Denys () is both a form of the given name

Denis Denis may refer to: People * Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris * Denis the Areopagite, Biblical figure * Denis, Bishop of Győr (13th century), Hungarian prelate * Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), bar ...

and a

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based o ...

. Amongst others, it is a transliteration of the common Ukrainian name ''Денис''. Closely related forms are ''Denijs'' and ''Dénys''. Notable people with the name include:

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Actors, artists, musicians, and writers

* Denijs van Alsloot (c.1570–c.1626), Flemish landscape and genre painter *

Denys Arcand Georges-Henri Denys Arcand (; born June 25, 1941) is a Canadian filmmaker. During his four decades career, he became one of the most internationally-recognized director from Quebec, earning widespread acclaim and numerous accolades for his "inten ...

(born 1941), Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer *

Denys Baptiste Denys Baptiste (born 1969) is an English jazz musician. A graduate of Tomorrow's Warriors, Baptiste plays tenor and soprano saxophone in addition to composing. Baptiste played with Gary Crosby and Nu Troop, before releasing in 1999 his debu ...

(born 1969), English jazz musician * Denys Blakeway, British television producer *

Denys Bouliane Denys Bouliane (born May 8, 1955) is a Canadian composer and conductor. He is a Professor of Composition at McGill University. Early life and education Bouliane was born in Grand-Mère, Quebec. He is a graduate of Laval University (B.Mus 1977 ...

(born 1955), Canadian composer and conductor * Denys Cazet (born 1938), French-American author * Denys Cochin (1851–1922), French writer * Denys Colomb de Daunant (1922–2006), French writer, poet, photographer and filmmaker, * Denys Coop (1920–1981), British cinematographer *

Denys Corbet Denys Corbet (22 May 1826 – 21 April 1909) was a Guernsey poet, naïve painter, and schoolmaster, the second son of Pierre Corbet, a seafarer, and Susanne (''née'' de Beaucamp). He was born at La Turquie, Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands and i ...

(1826–1909), Channel Islands poet and painter *

Denys Cowan Denys Cowan (; born January 30, 1961) is an American comics artist, television producer, media executive and one of the co-founders of Milestone Media. Early life Denys Cowan was first inspired by superheroes as a child from reruns of the 1950s T ...

(born 1961), African American comic book artist and television producer *

Denys Desjardins Denys Desjardins (born 1966 in Montreal, Quebec), is a film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor and film historian for more than twenty years. After completing studies in literature, film and communications, he directed several acclaim ...

(born 1966), Canadian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and teacher *

Denys Granier-Deferre Denys Granier-Deferre (born 27 December 1949, Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French film director. Biography Denys Granier-Deferre is the son of Pierre Granier-Deferre with whom he started cinema as his assistant, notably on his father's movie ''Le ...

(born 1949), French film director *

Denys Graham Denys Graham (29 June 1926 – 24 October 2024) was a Welsh actor who appeared in the later series of ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' as the title character's many-daughtered colleague Percy Hoskins. Over a 70-year career he played a wide range of oth ...

(1926–2024), Welsh actor *

Denys Irving Denys George Irving (4 January 1944–5 August 1976), was a Welsh filmmaker and musician from Colwyn Bay, North Wales. Biography He grew up in South London and was educated at Dulwich College (1954–1961), where he was awarded the Fawkes ...

(1944–1976), Welsh musician and filmmaker *

Denys de La Patellière Denys de La Patellière (8 March 1921 in Nantes, France – 21 July 2013) was a French film director and scriptwriter. He also directed Television series. He died in 2013 at the age of 92. Biography The son of an officer, Denys de La Patell ...

(1921–2013), French film director and scriptwriter *

Denys Lasdun Sir Denys Louis Lasdun, CH, CBE, RA (8 September 1914, Kensington, London – 11 January 2001, Fulham, London) was an eminent English architect, the son of Nathan Lasdun (1879–1920) and Julie (''née'' Abrahams; 1884–1963). Probably his b ...

