Famous People with Name Denis

Denis John Menke            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Denis John Menke: (born July 21, 1940 in Algona, Iowa) was a baseball infielder who had a 13-year career from 1962 to 1974. He played for the Milwaukee Braves (1962-1965), Atlanta Braves (1966-1967), Houston Astros (1968-1971, 1974) and Cincinnati Reds (1972-1973), all of the National League.

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.

Denis Colin Leary            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Denis Colin Leary: He is known for his often angry comedic style, and his frequent chain smoking. Leary displays an overt affinity for libertarianism. Leary is currently the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me.Leary was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the

Denis E. Cosgrove            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Denis E. Cosgrove: was an Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a cultural geographer, whose work focused upon the concepts of landscape and representations. He was a leading proponent of the 'new cultural geography' which encouraged a focus upon the complex interconnections between the many different aspects of landscapes and the world.Cosgrove's research interests evolved from a focus on the meanings of landscape in human and cultural geography, especially in Western Europe since the fifteenth century, to a broader concern with the role of spatial images and representations in the making and communicating of knowledge. His work included how visual images have been used in history to shape geographical imaginations and in connection between geography as a formal discipline, imaginative expressions of geographical knowledge and experience in the visual arts (including cartography).

Denis Wood            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Denis Wood: an artist, author, cartographer and a former professor of Design at North Carolina State University. Born in 1945, Wood grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, receiving a BA in English (in 1967) from then Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University). He received an MA (in 1971) and a PhD (in 1973) in geography from Clark University, in Worcester, Massachusetts. Wood taught environmental psychology, landscape history, and design in then School of Design (now College of Design) at North Carolina State University from 1974 through 1996. In 1992 he curated The Power of Maps exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design in New York, which he remounted in 1994 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

Pascal Denis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Pascal Denis: is a Canadian ice dancer. He competed with partner Josée Piché for 17 years, winning a bronze medal at the 2000 Canadian Figure Skating Championships and finishing 23rd at the 2004 World Figure Skating Championships, their final competition together. Deni

Joseph-Arthur Denis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph-Arthur Denis: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Saint-Norbert, Quebec in Berthier County and became a physician.He was first elected to Parliament at the St. Denis riding in the 1921 general election then re-elected in 1925, 1926 and 1930. Denis died on 1 October 1934 before he was able to complete his fourth term, the 17th Canadian Parliament.

Azellus Denis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Azellus Denis: was a Canadian politician who served in the Parliament of Canada as a Member of Parliament and Senator for the longest period of time, 55 years, 10 months and 20 days. He was first elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament in the riding of St. Denis in 1935. His brother Arthur had represented the St. Denis riding in the House of Commons until his death in 1934. Denis was re-elected in 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, and 1963. He was the Postmaster General from 1963 until the Post Office patronage scandal of 1964. In the midst of the scandal, he was appointed to the Senate at the recommendation of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and served until his death in 1991.

Brent J. St. Denis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brent J. St. Denis: is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2008, originally representing Algoma and later its successor ridings of Algoma—Manitoulin and Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing. He is a former parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Transport, and also served as chair of the standing committee on industry, science, and technology, and the subcommittee on agenda and procedure of the standing committee on industry, science and technology.