Denzil may refer to:

People

* Denzil Batchelor, 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, Trinidadian pannist * Denzil Angus Carty, American Episcopal priest *

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. He was a Treasury Minister (1975–1979); a member of ...

, British politician *

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

, British Trotskyist leader * Denzil Dennis, Jamaican reggae singer * Denzil Dolley, 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. He was the leader of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Part ...

, former Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis * Denzil Dowell, police shooting victim * Denzil Doyle, Canadian entrepreneur * Denzil Fernando (1923-2010), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician * Denzil Forrester, 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! To ...

* Denzil Franco, 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 Holles, 1st Baron Holles Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, (31 October 1598 – 17 February 1680) was an English statesman, best remembered as one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by Charles I in January 1642 sparked the First English Civil War. When fight ...

, English politician * Denzil Hoaseb, Namibian footballer * Denzil Ibbetson, English administrator of British India * Denzil Jones, Welsh rugby player * Denzil Keelor, Indian Air Force marshal *

Denzil Kobbekaduwa Lieutenant General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP (; 27 July 1940 – 8 August 1992) was a senior Sri Lankan Army officer who served in the 1971 Insurrection and the Sri Lankan Civil War. Having trained with the British ...

, Sri Lankan general * Denzil Lacey, Irish radio presenter and DJ * Denzil Meuli, New Zealand editor *

Denzil Meyrick Denzil Meyrick (28 November 1965 – 14 February 2025) was 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. From 2012 onwards ...

, Scottish novelist *

Denzil Minnan-Wong Denzil Minnan-Wong (born ) is a former Canadian politician who was the statutory deputy mayor of Toronto from 2014 to 2022, representing North York. Minnan-Wong served on Toronto City Council from 1995 to 2022, representing a succession of ward ...

, 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, 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, English cricketer * Denzil Williams, Welsh rugby player

Fictional characters

* Denzil Calburn, from ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a List of fictional towns and villages, fict ...

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

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

, from ''

Only Fools and Horses ''Only Fools and Horses'' (titled onscreen as ''Only Fools and Horses....'') is a British television sitcom that was created and written by John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Ki ...

Other uses

* Denzil (band), English rock band * Denzil, Saskatchewan *'' 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. In the 1890s he was considered one of the three greatest novelists in England, and by the 1940s he had been ...

* Denzil, Saskatchewan, Canada

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