Denis as First Name

Denis Shvidki            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian
Denis Shvidki: is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey right wing. He was drafted in the first round, 12th overall, by the Florida Panthers in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. After playing two seasons with the Russian Superleague's Torpedo Yaroslavl, Shvidki made his North American debut with the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League in the 1998–99 season. After two seasons with the Colts, he joined the Panthers' American Hockey League affiliate, the Louisville Panthers, in the 2000–01 season.

Denis Vladimirovich Plutalov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian
Denis Vladimirovich Plutalov: is a Russian concert pianist. Denis Plutalov started his piano studies at age six. At age twelve he gave his first solo recital. He studied at the Rachmaninoff College in Tambov with Prof. Natalia Kolpakova. During these years, Denis Plutalov has won several Russian and International Competitions uncluding Togliatti Piano Competition (Russia, First Prize, 1993), Ostuni International Competition (Italy, 2nd Prize, 1993) and International Rachmaninoff Competition for Young Pianists (1994).

Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey,            Origin/Culture/Country: British
Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey,: is a British Labour politician. He was Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.Healey was given his middle name in honour of Winston Churchill and was educated at Bradford Grammar School. In 1936 he won an exhibition in classics at Balliol College, Oxford where he was involved in Labour politics, although unlike many future politicians he was not active in the Oxford Union Society. He studied Moderations (Latin and Greek literature) and Greats (ancient history and philosophy). Whilst at Oxford, Healey joined the Communist Party in 1937 but left it in 1939, in protest over the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.

Denis Crispin Twitchett            Origin/Culture/Country: British
Denis Crispin Twitchett: was a British Sinologist. He was a lecturer at the University of London (1954-56) and Cambridge (1956-60), the Chair of Chinese at the universities of London (1960-68) and Cambridge (1968-80), and the Gordon Wu Professor of Chinese Studies at Princeton University (1980-94). He was a fellow of the British Academy from 1967. He greatly expanded the role of Chinese studies in Western intellectual circles.

Denis Charles Potvin            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Denis Charles Potvin: His brother, Jean Potvin, was also an NHL defenceman and the brothers were teammates for a number of years. He was a cousin of late former NHLer Marc Potvin.

Easy Pronunciation for Easy Retention For many years now, there has been a trend among parents to make up a name to further enhance their baby’s unique identity. This is not an unwise idea. Many of the names used today were made up hundreds of years ago and did not necessarily have a specific meaning. The only problem ....More..

Denis as Last Name

Germán Gustavo Denis            Origin/Culture/Country: Argentina
Germán Gustavo Denis: an Argentine footballer playing for Napoli in Italy.He began his career in 1997 playing for his local team Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football.In 2000 he moved to Primera newboys Club Atlético Los Andes, in Lomas de Zamora, but the club was relegated at the end of his first season, he continued playing for them in Primera B Nacional until he was signed by Italian Serie B side Cesena.