(1914–2001), English architect * Denys Ovenden (1922–2019), British illustrator and watercolourist *

Denys Pouncey Denys Pouncey (1906–1999) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Wells Cathedral Background Denys Duncan Rivers Pouncey was born on 23 December 1906 and was educated at Marlborough College and Queens' College, Cambridge. In 1935 he ...

(1906–1999), English cathedral organist *

Denys Puech Denys Puech (3 December 1854, Gavernac, Bozouls, Aveyron – December 1942, Rodez, Aveyron) was a French sculptor. Biography From a family of farmers (his brother was Louis Puech, Député for the Seine Department from 1898 to 1932, and Min ...

(1854–1942), French sculptor *

Denys Rhodes Denys Gravenor Rhodes (9 July 1919 – 30 October 1981) was an English writer. He was best known for his novel ''The Syndicate'', which was adapted into a 1968 film. Early life and background Rhodes was born in Ireland, the son of (Arthur) Ta ...

(1919–1981), English novelist *

Denys Spittle Stanley Denys Trevor Spittle OBE, MA, FSA, (Cambridge 1920 – 7 December 2003) was an English archaeologist. Biography Spittle studied architecture at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and in 1935 became a member of the “Friends of the Fitzwil ...

(1920–2003), British architect *

Denys Val Baker Denys Val Baker (24 October 1917 – 6 July 1984) was a Welsh writer, specialising in short stories, novels, and autobiography. He was also known for his activities as an editor, and promotion of the arts in Cornwall. Early years Born Denys B ...

(1917–1984), Cornish writer *

Denys Wortman Denys Wortman (May 2, 1887 – September 20, 1958) was a painter, cartoonist and comic strip creator. From 1924 to 1954 he drew the comic strip ''Metropolitan Movies'' (originated by Gene Carr in 1921), which ran in the ''New York World'' and w ...

(1887–1958), American painter, cartoonist and comic strip creator

Sportspeople

Denys Aleksandrov Denys Olehovych Aleksandrov (; born 5 May 1992) is a Ukrainian retired footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Ameri ...

(born 1992), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Andriyenko Denys Andriyovych Andriyenko (, born 12 April 1980) is a Ukrainian former footballer. Career Andriyenko began playing football in the Ukrainian Second League with local club FC Dynamo Saky in 1997. He went on to play in the Ukrainian Premier ...

(born 1980), Ukrainian footballer *

Dénys Bain Dénys Bain (born 2 July 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender. Career Bain made his senior debut as a 17-year-old for Châteauroux, coming on for the final four minutes in a 1–0 win over Sedan in Ligue 2 on 20 M ...

(born 1993), French footballer *

Denys Balanyuk Denys Serhiyovych Balanyuk (; born 16 January 1997) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Career Balanyuk is a product of the sports school ♯11 in Odesa. His first trainer was Anatoliy Matsanskyi. At his 15 he joined ...

(born 1997), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Barvinko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Berinchyk Denys Berinchyk (, ; born 5 May 1988) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He held the WBO lightweight title from May 2024 to February 2025. As an amateur, he won silver medals in the light-welterweight division at the 2011 World Championships ...

(born 1985), Ukrainian boxer * Denys Bezborodko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Boyko Denys Oleksandrovych Boyko (; born 29 January 1988) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Dynamo Kyiv A product of Dynamo Kyiv youth system, Boyko made his senior team debut in a match against ...

(born 1988), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Carnill (1926–2016), British field hockey player * Denys Chamay (1941–2013), Swiss fencer * Denys Dedechko (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Dobson (1880–1916), English rugby player *

Denys Dubrov Denys Vitaliovych Dubrov (, 10 January 1989 – 9 May 2022) was a Ukrainian swimmer. A member of the able-bodied Ukrainian National team, he competed in Paralympic S10 and SM10 (individual medley) events. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics he won three ...

(born 1989), Ukrainian swimmer * Denys Filimonov (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Golaydo Denys Holaydo (); Denis Golaydo (; born 3 June 1984) is a retired Ukrainian-born Russian football midfielder. Career He debuted for the Ukraine national football team on Wednesday 26 March 2008, where he gave an assist to Ukrainian legend Andri ...

