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Denzil Batchelor Denzil Stanley Batchelor (23 February 1906 – 6 September 1969) was a British people, British journalist, writer, poet, playwright, wine expert and a radio and television broadcaster. Life and career Denzil Batchelor was born in Mumbai, Bomba ...

, British journalist and writer *

Denzil Best Denzil DaCosta Best (April 27, 1917 – May 24, 1965) was an American jazz percussionist and composer born in New York City. He was a prominent bebop drummer in the 1950s and early 1960s. Biography Best was born in New York City, into a musi ...

, American jazz percussionist * Denzil Botus, Trinidadian pannist *

Denzil Angus Carty Denzil Angus Carty (March 30, 1904 – August 24, 1975) was an Episcopal priest and civil rights leader. Carty advocated for fair housing and against discrimination and worked primarily in St. Paul, Minnesota. Early life and education Denzil ...

, American Episcopal priest *

Denzil Davies David John Denzil Davies (9 October 1938 – 10 October 2018) was a Welsh Labour Party politician. He served for 35 years as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Llanelli from 1970 to 2005. He was a Treasury Minister (1975–1979); a member of ...

, British politician *

Denzil Dean Harber Denzil Dean Harber (25 January 1909 – 31 August 1966) was an early United Kingdom, British Trotskyist leader and later in his life a prominent British ornithologist. Biography Denzil Dean Harber was born in Streatham on 25 January 1909. Hi ...

, British Trotskyist leader * Denzil Dennis, Jamaican reggae singer *

Denzil Dolley Denzil Dolley (born 22 July 1977 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He played for the University of Port ...

, South African field hockey player *

Denzil Douglas Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (born 14 January 1953) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. He was the leader of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Part ...

, former Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis * Denzil Dowell, police shooting victim * Denzil Doyle, Canadian entrepreneur * Denzil Fernando (1923-2010), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician *

Denzil Forrester Denzil Forrester (born 1956) is a Grenada-born artist who moved to England as a child in 1967.Niru Ratnam"Denzil Forrester" in Alison Donnell (ed.), ''Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture'', Routledge, 2002, p. 117. Previously based i ...

, Grenada artist *

Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue Denzil George Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue MC TD (13 June 1893 – 1 June 1977) was a British peer and farmer who served in both the First World War and Second World War. Early life and education Fortescue was the third born and second sur ...

, British lieutenant colonel *Denzil Foster, one half of the American R&B duo

Foster & McElroy Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy are an American R&B record production and songwriting duo, releasing recordings under the names Foster & McElroy and Fmob. They have written and produced songs for musicians such as Club Nouveau, Tony! Toni! To ...

Denzil Franco Denzil Franco (born 30 June 1985) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a defender for Bardez in the Goa Professional League. Also an All India Trinamool Congress politician. Franco currently works as a colour commentator a ...

, Indian footballer *

Denzil Freeth Denzil Kingston Freeth (10 July 1924 – 26 April 2010) was a British Conservative politician. Born in the Paddington area of London, Freeth was educated at Sherborne School and then served in the Royal Air Force. In 1946, he went up to Trinity ...

, British politician *

Denzil Hale Denzil Hale (9 April 1928 – 14 July 2004) is a former professional footballer, who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers. Hale started playing non-League football for Yatton United and his home town team Clevedon Town before joini ...

, English footballer *Denzil Haroun,

Manchester United Football Club Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...

club director *

Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, (31 October 1598 – 17 February 1680) was an English statesman, best remembered as one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by Charles I in January 1642 sparked the First English Civil War. When fight ...

, English politician *

Denzil Hoaseb Denzil Haoseb is a Namibian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Namibia Premier League club Orlando Pirates and the Namibia national team. International career Haoseb made his debut for the senior Namibia national football t ...

, Namibian footballer *

Denzil Ibbetson Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson (30 August 1847 – 21 February 1908)Talbot (2012). was an administrator in British India and an author. He served as Deputy Commissioner of Karnal district from 1892 to 1893. He served as Chief- ...

