Denys

Denys is both a form of the given name Denis and a patronymic surname. Amongst others, it is a transliteration of the common Russian name Денис. Closely related forms are Denijs and Dénys. Notable people with the name include:

Given name[]

Actors, artists, musicians, and writers[]

Denijs van Alsloot (c.1570–c.1626), Flemish landscape and genre painter
Denys Arcand (born 1941), Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer
Denys Baptiste (born 1969), English jazz musician
Denys Blakeway, British television producer
Denys Bouliane (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 (1826–1909), Channel Islands poet and painter
Denys Cowan (born 1961), African American comic book artist and television producer
Denys Desjardins (born 1966), Canadian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and teacher
Denys Granier-Deferre (born 1949), French film director
Denys Graham, Welsh actor
Denys Irving (1944-1976), Welsh musician and filmmaker
Denys de La Patellière (1921–2013), French film director and scriptwriter
Denys Lasdun (1914–2001), English architect
Denys Ovenden (born 1922), British illustrator and watercolourist
Denys Pouncey (1906–1999), English cathedral organist
Denys Puech (1854–1942), French sculptor
Denys Rhodes (1919–1981), English novelist
Denys Spittle (1920–2003), British architect
Denys Val Baker (1917–1984), Cornish writer
Denys Wortman (1887–1958), American painter, cartoonist and comic strip creator

Sportspeople[]

Denys Aleksandrov (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Andriyenko (born 1980), Ukrainian footballer
Dénys Bain (born 1993), French footballer
Denys Balanyuk (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Barvinko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Berinchyk (born 1985), Ukrainian boxer
Denys Bezborodko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Boyko (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 (born 1989), Ukrainian swimmer
Denys Filimonov (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Golaydo (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 (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 (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Kushnirov (born 1992), Ukrainian sport shooter
Denys Lukashov (born 1989), Ukrainian basketball player
Denys Lyashko (born 1980), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Miroshnichenko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Molchanov (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 (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 (1924–2016), British racehorse trainer
Denys Sokolovskyi (born 1979), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Solonenko (born 1992), Ukrainian boxer
Denys Stoyan (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Sydorenko (born 1989), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
Denys Sylantyev (born 1976), Ukrainian swimmer and politician
Denys Syzonenko (born 1984), Ukrainian swimmer
Denys Tourtchenkov (born 1978), Russian sprint canoer
Denys Vasilyev (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Vasin (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Wilcox (1910–1953), English cricketer and schoolmaster
Denys Yanchuk (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Yurchenko (born 1978), Ukrainian pole vaulter
Denys Zavhorodnyy (born 1979), Ukrainian swimmer

Other[]

Denys Corbett Wilson (1882–1915), Irish pioneer aviator
Denys Finch Hatton (1887–1931), English big-game hunter and lover of Karen Blixen
Denys Fisher (1918–2002), English engineer and board game designer
Denys Gaith (1910–1986), Syrian Melkite Greek Catholic bishop
Denys Hay (1915–1994), Scottish historian
Denys Henderson (born 1932), Scottish solicitor
Denys Janot (fl. 1529–1544), French printer and bookseller
Denys Johnson-Davies (born 1922), Canadian Arabic-to-English translator
Denys van Leeuwen (1402–1471), Flemish theologian and mystic
Denys Lombard (1938–1998), French historian and Sinologist
Denys R. Martin (1892–1970), British philatelist
Denys Page (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 (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 (born 1942), British academic
Denys Watkins-Pitchford (1905–1990), British author, illustrator and countryman
Denys Whitehorn Reid (1897–1970), officer in the British Army
Denys Wilkinson (1922–2016), British nuclear physicist
Denys Williams (1929–2014), Chief Justice of Barbados
Denys Winstanley (1877-1947), British educator
Denys Zacharopoulos (born 1952), Greek art historian and theorist

Surname[]

André Denys (1948–2013), Belgian politician
Ewout Denys (born 1987), Belgian footballer
Frans Denys (c. 1610–1670), Flemish Baroque painter
Jacob Denys (1644–1708), Flemish Baroque painter
Jean-Baptiste Denys (c. 1640–1704), French physician
Nicolas Denys (c. 1598–1688), French explorer, colonizer, soldier and leader
Peter Denys (1760-1816), British landowner
Pierre Denys, French physician, discovered Denys-Drash syndrome
Pierre Denys de Montfort (1766–1820), French naturalist
Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure (1659–1711), French Governor of Acadia
Thomas Denys (c.1477–1561), Sheriff and MP for Devon