* Desmond " Des " Dalworth Koch – 1956 Olympic bronze medalist, discus

Desmond Joseph " Des " O ' Malley ( born 2 February 1939 ) is a former Irish politician.

James Desmond " Des " Corcoran AO ( 8 November 1928 – 3 January 2004 ) was an Australian politician.

Desmond Michael " Des " Lynam, OBE ( born 17 September 1942, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland ) is an Irish television and radio presenter based in the UK.

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Desmond ( Des ) McGrath ( 1935 – 2009 ) was a Catholic priest, and trade union organizer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Desmond Sinclair " Des " Walker ( born 26 November 1965 in Homerton, London ) is a former England international footballer who is best remembered for his spells with Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday.

Results at Bishop Ward were poor with an atmosphere that Desmond ' Des ' Smith described as " depressed and violent ".

Desmond ' Des ' Foley ( 12 September 1940 – 5 February 1995 ) was an Irish sports star in the 1960s, specialising in the Gaelic games of Gaelic football and hurling.

Biffo left in the first year, and was replaced by Des Dyer ( drums ) ( born Desmond Dyer, 22 May 1948, in Rugby, Warwickshire ), who took over lead vocals.

Bush ( former Trustee of the University ), Ken Burns, Condoleezza Rice, Pervez Musharaff, Colin Powell, Carl Sagan, Desmond Tutu, Bob Dole, Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Benjamin Netanyahu, Thomas Friedman, Charles Krauthammer, José María Aznar, Tom Brokaw, John Edwards, Gerhard Schröder, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Kay, Queen Noor, John Glenn, Lord George Robertson, Benazir Bhutto, Lech Wałęsa, Madeleine Albright, Thomas Kean, Brit Hume, Barbara Bush, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael Beschloss, Shimon Peres, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, John Updike, Lawrence Eagleburger, Mario Cuomo, William Bennett, Juan Williams, Pierre Salinger, Sam Nunn, Vicente Fox, Dan Rather, Dominique de Villepin, Bill Clinton ( organized by the San Antonio Business Council ) and John Cleese.

Wondros clients are a mix of organizations, corporations, and individuals, including the Clinton Global Initiative, Desmond Tutu, Creative Commons, The Columbia School of Journalism, TED, the Ford Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Harvard University, MIT Media Lab, Major League Baseball, Cameron Diaz, and the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Founder Desmond Ford is a former Seventh-day Adventist minister and theologian best known for confronting the denomination's leadership over the issue of the investigative judgment.

Desmond Ford was born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia on 2 February 1929, to Wilfred Ford and Lillian Simpson.

Desmond John Morris FZS, born 24 January 1928 in Purton, north Wiltshire, is a British zoologist and ethologist.

Paul Desmond ( born Paul Emil Breitenfeld ; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977 ) was a jazz alto saxophonist and composer born in San Francisco, best known for the work he did in the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for penning that group's greatest hit, " Take Five ".

Paul Desmond was born Paul Emil Breitenfeld in San Francisco, California in 1924.

* Desmond Tutu ( born 1931 ), South African archbishop, activist against apartheid, and Nobel Peace Prize winner

* Edgar Desmond Lee, co-founder of Lee-Rowan Company, was born in Sikeston.

William Desmond Anthony Pertwee MBE ( born 21 July 1926 ) is a British comedy actor.

* Adrian Dighton Desmond FitzGerald ( born 1952 )

Barry Desmond ( born 15 May 1935 in Cork ) is a former Irish Labour Party politician and government minister.

* Desmond Harrington ( born 1976 ), actor.

* Desmond Koh ( swimmer ) ( born 1973 ), a former competitive swimmer from Singapore

People born in Newport include film director Peter Greenaway CBE, author Leslie Thomas OBE, actors Michael Sheen OBE, Desmond Llewelyn, and musicians Grant Nicholas and Jon Lee of the rock band Feeder.

Desmond was born in Macroom, Co. Cork in 1950 and grew up in Marino, Co. Dublin.

Desmond Carter was born in the state of Rhode Island and lived with his grandmother since his mother moved away when Carter was 3.

Desmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton ( born 22 March 1952 ) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010.

Desmond Sanford " Sandy " Hawley, CM ( born April 16, 1949 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada ) is a Hall of Fame jockey.

Desmond FitzGerald was born Thomas Joseph FitzGerald in London in 1888.

Paul Desmond Scully-Power AM ( born May 28, 1944 ) is an American oceanographer.

The problem, as revealed by CBS historian Robert Metz ( in CBS: Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye ), was that Ace didn't get official credit for his creation for many years ; a CBS executive vice president named Desmond Taylor gained the original credit for the show born on radio as CBS Was There and famed ( especially on television, with future anchor Walter Cronkite narrating ) for its introduction, which leapt into the American vernacular: " All things are as they were then, except you ... are ...

He was born Desmond Adolphus Dacres in St. Andrew, Jamaica and grew up in Kingston, where he attended the Alpha Boys ' School.

Desmond John Humphrys ( born 17 August 1943 in Splott, Cardiff ) is a Welsh author, journalist and presenter of radio and television, who has won many national broadcasting awards.

Desmond Skirrow ( born in either 1923 or 1924 in Barry, South Wales ) was a British advertising executive and novelist.

Desmond Leo Haynes ( born 15 February 1956 ) is a West Indian cricketer and cricket coach.

Joanne Desmond co-anchors the Cairns, Townsville and Rockhampton bulletins.

The bulletins are presented by Rob Brough, with Joanne Desmond co-anchoring the Cairns, Townsville and Rockhampton editions.

After their retirement, Milligan's parents and his younger brother Desmond moved to Australia.

At the same time, two Fenian agents, John Breslin and Tom Desmond, had arrived in Western Australia in September.

Desmond took a job as a wheelwright and recruited five local Irishmen who were to cut the telegraph lines connecting Australia on the day of escape.

Desmond de Silva launched the first ever Concert for Autism for Sri Lanka in Sydney, Australia on 31 March 2006.

* World Music Central: Desmond de Silva Autism Fundraiser in Sydney Australia