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Denis Rooke
Sir Denis Rooke (1924–2008) was a British gas engineer who directed Britain's conversion from town gas to North Sea natural gas and chaired British Gas for 13 years.
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Congolese general and president of the Republic of the Congo (1979–1992, 1997–present), PCT leader, returned to power after the 1997 civil war, re-elected 2026 with 94.90%.
Denis Shapovalov (Денис Викторович Шаповалов)
Denis Shapovalov (Денис Викторович Шаповалов), born 1999 in Tel Aviv, is a Canadian left-handed tennis player, 2016 junior Wimbledon champion, career-high No. 10, four ATP titles, 2021 Wimbledon semifinalist, 2022 Davis Cup winner.
Denis Spitsov
Denis Spitsov (Денис Сергеевич Спицов), Russian cross-country skier born 1996 in Vozhega; 2022 Olympic relay champion with five Olympic medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) from PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022.
Denis Spoljaric
Denis Špoljarić (born 1979, Zagreb), Croatian handball centre back and defensive specialist; Olympic gold Athens 2004, World champion 2003, later assistant coach of Croatia.
Denis Stoff
Denis Stoff, born Denis Shaforostov in 1992, is a Ukrainian metal vocalist known for Make Me Famous, one album with Asking Alexandria (The Black, 2016), and his solo project Drag Me Out.
Denis Suárez
Denis Suárez (Denis Suárez Fernández) is a Spanish professional technical playmaker who played for FC Barcelona, winning one La Liga title, and later joined Deportivo Alavés.
Denis Ten (Денис Юрьевич Тен)
Denis Ten (Денис Юрьевич Тен, 1993–2018), Kazakh figure skater, first Kazakh Olympic (2014 Sochi bronze) and World (2013 silver, 2015 bronze) skating medalist; 2015 Four Continents champion; stabbed to death in Almaty.
Denis Teofikov
Denis Teofikov (Денис Теофиков) was a Bulgarian pop-folk singer who signed with the Payner label in 2018 and became known for duets with Emilia before dying in 2021, aged 21.
Denis Thatcher
Sir Denis Thatcher (1915-2003), English businessman and first husband of a British prime minister; married Margaret Thatcher 1951, director of Atlas Preservatives, Castrol, and Burmah Oil, MBE, baronet 1990, died of pancreatic cancer.
Denis Vaucher
Denis Vaucher (Denis Louis Vaucher, 1898-1993), Swiss soldier and cross-country skier of Skiclub Bern; won 1924 Chamonix Olympic gold in military ski patrol, first Swiss Winter Olympic gold, later founder of Vaucher Sport.
Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve, born in 1967, is a French-Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer from Montreal whose films include Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, and Dune, which won six Academy Awards.
Denis Wilson
Denis Wilson AM (Dennis Patrick Wilson, born 4 January 1936), Australian middle-distance runner and athletics administrator; ran on the 1959 world-record 4x1 mile relay (16:25.6), later ACT Athletics president, Athletics Australia vice-president, and IAAF Technical Committee member.
Denis Wirtz
Denis Wirtz is a cell biologist and biophysicist at Johns Hopkins University, vice provost for research since 2014, known for particle-tracking microrheology and cell migration research.
Denis Yarats
Denis Yarats (Денис Ярец, born 1987) is a Belarus-born American computer scientist who co-founded the AI search company Perplexity in 2022 and serves as its chief technology officer.
Denis Yuskov
Denis Yuskov (Денис Игоревич Юсков), born 1989, Russian speed skater; three consecutive world 1500 m titles (2013, 2015, 2016), 1500 m world record 1:41.02 (2017), fourth at Sochi 2014, retired 2022.
Denis Zakaria
Denis Zakaria (Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado), born 1996 in Geneva, is a Swiss defensive midfielder and Monaco captain since 2024, with 61 Switzerland caps; formerly Servette, Young Boys, Gladbach, Juventus, and Chelsea.
DENIS-P J082303.1-491201
DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 (DE0823-49), an L1.5 ultracool dwarf 20.8 parsecs away in Vela, hosts DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b, a 28.5-Jupiter-mass companion found by VLT astrometry in 2013 on a 246-day eccentric orbit.
Denisa D. Wagner
Denisa D. Wagner is the Edwin Cohn Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, known for her work on von Willebrand factor and thrombosis.
Denisa Saková
Denisa Saková is a Slovak politician of the party Voice – Social Democracy (Hlas-SD) who serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic.
Denise (robot)
Denise is a 1.5 m, 8 kg passive-dynamic walking biped robot built by Martijn Wisse at Delft University of Technology, powered by pneumatic hip muscles with minimal control.
Denise Alexander
Denise Alexander (1939–2025), American soap opera actress, played Susan Hunter Martin on Days of Our Lives and Dr. Lesley Webber on General Hospital; distinct from British actress Denyse Alexander.
Denise Austin
Denise Austin (born 1957) is an American fitness instructor and TV personality, co-host of The Jack LaLanne Show, Today show fitness expert, and host of ESPN and Lifetime workout shows, with over 25 million videos sold and 12 books.
Denise Belfon
Denise "Saucy Wow" Belfon, born Denise Ann Sinoda Belfon in 1968, is a Trinidadian soca singer and dancer whose hits include "Saucy Baby", "Work", and "Wining Queen".
Denise Bidot
Denise Marie Bidot, plus-size model of Puerto Rican and Kuwaiti heritage, known for straight-size NYFW runway firsts, the viral 2016 unretouched Swimsuits for All campaign, the No Wrong Way Movement, judging Nuestra Belleza Latina, and a 2025 SI Swimsuit rookie debut.
Denise Black
Denise Black (born Denise Nixon, 1958) is an English actress known for Denise Osbourne in Coronation Street (1992-1997, 2007, 2017), Hazel in Queer as Folk and Cucumber, Joanie in Emmerdale, and Denise Black and the Kray Sisters.
Denise C. Johnson
Denise C. Johnson is an engineering executive who leads Caterpillar's Resource Industries group and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2025 for autonomous mining equipment.
Denise Capezza
Denise Capezza (born 1989, Naples) is an Italian actress, ex-ballet dancer, star of Turkish series Uçurum, Marinella in Gomorrah, Natalia in Baby, Odile in Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future, and Moana Pozzi in Diva Futura.
Denise Clark-Bradford
Denise Clark-Bradford (Denise "Niecy" Clark, born 1953, Detroit) is an American gospel singer, second-oldest founding member of The Clark Sisters, who left the group in 1986, later led a California ministry, and was portrayed in the 2020 Lifetime biopic.
Denise Coates
Denise Coates is a British gambling executive who built bet365 from a Stoke-on-Trent car park cabin in 2001 and owns a majority stake in the private company.