(born 1984), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Halenkov (born 1995), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Harmash (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Hill (1896–1971), English cricketer * Denys Hobson (born 1951), South African cricketer * Denys Holaydo (born 1984), Ukrainian-born Russian footballer *

Denys Hotfrid Denys Rudolfovych Hotfrid (, also transliterated Gotfrid, born 5 February 1975 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a retired male weightlifter from Ukraine. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. Hotf ...

(born 1975), Ukrainian weightlifter * Denys Kaliberda (born 1990), Ukrainian-born German footballer * Denys Kamerylov (born 1989), Ukrainian sprint canoer * Denys Kolchin (born 1977), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Kostyuk (born 1982), Ukrainian road bicycle racer * Denys Kovalenko (born 1991), Ukrainian sprint canoer * Denys Kozhanov (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Kulakov Denys Yermylovych Kulakov (, born 1 May 1986) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a right-back. Club career On 2 February 2022, Kulakov extended his contract with Ural Yekaterinburg to June 2023. On 15 March 2022, Kulakov's c ...

(born 1986), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Kushnirov Denys Kushnirov (born 12 December 1992 in Kryvyi Rih) is a Ukrainian sport shooter who competes in the men's 10 metre air pistol. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also kn ...

(born 1992), Ukrainian sport shooter * Denys Lukashov (born 1989), Ukrainian basketball player * Denys Miroshnichenko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Molchanov Denys Petrovych Molchanov (; born 16 May 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player competing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has won two ATP doubles titles. He has also won 15 ITF singles and 66 doubles titles, 36 of them Challengers. On 5 January 2015 ...

(born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player * Denijs Morkel (1906–1980), South African cricketer * Denys Oliynyk (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Onyshchenko (born 1978), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Ovsyannikov (born 1984), Ukrainian futsal player *

Denys Poyatsyka Denys Poyatsyka (; born April 29, 1985, in Krementschuk, Poltava Oblast) is a Ukrainian amateur boxer, best known for winning the European title at 201 lbs in 2006. Career Poyatsyka started to box in 1995. In 2004, he moved up to light heavy fr ...

(born 1985), Ukrainian boxer * Denys Rebryk (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Rylsky (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Shcherbakov (born 1988), Ukrainian orienteering competitor * Denys Shelikhov (born 1989), Ukrainian football goalkeeper * Denys Skepskyi (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Smirnov (born 1975), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Smith Denys Smith (13 August 1924 – 13 November 2016) was a British racehorse trainer whose horses competed in both Flat racing and National Hunt racing. Smith's training stables were located at Bishop Auckland in County Durham. He trained the winner ...

(1924–2016), British racehorse trainer * Denys Sokolovskyi (born 1979), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Solonenko Denys Solonenko (, born 25 October 1992) is a Ukrainian boxer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi ...

(born 1992), Ukrainian boxer * Denys Stoyan (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Sydorenko Denys Borysovych Sydorenko (; born 18 April 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. Career He attended the Metalist Youth School system, from July 2008 ...

(born 1989), Ukrainian football goalkeeper *

Denys Sylantyev Denys Olehovych Sylantyev (; born 3 October 1976) is a Ukrainian politician and retired swimmer. He competed at four consecutive Olympics between 1996 and 2008 and who won a silver medal in the 200 m butterfly in 2000. At the next Olympics he ...

(born 1976), Ukrainian swimmer and politician * Denys Syzonenko (born 1984), Ukrainian swimmer *

Denys Tourtchenkov Denys Tourtchenkov (; born 7 October 1978 in Volgograd, Soviet Union) is a Russian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 2000s. He won a complete set of medals at the 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań Poznań ...

(born 1978), Russian sprint canoer * Denys Vasilyev (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Vasin Denys Vasin (; born 4 March 1989) is a Ukrainian retired football forward and now assistant manager at Fratria Varna. Career He played for Karpaty Lviv. He is the product of the Chornomorets Odesa Youth school system and has played for the ...

(born 1989), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Wilcox (1910–1953), English cricketer and schoolmaster * Denys Yanchuk (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer *

Denys Yurchenko Denys Serhiyovych Yurchenko () (born 27 January 1978 in Donetsk) is a Ukrainian pole vaulter with three medals in Indoor Athletics Championships. Career At the 2000 Summer Olympics he suffered a mishap with a vaulting pole, injuring his groin a ...

