Dennis or Denis is either the first or last name of a male derived from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius meaning the Thracian god of wine, which is ultimately derived from the Greek Dios (Διός, "of Zeus") combined with Nysos or Nysa (Νυσα), where the young god was raised.^{[citation needed]}. Dionysus (or Dionysos; also known as Bacchus in Roman mythology and associated with the Italic Liber), the Thracian god of wine, represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficent influences. He is viewed as the promoter of civilization, a lawgiver, and lover of peace — as well as the patron deity of both agriculture and the theater.

Dionysus is a god of mystery religious rites, such as those practiced in honor of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis near Athens. In the Thracian mysteries, he wears the "bassaris" or fox-skin, symbolizing new life. (See also Maenads)

The mediaeval Latinised form of the Anglo-Norman surname Le Denys was Dacus, ^[1] the adjectival form of Dacia, meaning "Danish" or "The Dane". The name became modernised as Denys, then later as Dennis.

Alternative forms and spellings of the name include Denis, Denys, Denish, Deon, Deonne, Deonte, and Dion, Dionice. Diminutive forms include Den, Dennoh, Deno and Denny. The name Sydenie (alternate spellings: Sydney or Sidney) may derive from a village in Normandy called Saint-Denis, although evidence is slim, and results in the diminutive forms Syd and Sid.^{[citation needed]} A medieval diminutive was Dye, from which the names Dyson and Tyson are derived.^{[citation needed]}

Dennis is a very popular English and Irish name, common throughout the English-speaking world.

Denis is a very popular French name, common throughout the Francophone world, but is also a common English, Irish, German, Italian, Dutch, Croatian, Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian and Bosnian name.

Dionizy is the Polish version of the name. The Irish name Donnchadh may be anglicised as Denis, but has a different origin. Dionigi or Dionisio are Italian versions of the name, although Denis is quite common in Italy.

Feminine versions of the name include: Denise, Denisa, Deni, Denice, Deniece, Dione, and Dionne.

Variants[link]

• Den English
• Dénes Hungarian
• Denis Czech, English, French, German, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene
• Deniss Latvian
• Dennis Dutch, English, German
• Denny English
• Denys Ukrainian
• Dinis Portuguese
• Diniz Portuguese
• Dionisie Romanian
• Dionísio Portuguese
• Dionisio Italian, Spanish
• Dionysios Greek
• Dionýz Slovak
• Tõnis Estonian

People with the given name Dennis[link]

This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.

• Dennis Alexio, American kickboxer
• Dennis Aogo, German football player
• Dennis Brain, English virtuoso horn player
• Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch football player, former Arsenal FC Player, now retired
• Dennis Blake, Jamaican track and field athlete
• Dennis Brinkmann, German football player
• Dennis Brunod, Italian ski mountaineer and skyrunner
• Dennis Cagara, Danish football player
• Dennis Chambers, American drummer
• Dennis Cole, American actor
• Dennis Coles, American rapper
• Dennis Danell, Social Distortion guitarist
• Dennis Diekmeier, German football player
• Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player
• Dennis Eilhoff, German football goalkeeper
• Dennis Endras, German ice hockey goaltender
• Dennis Erickson, American football head coach
• Dennis Farina, American character actor
• Dennis Fentie, Canadian politician
• Dennis Ferrera, Honduran football player
• Dennis Franz, American actor
• Dennis Gabor, Hungarian electrical engineer and inventor
• Dennis Gansel, German film director
• Dennis Garcia, American writer
• Dennis Gentenaar, Dutch football goalkeeper
• Dennis González, American jazz musician, poet and visual artist
• Dennis Green, American football head coach
• Dennis Grote, German football player
• Dennis Hastert, American politician
• Dennis Hayden, American actor
• Dennis Haysbert, American actor
• Dennis Hopper, American actor, filmmaker and artist
• Dennis Horstmann, German DJ and dance music artist
• Dennis Howell, The Best Jail Registrar Ever
• Dennis_James_(disambiguation), several people
• Dennis Johnson, American basketball player
• Dennis Kruppke, German football player
• Dennis Kucinich, American politician
• Dennis Law (disambiguation), multiple people
• Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer
• Dennis Lisk, German rapper
• Dennis Lynds, American author
• Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish musician
• Dennis Miller, American comedian and talk show host
• Dennis Nielsen, American colonel and politician
• Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer
• Dennis Oli, English football player
• Dennis Prager, American radio host
• Dennis Price, English actor
• Dennis Quaid, American actor
• Dennis Rader, American serial killer
• Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist
• Dennis Rodman, American basketball player
• Dennis Rommedahl, Danish football player
• Dennis Schulp, Dutch football player
• Dennis Seidenberg, German ice hockey player
• Dennis Smith (disambiguation), several people
• Dennis Souza, Brazilian football player
• Dennis Stewart (judoka), British judoka
• Dennis Taylor, Northern Irish snooker player
• Dennis Tito, American engineer, multimillionaire and space tourist
• Dennis van der Geest, Dutch judoka
• Dennis Wheatley, English author
• Dennis Wilson, American musician
• Dennis Wise, English football player and manager

