What is "denby"

Denby is a village in the English county of Derbyshire that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, England's first Astronomer Royal, and the location of the Denby Pottery Company. The population at the 2001 Census was 1,827 increasing to 2,190 at the 2011 Census.

Denby is a village in Derbyshire, England.

Denby may also refer to:

Denby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Charles Denby (disambiguation), several people including:
  • Charles Harvey Denby (1830–1904), U.S. Civil War officer, diplomat in China
  • Charles Denby, Jr. (1861–1938), U.S. diplomat, scholar of Chinese culture
• David Denby (academic), Irish academic, senior lecturer in French
• David Denby (film critic) (born 1943), U.S. journalist, film critic for The New Yorker
• Edwin Denby (disambiguation), several people including:
  • Edwin Denby (poet) (1903–1983), U.S. poet, novelist, dance critic
  • Edwin Denby (politician) (1870–1929), U.S. politician, Secretary of Navy, noted in the Teapot Dome Scandal
• John Denby (active 1910s), English footballer
• Joolz Denby (born 1955), British poet and novelist
• Kara Denby (born 1986), U.S. swimmer