Denis (given name)
Denis is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Denis Diderot (1713–1784), French philosopher and co-founder of the Encyclopédie
- Denis Glushakov, Russian footballer
- Denis Grachev (badminton), Russian badminton player
- Denis Grachev (fighter), Russian boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist
- Denis Haruț, Romanian footballer
- Denis Hayes, environmentalist and Earth Day founder
- Denis Healey (1917–2015), British politician
- Denis Howell (1923–1998), British politician
- Denis Irwin (born 1965), Irish footballer
- Denis Johnson (1949–2017), American writer
- Denis King, British composer
- Denis Kolodin (born 1982), Russian footballer
- Denis Laktionov, Russian footballer
- Denis Law (born 1940), former Manchester United centre-forward
- Denis Lawson, Scottish actor
- Denis Leary, American actor and comedian
- Denis Lebedev, Russian boxer
- Denis Lebrun, comic artist (Blondie strip)
- Denis Legersky (born 1987), Slovak ice hockey player and coach
- Denis Loktev (born 2000), Israeli swimmer
- Denis Marconato, Italian basketball player
- Denis McDonough, American politician, appointed President Obama's second-term Chief of Staff
- Denis Perera (1930–2013), 8th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
- Denis Shapovalov (born 1999), Israeli-Canadian tennis player
- Denis Smith (English cricketer) (1907–1979), English cricketer
- Denis Smith (footballer, born 1947), English footballer and manager
- Denis Stracqualursi (born 1987), Argentine footballer
- Denis Suárez (born 1994), Spanish footballer
- Denis Tahirović (born 1985), Croatian footballer
- Denis Ten (1993-2018), Kazakhstani figure skater
- Denis Thatcher (1915–2003), British businessman, husband of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
- Denis Thwaites (1944–2015), English professional footballer murdered in the 2015 Sousse attacks
- Denis Villeneuve, French Canadian film director and writer
- Denis Wucherer (born 1973), German basketball coach and former player
- Denis Zvizdić (born 1964), Bosnia and Herzegovina politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers
| Pronunciation | French: [dəni] Russian: [dʲɪˈnʲis] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | French, Russian, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Albanian |
| Name day | France: October 9 |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Dionysus |
| Region of origin | Greece |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Denise (Female) |
| Related names | Dennis |
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