Didier

This article is about the name. For the 1997 French film, see Didier (film).

Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman names Didius and Desiderius. 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".

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

See also

• Didier Kumalo, an Australian musical group
• Saint-Didier (disambiguation), name of several communes in France
• Henry de Sainct-Didier, 16th century fencing master