The name Dionysius (; ''Dionysios'', "of

Dionysus In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, myth, Dionysus (; ) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; ...

"; ) was common in classical and post-classical times. Etymologically it is a

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formed with a -ios suffix from the stem Dionys- of the name of the Greek god,

, parallel to Apollon-ios from Apollon, with meanings of Dionysos' and Apollo's, etc. The exact beliefs attendant on the original assignment of such names remain unknown. Regardless of the language of origin of Dionysos and Apollon, the -ios/-ius suffix is associated with a full range of endings of the first and second

declension In linguistics, declension (verb: ''to decline'') is the changing of the form of a word, generally to express its syntactic function in the sentence by way of an inflection. Declension may apply to nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and det ...

in the Greek and Latin languages. The names may thus appear in ancient writing in any of their cases. Dionysios itself refers only to males. The feminine version of the name is Dionysia, nominative case, in both Greek and Latin. The name of the plant and the festival, Dionysia, is the neuter plural nominative, which looks the same in English from both languages. Dionysiou is the masculine and neuter genitive case of the Greek second declension. Dionysias is not the -ios suffix. Although in most cases transmuted, the name remains in many modern languages, such as English ''

Dennis Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius. The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is some ...

'' (''Denis'', ''Denys'', ''Denise''). The latter names have lost the suffix altogether, using Old French methods of marking the feminine, Denise. The modern Greek (closest to the original) is Dionysios or Dionysis. The Spanish is Dionisio. The Italian is Dionigi and the last name, Dionisi. Like Caesar in secular contexts, Dionysius sometimes became a title in religious contexts; for example, Dionysius was the episcopal title of the primates of Malankara Church (founded by Apostle Thomas in India) from 1765 until the amalgamation of that title with

Catholicos of the East Catholicos of the East may refer to: * Patriarch of the Church of the East * Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan * Catholicos of India * Maphrian See also * List of patriarchs of the Church of the East {{OrientalOrthodoxy-st ...

in 1934.

People named Dionysius

Secular classical contexts

Athletics

Dionysius of Alexandria (athlete) The following is a list of winners of the Stadion race at the Olympic Games from 776 BC to 225 AD. It is based on the list given by Eusebius of Caesarea using a compilation by Sextus Julius Africanus. The Stadion race was the first and most import ...

, fl. 129 AD, last winner of the stadion race at the Olympic Games of the times

Science and philosophy

Dionysius of Chalcedon Dionysius of Chalcedon (; fl. 320 BC) was a Greek philosopher and dialectician connected with the Megarian school. He was a native of Chalcedon on the coast of Bithynia. Dionysius was the person who first used the name ''Dialecticians'' to describe ...

, fl. 320 BC, philosopher of Megarian school *

Dionysius of Cyrene Dionysius of Cyrene (), lived c. 150 BC, was a Stoic philosopher and mathematician. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon and Antipater of Tarsus. He was famed as a mathematician, and he is probably the Dionysius whose arguments are attacked ...

, Stoic philosopher and mathematician, c. 150 BC *

Dionysius of Lamptrai Dionysius of Lamptrai (; ) was an Epicurean philosopher, who succeeded Polystratus as the head ('' scholarch'') of the Epicurean school at Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city ...

, 3rd century BC, an Epicurean philosopher and head of the "Garden" *

Dionysius Periegetes Dionysius Periegetes (, literally Dionysius the Voyager or Traveller, often Latinized to ''Dionysius Periegeta''), also known as Dionysius of Alexandria or Dionysius the African,''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 4th edition, 1810, 9''506/ref> was the ...

, Greek geographer, 2nd or 3rd century *

Dionysius the Renegade Dionysius the Renegade (; c. 330 BC – c. 250 BC), also known as Dionysius of Heraclea, was a Stoic philosopher and pupil of Zeno of Citium who, late in life, abandoned Stoicism when he became afflicted by terrible pain. Life He was the son of ...

, Stoic philosopher from Heraclea who became a Cyrenaic, c. 300 BC

Letters

Aelius Dionysius Aelius Dionysius () was a Greek rhetorician from Halicarnassus, who lived in the time of the emperor Hadrian. He was a very skillful musician, and wrote several works on music and its history.Suda, ''s.v.'' It is commonly supposed that he was a ...

