Des

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