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Dennis Meier
Dennis Meier is a materials scientist working on ferroelectric domain walls and oxide nanoelectronics, known for half-wave rectification at domain walls and a 2025 cryogenic memristor.
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller (born 1953, Pittsburgh) is an American comedian and commentator, SNL Weekend Update anchor 1985-1991, Emmy-winning host of HBO's Dennis Miller Live 1994-2002, later a right-leaning talk radio and podcast voice.
Dennis Mitchell
Dennis Mitchell (born 1966, Havelock, North Carolina) is an American sprinter and coach: 1992 Olympic 4x100m relay gold (37.40 WR) and 100m bronze, 9.91 PB, 1998 testosterone doping ban, later coached Sha'Carri Richardson and Justin Gatlin.
Dennis Moore (politician)
Dennis Moore (1945–2021) was a Democratic U.S. Representative for Kansas's 3rd district, 1999–2011; former Johnson County district attorney who won six terms in a Republican-leaning district before retiring in 2010.
Dennis Morgan
Dennis Morgan (Earl Stanley Morner, 1908–1994), American actor-singer and 1940s Warner Bros. leading man; starred in Kitty Foyle, Christmas in Connecticut, The Desert Song, and Jack Carson comedies.
Dennis Muilenburg
Dennis A. Muilenburg is an American aerospace executive who served as Boeing's president, CEO, and chairman, resigning in December 2019 after two fatal 737 MAX crashes.
Dennis Nilsen
Dennis Nilsen, the Muswell Hill murderer: Scottish serial killer who murdered at least 15 young men in north London 1978–1983, caught when flesh blocked his drain, convicted of six murders in 1983, died in prison 2018.
Dennis O'Neil
Dennis "Denny" O'Neil (1939–2020), American comic book writer and editor, also spelled Denny O'Neil; defined the socially conscious Green Lantern/Green Arrow run with Neal Adams, reinvented Batman, co-created Ra's al Ghul, and edited DC's Batman line 1986–2000.
Dennis P. Curran
Dennis P. Curran is an American organic chemist at the University of Pittsburgh, on its faculty since 1981, known for developing fluorous synthesis and radical reactions in drug synthesis.
Dennis Padilla
Dennis Padilla (Dennis Esteban Dominguez Baldivia), Filipino comedian-actor born 1962 in Caloocan; 1990s comedy-action star, Lunch Date host, Caloocan councilor, father of Julia and Claudia Barretto.
Dennis Paul
Dennis Paul, born 1961, is an American Republican politician who has represented Texas House District 129 since 2015 and won the 2026 nomination for Texas Senate District 11.
Dennis Phelps
Dennis Phelps is a later-stage venture capitalist at IVP, where he joined as a General Partner in 2001 and led the firm's $60 million investment in Snap.
Dennis Praet
Dennis Praet, born 1994 in Leuven, is a Belgian central midfielder who plays for KV Mechelen, after winning four titles with Anderlecht and playing for Leicester City.
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager, American conservative radio host, columnist, author of The Rational Bible, and co-founder of PragerU (founded 2009 with Allen Estrin); nationally syndicated since 1999, sidelined by a November 2024 spinal injury.
Dennis Price
Dennis Price, born Dennistoun John Franklin Rose Price (1915–1973), was a British actor best known as Louis Mazzini in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) and as Jeeves on BBC television.
Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid, American actor born 1954 in Houston, Texas, brother of Randy Quaid; star of Breaking Away, The Right Stuff, The Big Easy, Far from Heaven, and the 2024 films Reagan and The Substance.
Dennis R. Roop
Dennis R. Roop is an American cell biologist who identified the skin protein loricrin and develops stem cell therapy for epidermolysis bullosa at the University of Colorado.
Dennis R. Salahub
Dennis R. Salahub is a Canadian theoretical and computational chemist, Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, known for density functional theory and the deMon software.
Dennis R. Winge
Dennis R. Winge is an American biochemist at the University of Utah School of Medicine, known for work on copper metallochaperones and mitochondrial respiratory complex assembly.
Dennis Rader
Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer (bind, torture, kill), murdered ten people in Wichita, Kansas, 1974-1991, taunted police and media, was traced via a church floppy disk, and is serving ten consecutive life terms.
Dennis Rickman
Dennis Rickman, also known as Denny, is a fictional EastEnders character played by Nigel Harman from 2003 to 2005: the secret son of Den Watts, husband of Sharon Watts, killed by Danny Moon on Johnny Allen's orders on New Year's Eve 2005.
Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie (1941–2011) was an American computer scientist at Bell Labs who created the C programming language and co-created Unix with Ken Thompson, winning the 1983 Turing Award.
Dennis Robert Hoagland
Dennis Robert Hoagland (1884–1949) was an American plant physiologist and professor of plant nutrition at the University of California, Berkeley, creator of the Hoagland solution.
Dennis Rodman
Dennis Rodman (The Worm), born 1961, American NBA forward; 7 straight rebounding titles 1992–91998, 5 championships with Pistons and Bulls, 2 Defensive Player of the Year awards, Hall of Fame 2011.
Dennis Rohde
Dennis Rohde is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance since May 2025.
Dennis Ross‐Degnan
Dennis Ross-Degnan is a health-policy researcher at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute who studies how medicines are used and how policies change that use.
Dennis Rounsavelle
Dennis Rounsavelle (1940-2002), American swimmer for El Segundo High and USC; 1958 CIF 500-yard freestyle champion, 1960 NCAA 440-yard freestyle titlist, and 1959 world record holder in the 400-meter individual medley at 5:04.5.
Dennis S. Charney
Dennis S. Charney, American psychiatrist and neurobiologist, Mount Sinai dean for 18 years; discovered ketamine as a fast-acting antidepressant, co-invented the Rejoyn digital therapeutic, and wrote Resilience with Steven Southwick.
Dennis S. O’Leary
Dennis Sophian O'Leary (1937–2023) was an American physician-executive who served 21 years as president of the Joint Commission, the private accreditor of US health care organizations.
Dennis Schröder
Dennis Schröder, German NBA point guard born 1993 in Braunschweig, drafted 17th in 2013 by Atlanta; 12 NBA teams, 2023 World Cup and 2025 EuroBasket champion and MVP with Germany, now with the Charlotte Hornets.