Didier

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 has become associated with the name Desiderius, related to Latin desiderium – which can be translated as "ardent desire" or "the longed-for".^{[citation needed]}

List

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 international footballer and manager
Didier Diderot (1685–1759), French craftsman
Didier Drogba (born 1978), Ivorian association football player
Didier Flament (born 1951), French fencer
Didier Hassoux, French investigative journalist
Didier Lavergne, French make-up artist
Didier Malherbe (born 1943), French musician, member of the music group Gong
Didier Marouani (born 1953), French musician, founder of the music group "Space"
Didier Niquet
Didier Ollé-Nicolle (born 1961), French former footballer and football manager
Didier Opertti (born 1937), Uruguayan political figure and lawyer
Didier Pironi (1952–1987), French Formula One driver
Didier Pittet (born 1957), Swiss immunologist
Didier Raoult (born 1952), French physician and microbiologist
Didier Ratsiraka (1936–2021), Malagasy politician, President of Madagascar from 1975 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2002
Didier Reynders (born 1958), Belgian politician
Didier Sornette (born 1957), French physicist, economist, and risk manager
Didier Van Cauwelaert (born 1960), French author of Belgian descent
Didier Zokora (born 1980), Ivorian international footballer

Surname

Candice Didier (born 1988), French figure skater
Charles Didier (1805–1864), Swiss writer, poet and traveller
Christian Didier, assassin of René Bousquet
Clint Didier (born 1959), American politician and football tight end in the NFL
Eugene L. Didier (1838–1913), American writer
Évelyne Didier (born 1948), French senate member
John Peter Didier (1748–1823), U.S. politician, first State Treasurer of Missouri
Laurent Didier (born 1984), Luxembourgish road bicycle racer
Mel Didier (1927–2017), American baseball player, coach, scout, and executive
Raymond Didier (1920–1978), American college sports coach and administrator