Dennis Vincent Brutus (Harare, 28 november 1924 - Kaapstad, 26 december 2009) was een Zuid-Afrikaans dichter en verzetsstrijder tegen de apartheid. ###>Dennis Vincent Brutus (28 November 1924 – 26 December 2009) was a South African activist, educator, journalist and poet best known for his campaign to have apartheid South Africa banned from the Olympic Games.