, Greek rhetorician from Halicarnassus (fl. early 2nd century) *

Cassius Dionysius Cassius Dionysius of Utica, Tunisia, Utica () was an ancient Greek agricultural writer of the 2nd century BC. The Roman Roman naming conventions, nomen, ''Cassius'', combined with the Greek cognomen, ''Dionysius'', make it likely that he was a slav ...

, Greek agricultural writer (2nd cent. BC) *

Dionysius Chalcus Dionysius Chalcus () was an ancient Athenian poet and orator. According to Athenaeus, he was called Chalcus ("brazen") because he advised the Athenians to adopt a brass coinage (xv. p. 669). His speeches have not survived, but his poems are r ...

, Athenian elegiac poet (5th century BC) *

Dionysius of Byzantium Dionysius of Byzantium ( Greek ∆ιονύσιος Βυζάντιος, Dionysios Byzantios Latin Dionysius Byzantinus) was a Greek geographer of the 2nd century CE. He is known for his Ανάπλους Βοσπόρου ''Anaplous Bosporou'' ''Voy ...

, Greek geographer (2nd century CE) *

Dionysius of Halicarnassus Dionysius of Halicarnassus (, ; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary style was ''atticistic'' – imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime. ...

, Greek historian of the Roman period (c. 60 BC – after 7 BC) *

Dionysius of Miletus Dionysius of Miletus () was an ancient Greek ethnographer and historian. He may have lived in the 5th century BC and was a contemporary of Hecataeus of Miletus according to the ''Suda'' (a tenth century Byzantine encyclopedia). Works Dionysius is ...

, Greek ethnographer and historian (fl. perhaps in the 5th century BC) *

Dionysius Thrax Dionysius Thrax ( ''Dionýsios ho Thrâix'', 170–90 BC) was a Greek grammarian and a pupil of Aristarchus of Samothrace. He was long considered to be the author of the earliest grammatical text on the Greek language, one that was used as a st ...

, Greek grammarian (2nd century BC)

Politics

Dionysius (ambassador) Dionysius () was a Greek of the 3rd century BCE, who was sent by Ptolemy Philadelphus of Egypt as ambassador to the court of the Maurya Empire, in the reign of either Bindusara or Ashoka. Dionysius is mentioned in a passage of Pliny the Elder ...

, 3rd century BC, ambassador to the court of the Indian ruler Ashoka * Dionysius (Athenian Commander), an Athenian naval commander during the Corinthian War *

Dionysius I of Syracuse Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder ( 432 – 367 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western ...

(c. 432 – 367 BC), also called Dionysius the Elder, ruler of Syracuse in Sicily *

Dionysius II of Syracuse Dionysius the Younger (, 343 BC), or Dionysius II, was a Greek politician who ruled Syracuse, Sicily from 367 BC to 357 BC and again from 346 BC to 344 BC. Biography Dionysius II of Syracuse was the son of Dionysius the Elder and Doris of Locri ...

(c. 397 BC – 343 BC), also called Dionysius the Younger, son of the preceding *

Dionysius of Heraclea Dionysius () was a tyrant of Heraclea Pontica on the Euxine (the Black Sea). He was a son of Clearchus, who had assumed the tyranny in his place of birth. When Clearchus died (353/352 BC), he was first succeeded by his brother Satyrus, who reig ...

, tyrant of Heraclea Pontica, 4th century BC *

Dionysius of Phocaea Dionysius the Phocaean or Dionysius of Phocaea () (fl. 494 BC) was a Phocaean admiral of ancient Greece during the Persian Wars of 5th century BC, and was the commander of the Ionian fleet at the Battle of Lade in 494 BC. Although commanding a fo ...

, commander of the Ionian fleet at the Battle of Lade, 494 BC *

Lucius Aelius Helvius Dionysius Lucius Aelius Helvius Dionysius was a Roman Empire, Roman Politician, statesman who served as the Africa Province#Known governors of Roman Africa, Proconsul of Africa from 296 to 300 and as the ''Praefectus urbi'' from 301 to 302."Proconsuls of Afri ...

