Dominic

Dominic is a name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans as a boys name. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus" its translation means "Of Our Lord", "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Dominicus, Dominik, Dominick, Domenic, Domenico (Italian rendition), Domanic, Domonic, Domingo, Domingos; the feminine forms Dominika, Dominica, Domenica, Dominga, Domingas; and the French unisex form Dominique.

Saint Dominic founded a well-known order of monks. The name, meaning Lord, is sometimes used to reference Sunday (the Lord's day). The feminine variation of Dominique (French) is used as a unisex name.^[1]

Saints

• Saint Dominic of Silos (1000-1073), Spanish monk
• Saint Dominic (1170–1221), founder of the Dominican Order of friars
• Saint Dominic de la Calzada (1019–1109), Spanish saint
• Saint Dominguito del Val (died 1250) child martyr
• Saint Dominic Savio (1842–1857), Italian schoolboy
• 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
• Blessed Dominic Collins (1792–1849), (1566–1602) Irish Jesuit brother and martyr
• Dominic Ekandem (1917–1995), Cardinal who was the first West African Catholic Bishop
• Dominic of Evesham, medieval prior of Evesham Abbey in England and writer of histories
• Dominic Gravina, Italian Dominican theologian
• 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

Art

• Johann Dominik Bossi, Italian painter
• Domenico Tojetti, American painter
• Dominic Serres, French-born English painter
• El Greco, Doménikos Theotokópoulos, Greek painter
• Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer

Architecture

• Dominic Bohm, modernist German architect

Literature

• Dominik Smole, Slovenian writer and playwright

Business

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

Politics

• Dom Mintoff (1916–2012), prime minister of Malta
• Domenick L. Gabrielli (1912–1994), New York Court of Appeals judge
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French politician and former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
• Dominique de Villepin, French Prime Minister
• Dominic Fedee, Saint Lucian politician
• Dominic Grieve, British politician and barrister
• Dominic LeBlanc, Canadian politician
• Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł, polish nobleman and politician
• Dominic Dim Deng, first Minister of Defence for South Sudan
• D. Clinton Dominick III (1918–2009), New York politician

Medical

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

Science

• Dominic Landucci, American aquanaut
• Dominic Serventy (1904–1988), Australian ornithologist

Music

• Dominic Behan (born 1928), Irish songwriter
• Dominic Cifarelli (born 1979), guitarist for The Chronicles of Israfel (formerly of Pulse Ultra)
• Dominick Costa (1925–1983), American pop music arranger and record producer
• Domenico Crivelli (1793/1796-1856), English opera singer and singing teacher
• Dominic Frontiere (born 1931), American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist
• Dominic Howard (born 1977), 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
• Domenico Monardo (1939), American record producer and musician, best known for disco version of Star Wars theme
• Domenico Reina (1796–1843), Swiss bel canto tenor
• Dominic Salole (born 1974), Somali-Canadian musician professionally known as Mocky

Sports

• Domonic Brown, U.S. baseball player
• Dominic Cork (born 1971), English
• Dominique Dawes, U.S. Gymnast, part of the Magnificent 7 that won America's first Olympic Gold medal
• Domenico Genovese, English football manager
• Dominik Halmosi (born 1987), Czech professional ice hockey goaltender
• Dominik Hašek (born 1965), Czech professional ice hockey goaltender
• Dominik Hrbatý (born 1978), Slovakian male tennis player
• Dominic Jones (born 1987), American professional football player
• Domenic Keller, Swiss bobsledder
• Dominik Landertinger, Austrian biathlete
• Dominic Matteo (born 1974), Scottish footballer
• Domenic Mediate (born 1982), footballer
• Dominic Moore (born 1980), professional ice hockey centre
• Dominik Paris (born 1989), alpine skier
• Domenic Pittis (born 1974), professional ice hockey centre
• Domenico Schiattarella (born 1967), Italian racing driver
• Dominique Wilkins, retired NBA player who is mostly known for being one of the best dunkers in NBA history
• Dominick Cruz (born 1985), U.S.mixed martial artist, former UFC bantamweight champion

Cinema and television

• Andrew Dominik, Australian film-maker best known for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Don Ameche (Dominic Felix Amici, 1908–1993), Academy Award winning American actor
• Dominic Coleman, British actor
• Dominic Cooper, British-born actor who has appeared in The History Boys and The Duchess
• Dom DeLuise (Dominick DeLuise, 1933–2009), American actor, comedian, film director, television producer, chef, and author
• Dominik Diamond, Scottish broadcaster, writer, radio presenter and former host of GamesMaster
• Dominique Horwitz (born 1957), German actor
• Dominic Lucero, Spanish-American actor, best known as "Bumlets" from the movie Newsies
• Dominik Moll, French director and screenwriter
• Dominic Monaghan, English actor best known as Charlie of Lost and Merry from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy
• Dominic Purcell, British-born Australian actor who now lives in the United States
• Dominic Sena, American film director
• Dominic West, English actor who has appeared in Chicago, The Wire and 300
• Dominic Wood, is an English entertainer, magician and presenter of radio and television, best known as one half of the double act Dick and Dom
• Dominic Zamprogna, Canadian-born actor known for his role on the American soap opera General Hospital.

Fiction

• Dominick Carisi, Jr., character from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Dominic Cobb, character from Inception
• 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
• Dominick Hide, time traveller and lead character in two episodes of the BBC's Play for Today series first broadcast in 1980 and 1982
• Dominic Reilly, character on the long-running British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Dominic Santiago, character in video game series Gears of War
• Dominic Santini, character on the series Airwolf
• Dominic Sorel, character in the 2005-2006 anime and manga series Eureka Seven
• Dominic Toretto, character from The Fast and the Furious
• Dominic is the real name of one of the two rival gang leaders on the Person of Interest TV series, whose nickname was "Mini"

Military

• Dominic Gentile, World War II USAAF pilot who was the first to break Eddie Rickenbacher's World War I record of 26 downed aircraft
• Dominik von Königsegg-Rothenfels, Austrian imperial Fieldmarshal
• Dominic McCarthy, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Dominik Hieronim Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman and soldier
• Dominic McGlinchey, Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army

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

Dom Irrera - Domenick Jack Irrera (born November 18, 1948), originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a stand-up comedian.

See also

• Nicky
• Dominika
• Dominican Republic

References