Désiré is a French male given name, which means "desired, wished". The female form is Désirée.Behind the Name
/ref> Désiré may refer to: * Amable Courtecuisse (1823 - 1873), French baritone known simply as Désiré * Désiré Bastin (1900–1972), Belgian football player *

Dési Bouterse Desiré Delano "Dési" Bouterse (; born 13 October 1945) is a Surinamese military officer, politician, convicted murderer and drug trafficker who served as President of Suriname from 2010 to 2020. From 1980 to 1987, he was Suriname's ''de facto ...

(born 1945), Surinamese politician * Désiré Charnay (1828–1915), French archaeologist *

Désiré Collen Désiré, Baron Collen (born in Sint-Truiden, Belgium, 21 June 1943) is a Belgian physician, chemist, biotechnology entrepreneur and life science investor. He made several discoveries in thrombosis, haemostasis and vascular biology in many of wh ...

(born 1943), Belgian physician * Désiré Dalloz (1795–1869), French jurist *

Désiré Defauw Désiré Defauw (5 September 1885, Ghent, Belgium – 25 July 1960, Gary, Indiana, United States) was a Belgian conductor and violinist. During World War I he became a refugee, working in London where in 1917 he appeared at the Wigmor ...

(1885–1960), Belgian conductor * Désiré Dondeyne (1921-2015), French conductor *

Désiré Ferry Désiré Ferry (26 October 1886 – 11 January 1940) was a French politician of the Third Republic. Ferry was born in Metz. He studied law at the University of Nancy and worked as a writer and publisher. During the First World War he served with ...

(1886–1940), French politician *

Désiré Girouard Désiré Girouard (July 7, 1836 – March 22, 1911) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada (now part of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec), the son of Jé ...

(1836–1911), Canadian lawyer *

Désiré de Haerne Désiré de Haerne (4 July 1804 – 22 March 1890) was a Catholic priest, who was one of the signers of the Belgian constitution. He also founded the St John's Catholic School for the Deaf, which today is located in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, and ...

(1804 - 1890), Signatory of the Belgian Constitution * Désiré Keteleer (1920–1970), Belgian cyclist *

Désiré Koranyi Désiré Koranyi (28 January 1914 – 9 January 1981), a.k.a. Dezsõ Korányi or Dezsõ Kronenberger, was a Hungarian-French football player. He played club soccer most notably with FC Sète where he won the Division 1 in 1938-39. He was cap ...

(1914–1981), Hungarian-French football player * Désiré Mbonabucya (born 1977), Rwandan football player * Désiré Mérchez (1882–1968), French swimmer *

Désiré Munyaneza Désiré Munyaneza (born 1966) is a Rwandan businessman and convicted war criminal who was living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, before being imprisoned. He is the first man to be arrested and convicted in Canada on charges of war crimes and crim ...

(born 1966), Rwandan war criminal * Désiré Nisard (1806–1888), French author * Désiré Olivier Bourbeau (1834–1900), Canadian politician *

Désiré Rakotoarijaona Lieutenant-Colonel Désiré Rakotoarijaona (born 19 June 1934) is a Malagasy politician. He was Minister of Economy and Finance from February 1975 to June 1975. He was Prime Minister of Madagascar from 1 August 1977 to 12 February 1988, under Pre ...

(born 1934), Prime Minister of Madagascar *

Désiré van Monckhoven Désiré Charles Emanuel van Monckhoven (1834–1882) was a Belgian chemist, physicist, and photographic researcher. He was also an inventor and author.Day, Lance ''et al.'' (1996) ''Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology,'' p. 49 ...

(1834–1882), Belgian chemist *

Désiré Vervoort Désiré Jean Léon Vervoort (11 April 1810, in Antwerp – 9 July 1886, in Watermael-Boitsfort) was a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician. He was member of the Belgian parliament and President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 23 N ...

(1810–1886), Belgian lawyer

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{{given name, nocat French masculine given names

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