# 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 (1926–2024), 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