, 4th century, Roman Proconsul and Praefectus Urbi *

Dionysios Soter Dionysius Soter (; epithet means "the Saviour") was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern Punjab. Reign According to Osmund Bopearachchi, he reigned c. 65–55 BCE and inherited the eastern parts of the kingdom of the important late ruler ...

, r. 65-55 BC, Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern Punjab

Christian contexts

Before 1000 AD

Dionysius the Areopagite Dionysius the Areopagite (; ''Dionysios ho Areopagitēs'') was an Athenian judge at the Areopagus Court in Athens, who lived in the first century. A convert to Christianity, he is venerated as a saint by multiple denominations. Life As rel ...

, Athenian judge who was converted by Paul of Tarsus and became Bishop of Athens *

Dionysius of Vienne Dionysius was Bishop of Vienne. He was among the ten missionaries sent by Pope St. Sixtus I with St. Peregrinus to Gaul. Dionysius later succeeded St. Justus as Bishop of Vienne, in Dauphiné The Dauphiné ( , , ; or ; or ), formerly know ...

, d. 193, Bishop of Vienne, Gaul *

Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth Dionysius of Corinth, ( Greek: Διονύσιος ό Κορίνθιος) also known as Saint Dionysius, was the bishop of Corinth circa AD 171. His feast day is commemorated on April 8. Date The date is established by the fact that he wrote to ...

, 2nd-century bishop *

Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria (died 250) were Christian martyrs put to death under Decius in 250. Faustus was a priest, Abibus was a deacon, and Dionysius was a lector. They were executed with several others, who include: *Andronic ...

, d. 250, three Christian martyrs * Dionysius, 3rd-century Christian martyr and saint, noted in Theodore, Philippa and companions *

Pope Dionysius of Alexandria Dionysius the Great () was the 14th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria from 28 December 248 until his death on 22 March 264. Most information known about him comes from a large corpus of correspondence. Only one complete letter survives; the rem ...

, 3rd-century Egyptian bishop *

Pope Dionysius Pope Dionysius (Greek language, Greek: Διονύσιος) was the bishop of Rome from 22 July 259 AD to his death on 26 December 268. His task was to reorganise the Catholic Church, after the persecutions of Roman emperor, Emperor Valerian I, a ...

, 259–268 *

Dionysius (bishop of Milan) Dionysius () was bishop of Milan from 349 to 355. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and his feast day is 25 May. Life Almost nothing is known about the life of Dionysius before his election as bishop of Mil ...

, also called Dionysius of Milan, bishop of Milan 349-355, saint *

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (or Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite) was a Greek author, Christian theologian and Neoplatonic philosopher of the late 5th to early 6th century, who wrote a set of works known as the ''Corpus Areopagiticum'' ...

(5th century), name claimed by a pseudonymous writer, identified by some with Georgian theologian

Peter the Iberian Peter the Iberian ( ka, პეტრე იბერი, tr) (c. 417-491) was a Georgians, Georgian royal prince, theologian and philosopher who was a prominent figure in early Christianity and one of the founders of Neoplatonism and Christianity, ...

(411–491), author of ''Corpus Areopagiticum'' *

Dionysius Exiguus Dionysius Exiguus (Latin for "Dionysius the Humble"; Greek: Διονύσιος; – ) was a 6th-century Eastern Roman monk born in Scythia Minor. He was a member of a community of Scythian monks concentrated in Tomis (present-day Constanț ...

(c. 470–c. 540), monk from Scythia Minor who invented the Anno Domini era *

Dionysius I Telmaharoyo Dionysius I Telmaharoyo (Latin: ''Dionysius Telmaharensis'', Syriac: ܕܝܘܢܢܘܣܝܘܣ ܬܠܡܚܪܝܐ, Arabic: مار ديونيسيوس التلمحري), also known as Dionysius of Tel Mahre, was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syr ...

