Des
Des is a masculine given name, mostly a short form of Desmond. People named Des include:
People
- Des Buckingham, English football manager
- Des Corcoran,, Australian politician
- Des Dillon (disambiguation), several people
- Des Hasler, Australian rugby league player-coach
- Desmond Des Kelly, British journalist
- Desmond Des Lynam, British television presenter
- Desmond Des Lyttle, English footballer
- Des McLean, Scottish stand-up comedian, actor and presenter
- Desmond Des O'Connor, British entertainer
- Des O'Connor, Australian rugby league player in the 1970s
- Desmond Des O'Grady, Irish retired Gaelic footballer
- Des O'Hagan, Irish communist
- Desmond O'Malley, Irish politician, government minister and founder and leader of the Progressive Democrats
- Desmond Des O'Neil, Australian politician
- Des O'Reilly, Australian rugby league player
- Des Raj Goyal, Indian journalist, academic, and author
- Desmond Smith (general), Canadian major-general
- Des Smith (headteacher), British headteacher embroiled in the Cash for Honours scandal
- Des Smith (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Desmond Sinclair Des Walker, English international footballer
Fictional characters
- Desmond Des Barnes, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Desmond Des Clarke (Neighbours), in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Desmond Des Tiny, in the book series ''The Saga of Darren Shan''
Television
- Des (TV series), 2020 television series about Dennis Nilsen