List of Famous people named Didier

Name Didier is among the most common names in France. Here are some famous Didiers:

Didier Drogba

Didier Yves Drogba Tébily
First Name Didier
Last Name Drogba
Born on March 11, 1978 (age 46)
Height 189 cm | 6'2

Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time. Widely regarded as one of Chelsea's greatest players, Drogba was named in the Chelsea team of the 2010–2020 decade by Chelsea's fans. He was named African Footballer of the Year twice, winning the accolade in 2006 and 2009.

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Didier Deschamps

Didier Claude Deschamps

Didier Claude Deschamps is a French former professional footballer who has been manager of the France national team since 2012. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England and Spain, such as Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France teammate Eric Cantona, Deschamps was an intelligent and hard-working defensive midfielder who excelled at winning back possession and subsequently starting attacking plays, and also stood out for his leadership throughout his career. As a French international, he was capped on 103 occasions and took part at three UEFA European Football Championships and one FIFA World Cup, captaining his nation to victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.

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Didier Raoult

First Name Didier
Last Name Raoult
Born on March 13, 1952 (age 72)
Born in Senegal, Dakar

Didier Raoult is a French physician and microbiologist specialising in infectious diseases. In 1984, Raoult created the Rickettsia Unit at Aix-Marseille University (AMU). He also teaches infectious diseases in the Faculty of Medicine of Aix-Marseille University. Since 2008, Raoult has been the director of the Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes. He gained significant worldwide attention during the COVID-19 pandemic for promoting hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the disease, despite evidence that it does not work.

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Didier Bourdon

First Name Didier
Last Name Bourdon
Born on January 23, 1959 (age 65)

Didier Bourdon is a French Algerian-born actor, screenwriter and film director.

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Didier Eribon

First Name Didier
Last Name Eribon
Born on July 10, 1953 (age 70)
Born in France, Grand Est

Didier Eribon is a French author and philosopher, and a historian of French intellectual life. He lives in Paris.

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Didier Roustan

First Name Didier
Last Name Roustan
Born on October 10, 1957 (age 66)

Didier Roustan is a French sports journalist who has presented and commentated for multiple French football channels, and currently works for L'Équipe television channel. In 1984, he was the temporary main presenter of the French football programme Téléfoot, during which time he commentated on France's victory at UEFA Euro 1984.

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Didier Barbelivien

Didier René Henri Barbelivien
First Name Didier
Last Name Barbelivien
Born on March 10, 1954 (age 70)

Didier René Henri Barbelivien is a French author, lyricist, songwriter and singer. Beginning in the 1970s, he wrote a number of successful songs for artists such as: Dalida, Johnny Hallyday, Michel Sardou, Daniel Guichard, Claude François, Gilbert Montagné, Sylvie Vartan, Patti Layne, Gilbert Bécaud, Enrico Macias, Demis Roussos, Mireille Mathieu, Hervé Vilard, Michèle Torr, C. Jérôme, Christophe, Julio Iglesias, Sheila, Nicole Croisille, Patricia Kaas, Éric Charden, Jean-Pierre François, Michel Delpech, Philippe Lavil, Elsa, Gérard Lenorman, Ringo, Garou, Corynne Charby, David and Jonathan, and Caroline Legrand among others.

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Didier Queloz

Didier Patrick Queloz
First Name Didier
Last Name Queloz
Born on February 23, 1966 (age 58)
Born in Switzerland

Didier Patrick Queloz is a Swiss astronomer. He is the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as a professor at the University of Geneva. Together with Michel Mayor in 1995, he discovered 51 Pegasi b, the first extrasolar planet orbiting a sun-like star, 51 Pegasi. For this discovery, he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics with James Peebles and Michel Mayor. He is designate director of the new Center for the Origin and Prevalence of Life at ETH Zurich.

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Didier Gailhaguet

First Name Didier
Last Name Gailhaguet
Born on August 22, 1953 (age 70)
Born in France, Occitania

Didier Gailhaguet is a French former figure skater, coach and official. He served as the president of the Fédération française des sports de glace (FFSG) from 1998 to 2004 and again from 2007 to 2020; both of his tenures ended as the result of scandals. At the peak of his power, he was one of figure skating's most influential and controversial officials, dubbed the "little Napoleon."

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Didier Ollé-Nicolle

Didier Ollé-Nicolle is French football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was is currently the head coach of Le Mans FC.

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