title: Denys
text: # Denys
  
  Denys (Ukrainian: 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:
  
  ## 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 (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
  