Fictional[link]

• Dennis Creevey, minor character from Harry Potter
• Dennis Finch, main character from Just Shoot Me
• Dennis Nedry, character from Jurassic Park
• Dennis Reynolds, main character from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Dennis the Hitman, minor character from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Dennis the Locomotive, minor character from Thomas and Friends
• Dennis the Peasant, minor character from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• Dennis the Menace in The Beano comic, aka Dennis Mitchell
• Dennis from Kid vs. Kat
• Dennis duffy a minor character from "30 Rock

People with the surname Dennis[link]

This page or section lists people with the surname Dennis. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

• Allan Dennis, American founder and director of the Midwest Young Artists youth orchestra program
• Bill Dennis, American NASCAR driver
• C. J. Dennis, Australian poet
• Carl Dennis, American poet and educator
• Carolyn Dennis, American singer and actor
• Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
• Cecil Dennis, Liberian political figure who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Cheri Dennis, American singer
• Clare Dennis, Australian breaststroke swimmer
• David W. Dennis, American politician
• Diana Dennis, American female bodybuilder
• Ella Dennis, born 1991, Elephant vasectomist and Whale-feces researcher
• Elias Smith Dennis, American lawyer, politician and soldier
• Eugene Dennis, American politician and long-time leader of the Communist Party USA
• Felix Dennis, English magazine publisher and philanthropist
• Franklyn Dennis, Canadian cricketer
• Gabriel Lafayette Dennis, Liberian politician
• Geoffrey W. Dennis, American rabbi and author
• George Dennis (disambiguation), several people
• Hershel Dennis, American football running back
• Hugh Dennis, English actor, comedian, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist
• Jack Dennis, American electrical engineer and computer scientist
• John Dennis (disambiguation), several people
• Kristian Dennis, English football player
• Lawrence Dennis, American diplomat, consultant and author
• Les Dennis, English comedian, celebrity, television presenter and actor
• Matt Dennis, American singer, pianist, bandleader, arranger, and writer of music
• Morgan Dennis, American illustrator and author
• Neleh Dennis, American runner-up in Survivor: Marquesas
• Nick Dennis, American actor
• Nigel Dennis, English writer, critic, playwright and magazine editor
• Patrick Dennis, American author
• Richard Dennis, American commodities trader
• Ron Dennis, English executive chairman of McLaren Automotive
• Roy L. Dennis, American boy afflicted with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia
• R.W.G. Dennis, British mycologist
• Sandy Dennis, American theater and film actress
• Shaun Dennis, Scottish football player and assistant manager
• Simon Dennis, English rower
• Tom Dennis, English snooker and billiards player
• Wesley Dennis, American English Teacher, born in Texas
• Willie Dennis, American jazz trombonist
• Willye Dennis, American librarian, civil rights activist and former Florida state legislator

References[link]

See also[link]

• Dennis (disambiguation)
• Denis (disambiguation)
• Denise (given name)
• Dionysus

Denis Donohue
Donohue on stage at Comix in Manhattan
Birth name	Denis Donohue
Born	(1976-10-22) October 22, 1976 (age 35) Queens, New York, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up
Nationality	American
Years active	1997–present
Genres	Observational comedy, Satire, Pantomime
Subject(s)	Dating, sex, parenting, race relations, animals
Influences	Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Gleason, Johnny Carson, George Carlin, Andrew "Dice" Clay[1]
Website	Official website

Denis Donohue (born October 22, 1976) is an American stand-up comedian.

