Denny (given name)

Denny or Dennie is a given name or nickname, primarily masculine and often a short form (hypocorism) of Dennis, Denise, Denver, Denzel, Zdenko, or Zdenka which may refer to:

People with the name

Denny

• Denny Altes (born 1948), American politician
• Denny Antwi (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
• Denny Ashburnham (c.1628–1697), English landowner and politician
• Denny Bautista (born 1980), Dominican baseball player
• Denny Butler (born 1970), American politician
• Denny Bixler (1940–1981), American politician
• Denny Brown (born 1956), American professional wrestler
• Denny Bruce (born 1944), American record producer and music manager
• Denny Cagur, (born 1977), Indonesian comedian and TV host
• Denny Cardin (born 1988), Italian footballer
• Denny Carmassi (born 1947), American drummer
• Denny Chin (born 1954), American federal judge
• Denny Chronopoulos (1968–2000), Canadian football player
• Denny Clare (1853–1928), American baseball player
• Denny Coffman, American politician
• Denny Cordell (1943–1995), English record producer
• Denny Crawford (1921–2005), American football player
• Denny Crum (1937–2023), American basketball coach
• Denny Doherty (1940–2007), Canadian musician; former member of the folk group The Mamas & the Papas
• Dennis Douds (born 1941), American football coach
• Denny Dillon (born 1951), American actress and comedian
• Denham Fouts (1914–1948), American male prostitute and socialite
• Denny Hamlin (born 1980), American NASCAR auto racer
• Denny Harriger (born 1969), American baseball player
• Dennis Hastert (born 1942), American politician and former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• Denny Hocking (born 1970), American baseball player
• Denny Hughes (1894–1953), American football player
• Denny Hulme (1938–1992), New Zealand Formula One auto racer
• Denny Kantono (born 1970), Indonesian retired badminton player
• Denny Laine (born 1944), English rock musician
• Denny Landzaat (born 1976), Dutch footballer
• Denny Lemaster (born 1939), American baseball player
• Denny Mack (1850–1888), American baseball player and manager
• Denny Matthews (born 1942), American sportscaster
• Denny Méndez (born 1978), Dominican-Italian actress and model
• Denny McCarthy (born 1993), American golfer
• Denny McKnight (1848–1900), American baseball executive
• Denny McLain (born 1944), American baseball player
• Denny McNamara (born 1952), American politician
• Denny Morrison (born 1985), Canadian world and Olympic champion speedskater
• Denny Moyer (1939–2010), American boxer; world light middleweight champion (1962–63)
• Denny Myers (1905–1957), American football player and coach
• Denny Neagle (born 1968), American baseball player
• Dennis O'Neil (1939–2020), American comic book writer and editor
• Denny R. (born 1994), Filipino author under the pen name HaveYouSeenThisGirL
• Denny Ramsden (born 1990), Canadian road bicycle racer
• Denny Rehberg (born 1955), U.S. Representative for Montana's At-large congressional district
• Denny Seiwell (born 1943), American rock musician
• Denny Siegel, American actress, comedian and writer
• Denny Shute (1904–1974), American golfer
• Denny Smith (born 1938), businessman and former congressman from Oregon
• Denny Solomona (born 1993), New Zealand rugby league player
• Denny Stark (born 1974), American baseball player
• Denny Vargas (born 1990), Dominican footballer
• Denny Walling (born 1954), American baseball player

Dennie

• Dennie Christian (born 1956), German singer
• Dennie Gordon (born 1953), American film and television director
• Dennie L. Farr (1861–1909), American businessman and politician
• Dennie Moore (1902–1978), American film and stage actress
• Dennie Olde Kalter (born 1991), Dutch darts player
• Dennie Oxley (born 1970), American politician

Fictional characters

• Denny Crane, in the American TV series Boston Legal
• Denny Duquette, in the American TV series Grey's Anatomy
• Dennis “Denny” Rickman Jr, in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Denny, in the film The Room
• Mr. Denny, in Pride and Prejudice .

Others

• Denny (hybrid hominin), name given to a fossil of an archaic human