Des

This article is about the given name. For the cryptography algorithm, see Data Encryption Standard. For the British miniseries, see Des (TV series). For other uses, see DES (disambiguation).

Des is a masculine given name, mostly a short form (hypocorism) of Desmond. People named Des include:

People

• Des Buckingham, English football manager
• Des Corcoran, (1928–2004), Australian politician
• Des Dillon (disambiguation), several people
• Des Hasler (born 1961), Australian rugby league player-coach
• Desmond Des Kelly (born 1965), British journalist
• Desmond Des Lynam (born 1942), British television presenter
• Desmond Des Lyttle (born 1971), English footballer
• Des McLean, Scottish stand-up comedian, actor and presenter
• Desmond Des O'Connor (1932–2020), British entertainer
• Des O'Connor, Australian rugby league player in the 1970s
• Desmond Des O'Grady (born 1953), Irish retired Gaelic footballer
• Des O'Hagan (1934–2015), Irish communist
• Desmond O'Malley (1939–2021), Irish politician, government minister and founder and leader of the Progressive Democrats
• Desmond Des O'Neil (1920–1999), Australian politician
• Des O'Reilly (1954–2016), Australian rugby league player
• Desmond Smith (general) (1911–1991), Canadian major-general
• Des Smith (headteacher), British headteacher embroiled in the Cash for Honours scandal
• Des Smith (ice hockey) (1914–1981), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• Desmond Sinclair Des Walker (born 1965), 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

See also

• DES (disambiguation)
• Dess (disambiguation)
• Dez (disambiguation)