Personal life[link]

Denis Donohue is an American born stand-up comedian with Irish, Italian, and Dutch roots. Both of Donohue's parents are American Airlines employees. He went to high school at St. Francis Preparatory School and college at SUNY Plattsburgh where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and performed in several of the university's dramatic and comedic productions.

Career[link]

Donohue began his stand up comedy career on January 7, 1997 at the Manhattan comedy club Stand Up New York. He performs regularly in his hometown of New York but spends the majority of his time performing at over 50 colleges and universities across the United States.^[2] Notable moments in his career include winning, over 400 other competitors, the Connecticut Comedy Festival and being named one of the funniest stand up comedians under 30 by the New York Underground Comedy Festival.

Stand-up comedy[link]

In 2007 Donohue released the album "Unholy War" on Next Round Entertainment.^[3]

TV & Radio[link]

Denis has appeared on the Howard Stern Show, The Barbara Walters Special, and the nationally syndicated The Bob & Tom Show.^[4]

Tours[link]

Donohue was the opening act on Steve Hofstetter's "Cure for the Cable Guy" tour. Since then he's headlined two tours of his own: "The Unholy Tour" to promote his debut album "Unholy War", and "The Big Little Tour" with fellow comedians Phil Mazo and Mike Trainor.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Unholy War (2007)^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Denis Donohue on MySpace
• Denis Donohue on YouTube

Sam Farr
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 17th district
Incumbent
Assumed office June 17, 1993
Preceded by	Leon Panetta
Member of the California State Assembly from the 28th district
In office December 1980 – June 1993
Succeeded by	Bruce McPherson
Personal details
Born	(1941-07-04) July 4, 1941 (age 70) San Francisco
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Shary Baldwin Farr
Children	Jessica Farr
Residence	Carmel, California
Alma mater	Willamette University, Santa Clara University, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Religion	Episcopalian

Samuel S. "Sam" Farr (born July 4, 1941) is the U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional district, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep. Leon Panetta resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Early life and family[link]

Farr, a fifth-generation Californian, was born in San Francisco and grew up in Carmel, where he still lives. His father, Fred Farr, was a California state senator for many years. Farr was educated at Willamette University, Santa Clara University and the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

He is married to Shary and has one daughter, Jessica. He is grandfather to two: Ella and Zach.

Peace Corps service[link]

Farr joined the Peace Corps in 1964 and served for two years as a volunteer in Colombia. He spent his time in a poor barrio near Medellin, teaching community development skills.^[1]

While he was serving in Colombia, Farr’s mother died from cancer. Following her death, his father visited with Farr’s sisters. While riding horses, one of his sisters (Nancy), was thrown and hit her head. She died on the operating table in a Colombian hospital.^{[citation needed]}

Since his Peace Corps service ended, Farr has visited Colombia several times. He took his wife for their honeymoon and has returned several other times for both personal and official business. During a trip in 2007, Farr spoke in front of the Colombian Congress and was awarded the Orden del Congreso de Colombia.^[2]

State and local political career[link]

Farr’s public service career began in the California Assembly, where he worked as a staffer on budget issues for a decade. In 1975, he ran for and won a seat on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors.

In 1980 he was elected to the California State Assembly, where he became a champion for the organics industry and wrote one of the country’s strictest oil spill liability laws. He served in the Assembly until his election to Congress in 1993.

House of Representatives career[link]

Earlier photo of Congressman Farr

Farr was elected to the House of Representatives in 1993 through a special election when former Congressman Leon Panetta resigned to become President Clinton’s budget director. Farr was elected to his first full term in 1994.

Legislation[link]

• Farr introduced the “Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st century Act” (H.R. 21) in January 2007. The bill would consolidate national management of oceans, creating a system of regional governance; make the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the chief oceans agency; creates an ocean advisor in the president’s Cabinet; creates regional and national ocean advisory committees; and create an Oceans and Great Lakes Conservation Trust Fund. It received a subcommittee markup in April 2008 and passed by a vote of 11–3.^[3]
• Farr's "Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 2008" (H.R. 1084) was approved by the House but stalled in the Senate. The bill would create capacity within the State Department to quickly deploy civilian expertise and coordinate the government response to crises abroad. President [George W. Bush] supports the program and approved initial creation of the group. Farr participated in a rollout of the group with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in July 2008.^[4]

