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 name Didius ^{[ citation needed ]}. 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".^{[ citation needed ]}

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 Fuentes (born 2005), Colombian baseball player
• Didier Hassoux, French investigative journalist
• Didier Lavergne, French make-up artist
• Didier Lemaire (born 1975), French politician
• 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 (born 1949), French sprint canoer
• 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
• Lucas Didier (born 2003), French para table tennis player
• Mel Didier (1927–2017), American baseball player, coach, scout, and executive
• Raymond Didier (1920–1978), American college sports coach and administrator
• Ugo Didier (born 2001), French Paralympic swimmer

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