Denis (given name)

Denis is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Denis Cheryshev (born 1990), Russian footballer
• Denis Diderot (1713–1784), French philosopher and co-founder of the Encyclopédie
• Denis Fonvizin, Russian writer
• 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 Lavant (born 1961), French actor
• 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 Manturov (born 1969), Russian politician
• Denis Marconato, Italian basketball player
• Denis McDonough, American politician, appointed President Obama's second-term Chief of Staff
• Denis Menke (1940–2020), American baseball player
• Denis Perera (1930–2013), 8th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
• Denis Pushilin (born 1981), Ukrainian politician, head of the Donetsk People's Republic
• 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 Voronenkov (1971–2017), Russian politician
• Denis Wucherer (born 1973), German basketball coach and former player
• Denis Zvizdić (born 1964), Bosnia and Herzegovina politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers

See also[]

• Denis (disambiguation), for people known only by the name "Denis"
• Dennis

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