Denys (Ukrainian: Денис) is both a form of the given name Denis and a patronymic surname. Among others, it is a transliteration of the common Ukrainian name Денис. 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 Burrows, Australian actor and writer Denys Cazet (1938–2020), French-American author Denys Chabot (1945–2025), Canadian writer and journalist Denys Clerval (1934–2016), French cinematographer 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 Corley Smith (1922–1989), British author and journalist Denys Cowan (born 1961), African American comic book artist and television producer Denys Davydov (born 1987), Ukrainian citizen journalist 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 Hawthorne (1932–2009), Northern Irish actor Denys Irving (1944–1976), Welsh musician and filmmaker Denys Kushnarov, Ukrainian filmmaker, journalist and actor 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 Denis de Sallo (1626–1669), French writer and lawyer Denys Samson (born 1989), Ukrainian dancer and choreographer Denys Sichynsky (1865–1909), Ukrainian composer and conductor 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 Denys Anelikov (born 1982), Soviet footballer Denys Antyukh (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer Denys Arendaruk (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer Denys Babliuk (born 2001), Ukrainian sport shooter Dénys Bain (born 1993), French footballer Denys Balan (born 1993), Ukrainian footballer Denys Balanyuk (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer Denys Barvinko (1994–2021), Ukrainian footballer Denys Berinchyk (born 1985), Ukrainian boxer Denys Bezborodko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer Denys Bobrov (born 1982), Ukrainian footballer Denys Boyko (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer Denys Bunchukov (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer Denys Byelousov (born 1996), Ukrainian football striker Denys Carnill (1926–2016), British field hockey player Denys Chamay (1941–2013), Swiss fencer Denys Chernysh (born 1999), Ukrainian footballer Denys Dedechko (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer Denys Demyanenko (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer Denys Denysenko (born 1996), Ukrainian beach volleyball player Denys Dobson (1880–1916), English rugby player Denys Dubrov (born 1989), Ukrainian swimmer Denys Favorov (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer Denys Filimonov (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer Denys Fomin (born 1986), Ukrainian volleyball player Denys Golaydo (born 1984), Ukrainian footballer Denys Halata (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer Denys Halenkov (born 1995), Ukrainian footballer Denys Harmash (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer Denys Hill (1896–1971), English cricketer Denys Hobson (1951–2025), South African cricketer Denys Hobson (cricketer, born 1983) Denys Holaydo (born 1984), Ukrainian-born Russian footballer Denys Hotfrid (born 1975), Ukrainian weightlifter Denys Jones (1930–2003), Welsh footballer Denys Kamerylov (born 1989), Ukrainian sprint canoer Denys Kesil (born 2000), Ukrainian swimmer Denys Khomutov (born 1979), Ukrainian association football player Denys Kolchin (born 1977), Ukrainian footballer Denys Kostyshyn (born 1997), 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 Kuzyk (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer Denys Lukashov (born 1989), Ukrainian basketball player Denys Maasdorp (born 1963), South African tennis player Denys Miroshnichenko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer Denys Molchanov (born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player Denys Morkel (1906–1980), South African cricketer Denys Nahnoynyi (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer Denys Ndukve (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer Denys Nechyporenko (born 1990), Ukrainian hurdler Denys Norenkov (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer Denys Oliynyk (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer Denys Onyshchenko (born 1978), Ukrainian footballer Denys Ostapchenko (born 2001), Ukrainian para swimmer Denys Ostrovskyi (born 1998), Ukrainian footballer Denys Ovsyannikov (born 1984), Ukrainian futsal player Denys Pavlyuk (born 1992), Ukrainian modern pentathlete Denys Pidhurskyi (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer Denys Pidruchnyi (born 2001), Ukrainian footballer Denys Popov (born 1999), Ukrainian footballer Denys Poyatsyka (born 1985), Ukrainian boxer Denys Prychynenko (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer Denys Rebryk (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer Denys Rezepov (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer Denys Ryabyi (born 2001), Ukrainian footballer Denys Rylskyi (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer Denys Sahaliuk (born 2002), Ukrainian freestyle wrestler Denys Shcherbakov (born 1988), Ukrainian orienteering competitor Denys Shelikhov (born 1989), Ukrainian football goalkeeper Denys Shevchenko (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer Denys Shostak (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer Denys Shvydenko (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer Denys Skepskyi (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer Denys Slyusar (born 2002), 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 Soroka (born 2001), Ukrainian footballer Denys Starchenko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer Denys Stoyan (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer Denys Strekalin (born 1999), Ukrainian-French pair skater Denys Svityukha (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer Denys Sydorenko (born 1989), Ukrainian football goalkeeper Denys Sylantyev (born 1976), Ukrainian swimmer and politician Denys Sytnik (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer Denys Syzonenko (born 1984), Ukrainian swimmer Denys Taraduda (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer Denys Teslyuk (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer Denys Tourtchenkov (born 1978), Russian sprint canoer Denys Ustymenko (born 1999), Ukrainian footballer Denys Vasilyev (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer Denys Vasin (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer Denys Volk-Karachevskyi (born 1979), Ukrainian footballer Denys Wilcox (1910–1953), English cricketer and schoolmaster Denys Woods (1920–1972), South African cricketer Denys Yanchuk (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer Denys Yurchenko (born 1978), Ukrainian pole vaulter Denys Zavhorodnyy (born 1979), Ukrainian swimmer === Other === Denys Bray (1875–1951), British colonial civil servant Denys Buckley (1906–1998), English barrister and judge Denys Bullard (1912–1994), British politician Denys Chernyshov (born 1974), Ukrainian politician and economist 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 Gillam (1915–1991), British flying ace Denys Hay (1915–1994), Scottish historian D. E. L. Haynes (1913–1994), English classical scholar Denys Henderson (1932–2016), Scottish solicitor Denys Herman (born 1981), Ukrainian politician Denys Janot (fl. 1529–1544), French printer and bookseller Denys Johnson-Davies (1922–2017), Canadian Arabic-to-English translator Denys Kireyev (1977–2022), Ukrainian banker and intelligence officer Denys Kostrzhevskyi (born 1968), Ukrainian businessman Denys Lasdun (1914–2001), English architect Denys van Leeuwen (1402–1471), Flemish theologian and mystic Denys Lombard (1938–1998), French historian and Sinologist Denys Lowson (1906–1975), British barrister and financier Denys Maliuska (born 1981), Ukrainian lawyer, businessman and politician Denys R. Martin (1892–1970), British philatelist Denys Maslov (born 1983), Ukrainian politician Denys Monastyrsky (1980–2023), Ukrainian lawyer and politician 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 Pringle (born 1951), British archaeologist and medievalist Denys Prokopenko (born 1991), Ukrainian military officer Denys Rayner (1908–1967), British Royal Navy officer Denys Roberts (1921–2013), British Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong Denys Rolle, multiple people Denys Shleha (born 1982), Ukrainian serviceman Denys Shmyhal (born 1975), Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shortt, British businessman Denys Skoryi (born 1979), Ukrainian surgeon, oncologist, professor and politician Denys Sutton (1917–1991), British art critic and historian Denys Turner (born 1942), British academic Denys Uliutin (born 1982), Ukrainian politician Denys Vasyliuk (1993–2024), Ukrainian fighter pilot Denys Watkins-Pitchford (1905–1990), British author, illustrator and countryman Denys Whitehorn Reid (1897–1970), officer