Damian (given name)
Damian is a given name that comes from Damianus, which is the latinisation of the Greek name Δαμιανός, derived from the Greek word δαμάζω, " conquer, master, overcome, tame", in the form of δαμάω/-ῶ, a form assumed as the first person of δαμᾷ.
Historical figures
Notable persons with the name include:- Deruvian, sometimes called Damian, legendary 2nd-century bishop and saint
- Damian of Ephesus, Greek rhetorician
- Damian of Thessalonica, Greek physician
- Saints Cosmas and Damian, early Christian martyrs, patrons of physicians and surgeons
- Damian, two conflated early Christian martyrs
- Coptic Pope Damian of Alexandria
- Damianus, a bishop of Rochester, named after one of the above martyrs
- Damian of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia and saint
- Damian of Tarsus, Byzantine renegade and Muslim admiral
- Pedro Damiano, Portuguese chess player
- Damian I of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1897 to 1931
- Saint Damien of Moloka’i, Roman Catholic missionary to the leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, revered for his ministry that resulted in his own death from leprosy
- Damjan Štrbac, Serbian priest, hieromartyr, and saint, venerated as Saint Damian of Grahovo
Contemporary people
Arts
- Damian, full name Damian Gerard Baker, English pop musician and actor, known by his mononym Damian
- Damian Chapa, American actor director star of Blood In Blood Out
- Damien Echols, American author, one of three members of The West Memphis Three
- Damian Hardung, German actor
- Damian Higgins, real name of American DJ DieselBoy
- Damian Lewis, English actor
- Damian Marley, Grammy-winning reggae artist and son of Bob Marley
- Damian McGinty, Irish singer and actor
- Damian O'Hare, Northern-Irish actor
- Damian Smith, Australian ballet dancer
- Damian Wilson, English musician, songwriter and vocalist
- Damian Woetzel, New York City Ballet principal dancer, retired 2008
Sports
- Damian Clara, Italian ice hockey goaltender
- Damián Escudero, Argentine professional footballer
- Damián Furmanski, Argentinean tennis player
- Damian Lillard, basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers
- Damian Mackle, Northern-Irish professional wrestler, known professionally as Killian Dain
- Damian Martin, Australian basketball player
- Damian Matthew, English football manager
- Damian Militaru, Romanian footballer
- Damian Sexton, Australian footballer
- Damian Swann, American football player
- Damian Chong Qui, American basketball player
- Damian Żurek, Polish speed skater
Politics
- Damian Bartyla, Polish lawyer and local politician
- Damian Collins, British politician
- Damian Green, British politician
- Damian Lyder, Trinidad and Tobago politician
- Damian McBride, former special adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
- Damian Stoilov, Canadian politician
Others
- Damian Conway, Australian computer science professor, author and prominent perl programmer
- Damian Milton, British sociologist and social psychologist
- Damian Zimoń, Polish Roman Catholic prelate
Fiction
- Damian Cray, character from the novel Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz
- Damian Desmond, a character from anime/manga series Spy × Family
- Damian Hart, a character from Beyblade: Metal Fight
- Damian Hayes, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Damian Wayne, a DC comics character, the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia Al Ghul