Denys

Denys () is both a form of the given name Denis and a patronymic surname. Amongst others, it is a transliteration of the common Ukrainian 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 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

See also

• De Nijs (surname)
• Denys-Drash
• St Denys