(d. 848), Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch * Dionysius II of Antioch (d. 908/909), Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch

1000 AD to before 1600 AD

* Dionysius (Zbyruyskyy), d. 1603, first Ukrainian Catholic bishop * Dionysius (Archdeacon of Aghadoe), 12th cent., first recorded Archdeacon of Aghadoe *

Jacob Bar-Salibi Dionysius bar Salibi (died 1171) was a Syriac Orthodox writer and bishop, who served as metropolitan bishop, metropolitan of Amid, in Upper Mesopotamia, from 1166 to 1171. He was one of the most prominent and prolific writers within the Syriac Ort ...

also known as Dionysius Bar-salibi, member of Syrian Jacobite Church in the 12th century, best known for his commentary on biblical texts *

Dionysius bar Masih Dionysius bar Masih was an illegitimate Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church, and rivalled Gregorius Jacob, the legitimate Maphrian, from 1189 until his death in 1204.Moosa (2008) Karim Bar Masih was a member of the family of Jabi ...

, d. 1204, illegitimate Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church *

Dionysius, Metropolitan of Kiev Saint Dionysius I (, ''Dionisii''); secular name: David (1300? – 15 October 1385), was a Russian Orthodox metropolitan in 1384–1385. A native of the Duchy of Kiev as a young man David entered the Kyiv Caves Lavra, where he was tonsured a hie ...

(c. 1300–1385), 14th century orthodox prelate *

Dionysius (Dean of Armagh) Dionysius (some sources Denis) was appointed Dean of Armagh in 1301 and served until 1330. In 1303 he was elected Archbishop of Armagh but declined. He is mentioned in the Pipe Rolls of 1313 and in In 1319, acting for Roland Jorz, Archbishop ...

, Irish cleric, Dean of Armagh 1301–1330 *

Dionysius I of Constantinople Dionysius I of Constantinople (; died 1492) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople two times, from 1466 to 1471 and from 1488 to 1490. He is honoured as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and his feast day is 23 November. Life Diony ...

, Saint, reigned from 1466 to 1471 and from 1488 to 1490 *

Dionisius Dionisius (; – 1503/1508) was a Russian icon painter who was one of the most important representatives of the Moscow school of icon painting at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. He continued the traditions of Andrei Rublev. Dioni ...

(late 15th century–early 16th century), also called Dionysius the Wise, Russian medieval icon-painter *

Dionysios Skylosophos Dionysios Philosophos (Διονύσιος ο Φιλόσοφος, Dionysios the Philosopher) or Skylosophos (; c. 1541–1611), "the Dog-Philosopher" or "Dogwise" ("skylosophist"), as called by his rivals, was a Greeks, Greek bishop, who led two fa ...

(1560 AD–1611 AD), Epirotian Greek monk who led two farmer revolts against the Ottoman Turks *

Dionysius Ó Donnchadha Dionysius Ó Donnchadha was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Bishop of Kilmacduagh from 1441 to 1478. Nothing appears to be known of this bishop's term. A Diarmaid Ó Donnchadha became bishop of the same diocese in 1418. Refer ...

, 1441-1478, Bishop of Kilmacduagh *

Dionysius Ó Mórdha Dionysius Ó Mórdha, Bishop of Clonfert The Bishop of Clonfert () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clonfert in County Galway, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title; but in the C ...

, d. 1534, Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland *

Dionysius Part Dionysius Part, O.P. or Denys Part (died 1475) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (1474–1475) in present Germany.

, d. 1475, auxiliary Bishop of Mainz *

Dionysius II of Constantinople Dionysius II of Constantinople (; died July 1556) was list of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1546 to 1556. Life Dionysius was born in Galata (now part of Istanbul). In 1516 he was appointe ...

, reigned from 1546 to 1556 * Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos, 15th century Orthodox Christian Archbishop of Aegina

1600 AD and after

* Blessed Dionysius of the Nativity, French sailor, Portuguese knight, and Carmelite martyr *

Dionysius of Fourna The name Dionysius (; ''Dionysios'', "of Dionysus"; ) was common in classical and post-classical times. Etymologically it is a nominalized adjective formed with a -ios suffix from the stem Dionys- of the name of the Greek god, Dionysus, parallel ...

