Richard Dennis (disambiguation)

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Richard Dennis (born 1949) is an American commodities trader.

Richard J. Dennis, a commodities speculator once known as the "Prince of the Pit," was born in Chicago, in January, 1949. In the early 1970s, he borrowed $1,600 and reportedly made $200 million in about ten years. When a futures trading fund under his management incurred significant losses in the stock market crash of 1987 he retired from trading for several years. He has been active in Democratic and Libertarian political causes, most notably in campaigns against drug prohibition.

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Richard Dennis is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and North Melbourne in the VFL/AFL.

Richard Dennis was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.

Richard Harry “Dick” Dennis (1897–1972) was a former Scotland Yard detective chief inspector before becoming the Chief of the British Municipal Police, Tientsin (Tianjin).

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Richard Denniss economist

Richard Denniss is the Chief Economist and former Executive Director of The Australia Institute. He is a prominent Australian economist, author and public policy commentator, and a former Associate Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Denniss was described by Mark Kenny in the Sydney Morning Herald as "a constant thorn in the side of politicians on both sides due to his habit of skewering dodgy economic justifications for policy". In October 2018, The Australian Financial Review listed Denniss and Ben Oquist of The Australia Institute as equal tenth-place on their 'Covert Power' list of the most powerful people in Australia.

Richard Denys, of Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire, was an English politician.

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