977), American football player * Damien Wright (born 1975), Australian cricketer

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Damien Yzerbyt Damien Yzerbyt (10 December 1963 - 19 January 2014) was a Belgium, Belgian politician (Centre démocrate humaniste, cdH) and a member of the Parliament of Wallonia. He was also active in the Parliament of the French Community and briefly served ...

(1963–2014), Belgian politician

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André Damien André Damien (10 July 1930 – 5 March 2019) was a French lawyer and politician who served as the head of the French Bar Association. A Conseil d'État (France), Supreme Court Justice of France from 1981 until 1997, he also served as Mayor of ...

(1930–2019), French lawyer and politician

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Damien Karras Father Damien "Demis" Karras, Jesuits, SJ, is a fictional Character (arts), character from the 1971 novel ''The Exorcist (novel), The Exorcist'', its 1983 sequel ''Legion (Blatty novel), Legion'', one of the main protagonists in the 1973 film ''Th ...

, protagonist of the novel ''

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on The Exorcist (novel), his 1971 novel. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller (play ...

'' and its film adaptation of the same title. * Damien Thorn, the main character in the ''

Omen An omen (also called ''portent'') is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly believed in ancient history, and still believed by some today, that omens bring divine messages ...

'' series of horror films and ''

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

'' TV series * Damien Trotter, in the sitcom ''

Only Fools and Horses ''Only Fools and Horses'' (titled onscreen as ''Only Fools and Horses....'') is a British television sitcom that was created and written by John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Ki ...

'' *Damien, from the television episode "

" from ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand the ...

'' *Damien, from ''

District 13 ''District B13'' ( French title ''Banlieue 13'' or ''B13''), is a 2004 French action film directed by Pierre Morel, produced by Luc Besson, and written by Besson and Bibi Naceri. It depicts parkour in several action sequences, which was complet ...