, 1670-1744, Christian monk and author * Dionysios Mantoukas, 1648-1751, the Greek Orthodox bishop of Kastoria, Western Macedonia, modern Greece, from 1694 to 1719 *

Mar Dionysius I Mar Thoma VI, also known as Mar Dionysius I, was the 6th Metropolitan of the Malankara Syrian Church, serving from 1765 until his demise on 7 April 1808. His original name was Iype, and he was born as the only son of Mathew (Mathan) Tharakan, the ...

(died 1808), also known as Mar Dionysius the Great or Marthoma VI, Metropolitan of the Malankara Church (in India) *

Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious II Pulikkottil Dionysious Joseph II, also known as Dionysious V (12 November 1833 – 11 July 1909), was the Traditionalist claimant to the Metropolitanate of the Malankara Church from 1865 to 1889, and undisputed 14th Metropolitan from 1889 unti ...

, 1833-1909, Malankara Metropolitan *

Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril Geevarghese Dionysius Vattasseril, also Dionysius VI, Dionysius Geevarghese II or, popularly, Vattasseril Thirumeni (31 October 1858 – 23 February 1934), was a bishop of the Malankara Church and 15th Malankara Metropolitan. In 2003, Dio ...

(1858-1934), also known as Mar Dionysius VI, Metropolitan of Malankara Church (in India), Saint *

Dionysius Kfoury Dionysius Kfoury, BS (5 December 1879 in Khonsarah, Syria – 11 March 1965) was a bishop of the Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan. Life Dionysius Kfoury was on August 6, 1904, ordained to the priesthood. On 9 December 1926, he was app ...

, 1879-1965, bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Alexandria * Dionysios Bairaktaris, 1927-2011, Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Chios, Psara, and Inousses * Dionysios Mantalos, 1952-, current Metropolitan bishop of Corinth

Modern contexts

Athletics

Dionisis Angelopoulos Dionisis Angelopoulos (born 5 August 1992) is a Greek rower. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi ...

, 1992-, Greek rower *

Dionysios Dimou Dionysios Dimou is a Greek sailor. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July t ...

, Olympic sailor * Dionysios Georgakopoulos, 1963-, Greek sport shooter *

Dionysios Iliadis Dionysios Iliadis (; born 22 January 1983) is a Greek judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日 ...

, Greek judoka, or Judo competitor *

Dionysios Kasdaglis Dimitrios written also as Demetrius Emmanuel () Kasdaglis written also as Casdagli(s) (), (10 October 1872 in Salford – 6 July 1931 in Bad Nauheim) was a Greek-Egyptian tennis player. He competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens ...

, 1872-1931, Greek-Egyptian tennis player * Dionysios Vasilopoulos, 1902-1964, Greek swimmer *

Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (born 22 October 1988) is a retired Indonesian badminton player. He is a men's singles specialist from PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has joined the club since 2005. He retired in 2018 due to lo ...

, 1988-, Indonesian badminton player * Dionysius Sebwe, 1969-, retired Liberian athlete

Fine arts

* Dionysio Miseroni, 1607-1661, Bohemian jeweler and stonecutter *

Dionysios Demetis Dionysios Demetis () (also Dionisis) is a Greek composer, born in 1979 in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, ...

, Greek composer *

Dionysios Solomos Dionysios Solomos (; ; 8 April 1798 – 9 February 1857) was a Greeks, Greek poet from Zakynthos, who is considered to be Greece's national poet. He is best known for writing the ''Hymn to Liberty'' (, ''Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían''), whic ...

, 1798-1857, author of Greek ''Hymn to Liberty''. *

Dionysios Tsokos Dionysios Tsokos (Greek: Διονύσιος Τσόκος; c. 1814/1820 in Zakynthos – 1862 in Athens) was a Greek painter; one of the first to gain recognition in the post-Ottoman period. He is mostly known for portraits and historical scenes ...

, 1814-1862, Greek painter *

Dionysios Vegias Dionysios Vegias (, 1810–84) was a Greek painter of the later Heptanese School of painting. Life Dionysios Vegias was born in 1810 in Cephalonia. He was a pupil of the sculptor Pavlos Prosalentis (1784–1837), then received a scholarship ...

, 1810-1884, Greek painter of the later Heptanese School * Dionysis Makris, Greek singer *

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos Dionysis Papagiannopoulos (; 12 July 1912 – 13 April 1984) was a Greek actor. He was born in Diakopto in the northeastern part of Achaea in 1912. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece (Ethniko Theatro) in Athens and ...

