Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole cricket career with Middlesex. He was also an accomplished footballer who played most of his football career at Arsenal.

A right-handed batsman and slow left-arm chinaman bowler, Compton is regularly credited as one of England's most remarkable batsmen. He is one of only twenty-five players to have scored over one hundred centuries in first-class cricket. In 2009, Compton was posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. The Denis Compton Oval and a stand at Lord's Cricket Ground are both named in his honour.

Compton also played football, beginning his career at non-league Nunhead during the 1934–35 season before joining Arsenal. A Winger, he made his debut in 1936, and won the League in 1948 and the FA Cup in 1950. Arsenal also won the old First Division in 1937–38 but he only made seven league appearances that season. However, the latter part of his sporting career was dogged by knee trouble: the knee had been damaged in a collision with the Charlton Athletic goalkeeper; he was limited to 60 official (i.e. non-wartime) appearances and 16 goals. He represented England in wartime 12 times, but never in a full official match.

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