Denys

Denys (Ukrainian: Денис) is both a form of the given name Denis and a patronymic surname. Among others, it is a transliteration of the common Ukrainian name Денис. 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 Burrows, Australian actor and writer
Denys Cazet (1938–2020), French-American author
Denys Chabot (1945–2025), Canadian writer and journalist
Denys Clerval (1934–2016), French cinematographer
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 Corley Smith (1922–1989), British author and journalist
Denys Cowan (born 1961), African American comic book artist and television producer
Denys Davydov (born 1987), Ukrainian citizen journalist
Denys Desjardins (born 1966), Canadian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and teacher
Denys Granier-Deferre (born 1949), French film director
Denys Graham (1926–2024), Welsh actor
Denys Hawthorne (1932–2009), Northern Irish actor
Denys Irving (1944–1976), Welsh musician and filmmaker
Denys Kushnarov, Ukrainian filmmaker, journalist and actor
Denys de La Patellière (1921–2013), French film director and scriptwriter
Denys Lasdun (1914–2001), English architect
Denys Ovenden (1922–2019), British illustrator and watercolourist
Denys Pouncey (1906–1999), English cathedral organist
Denys Puech (1854–1942), French sculptor
Denys Rhodes (1919–1981), English novelist
Denis de Sallo (1626–1669), French writer and lawyer
Denys Samson (born 1989), Ukrainian dancer and choreographer
Denys Sichynsky (1865–1909), Ukrainian composer and conductor
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
Denys Anelikov (born 1982), Soviet footballer
Denys Antyukh (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Arendaruk (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Babliuk (born 2001), Ukrainian sport shooter
Dénys Bain (born 1993), French footballer
Denys Balan (born 1993), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Balanyuk (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Barvinko (1994–2021), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Berinchyk (born 1985), Ukrainian boxer
Denys Bezborodko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Bobrov (born 1982), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Boyko (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Bunchukov (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Byelousov (born 1996), Ukrainian football striker
Denys Carnill (1926–2016), British field hockey player
Denys Chamay (1941–2013), Swiss fencer
Denys Chernysh (born 1999), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Dedechko (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Demyanenko (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Denysenko (born 1996), Ukrainian beach volleyball player
Denys Dobson (1880–1916), English rugby player
Denys Dubrov (born 1989), Ukrainian swimmer
Denys Favorov (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Filimonov (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Fomin (born 1986), Ukrainian volleyball player
Denys Golaydo (born 1984), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Halata (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Halenkov (born 1995), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Harmash (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Hill (1896–1971), English cricketer
Denys Hobson (1951–2025), South African cricketer
Denys Hobson (cricketer, born 1983)
Denys Holaydo (born 1984), Ukrainian-born Russian footballer
Denys Hotfrid (born 1975), Ukrainian weightlifter
Denys Jones (1930–2003), Welsh footballer
Denys Kamerylov (born 1989), Ukrainian sprint canoer
Denys Kesil (born 2000), Ukrainian swimmer
Denys Khomutov (born 1979), Ukrainian association football player
Denys Kolchin (born 1977), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Kostyshyn (born 1997), 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 Kuzyk (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Lukashov (born 1989), Ukrainian basketball player
Denys Maasdorp (born 1963), South African tennis player
Denys Miroshnichenko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Molchanov (born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player
Denys Morkel (1906–1980), South African cricketer
Denys Nahnoynyi (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Ndukve (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Nechyporenko (born 1990), Ukrainian hurdler
Denys Norenkov (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Oliynyk (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Onyshchenko (born 1978), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Ostapchenko (born 2001), Ukrainian para swimmer
Denys Ostrovskyi (born 1998), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Ovsyannikov (born 1984), Ukrainian futsal player
Denys Pavlyuk (born 1992), Ukrainian modern pentathlete
Denys Pidhurskyi (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Pidruchnyi (born 2001), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Popov (born 1999), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Poyatsyka (born 1985), Ukrainian boxer
Denys Prychynenko (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Rebryk (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Rezepov (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Ryabyi (born 2001), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Rylskyi (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Sahaliuk (born 2002), Ukrainian freestyle wrestler
Denys Shcherbakov (born 1988), Ukrainian orienteering competitor
Denys Shelikhov (born 1989), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
Denys Shevchenko (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Shostak (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Shvydenko (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Skepskyi (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Slyusar (born 2002), 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 Soroka (born 2001), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Starchenko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Stoyan (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Strekalin (born 1999), Ukrainian-French pair skater
Denys Svityukha (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Sydorenko (born 1989), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
Denys Sylantyev (born 1976), Ukrainian swimmer and politician
Denys Sytnik (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Syzonenko (born 1984), Ukrainian swimmer
Denys Taraduda (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Teslyuk (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Tourtchenkov (born 1978), Russian sprint canoer
Denys Ustymenko (born 1999), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Vasilyev (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Vasin (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Volk-Karachevskyi (born 1979), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Wilcox (1910–1953), English cricketer and schoolmaster
Denys Woods (1920–1972), South African cricketer
Denys Yanchuk (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer
Denys Yurchenko (born 1978), Ukrainian pole vaulter
Denys Zavhorodnyy (born 1979), Ukrainian swimmer

Other

Denys Bray (1875–1951), British colonial civil servant
Denys Buckley (1906–1998), English barrister and judge
Denys Bullard (1912–1994), British politician
Denys Chernyshov (born 1974), Ukrainian politician and economist
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 Gillam (1915–1991), British flying ace
Denys Hay (1915–1994), Scottish historian
D. E. L. Haynes (1913–1994), English classical scholar
Denys Henderson (1932–2016), Scottish solicitor
Denys Herman (born 1981), Ukrainian politician
Denys Janot (fl. 1529–1544), French printer and bookseller
Denys Johnson-Davies (1922–2017), Canadian Arabic-to-English translator
Denys Kireyev (1977–2022), Ukrainian banker and intelligence officer
Denys Kostrzhevskyi (born 1968), Ukrainian businessman
Denys Lasdun (1914–2001), English architect
Denys van Leeuwen (1402–1471), Flemish theologian and mystic
Denys Lombard (1938–1998), French historian and Sinologist
Denys Lowson (1906–1975), British barrister and financier
Denys Maliuska (born 1981), Ukrainian lawyer, businessman and politician
Denys R. Martin (1892–1970), British philatelist
Denys Maslov (born 1983), Ukrainian politician
Denys Monastyrsky (1980–2023), Ukrainian lawyer and politician
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 Pringle (born 1951), British archaeologist and medievalist
Denys Prokopenko (born 1991), Ukrainian military officer
Denys Rayner (1908–1967), British Royal Navy officer
Denys Roberts (1921–2013), British Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
Denys Rolle, multiple people
Denys Shleha (born 1982), Ukrainian serviceman
Denys Shmyhal (born 1975), Prime Minister of Ukraine
Denys Shortt, British businessman
Denys Skoryi (born 1979), Ukrainian surgeon, oncologist, professor and politician
Denys Sutton (1917–1991), British art critic and historian
Denys Turner (born 1942), British academic
Denys Uliutin (born 1982), Ukrainian politician
Denys Vasyliuk (1993–2024), Ukrainian fighter pilot
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 Witherington (1921–1944), English cricketer and British Army soldier
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

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