Caucus work[link]

Sam Farr meets with Jack O'Neill

Farr is active in several congressional caucuses, including the House Oceans Caucus, the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, the Congressional Bike Caucus, the Congressional Organic Caucus, the International Conservation Caucus, and the Unexploded Ordnance Caucus.^[5]

He serves as co-chair of the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus with Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri). Farr has taken an active role in supporting the travel industry, boosting membership in the caucus to more than 100 and hosting caucus events, including a June 2008 gathering of travel executives and congressional leaders, the Economic Roundtable: Travel’s Significance to the U.S. Economy.^[6]

Farr is also active as co-chair of the House Oceans Caucus, which he co-chairs with four other members of Congress. Each year the caucus helps sponsor Capitol Hill Oceans Week, known as CHOW, which draws hundreds of ocean experts from across the country. He is also co-chair of the Congressional Organic Caucus and the Unexploded Ordnance Caucus.

Other leadership positions[link]

Farr serves on the House Democracy Assistance Commission, a group established by the House of Representatives mandated to work with emerging democracies throughout the world. The group engages in “peer-to-peer cooperation to build technical expertise in partner legislatures that will enhance accountability, transparency, legislative independence, access to information, and government oversight.”^[7]

Farr is also the former chairman of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, the largest state delegation in Congress.^{[citation needed]}

Committee assignments[link]

• Committee on Appropriations
  • Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (Ranking Member)
  • Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

Positions on domestic issues[link]

Sam Farr

*Oceans. Farr is a proponent of ocean protection and conservation. In addition to H.R. 21, Farr has introduced the Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act (H.R. 3639) and the Clean Cruise Ship Act (H.R. 6434).

• Gas prices. Farr opposes opening new areas to offshore drilling, instead supporting the drilling of 68,000,000 acres (280,000 km²) of federally owned land already under lease, including 33,000,000 acres (130,000 km²) on the Outer Continental Shelf. Farr also supports ending subsidies to oil companies.^[8]
• Base Realignment and Closure. Farr has worked closely with Central Coast cities and the Army on the reuse of the former Fort Ord. He was integral in securing $29 million for the creation of California State University-Monterey Bay. He also played a role in making sure land on the former installation included significant amounts of affordable housing.
• Immigration. Farr supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes a guest worker program for farm workers, allowing undocumented students to remain in the country (known as the DREAM Act), and deporting undocumented felons in U.S. jails.^[9]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) comment[link]

On February 26, 2008, at the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Farr said "the public image of (the ICE agents)" has become "not (a) compassionate law enforcement agency but essentially a Gestapo-type agency that is knocking down doors"^[10] when conducting raids on illegal immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Julie Myers responded to Farr's comments by saying, "We are not the Gestapo. The men and women of this agency have a very difficult job...and I think they do that with distinction and great honor.".^[11] Farr replied that he knew and appreciated this, but reiterated that there is "there is a very ill will public opinion in the counties (he) represent(s), about ICE".

H.Res. 333[link]

On July 12, 2007, Farr joined 11 cosponsors (18 as of August 15, 2007) of H.Res. 333, introduced in Congress, that lays out three articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. The bill maintains that the vice president purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States (1) by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and (2) about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda in order to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests and (3) that Cheney has openly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran absent any real threat to the United States. (see http://thomas.loc.gov for more details on H.Res. 333)

"Many residents in the Central Coast support the removal of Cheney from office, and I am proud to represent their values in Congress," Farr said in a brief statement.^[12]

Positions on foreign affairs[link]

• Iraq. Farr has consistently opposed the war in Iraq. He voted against the “Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002” that started the war. Farr is a cosponsor on several bills including H.Res. 1329, which supports a timetable for troop withdrawal, and H.R. 5626 and H.R 4959, which call for congressional approval for any long-term agreements with Iraq.^[13]
• Iran. Farr has been vocal in efforts to prevent military action against Iran. He is a cosponsor of H. Con. Res 33, which would require congressional approval before any incursion into Iran, and H.R. 3119, a bill to prohibit the use of funds for military operations in Iran.
• Colombia. Farr has parlayed his experience in Colombia to become a congressional leader on Colombian affairs. He was an active supporter of rebalancing funds dedicated to Plan Colombia, the U.S. anti-drug effort, to include more support for economic redevelopment efforts. He has hosted a wide range of Colombian political leaders in his Washington office including current President Álvaro Uribe and former President Andrés Pastrana.