(born 1978), Ukrainian pole vaulter *

Denys Zavhorodnyy Denys Zavhorodniy (, born August 5, 1979) is a retired freestyle swimmer from Ukraine, who was specialized in the long-distance events. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Career In 1995, Denys rep ...

(born 1979), Ukrainian swimmer

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Denys Corbett Wilson Denys Corbett Wilson (1882 – 10 May 1915) was a pioneering Irish aviator. He is most notable for his 100-minute flight on 22 April 1912, from Goodwick in Pembrokeshire to Crane near Enniscorthy in county Wexford – from the island of G ...

(1882–1915), Irish pioneer aviator *

Denys Finch Hatton Denys George Finch-Hatton MC (24 April 1887 – 14 May 1931) was a British aristocratic big-game hunter and the lover of Baroness Karen von Blixen (also known by her pen name, Isak Dinesen), a Danish noblewoman who wrote about him in her aut ...

(1887–1931), English big-game hunter and lover of Karen Blixen *

Denys Fisher Denys Fisher (11 May 1918 – 17 September 2002) was an English engineer who invented the spirograph toy and created the company Denys Fisher Toys. Personal life and education Fisher's early years were spent living in a railway carriage in ...

(1918–2002), English engineer and board game designer *

Denys Gaith Denys Gaith, BC (19 March 1910 in Yabroud, Syria – 22 March 1986) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Homs in Syria. Life Denys Gaith was ordained on 8 September 1937 and became the Chaplain of the Saint John the Baptist ...

(1910–1986), Syrian Melkite Greek Catholic bishop *

Denys Hay Denys Hay (29 August 1915 – 14 June 1994) was a British historian specialising in medieval and Renaissance Europe, and notable for demonstrating the influence of Italy on events in the rest of the continent. Life He was born in Newcastle-upo ...

(1915–1994), Scottish historian *

Denys Henderson Sir Denys Hartley Henderson (11 October 1932 – 21 May 2016) was a British businessman. He was chairman of ICI from 1987 to 1995. Life and career Early life Henderson was born on 11 October 1932, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where his father was a ...

(1932–2016), Scottish solicitor * Denys Janot (fl. 1529–1544), French printer and bookseller *

Denys Johnson-Davies Denys Johnson-Davies (Arabic: دنيس جونسون ديڤيز) (also known as Abdul Wadud) was an eminent Arabic-to- English literary translator who translated, ''inter alia,'' several works by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, ...

(1922–2017), Canadian Arabic-to-English translator *

Denys van Leeuwen Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471), also known as Denys van Leeuwen, Denis Ryckel, Dionysius van Rijkel, Dionysius Carthusianus, Denys le Chartreux (or other combinations of these terms), was a Roman Catholic theologian and mystic. Life Denis w ...

(1402–1471), Flemish theologian and mystic *

Denys Lombard Denys Lombard (1938 – January 8, 1998) was a leading Asian expert with contributions to Southeast Asian studies, Sinology, and the history of maritime Asia. He was famous for efforts to compare insular Southeast Asia and the Asian Seas to the Med ...

(1938–1998), French historian and Sinologist * Denys R. Martin (1892–1970), British philatelist *

Denys Page Sir Denys Lionel Page (11 May 19086 July 1978) was a British classicist and textual critic who served as the 34th Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge and the 35th Master of Jesus College, Cambridge. He is best known for h ...

(1908–1978), British classical scholar * Denys Panasyuk (1900–1984), Ukrainian Soviet lawyer and politician * Denys Campion Potts (1923–2016), English academic whose subject was French literature *

Denys Rayner Denys Arthur Rayner DSC & Bar, VRD, RNVR (9 February 1908 – 4 January 1967) was a Royal Navy officer who fought throughout the Battle of the Atlantic. After intensive war service at sea, Rayner became a writer, a farmer, and a successful des ...

