Denzil is a Cornish given name. It may refer to:

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Denzil Batchelor Denzil Stanley Batchelor (23 February 1906 – 6 September 1969) was a British people, British journalist, writer, poet, playwright, wine expert and a radio and television broadcaster. Life and career Denzil Batchelor was born in Mumbai, Bomba ...

, British journalist and writer *

Denzil Best Denzil DaCosta Best (April 27, 1917 – May 24, 1965) was an American jazz percussionist and composer born in New York City. He was a prominent bebop drummer in the 1950s and early 1960s. Biography Best was born in New York City, into a musi ...

, American jazz percussionist *

Denzil Botus Denzil "Belt" Botus (born July 3, 1946) is a pannist from Trinidad. He is best known for holding the record for most winning steel band Panorama arrangements and his heavy jazz influence in calypso/soca music. Botus has been active since the ...

, Trinidadian pannist *

Denzil Davies David John Denzil Davies (9 October 1938 – 10 October 2018) was a Welsh Labour Party politician. He served for 35 years as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Llanelli from 1970 to 2005, and was a member of the Privy Council. Early life Dav ...

, British politician *

Denzil Dean Harber Denzil Dean Harber (25 January 1909, Streatham, – 31 August 1966) was an early United Kingdom, British Trotskyist leader and later in his life a prominent British ornithologist. Denzil Dean Harber was born at 25 Fairmile Avenue, Streatham ...

, British Trotskyist leader * Denzil Dennis, Jamaican reggae singer *

Denzil Dolley Denzil Dolley (born 22 July 1977 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He played for the University of Port ...

, South African field hockey player *

Denzil Douglas Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (born 14 January 1953) is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. Subsequently he has been Leader of the Opposition. He was t ...

, former Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis *

Denzil Dowell Denzil F. Dowell (April 4, 1944 – April 1, 1967), was an African-American resident of North Richmond, California North Richmond is an unincorporated area in Contra Costa County, California, a census-designated place (CDP) with a population of ...

, police shooting victim *

Denzil Doyle Denzil Doyle C.M. is an electrical engineer and entrepreneur. Career He has become a prominent figure in the Ottawa technology community having been the "founding president of Digital Equipment Corporation's Canadian subsidiary, one of the r ...

, Canadian entrepreneur * Denzil Fernando (1923-2010), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician *

Denzil Forrester Denzil Forrester (born 1956) is a Grenada-born artist who moved to England as a child in 1967.Niru Ratnam"Denzil Forrester" in Alison Donnell (ed.), ''Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture'', Routledge, 2002, p. 117. Previously based i ...

, Grenada artist * Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue, British lieutenant colonel *Denzil Foster, one half of the American R&B duo

Foster & McElroy Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy are an American R&B record production and songwriting duo, releasing recordings under the names Foster & McElroy and Fmob. They have written and produced songs for musicians such as Club Nouveau, Tony! Toni! Ton ...

Denzil Franco Denzil Franco (born 30 June 1985) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a defender for Bardez in the Goa Professional League. Also an All India Trinamool Congress politician. Franco currently works as a colour commentator ...

, Indian footballer *

Denzil Freeth Denzil Kingston Freeth (10 July 1924 – 26 April 2010) was a British Conservative politician. Born in the Paddington area of London, Freeth was educated at Sherborne School and then served in the Royal Air Force. In 1946, he went up to Trinity ...

, British politician * Denzil Hale, English footballer *Denzil Haroun, Manchester United Football Club club director *

Denzil Hoaseb Denzil Haoseb is a Namibian footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Namibia national football team. Haoseb made his debut for the senior Namibia national football team in a friendly against Botswana in Maun on 16 March 2011. He was part o ...

, Namibian footballer *

Denzil Ibbetson Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson (30 August 1847 – 21 February 1908)Talbot (2012). was an administrator in British India and an author. He served as Chief-Commissioner of the Central Provinces and Berar from 1898 to 1899 and Lie ...

, English administrator of British India *

Denzil Jones Denzil Jones (birth registered second ¼ 1926 – 25 December 2010), also known by the nickname of "Buck" (after actor Buck Jones), was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He playe ...

, Welsh rugby player *

Denzil Keelor Air Marshal Denzil Keelor PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC (born 7 December 1933) is a retired air officer of the Indian Air Force and a hero of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.Denzil Kobbekaduwa Lieutenant General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP ( si, ඩෙන්සිල් ලක්ෂ්මණ් කොබ්බෑකඩුව; 27 July 1940 – 8 August 1992) was a senior Sri Lankan Army officer who served in t ...

, Sri Lankan general *

Denzil Lacey Denzil Lacey is an Irish composer, employed by SiriusXM. Radio stations he has worked at since 2006 include 98FM, East Coast FM, Dublin's Country Mix 106.8, Dublin City FM, RTÉ 2fm and most recently, FM104. Early life Lacey was born in Dublin ...

, Irish radio presenter and DJ *

Denzil Meuli Pierre Denzil Meuli (22 September 1926 – 22 March 2019) was a writer, former newspaper editor, Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Auckland and a leading traditionalist Catholic in New Zealand. In 1969 Meuli was appointed editor of the ne ...

, New Zealand editor *

Denzil Meyrick Denzil Meyrick (born 28 November 1965) is a Scottish bestselling novelist. Prior to that, he served as a police officer with Strathclyde Police then a manager with Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown, Argyll. Since 2012 Denzil Meyrick has worke ...

, Scottish novelist *

Denzil Minnan-Wong Denzil Minnan-Wong (born ) is a former Canadian politician who was the deputy mayor of Toronto from 2014 to 2022. Minnan-Wong served on Toronto City Council from 1995 to 2022, representing a succession of wards in the Don Mills. Background Bo ...

, Toronto city councilor * Denzil Owen, West Indian cricketer * Denzil Peiris (1917-1985), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist * Denzil Price Marshall Jr., United States District Judge * Denzil Ralph Evans, English association footballer *

Denzil Romero Denzil Romero (July 24, 1938 in Aragua de Barcelona – March 7, 1999 in Valencia), was a Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the no ...

, Venezuelan writer * Denzil Sequeira, Botswana cricketer *

Denzil Smith Denzil Leonard Smith (born 6 November 1960) is an Indian film and stage actor and producer. Born to Anglo-Indian parents in Mumbai, he is known for his stage and screen roles as a character actor. Smith has acted in over 50 plays and 60 films. ...

, Indian actor and producer * Denzil Thompson, Guyana football team manager *

Denzil Webster Denzil Webster (fourth – January 2010) was an English cricketer of the 1940s through to the 1970s, and a rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played club level cricket for Castleford, York and A ...

, English cricketer * Denzil Williams, Welsh rugby player

Fictional characters

* Denzil Calburn, from ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...

'' *Denzil Kelly, from '' Waterloo Road'' *

Denzil Tulser Denzil Tulser (born 8 August 1948), is a character in the popular BBC sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'' played by Paul Barber. Denzil is a long-distance lorry driver originating from Liverpool, a good friend of Derek Trotter and one of Del's ...

, from ''

Only Fools and Horses ''Only Fools and Horses....'' is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas ...

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* Denzil (band), English rock band *

Denzil, Saskatchewan Denzil ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Eye Hill No. 382 and Census Division No. 13. History Denzil incorporated as a village on May 3, 1911. Demographics In the ...

*'' Denzil Quarrier'', 1892 novel by

George Gissing George Robert Gissing (; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. His best-known works have reappeared in modern editions. They include '' The Nether World'' (1889), '' New Gr ...

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