The " United Trinity " statue of Charlton ( right ) alongside Denis Law ( centre ) and George Best ( left ) outside Old Trafford

At times, Charlton was not on speaking terms with United's other superstars George Best and Denis Law, and Best refused to play in Charlton's testimonial match against Celtic, saying that " to do so would be hypocritical ".

* 1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer

John Fox Watson made a pioneering transfer to Real Madrid in 1948, becoming one of the first players from the British Isles to sign for a high-profile side abroad, leading the way for British players like John Charles, Jimmy Greaves and Denis Law in the following decades.

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.

In total, Dalglish played 102 times for Scotland ( a national record ) and he scored 30 goals, ( also a national record, which matched that set by Denis Law.

Busby rebuilt the team through the 1960s by signing players such as Denis Law and Pat Crerand, who combined with the next generation of youth players – including George Best – to win the FA Cup in 1963.

In 1968, Manchester United became the first English ( and second British ) club to win the European Cup, beating Benfica 4 – 1 in the final with a team that contained three European Footballers of the Year: Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and George Best.

The " iconic " team included Bobby Charlton and Nobby Stiles ( members of England's World Cup winning team ), Denis Law and George Best.

* Denis Law

** Denis Law, Scottish football player

His father, an electrician and amateur footballer in the lower leagues, named him in honour of Scottish striker Denis Law.

Busby resumed managerial duties the next season ( 1958 – 59 ), and eventually built a second generation of Busby Babes, including George Best and Denis Law, that ten years later won the European Cup, beating Benfica.

On Christmas Eve, he gave a first team debut to an outstanding 16 year old prospect, Denis Law.

The first player to take a kick was George Best, and the first to miss was Denis Law.

Busby had been appointed as Scotland's temporary manager and took charge of the team for two games later that year against Wales and Northern Ireland, giving Denis Law his first cap.

He also brought in players from other clubs – these included David Herd, Albert Quixall and Denis Law.

Trautmann captained a special joint Manchester City & Manchester United XI that included Bobby Charlton and Denis Law, against an England team that included Tom Finney, Stanley Matthews and Jimmy Armfield.

So ingrained in Manchester United culture is the Stretford End, that Denis Law was given the nickname " King of the Stretford End ", and there is now a statue of Law on the concourse of the stand's upper tier.

On 29 May 2008, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Manchester United's first European Cup title, a statue of the club's " holy trinity " of George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton, entitled " The United Trinity ", was unveiled across Sir Matt Busby Way from the East Stand, directly opposite the statue of Busby.

Giles was a regular first team player over the next four years, playing alongside Bobby Charlton and Denis Law.

Denis Law CBE ( born 24 February 1940 ) is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Denis Diderot was born in Langres, Champagne, and began his formal education at the jesuitic Collège jésuite in Langres.

Denis Colin Leary ( born August 18, 1957 ) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and film producer.

Christophe Guy Denis " Christopher " Lambert ( born 29 March 1957 ) is an American-born French

Lysenko, the son of Denis and Oksana Lysenko, was born to a peasant family in Karlivka, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine and attended the Kiev Agricultural Institute.

* Denis Žvegelj, rower, Olympic medalist, born in Jesenice on 24 June 1972,

Quentin Crisp ( born Denis Charles Pratt, – ), was an English writer and raconteur.

Denis Charles Pratt was born in Sutton, Surrey, the fourth child of solicitor Spencer Charles Pratt ( 1871 – 1931 ) and former governess Frances Marion Pratt ( née Phillips ) ( 1873 – 1960 ); he changed his name to Quentin Crisp in his twenties, after leaving home and cultivating his outlandishly effeminate appearance to a standard that both shocked contemporary Londoners and provoked homophobic attacks.

* Denis Payton, saxophonist for The Dave Clark Five, was born in Walthamstow 1943.

* Ruth St. Denis ( 1879 – 1968 ), modern dance pioneer, was born in Somerset County near Somerville.

Denis Sassou Nguesso ( born November 23, 1943 ) is a Congolese politician who has been the President of Congo-Brazzaville since 1997 ; he was previously President from 1979 to 1992.

Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC, MC ( born 30 August 1917 ) is a retired British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.

* Nelson Antonio Denis ( born 1954 ), New York State Assemblyman

He was born at Pau, the son of Greek colonel Constantin Denis Bourbaki, who died in the War of Independence in 1827.

Denis Mostyn Norden CBE ( born 6 February 1922 ) is a retired English comedy writer and television presenter.

* Edna Healey, author and wife of Denis Healey, was born in the Forest and lived in Coleford.

Evangelista was born to Italian parents who emigrated to Canada and was raised in a working-class, traditional Roman Catholic family in St. Catharines, Ontario, near Niagara Falls, where she attended Denis Morris Catholic High School.

Jacques Rancière ( born Algiers, 1940 ) is a French philosopher, Professor of Philosophy at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris ( St. Denis ) who came to prominence when he co-authored Reading Capital ( 1968 ), with the structural Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser.

The idea for the film was born out of an attempted collaboration between Assayas, Claire Denis, and Atom Egoyan, who wanted to experiment with the situation of a foreigner in Paris.

Gothic sculpture was born in France in 1144 with the renovation of the Abbey Church of S. Denis and spread throughout Europe, by the 13th century it had become the international style, replacing Romanesque.

Denis MacShane ( born 21 May 1948 ) is a British politician, who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Rotherham since the 1994 by-election and served as the Minister for Europe from 2002 until 2005, as well as being a current Policy Council member for Labour Friends of Israel.

Denis Mikhailovich Arkhipov (; born May 19, 1979 ) is a Russian professional ice hockey player currently playing for Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ).

* General Sir Richard Denis Kelly KCB ( 1815 – 1897, Colonel 34th Cumberland Regiment, born in Ceylon wounded and taken prisoner at Sebastapol, lived in ' Shrublands ' Earley, buried in St Peter's Churchyard Earley )

Denis Murphy ( born 2 November 1948 ) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Wansbeck from 1997 until 2010.

In Denis I reign, by a foral of 18 November 1299, it was determined that Portalegre would be donated to the king himself and later to his first born and heir.