Famous People with Name Dennis

Dennis Farina            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dennis Farina: is an American film and television actor. He is a character actor, often typecast as a mobster or cop.Farina began his work in show business working for director Michael Mann as a police consultant on Mann's early works.

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie: is an American computer scientist notable for his influence on C and other programming languages, and on operating systems such as Multics and Unix.

Dennis Franz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dennis Franz: is an Emmy-, Screen Actors Guild-, and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor known for his role as Andy Sipowicz, a gritty police detective in the television series NYPD Blue.

Dennis DeYoung            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dennis DeYoung: is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx, a tenure which lasted from 1962 to 1999.

Dennis Prager            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dennis Prager: is an American syndicated radio talk show host, columnist, author, ethicist, and public speaker. He is noted for his conservative political views and for his study of the consequences of secularism in the 20th Century.

Matt Dennis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Matt Dennis: was a singer, pianist, bandleader, arranger, and writer of music for popular music songs.He was born in Seattle, Washington. His mother was a violinist and his father a singer, and the family was in vaudeville, so he was early exposed to music. In 1933 he joined Horace Heidt's orchestra as a vocalist and pianist. Later on, he formed his own band, with Dick Haymes as vocalist. He became vocal coach, arranger, and accompanist for Martha Tilton, and worked with a new vocal group, the Stafford Sisters. Jo Stafford, one of the sisters, joined the Tommy Dorsey band in 1940 and persuaded Dorsey to hire Dennis as arranger and composer. Dennis wrote prolifically, with fourteen of his songs recorded by the Dorsey band in one year alone, including "Everything Happens to Me," an early hit for Frank Sinatra.

Sandra Dale “Sandy” Dennis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sandra Dale “Sandy” Dennis: was an American award-winning theater and film actress.Dennis made her television debut in 1956 in The Guiding Light and her film debut in Splendor in the Grass (1961). However, she was more committed to following a career in the theater.

Carolyn Dennis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carolyn Dennis: sometimes professionally known as Carol Dennis or Carol Dennis-Dylan is an American singer and actor, best known for her work with, and marriage to Bob Dylan.Dennis' mother is the singer Madelyn Quebec (a former member of The Raelettes). Dennis was a back

Ryan Thomas Dennis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ryan Thomas Dennis: a Canadian musician, vocalist and current frontman of independent hard rock band High Kapitol, and he is the former lead singer of the Canadian punk band Serial Joe. He also plays guitar, and starred in a music video for Our Lady Peace's "Superman's Dead"

Franklyn Anthony Dennis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklyn Anthony Dennis: is a former cricketer for Canada. He played three One Day Internationals in the 1979 World Cup, as well as appearing for the country in the 1979 ICC Trophy tournament. In the latter competition, in the match against England at Old Trafford he scored 21 ou