List of Famous people named Denis

Denis Maidanov is a Russian songwriter, composer, poet, actor, music producer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2017). Multiple winner of the awards Golden Gramophone Award, Song of the Year, Chanson of the Year, as well as a number of other awards.

Denis Athanase Bouanga is a French-born Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a winger for AS Saint-Étienne and the Gabon national team.

Denis Law is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchester City for an estimated transfer fee of £55,000, which set a new British record. Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, this time setting a new record fee for a transfer involving a British player. Although he played well in Italy, he found it difficult to settle there and signed for Manchester United in 1962, setting another British record transfer fee of £115,000.

Denis Leonidovich Matsuev is a Russian classical pianist.

Denis Edouardovich Shvedov is a Russian actor, best known for his role in The Major.

Denis Vladimirovich Matrosov is a Russian actor of theatre and cinema, also known for his roles in several Russian TV series and for his activity as a TV and radio presenter and as a radio DJ.

Denis Stamper Lawson is a Scottish actor and director. He is known for his roles as John Jarndyce in the BBC's adaptation of Bleak House, as Gordon Urquhart in the film Local Hero, as DI Steve McAndrew in BBC One's New Tricks, and as Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy. He is an uncle of actor Ewan McGregor.

Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team.

Denis Borisovich Glushakov is a Russian international footballer who plays for Khimki and the Russian national team as a defensive midfielder and box-to-box midfielder.

Denis Theodore Goldberg was a South African social campaigner, who was active in the struggle against apartheid. He was accused No. 3 in the Rivonia Trial, alongside the better-known Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, where he was also the youngest of the defendants. He was imprisoned for 22 years, along with other key members of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. After his release in 1985 he continued to campaign against apartheid from his base in London with his family, until the apartheid system was fully abolished with the 1994 election. He returned to South Africa in 2002 and founded the non-profit Denis Goldberg Legacy Foundation Trust in 2015. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in July 2019, and died in Cape Town on 29 April 2020.