Silver (surname)
Silver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Abba Hillel Silver, Lithuanian-American rabbi
- Adam Silver, American sports executive; NBA commissioner
- Annon Lee Silver, Canadian lyric soprano
- Benjamin Silver, American politician from Maryland
- Benjamin Silver Jr., American politician from Maryland
- Bernard Silver, an early developer of barcode technology
- Eliezer Silver Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and American human rights activist
- Emily Silver, retired American swimmer
- George Silver, British swordsman
- George Silver (actor), English actor
- George Silver (agriculturalist), Scottish agricultural innovator
- Gray Silver, American politician and farmer from West Virginia
- Henry Silver, American physician
- Henry A. Silver, American politician from Maryland
- Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer
- Jean Silver, American politician
- Jerry Silver, American neuroscientist
- Joan Micklin Silver, American film director
- Joe Silver, American actor
- Joel Silver, Jewish-American film producer
- John Silver (musician), former second drummer for the rock band Genesis
- John Silver (wrestler), American professional wrestler
- Joseph Silver, South African criminal
- Josh Silver, keyboardist and producer for the band Type O Negative
- Joshua Silver, British scientist
- Leon Silver, American geologist, professor of geology at Caltech and instructor to Apollo astronaut crews
- Liberty Silver, Canadian singer
- Lou Silver, American-Israeli basketball player
- Matthew Silver, Israeli historian
- Michael Silver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Monroe Silver, American dialect-comedian.
- Nate Silver, sports and political journalist, founder of FiveThirtyEight.com
- Paul Silver, American seismologist
- Philip Silver, American philatelist
- Ric Silver, the creator of the Electric Slide line dance
- Ron Silver, American actor
- Scott Silver, American screenwriter
- Stu Silver, American screenwriter and television writer
- Sheldon Silver, American politician, speaker of the New York State Assembly
- Spencer Silver, American chemist and inventor
- Stephen Silver, animator and cartoonist
- Stephen William Silver, merchant and book collector, son of Stephen Winckworth Silver
- Stephen Winckworth Silver, clothier and outfitter
- Steven Silver (actor), American actor
- Steven Silver (film director), film director
- Steven H Silver, science fiction editor and publisher
- Susan Silver, American music manager
- Thomas B. Silver, American author and president of the Claremont Institute
- Vivian Silver, Canadian-Israeli peace activist
- Warren Silver, American lawyer and state supreme court justice in Maine
- William Chamberlain Silver, Canadian merchant and philanthropist
Fictional characters
- Terry Silver, a character in 1989 American martial arts drama movie The Karate Kid Part III and television series Cobra Kai.
- Long John Silver, the main antagonist in the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.