Didier

Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. 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

A

Didier Ahadsi (born 1970), Togolese self-taught artist and sculptor Didier André (born 1974), French race car driver

Didier Artzet (born 1963), French former racing driver Didier Astruc (born 1946), French chemist

Didier Awadi (born 1969), Senegalese rapper

B Didier Baichère (born 1970), French politician

Didier Barra (1590–1656), French painter Didier Bellens (1955–2016), Belgian businessman

Didier Berthod (born 1981), Swiss rock climber and priest Didier Beugnies (born 1961), Belgian footballer

Samuel Didier Biang (born 1974), Cameroonian footballer and coach Didier Bienaimé (1961–2004), French actor Didier Bigo (born 1956), French academic

Didier Bizimana (born 1975), Burundian footballer Didier Blanc (born 1984), French ski mountaineer Didier Bocquet (born 1957), French musician

Didier Boulaud (born 1950), French politician

Didier Bourrier (1955–1987), French cyclist

Didier Breton (born 1953), British businessman Didier Brossou (born 1989), Ivorian footballer Didier Brunner (born 1948), French film producer Didier Budimbu (born 1901), Congolese politician Didier Burkhalter (born 1960), Swiss Federal Councillor from 2009 to 2017

C

Didier of Cahors (0580–0655), Merovingian official

Didier Casimiro (born 1966), Russian government official

Didier Chambaron (born 1971), French professional football manager Didier Chaparro (born 1987), Colombian cyclist

Didier Cohen (born 1985), American-born Model, DJ/Producer Didier Comès (1942–2013), Belgian comics artist Didier Conrad (born 1959), French comics artist and writer Didier Cossin (born 1964), Swiss-French economist Didier Cottaz (born 1967), French racing driver

Didier de Chaffoy de Courcelles (born 1953), Belgian scientist and businessman

Didier Courtois (born 1967), French ice dancer

Didier Cuche (born 1974), Swiss alpine skier

D Didier Dacko (born 1967), Malian general and diplomat

Didier Dagueneau (1956–2008), French winemaker Didier van Damme (born 1929), European Adviser and also composer

Didier Daurat (1891–1969), French aviator Didier Decoin (born 1945), French screenwriter and writer Didier Défago (born 1977), Swiss alpine skier

Didier Delsalle (born 1957), French pilot Didier Demazière (born 1950), French sociologist

Didier Detchénique (born 1972), French high jumper Didier Dheedene (born 1972), Belgian footballer Didier Dhennin (born 1961), French eventing rider Didier Diderot (1685–1759), French craftsman Didier Dietschi, Swiss dentist

Didier Dogley (born 1964), Seychellois politician

Didier Dubois (mathematician) (born 1952), French mathematician Didier Dubucq (born 1850), Belgian cartoonist and journalist

E

Didier Etumba (born 1955), Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo

F Didier Faivre-Pierret (born 1965), French cyclist Didier Falise (born 1961), Belgian triple jumper

Didier François (journalist) (born 1960), French journalist Didier Frenay (born 1966), Belgian footballer

G Didier Le Gac (born 1965), French politician Didier Gailhaguet (born 1953), French figure skater, coach and official Didier Gallet (born 1945), French rower

Didier Garcia (born 1964), French cyclist Didier Georgakakis (born 1966), French political scientist

Didier Gopaul (born 1983), Mauritian footballer Didier Lecour Grandmaison (1889–1917), French Pilot Didier Guérin (born 1950), French editor

Didier Le Guillou (born 1960), French middle-distance runner Didier Guzzoni (born 1970), Swiss computer scientist and inventor of Siri

H Didier Hassoux (born 1963), French investigative journalist and political writer Didier Haudepin (born 1951), French actor, film producer, screenwriter and director Didier Hauss, French glider

Didier Hernández (born 1979), Cuban Artist. Singer Songwriter

J Didier Julia (born 1934), French politician and philosopher

K

Didier Kamanzi (born 1994), Burundi–born Rwandan actor Didier Kaphagawani, Malawian philosopher Didier Kavumbagu (born 1983), Burundian footballer