Awards[link]

On July 30, 2007, Farr received the Senator David Pryor Special Achievement Award for his ongoing advocacy for communities with military bases presented by the Association of Defense Communities. The award is given to an individual who advocates for communities with active or closed military bases. "Communities with active or closed military bases face many special concerns, from land use to economic development to ordinance disposal," said Farr. "I have been lucky enough to assist in the transition efforts at Fort Ord, and that experience has helped me push those issues locally and nationwide." As vice-chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Farr successfully increased clean-up funds from $221 million to $271 million for military bases closed prior to 2005 [9].

Miscellaneous[link]

• Rep. Farr was a super delegate in the 2008 Presidential Election.^[14]

• He was one of the 31 who voted in the House to not count the electoral votes from Ohio in the 2004 presidential election [10].

• Rep. Farr, like most Progressive Democrats in Congress, opposes the USA PATRIOT Act and is pro-choice. He received a 91% progressive rating by Progressive Punch, ranking him the 42nd most progressive member of congress.^[15]

• He took a leadership role for the House Democrats in opposing the Central American Free Trade Agreement because he did not think it had good environmental and worker protections.

• Rep. Farr voted against the invasion of Iraq and was actively against the Iraq War.

• He voted for the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

Electoral history[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• U.S. Congressman Sam Farr official U.S. House site
• Congressman Sam Farr official campaign site
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Congressional profile at GovTrack
• Congressional profile at OpenCongress
• Issue positions and quotes at On the Issues
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Profile at SourceWatch
• Biography from the Peace Corps
• Sam Farr’s Plan for Ties with Cuba from the Havana Times

This article is about the American composer. For the Welsh actor, see Jonathan Pryce. For the American college football coach, see Gabby Price.

Jonathan Price is an American composer who is best known for his musical Lao Jiu (老九) and for the film scores to Cyber Wars and Rustin.

Musicals[link]

• Escape From Eldorado (book & co-lyrics by Jeff Goode), Bar Harbor, The Unusual Cabaret (1990)
• Rumpelstiltskin (book & co-lyrics by Jeff Goode), Bar Harbor, The Unusual Cabaret (1990)
• Dead Poets (book by Jeff Goode, lyrics from the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and Edgar Allan Poe), Bar Harbor, The Unusual Cabaret (1990)
• Who Killed Cock Robin (book & lyrics by Jeff Goode), Bar Harbor, The Unusual Cabaret (1991)
• Lao Jiu (老九) (book by Kuo Pao Kun/adapted by Wu Xi & Zhang Xian, lyrics by XiaoHan, Wu Xi, & Yang Qian), Singapore, The Theatre Practice (2005)
• Wandering Willows (book and music by Jonathan Price, lyrics by Chana Wise), Burbank, SkyPilot Theatre (2011)
• Reel People (book and music by Jonathan Price, lyrics by Chana Wise), North Hollywood, SkyPilot Theatre (2012)

Opera[link]

• The Lion & the Wood Nymph (libretto by the composer), American Fork, VocalWorks (2007)
• The Queen & the Dragon (libretto by Jan Michael Alejandro and the composer), North Hollywood, Secret Rose Theatre (2009)
• The Gift of the Magi (libretto by Jan Michael Alejandro and the composer after the eponymous short story by O. Henry), North Hollywood, Secret Rose Theatre (2009)

Discography[link]

• Lily's Eyes, carisma, ABC Classics (2007)
• Classical Chill, various artists, ABC Classics (2008)
• Celtic Dreams, carisma, ABC Classics (2009)
• Film Music, various artists, Jonathan Price Music (2009)
• From the Emerald Isle: The Haunting Sounds of Ireland, various artists, ABC Classics (2010)
• Celtic Gold, various artists, ABC Classics (2011)

Film[link]

• Dark Woods, Razor Digital (1999)
• Vampire Night, Cinematrix (2000)
• Rustin, Showtime (2001)
• Cyber Wars, New Line (2004)
• Necrosis, American World Pictures (2009)

Television[link]

• American Dragon: Jake Long, Disney Channel, song "Hubba Hubba Hula" (lyrics by Jeff Goode) (2005)

External links[link]

• Jonathan Price Official Site