(1908–1967), British Royal Navy officer * Denys Roberts (1921–2013), British Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong * Denys Rolle (1614–1638), Sheriff of Devon * Denys Rolle (1725–1797), British politician and landowner of Devon * Denys Shortt, British businessman * Denys Sutton (1917–1991), British art critic and historian *

Denys Turner Denys Alan Turner (born 5 August 1942) is an English philosopher and theologian. Career Turner is the Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology emeritus at Yale University, having been appointed in 2005. He was previously the N ...

(born 1942), British academic *

Denys Watkins-Pitchford Denys James Watkins-Pitchford Order of the British Empire, MBE (25 July 1905 – 8 September 1990) was an English naturalist, artist and author under the pen name 'BB'. He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for Writing, Carnegie Medal for ''The Little G ...

(1905–1990), British author, illustrator and countryman * Denys Whitehorn Reid (1897–1970), officer in the British Army *

Denys Wilkinson Sir Denys Haigh Wilkinson FRS (5 September 1922 – 22 April 2016) was a British nuclear physicist. Life Wilkinson was born on 5 September 1922 in Leeds, Yorkshire and educated at Loughborough Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge, ...

(1922–2016), British nuclear physicist * Denys Williams (1929–2014), Chief Justice of Barbados * Denys Winstanley (1877-1947), British educator *

Denys Zacharopoulos Denys Zacharopoulos (born 1952 in Athens, Greece) is an art historian and theorist. He works as Professor of Art History, author, and curator, amongst others at the 48th Biennale in Venice (Italy) and documenta IX in Kassel (Germany). Biography ...

(born 1952), Greek art historian and theorist

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* André Denys (1948–2013), Belgian politician *

Ewout Denys Ewout Albert Marie-Louise Denijs (born 4 February 1987 in Bruges) is a Belgian professional football player who plays for SK Rapid Leest. He usually plays as an attacking midfielder. Career Denys was plucked away by Cercle Brugge at a young ...

(born 1987), Belgian footballer * Frans Denys (c. 1610–1670), Flemish Baroque painter *

Jacob Denys Jacob Denys or Jacob Denys (II) (1644–1708) was a Flemish Baroque painter. His known works are mainly portraits. He also painted landscapes and history paintings. After training in Antwerp, he worked for a long time in Italy where he enjoy ...

(1644–1708), Flemish Baroque painter *

Jean-Baptiste Denys Jean-Baptiste Denys ( – 3 October 1704) was a French physician notable for having performed the first fully documented human blood transfusion, a xenotransfusion. He studied in Montpellier and was the personal physician to King Louis XIV ...

(c. 1640–1704), French physician *

Nicolas Denys Nicolas Denys (1598? – 1688) was a French-born merchant, governor, author, and settler in New France. He founded settlements at St. Pierre (now St. Peter's, Nova Scotia), Ste. Anne ( Englishtown, Nova Scotia) and Nepisiquit (Bathurst, New Br ...

(c. 1598–1688), French explorer, colonizer, soldier and leader *

Peter Denys Peter Denys (1760 – 1816) was a British drawing master, later patron of the arts and landowner. He was the son of the language teacher Peter Denys (sometimes Denyss), who was himself the son of a Swiss emigrant. Denys was High Sheriff of No ...

(1760-1816), British landowner * Pierre Denys, French physician, discovered Denys-Drash syndrome *

Pierre Denys de Montfort Pierre Denys de Montfort, also spelt Pierre Dénys de Montfort, (1766–1820) was a French Natural history, naturalist, in particular a malacologist, remembered today for his pioneering inquiries into the existence of the gigantic octopuses. He ...

(1766–1820), French naturalist *

Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure (22 June 1659 – 7 February 1711) was born in Trois-Rivières, Québec to Pierre Denys de La Ronde and Catherine Le Neuf. He became an officer in the colonial troupes de la marine of New France and was hea ...

(1659–1711), French Governor of Acadia *

Thomas Denys Sir Thomas Denys ( – 18 February 1561) of Holcombe Burnell, near Exeter, Devon, was a prominent lawyer who served as Sheriff of Devon nine times between 1507/8 to 1553/4 and as MP for Devon. He acquired large estates in Devon at the Dissolu ...

(c.1477–1561), Sheriff and MP for Devon

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