, English administrator of British India *

Denzil Jones Denzil Jones (birth registered second ¼ 1926 – 25 December 2010), also known by the nickname of "Buck" (after actor Buck Jones), was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He playe ...

, Welsh rugby player *

Denzil Keelor Air Marshal Denzil Keelor PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC (7 December 1933 – 28 August 2024) was an air officer of the Indian Air Force and a hero of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.Denzil Kobbekaduwa Lieutenant General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP (; 27 July 1940 – 8 August 1992) was a senior Sri Lankan Army officer who served in the 1971 Insurrection and the Sri Lankan Civil War. Having trained with the British ...

, Sri Lankan general *

Denzil Lacey Denzil Lacey is an Irish radio producer, currently employed by SiriusXM. Radio stations he has worked at since 2006 include 98FM, East Coast FM, Dublin's Country Mix 106.8, Dublin City FM, RTÉ 2fm and FM104. Early life Lacey was born in D ...

, Irish radio presenter and DJ *

Denzil Meuli Pierre Denzil Meuli (22 September 1926 – 22 March 2019) was a writer, former newspaper editor, Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Auckland and a leading traditionalist Catholic in New Zealand. In 1969 Meuli was appointed editor of the ne ...

, New Zealand editor *

Denzil Meyrick Denzil Meyrick (28 November 1965 – 14 February 2025) was a Scottish bestselling novelist. Prior to that, he served as a police officer with Strathclyde Police then a manager with Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown, Argyll. From 2012 onwards ...

, Scottish novelist *

Denzil Minnan-Wong Denzil Minnan-Wong (born ) is a former Canadian politician who was the statutory deputy mayor of Toronto from 2014 to 2022, representing North York. Minnan-Wong served on Toronto City Council from 1995 to 2022, representing a succession of ward ...

, Toronto city councilor *

Denzil Owen Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club was formed in 1891, and first competed in the Minor Counties Championship in 1896. They have appeared in thirty-two List A matches, making nine Gillette Cup, fourteen NatWest Trophy and nine Cheltenham & Glou ...

, West Indian cricketer *

Denzil Peiris Denzil Peiris (15 March 1917 – 6 March 1985) was the editor of '' The Ceylon Observer'', published by Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. Peiris was born on 15 March 1917, at Gampaha the eldest of a family of eight. He received his educat ...

(1917-1985), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist * Denzil Price Marshall Jr., United States District Judge * Denzil Ralph Evans, English association footballer * Denzil Romero, Venezuelan writer * Denzil Sequeira, Botswana cricketer *

Denzil Smith Denzil Leonard Smith (born 6 November 1960) is an Indian film and stage actor and producer. Born to Anglo-Indian parents in Mumbai, he is known for his stage and screen roles as a character actor. Smith has acted in over 50 plays and 60 films. ...

, Indian actor and producer * Denzil Thompson, Guyana football team manager * Denzil Webster, English cricketer *

Denzil Williams Denzil Williams (born 17 October 1938) is a former Wales international rugby union player. He was capped 36 times for Wales between 1963 and 1971, including Wales' first overseas tour in 1964. He played in the Welsh rugby team's first match outs ...

, Welsh rugby player

Fictional characters

* Denzil Calburn, from ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a List of fictional towns and villages, fict ...

'' *Denzil Kelly, from '' Waterloo Road'' *

Denzil Tulser Denzil Tulser (born 8 August 1948) is a character in the BBC sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'', played by Paul Barber. Denzil is a long-distance lorry driver originally from Liverpool, a good friend of Derek Trotter and one of Del's frequent ...

, from ''

Only Fools and Horses ''Only Fools and Horses'' (titled onscreen as ''Only Fools and Horses....'') is a British television sitcom that was created and written by John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Ki ...

Other uses

* Denzil (band), English rock band * Denzil, Saskatchewan *'' Denzil Quarrier'', 1892 novel by

George Gissing George Robert Gissing ( ; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. In the 1890s he was considered one of the three greatest novelists in England, and by the 1940s he had been ...

* Denzil, Saskatchewan, Canada

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