Denys

Denys (Денис) 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:

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 (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
 * 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 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 (1932–2016), Scottish solicitor
 * Denys Janot (fl. 1529–1544), French printer and bookseller
 * Denys Johnson-Davies (1922–2017), 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