Didier Koré (born 1989), Ivorian footballer Didier Kougbenya (born 1995), Togolese footballer

L

Didier Lavergne (born 1950), French make-up artist Didier Lebaud (born 1954), French cyclist Didier Lebri (born 1989), Ivorian footballer

Didier Lefèvre (1957–2007), French photojournalist

Didier Lestrade (born 1958), French author and advocate Didier Levallet (born 1944), French musician

Didier Lombard (born 1942), French businessman

M

Didier Malige (born 1948), French hairstylist

Didier Martin (born 1956), French politician Didier Masson (1886–1950), French aviator Didier Mathus (born 1952), French politician Didier Mazengu, Congolese politician

Didier Merchán (born 1999), Colombian cyclist Didier Meslard (1896–1963), French cyclist Didier Michaud-Daniel (born 1958), French business executive

Didier Motchane (1931–2017), French politician

Didier Mouron (born 1958), Canadian artist Didier Mumengi (born 1962), Congolese journalist Didier Munduteguy (born 1953), French offshore sailor and navigator

N

Didier Njewel (born 1983), Cameroonian footballer

O Didier Lutundula Okito, Congolese politician

P Didier Paass (born 1982), Togolese footballer Didier Païs (born 1983), French freestyle wrestler Didier Palleti (1587–1658), 17th-century Roman Catholic bishop

Didier Paris (born 1954), French politician

Didier Pasquette (born 1950), French tightrope walker

Didier Pittet (born 1957), Swiss infectiologue and epidemiologist

Q

Didier Quentin (born 1946), French politician

R

Didier de Radiguès (born 1958), Belgian motorcycle racer

Didier Ratsiraka (1936–2021), President of Madagascar from 1975 to 1993 and 1997 to 2002

Didier Robert (born 1964), French politician

Didier Rous (born 1970), French cyclist

Didier Roux (born 1955), Director of Research and Innovation at Saint-Gobain

Didier Rykner (born 1961), French journalist

S

Didier Seeuws (born 1965), Belgian civil servant and diplomat

Didier Seguret (born 1958), French equestrian

Didier Ekanza Simba (born 1969), Congolese footballer

Didier Stil (born 1964), French bobsledder

T Didier Talla (born 1989), Cameroonian footballer Didier Talpain (born 1960), French conductor and diplomat Didier Tamayo (born 1939), Colombian fencer

Didier Tayou (born 1988), Cameroonian footballer

Didier Trono (born 1956), Swiss virologist Didier Truchot (born 1946), French business executive Didier Léandre Tsiajotso, Malagasy politician

V Didier Vanoverschelde (born 1952), French cyclist

Didier Vermeersch (born 1953), Belgian rower Didier Vermeiren (born 1951), Belgian artist Didier Virvaleix (born 1966), French cyclist Didier Van Vlaslaer (born 1955), French cyclist

W Didier Willefert (born 1964), French equestrian

X

Z Didier Lamkel Zé (born 1996), Cameroonian footballer

Surname Aurore Didier (born 1978), French archaeologist Béatrice Didier (born 1935), French literary critic

Candice Didier (born 1988), French figure skater

Charles Didier (1805–1864), Swiss writer and poet Christian Didier (1944–2015), Killer of René Bousquet Christophe Didier (1915–1978), Luxembourgish cyclist

Édouard Didier (born 1939), Luxembourgish fencer Elaine Didier (born 1948), American director of the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum

Évelyne Didier (born 1948), French politician Francis Didier (born 1949), French karateka

Gwendoline Didier (born 1986), French figure skater Heinrich Didier, American newspaper editor Henry de Sainct-Didier, 16th century fencing master

Laurent Didier (born 1984), Luxembourgish racing cyclist Lucas Didier (born 2003), French para table tennis player

Mel Didier (1927–2017), American baseball player, scout manager and executive Miguel Castillo Didier (born 1934), Chilean hellenist, translator, scholar and musicologist Raymond Didier (1920–1978), American football coach, baseball coach and college athletics administrator Richard Didier (born 1961), French senior civil servant Robert Didier (1885–1977), French entomologist

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