Dominic

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Dominic is a male name. Translated from Latin it means 'of Our Lord' or 'belonging to God'. Variations include: Dominic, Dominik, Dominick, Domenico and the usually feminine Dominique (although in France 'Dominique' is unisex and widely used for men too).

The name may refer to:

Saints

• Saint Dominic, also
• Saint Dominguito del Val (died 1250) child martyr
• Saint Dominic Savio (1842-1857)
• Vietnamese Martyrs, canonized by John Paul II, 15 of 117 of whom were known as Dominic

Other religious people

• Blessed Dominic Barberi (1792–1849), English theologian
• Dominic Ekandem (1917-1995), Cardinal who was the first West African Catholic Bishop
• Dominicus Gundissalinus (c. 1150), Spanish archdeacon and scholastic philosopher
• Dominic Schram, German Benedictine theologian and canonist
• Dominic of Prussia (1382–1461), Carthusian monk
• Dominic Tang, last Archbishop of Canton officially recognized by the Holy See

Business

• Dominik Brunner (1959-2009), German businessman
• Dominic D'Alessandro (born 1947), President and CEO of Manulife Financial

Politics

• Dominic Grieve, British politician and barrister
• Dominic LeBlanc, Canadian politician

Medical

• Domenico Cotugno (born 1736), Italian physician
• Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon in Napoleon's army and an important innovator in battlefield medicine

Music

• Dominic Cifarelli (born 1977), guitarist for The Chronicles of Israfel (formerly of Pulse Ultra)
• Dominic Frontiere (born 1931), American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist
• Dominic Howard, drummer for Muse
• Dominic Masters, lead singer of The Others (band)
• Dominic Miller (born 1960), Argentinian-born English guitarist
• Domenico Modugno (1928–1994), Grammy Award-winning Italian singer and songwriter

Sports

• Dominique Wilkins, retired NBA player who is mostly known for being one of the best dunkers in NBA history
• Dominik Hašek (born 1965), Czech ice hockey goalkeeper
• Domenic Mediate (born 1982), footballer
• Dominic Moore (born 1980), professional ice hockey centre
• Domenic Pittis (born 1974), professional ice hockey centre
• Domenico Schiattarella (born 1967), Italian racing driver
• Dominic Matteo (born 1974), Scottish fooballer
• Dominic Cork (born 1971), English cricketer

Cinema and television

• Andrew Dominik (born 1967), Australian film-maker best known for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Dominic Cooper (born 1978), British-born actor who has appeared in The History Boys and The Duchess
• Dominic Monaghan (born 1976), English actor best known as Charlie of Lost and Merry from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy
• Dominic Purcell (born 1970), British-born Australian actor who now lives in the United States
• Dominic Sena (born 1949), American film director
• Dominic West (born 1969), English actor who has appeared in Chicago and 300
• Dominik Diamond, Scottish broadcaster, writer, radio presenter and former host of GamesMaster

Fiction

• Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, daily fantasy webcomic launched in 2002
• Dominic Flandry, central character in the II half of Poul Anderson's Technic History science fiction
• Dominic Fortune, comic book character
• Dominic Greene, primary antagonist in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace
• The Flipside of Dominick Hide, time traveller in 1980 BBC play
• Dominic Reilly, character on the long-running British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Dominic Santini, character on the series Airwolf
• Dominic Sorel (Eureka Seven), character in the 2005-2006 anime and manga series Eureka Seven
• Dominic Toretto, character from The Fast and the Furious

Military

• Operation Dominic I and II, a series of 105 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1962 and 1963 by the United States

Places

• St Dominick, Cornwall, a village in the United Kingdom
• Dominican Republic, a country in the Caribbean
• Dominica, another country in the Caribbean

Media

• Dominick Dunne, American writer and investigative journalist
• Dominic Lawson, British journalist; brother of Nigella Lawson, son of Nigel Lawson
• Dominic Littlewood, British TV presenter

Comedy

• Dominic Holland, English comedian and author

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