Silvanus (name)
Silvanus is a masculine given name. Notable people and characters with the name include:
People and biblical figures
Biblical figures and early Christians
- Silas or Silvanus, an early Christian and companion of Paul
- Silvanus of the Seventy, another early Christian and traditionally among Jesus' seventy apostles
- Saint Silvanus, one of seven sons of Saint Felicitas of Rome
- Silvanus of Gaza (hieromartyr), saint, martyr and bishop of Gaza
- Silvanus of Ahun, martyr
- Silvanus of Gaza, Palestinian Christian monk, one of the Desert Fathers
Ancient Roman officials
- Silvanus (magister peditum), Roman general who revolted against Emperor Constantius II
- Silvanus (praetorian prefect), Roman officer of the third century AD
Modern era
- Silouan the Athonite, also known as Saint Silvanus the Athonite, Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint
- Silvanus Bevan, Welsh apothecary
- Sylvanus Bowser, American inventor credited with inventing the automobile fuel pump
- Sylvanus C. Breyfogel, American bishop of the Evangelical Association
- Sylvanus Dung Dung, Indian field hockey player
- Sylvanus William Godon, American naval officer
- Sylvanus Lowry, slave owning Southern aristocrat from Kentucky who reigned as the political boss of Saint Cloud, Minnesota
- Sylvanus Morgan, English arms-painter and author
- Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist, epigrapher, and Mayanist scholar
- Sylvanus Ngele, Nigerian senator
- Silvanus Njambari, Namibian retired footballer
- Sylvanus Okpala, Nigerian football midfielder
- Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese politician, Prime Minister and President of Togo
- Silvanus Melea Otieno, posthumously controversial Kenyan lawyer
- Sylvannus Petty, Bahamian politician
- Sylvanus T. Rugg, Union Army officer during the American Civil War
- Sylvanus H. Sweet, American civil engineer, politician and New York State Engineer and Surveyor
- Sylvanus Thayer, American colonel and "Father of the United States Military Academy"
- Silvanus P. Thompson, British physicist, engineer and author
- Sylvanus Trask, American politician
- Silvanus Trevail, Cornish architect
- Sylvanus Percival Vivian, 7th Registrar General of England and Wales
- Sylvanus Wear, English naturalist
- Sylvanus Wood, English politician
Fictional characters
- Silvanus Kettleburn, the former Care of Magical Creatures teacher in the Harry Potter novel series
- Sylvanas Windrunner, in the Warcraft video game series
- Silvanus (Forgotten Realms), a deity in the Forgotten Realms setting of ''Dungeons & Dragons''