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 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 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

See also

• Denis (disambiguation)
• Dennis
• Dennys (disambiguation)
• De Nijs (surname)
• Denys-Drash
• St Denys