Sydney (name)

Given name

Men

• Sydney Allard, British car company founder
• Sydney Ancher, Australian architect
• Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold, radical British Liberal Party politician
• Sydney Atkinson, South African athlete
• Sydney D. Bailey, English author and pacifist
• Sydney Barnes, English cricketer
• Sydney Beaumont, English professional footballer and football manager, runner and cricketer
• Sydney Brenner, South African biologist
• Sydney Brown (American football), Canadian American football player
• Sydney Savory Buckman, British paleontologist
• Sydney Burdekin, Australian politician
• Sydney Butchkes, American visual artist and designer
• Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, radical British Liberal politician
• Sydney Caine, English educator and economist
• Sydney Camm, English aeronautical engineer
• Sydney Carline, British artist and teacher
• Sydney Chaplin, English actor
• Sydney Earle Chaplin, American actor
• Sydney Chapman, multiple people
• Syd Cohen, American baseball pitcher
• Sydney Dacres, English admiral
• Sydney de Zoysa, Sri Lankan Sinhala police officer
• Sydney Dickens son of English novelist Charles Dickens
• Sydney Dobell, English poet and critic
• Sydney Dodd, British veterinary surgeon and scientist
• Sydney Donkin, British civil engineer
• Sydney Dowse, Royal Air Force pilot
• Sydney "Syd" Einfeld, Australian politician and Jewish community leader
• Sydney F. Foster, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
• Sydney Fremantle, English admiral
• Sydney Gardner, Australian politician
• Sydney Gedge, British Conservative politician
• Sydney Greenstreet, English actor
• Sydney Greve Two-time Anglo-Indian Olympic boxer.
• Sydney Grundy, English dramatist
• Sydney Gun-Munro, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines politician
• Sydney J. Harris, American journalist
• Sydney Herring, Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in the First World War
• Sydney Hinam, Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer
• Sydney Holland, 2nd Viscount Knutsford, British barrister and peer
• Sydney Horler, British novelist
• Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson, British journalist
• Sydney Jary, British Army officer
• Sydney Josland, New Zealand bacteriologist
• Sydney Kentridge, South African lawyer and judge
• Sydney Kyte, British bandleader
• Sydney Lamb, American linguist
• Sydney Laurence, American painter
• Sydney Lipton, British dance band leader
• Sydney McMeekan, British basketball player
• Sydney Mufamadi, South African politician
• Sydney Newman, Canadian film and television producer
• Sydney A. Oades, British World War I flying ace
• Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier, British civil servant
• Sydney Omarr, American astrologist
• Sydney Paget, English aristocrat
• Sydney Parkinson, Scottish illustrator
• Sydney Pierre, Mauritian politician
• Sydney Pollack, American film actor
• Sydney Possuelo, Brazilian explorer and ethnographer
• Sydney Ringer, British pharmacologist
• Sydney Rowell, Australian soldier, Chief of the General Staff from 1950 to 1954
• Sydney Domville Rowland, English physician
• Sydney Sanner, justice of the Montana Supreme Court
• Sydney Schanberg, American journalist
• Sydney Segal, Canadian pediatrician and neonatologist
• Sydney Sekeramayi, Zimbabwean politician
• Sydney Selwyn, British physician, medical scientist, and professor
• Sydney Shearer, New Zealand rugby union player
• Sydney Shoemaker, American philosopher
• Sydney Silverman, British politician
• Sydney Simmons, British entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Sydney Vincent Sippe, British pioneer aviator
• Sydney Skaife, South African entomologist
• Sydney Smirke, English architect
• Sydney Smith, English writer
• Sydney Tafler, English actor
• Sydney Taylor, American author
• Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, British judge
• Sydney James Van Pelt, Australian medical practitioner
• Sydney J. Van Scyoc, American science fiction writer
• Sydney Curnow Vosper, English painter
• Sydney Rigby Wason, senior British Army officer in the Second World War
• Sydney Wignall, British marine archaeologist, climber, explorer and spy
• Sydney Wilson, English former professional snooker player
• Sydney Wooderson, English athlete
• Sydney Youngblood, American-German singer, actor and composer

Women

• Sydney Affolter, American basketball player
• Sydney Agudong, American actress and singer
• Sydney Baldwin, American ice hockey defender
• Sydney Bard, American ice hockey player
• Sydney Barros, American artistic gymnast
• Sydney Blomquist, American professional soccer player
• Sydney Cummings, American-born Guyanese professional footballer
• Sydney Fairbrother, British actress
• Sydney Hopper, American footballer
• Sydney Kamlager, American politician
• Sydney Kolodziej, American pair skater
• Sydney Land, American victim of unsolved shooting
• Sydney Leroux Dwyer, Canada-born American soccer player
• Sydney Magruder Washington, American ballet dancer and blogger
• Sydney Mancasola, American opera soprano
• Sydney Mikayla, American actress
• Sydney Morrow, American ice hockey player
• Sydney Morgan Irish novelist
• Sydney Morton, American stage and television actress, singer and dancer
• Sydney Park (actress), American actress and comedian
• Sydney Parr, American softball player
• Sydney Parrish, American former basketball player
• Sydney Penny, American actress
• Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Bahamanian-American actress, daughter of Sidney Poitier
• Sydney Pokorny, American lesbian writer, editor, columnist and activist
• Sydney Rossman, American ice hockey player
• Sydney Sadick, American on-air fashion and entertainment commentator
• Sydney Satchell, American sitting volleyball player
• Sydney Sierota, lead singer of Echosmith
• Sydney Sullenberger, American archer
• Sydney Sweeney, American actress
• Sydney Walsh, American actress
• Sydney Rae White, English actress and singer

Surname

• Algernon Sydney, English politician
• Berenice Sydney, English artist
• Grahame Sydney, New Zealand artist
• Harry Sydney, American football player
• Joan Sydney, English actress
• Robin Sydney, American actress

Fictional characters

• Sydney Adamu, character in the television show The Bear
• Sydney Andrews, character in the television series Melrose Place
• Sidney Bliss, a character from The New Statesman, played by Peter Sallis
• Sydney Bristow, character in the television series Alias
• Sydney Carton, character in the novel A Tale of Two Cities
• Sydney Drew, character in the television series Power Rangers: S.P.D.
• Sydney Fox, character in the television series Relic Hunter
• Dr. Sydney Hansen, character in the television series Providence
• Sydney Losstarot, character in the video game Vagrant Story
• Sydney Novak, character in the television series I Am Not Okay With This
• Sydney Reynolds, one of the main characters in the Disney Channel series Sydney to the Max
• Sydney, character in the television series The Pretender
• Kevin Sydney, fictional character in the X-Men comic series