With the post Civil War economy in decline by the 1870s, anti-Chinese animosity became politicized by labor leader Denis Kearney and his Workingman's Party as well as by California Governor John Bigler, both of whom blamed Chinese " coolies " for depressed wage levels.

" was the slogan of Denis Kearney, a prominent labor leader in San Francisco.

Thanks to vigorous lobbying by the anti-Chinese Workingmen's Party, led by Denis Kearney ( an immigrant from Ireland ), Article XIX, Section 4 forbade corporations from hiring Chinese " coolies ", and empowered all California cities and counties to completely expel Chinese persons or to limit where they could reside.

During these years of unemployment and depression, anti-Chinese sentiment built around the country, fueled by demagogues such as Denis Kearney of San Francisco, who would rail in front of crowds that " To an American, death is preferable to life on a par with the Chinese.

Denis Kearney ( 1847 – 1907 ) was a California labor leader of the late 19th century who was known for his nativist and racist views about Chinese immigrants.

Today there is a Kearny Street in San Francisco that runs through Chinatown ; however it was not named after Denis Kearney but after the Mexican-American War Army officer Stephen W. Kearny .< ref >

* Denis Kearney, politician in America ( born 1847 ).

Blaine is shown dining in " Kearney's Senatorial Restaurant "— a reference to Denis Kearney, the leader of a violent anti-Chinese movement in California.

He was a member of a Leinster backline which included the likes of Brian O ' Driscoll, Gordon D ' Arcy, Denis Hickie, Felipe Contepomi, Isa Nacewa, Rob Kearney and Jonathan Sexton.

P. Kearney Memories: The memoirs of Archbishop Denis E Hurley OMI ( Cluster Publications, 2006 ).

* Denis Arthur Bingham, 3rd Baron Clanmorris ( 1808 – 1847 )

On 2 November 1847 the patriarch of the family and landlord of the surrounding estate, Major Denis Mahon, was assassinated by several local men, including Ciaran Feeney, in an incident that became infamous across Ireland and Britain at the time.

Denis O ' Conor ( 1794 – 1847 ) of Clonalis, County Roscommon, was an Irish nobleman, the O ' Conor Don and Member of Parliament ( MP ) in the British House of Commons.

* July 1847: Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bt

* 1977 – Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1943 – Denis Payton, English saxophonist ( The Dave Clark Five )

* 1981 – Denis Gremelmayr, German tennis player

* 1969 – An Australian, Denis Michael Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

* 1937 – Denis Tuohy, British journalist

* 1917 – Denis Healey, English politician

* 1958 – Denis O ' Brien, Irish businessman, founded BT Ireland

* Denis Parsons Burkitt ( 1911 – 1993 ), doctor – discoverer of Burkitt's lymphoma

** Denis ( 1279 – 1325 )

Denis Diderot ( ; October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784 ) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer.

* 1927 – Denis Quilley, British actor ( d. 2003 )

In part, it was conceived in reaction to the French Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d ' Alembert ( published 1751 – 1772 ), which had been inspired by Chambers's Cyclopaedia ( first edition 1728 ).

* 1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer

* 1922 – Denis Norden, British television personality

* 1915 – Denis Whitaker, Canadian soldier, businessman and author ( d. 2001 )

On 16 April 1963, an astonishing game at Filbert Street against Manchester United, which saw both Ken Keyworth and Denis Law score a hat-trick each, ended in a 4 – 3 victory for Leicester, which meant Leicester sat top of the First Division and 11 days later Banks put in one of the performances of his career to keep out Liverpool as Leicester beat them 1 – 0 in the FA Cup semi-final despite being completely outplayed all game.

After that things got worse for England's newest keeper, when Denis Law wrong-footed Banks with a smart shot on the turn to put United 2 – 0 ahead.

The philosopher Denis Diderot was Editor in Chief of the famous Enlightenment accomplishment, the 72, 000 article Encyclopédie ( 1751 – 1772 ).

* 1972 – Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower

* 1784 – Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet ( d. 1839 )

* 1985 – Denis Tahirović, Croatian footballer

* 1962 – Denis O ' Hare, Irish-American actor

* 1941 – Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer

In 1907, Félix Fénéon assembled a Cross retrospective in Paris at Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, with Maurice Denis contributing the catalogue preface.

The ' Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l ' Aster ' from St. Denis ( Seine ) exhibited a four-cylinder chassis at the 1907 Paris Salon

Sir Edward " Denis " Blundell, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QSO ( 29 May 1907 – 24 September 1984 ) was the 12th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1972 to 1977.

Azellus Denis, PC, QC ( March 26, 1907 – September 4, 1991 ) was a Canadian politician who served in the Parliament of Canada as a Member of Parliament and Senator for the longest period of time, 55 years, 10 months and 20 days.

Denis Smith ( 24 January 1907 – 12 September 1979 ) was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matches for England in 1935.