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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 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 the Menace (1959 TV series)

Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series), aka Just Dennis in the UK: CBS live-action sitcom based on Hank Ketcham's comic strip, airing 1959-1963, 146 episodes, starring child actor Jay North as Dennis Mitchell opposite Joseph Kearns, later Gale Gordon, as Mr. Wilson.

Dennis the Menace (1993 film)

Dennis the Menace is a 1993 American family comedy film directed by Nick Castle, written and produced by John Hughes, starring Mason Gamble and Walter Matthau.

Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics)

Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics) is Hank Ketcham's syndicated newspaper panel, debuted March 12, 1951, about five-and-a-half-year-old Dennis Mitchell; distinct from the unrelated British Beano character of the same name.

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (originally Dennis the Menace) is a long-running British comic strip in The Beano, created by David Law, debuting March 1951; the dog Gnasher joined in 1968, distinct from the coincidental American Dennis the Menace.

Dennis Trillo

Dennis Trillo (Abelardo Dennis Florencio Ho), Filipino actor born 1981 in Quezon City, GMA Network's Kapuso Drama King since 2003; Mulawin, My Husband's Lover, Maria Clara at Ibarra, Green Bones; multiple MMFF and FAMAS Best Actor awards.

Dennis Walks

Dennis Walks, the stage name of Jamaican singer Dennis Vassell, is a reggae vocalist from Kingston best known for "The Drifter" (1969) and "Margaret" (1974), recording across five decades.

Dennis Waterman

Dennis Waterman (1948–2022), English actor and singer, starred as George Carter in The Sweeney, Terry McCann in Minder, and Gerry Standing in New Tricks, and sang the Minder theme.

Dennis Weaver

Dennis Weaver (Billy Dennis Weaver, 1924-2006), American actor, Emmy-winning deputy Chester Goode on Gunsmoke (1955-64) and Marshal Sam McCloud on McCloud (1970-77); also starred in Spielberg's Duel, led the Screen Actors Guild 1973-75, and founded the Institute of Ecolonomics.

Dennis Whitaker

Dennis Whitaker, nicknamed Huckleberry, is a fictional medical student turned first-year resident in HBO Max's The Pitt, played by Gerran Howell; a farm boy from Broken Bow, Nebraska, with a theology degree, he sleeps at the hospital in season 1 and mentors med students in season 2.

Dennis Wilson

Dennis Carl Wilson (1944–1983), founding drummer, singer, and songwriter of the Beach Boys, the only member who actually surfed; released the first Beach Boy solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue (1977), and drowned at Marina Del Rey aged 39.

Dennō Senshi Porygon (でんのうせんしポリゴン)

Dennō Senshi Porygon (でんのうせんしポリゴン), also translated Electric Soldier Porygon, is Pokémon anime episode 38, aired once on TV Tokyo December 16, 1997; its 12 Hz red-blue flashing caused the Pokémon Shock, hospitalizing 685 viewers and prompting broadcast guidelines.

Denny Doherty

Denny Doherty (Dennis Gerrard Stephen Doherty, 1940–2007), Canadian singer-songwriter from Halifax and male lead of The Mamas & the Papas, sang lead on California Dreamin' and Monday, Monday.

Denny Laine

Denny Laine (Brian Hines, 1944-2023), English singer-guitarist: founding Moody Blues lead singer on "Go Now" and the only Wings member besides Paul and Linda McCartney, 1971-1981; two Grammys, co-wrote "Mull of Kintyre".

Denny Miller

Denny Miller (Dennis Linn Miller, 1934-2014), American actor, first blond Tarzan in Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959), Duke Shannon on Wagon Train 1961-64, Gorton's Fisherman, died of ALS in Las Vegas.

Denominazione di origine controllata

Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC), with DOCG and IGT, is Italy's wine designation-of-origin system created by DPR 930 in 1963; DOC and DOCG mark EU PDO wines under a disciplinare, DOCG adding batch tasting and a numbered state seal.

Denver Pyle

Denver Pyle (Denver Dell Pyle, 1920-1997), American character actor, played Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard, Briscoe Darling on The Andy Griffith Show, and Frank Hamer in Bonnie and Clyde; over 200 TV appearances, mostly Westerns.

Denyce Lawton

Denyce Lawton (Denise-Marie Lawton, born 1978, Seoul) is a Korean-American actress, producer, and author known as Dana Carter on House of Payne, Sheila Willis on The Hot Zone: Anthrax, and The R&B Memoirs novels.

Denys Sichynsky

Denys Sichynsky (Денис Січинський; 1865–1909) was a Ukrainian composer, choral conductor, and teacher, regarded as the first professionally trained Ukrainian composer in Galicia and known for the anthem-like song "Ne pora" and the opera Roksoliana.

Denzel Curry

Denzel Curry, American rapper from Carol City, Miami Gardens, Florida; ex-Raider Klan member; albums Nostalgic 64, Imperial, TA13OO, Zuu, Melt My Eyez See Your Future, King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2.

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington (Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr., born 1954, Mount Vernon, NY) is an American actor, director, and producer; two-time Oscar winner for Glory and Training Day, Tony winner for Fences, star of Gladiator II and 2025 Broadway Othello.

Denzel Whitaker

Denzel Whitaker (Denzel Dominique Whitaker, born 1990) is an American actor and director from Torrance, California, named after Denzel Washington; known for The Great Debaters (NAACP Image Award, 2008), young Zuri in Black Panther, and the award-winning short Brand New.

Denzil Smith

Denzil Smith (Denzil Leonard Smith), Indian film and stage actor and producer born 1960 in Mumbai to Anglo-Indian parents; played Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Viceroy's House (2017), won an Indian Television Academy Award for P.O.W. Bandi Yuddh Ke, and appeared in The Lunchbox and Tenet.

DeObia Oparei

DeObia Oparei (born 1971, Hackney, London) is a British actor and playwright known for Areo Hotah in Game of Thrones, the Gunner in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Rongo in Dumbo, and Boastful Loki in Loki; also a Royal Court playwright and filmmaker.

Deon Cole

Deon Cole (born 1972, Chicago) is an American stand-up comedian, Emmy-nominated writer, and actor known for Conan O'Brien's shows, Charlie Telphy on black-ish, Average Joe, and Netflix specials Cole Hearted, Charleen's Boy, and Ok, Mister.

Deon Richmond

Deon Richmond (born 1978, New York City) is an American actor and producer, Kenny on The Cosby Show (1986-1992), later Tyson Fox in Scream 3, Malik in Not Another Teen Movie, and Mini Cochran in Van Wilder.

Deool Band 2

Deool Band 2 (देऊळ बंद 2) is a 2026 Marathi devotional drama sequel written and directed by Pravin Tarde, starring Mohan Joshi and Snehal Tarde, released 21 May 2026 by Vatavruksha Entertainment and streaming on Prime Video.

Deor

Deor, also called The Lament of Deor, is a 42-line Old English poem in the 10th-century Exeter Book, in which a displaced poet consoles himself with the refrain "that passed away, so may this".