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Denise Jones Gregory is an American academic administrator serving as the fourteenth president of Jackson State University since 2026.
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Denise M. Mercherson is Utah’s first African American female lawyer. Mercherson was raised in the Hyde Park community on the South Side, Chicago. She received her psychology degree from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota and earned her Juris…
1940–2010
Denise Lorraine Narcisse-Mair (19 January 1940 – 8 June 2010) was a Canadian musicologist, music educator, choral conductor, and composer. Narcisse-Mair was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 19, 1940. Her mother was a pianist and her aunt was a…
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Denise Donna Nicholas (born July 12, 1944) is an American actress. Nicholas played high-school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series Room 222 and Councilwoman Harriet DeLong on the NBC/CBS drama series In the Heat of the Night.
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Denise O'Neil Green is an American academic, and currently the Vice-president, Equity and Community Inclusion at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Toronto. She took up the position in April 2017, after serving as the inaugural…
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Denise Ryner is a Canadian curator and writer. She was director and curator at Or Gallery, Vancouver (2017-2022). Ryner has worked as an independent curator, writer and educator at several galleries, artist-run centres and institutions, in Toronto,…
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Dennard Wilson (born March 31, 1982) is an American professional football coach and former safety who is the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He is a former American football safety in the NFL who was…
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Dennis R. Bell (born June 2, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he played collegiately for Drake University. He was selected by the New York Knicks in the 5th round (83rd pick overall) of the 1973 NBA draft.
1944–
Dennis Brown (born 24 September 1944), also known by the nickname of "Brown Bomber", is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played rugby union (RU) for Cardiff Schoolboys [1], and the Royal…
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Dennis Delgado is a contemporary American artist and critic who examines how ideologies of colonialism persist and re-inscribe themselves within modern technology such as in facial recognition systems which fail to properly identify people of color. His…
1981–
Dennis Dottin-Carter (born February 4, 1981) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive line coach for Rutgers University. He served as the interim head coach at Delaware in 2016, having been named to the position on…
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Dennis Gates (born January 14, 1980) is an American college basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Missouri Tigers men's basketball team.
1866–1952
Dennis Henry Anderson (1866–1952) was an American Methodist minister, educator, and author in Kentucky. He led efforts to establish schools for African Americans in Kentucky.
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Dennis Wayne Johnson (September 18, 1954 – February 22, 2007), nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, and Boston Celtics. He was a coach of the Los…
1952–2015
Dennis Morgan (June 26, 1952 – October 25, 2015) was an American professional football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Western Illinois University.
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Dennis P. Gallon is an American academic. Gallon graduated with a bachelor's degree in business from Edward Waters College. He received a master's degree from Indiana University Bloomington in business.
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Dennis Clay Powell (born August 13, 1963) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, and Milwaukee Brewers, in all or parts of eight seasons (1985–1993). Powell…
1953–
Dennis E. Thomas (born September 5, 1953) is an American former gridiron football center, college football head coach, college sports athletic director, and collegiate athletic conference commissioner.
1955–
Dennis "Dirt" Winston (born October 25, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football for the Arkansas…
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Frederick Dennis Greene (January 11, 1949 – September 5, 2015) was an American singer who was a member of Sha Na Na who were formed in 1969 at Columbia University in New York as the Columbia Kingsmen. The television show Sha Na Na aired from 1978 to 1981.…
1929–2000
DeNorval Unthank Jr. (October 27, 1929 – November 2, 2000) was an American architect. In 1951 he was the first black man to earn an architecture degree from the University of Oregon (UO).
2000–
Denzel Leslie Clarke (born May 1, 2000) is a Canadian professional baseball center fielder for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Cal State Northridge Matadors. Clarke was selected by the Oakland Athletics in…
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Denzil Forrester (born 1956) is a Grenada-born artist who moved to England as a child in 1967. Previously based in London, where he was a lecturer at Morley College, he moved to Truro, Cornwall, in 2016.
1968–
Deon Haywood (born April 4, 1968 in New Orleans) is an American human rights defender, activist, educator, and director noted for her work combating discrimination against Black women, the criminalization of sex workers, adverse living conditions against…
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