, Greek actor *

Dionysis Savvopoulos Dionysis Savvopoulos () (born 2 December 1944) is a prominent Greek singer-songwriter. Career Savvopoulos was born in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece (December 1944) in a middle-class family. He passed his university entrance exams and enrolle ...

, Greek songwriter, lyricist and singer * Dionysius Rodotheatos, 1849-1892, Greek conductor and composer *

Georg Dionysius Ehret Georg Dionysius Ehret (30 January 1708 – 9 September 1770) was a German botanist and entomologist known for his botanical illustrations. Life Ehret was born in Germany to Ferdinand Christian Ehret, a gardener and competent draughtsman, a ...

, 1708-1770, botanical illustrator *

Stratos Dionysiou Stratos Dionysiou (; November 8, 1935 – May 11, 1990), nicknamed "To Geraki tis Pistas" (The hawk of the stage), was a Greek singer, composer and lyricist. Early life Stratos Dionysiou was born on November 8, 1935, in Nigrita, Serres. He was the ...

, 1935-1990, a Greek laika and elafro-laika singer

Letters

* B. R. Dionysius, 1969-, Australian poet, editor, arts administrator and educator *

Benjamin Musaphia Benjamin ben Immanuel Musaphia (c. 1606 – 1675), also called Benjamin Musaphia, Binyamin Moussafia or Mussafia and Dionysius, was a Jewish doctor, scholar and Kabbalah, kabbalist. Musaphia was probably born in Spain. He married Sara Abigail da ...

(1606–1675), Jewish doctor, scholar, and kabbalist, who sometimes called himself Dionysius * Dionysios Kokkinos, 1884-1967, Greek historian and writer *

(1798–1857), Greek poet *

Dionysios Zakythinos Dionysios A. Zakythinos or Zakythenos (; 1905 in Lixouri, Kefalonia – 18 January 1993, in Athens) was a leading Greek Byzantinist. Biography Zakythinos was born in Kefalonia in 1905. After graduating from the University of Athens in 1927, he w ...

, 1905-1993, Greek Byzantinist * Dionysius Andreas Freher, 1649-1728, commentator on Jacob Boehme *

Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel (22 September 1738 – 7 August 1816) was a Dutch jurist. He was born and educated in Deventer. He then practiced law in The Hague, and was appointed professor in Groningen in 1762, and in Leiden in 1770, wh ...

, 1738-1816, Dutch jurist and educator to the royal house *

Dionysius Lardner Dionysius Lardner FRS FRSE (3 April 179329 April 1859) was an Irish scientific writer who popularised science and technology, and edited the 133-volume '' Cabinet Cyclopædia''. Early life in Dublin He was born in Dublin on 3 April 1793 th ...

(1793–1859), Irish scientific writer *

Dionysius Vossius Dionies Vos (1612 – 25 October 1633), often known by his Latin name Dionysius Vossius, was a Dutch translator. He was the son of Gerardus Vossius and the brother of Isaac Vossius. Born in Dordrecht, he studied Ancient Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Syria ...

, 1612-1635, Dutch translator

Science

* Dionysios Ikkos, 1921-1993, Greek endocrinologist

Politics

Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou (Greek: ''Διονυσία-Θεοδώρα Αυγερινοπούλου'', born 10 September 1975) is a politician regarding environmental matters, a specialized attorney in International, Environmental and Sustai ...

(born 1975), Greek lawyer and politician * Dionysius Adrianus Petrus Norbertus Koolen, 1871-1945, Dutch politician *

Dionysis Diakos Dionysis Diakos (Greek: Διονύσης Διάκος, c. 1794-1887) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence. He was born in Pyrgos and descended from a family or operators and revolutionary leaders. He was a run ...

, Greek revolutionary leader in the Greek War of Independence *

Dionysius Wakering Dionysius Wakering (born 1617) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1654 to 1656. Wakering was born at Kelvedon, Essex, the son of John Wakering, of Lincoln's Inn and of Kelvedon ...

(born 1617), English Parliamentarian

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