William F. Denny (c. 1860–1908), American vaudeville performer and pioneer recording artist
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William Denny and Brothers, British shipbuilder based in Dumbarton, Scotland
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William D. Denney (1873–1953), American businessman and politician, Governor of Delaware
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William H. P. Denny (1811–1890), American newspaper editor and publisher and politician in Ohio
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The son of Albert Elkus, he studied composition at University of California, Berkeley (BA 1953) with Charles Cushing and William Denny, at Stanford University (MA 1957) with Ernst Bacon and Leonard Ratner, and at Mills College (1957) with Darius Milhaud.