Sylvester


Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective silvestris meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun silva meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with i. In Classical Latin, y represented a separate sound distinct from i, not a native Latin sound but one used in transcriptions of foreign words. After the Classical period y was pronounced as i. Spellings with Sylv- in place of Silv- date from after the Classical period.

Given name

Arts and entertainment

Music

  • Silvester Diggles, Australian musician and ornithologist
  • Sylvester James Jr., also known as Sylvester, singer and disco performer
  • Sylvester Levay, Hungarian musician
  • Sylvester Stewart, or Sly Stone, musician and record producer, best known as the frontman for Sly and the Family Stone

    Other

  • Silvester Brito, American poet and academic
  • Silvester Harding, English artist and publisher
  • Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor
  • Sylvester Stallone, American actor
  • Sylvester Terkay, American professional wrestler

    Politics

  • Sylvester A. Dineen, American schoolteacher and politician
  • Silvester Johnson, Kentucky merchant and politician
  • Silvester Mirabal, American farmer and politician
  • Silvester Sedborough, Member of Parliament
  • Sylvester Turner, American attorney and politician, mayor of Houston, Texas

    Religion

  • Antipope Sylvester IV, a claimant from 1105 to 1111
  • Pope Sylvester I, Saint Sylvester
  • Pope Sylvester II
  • Pope Sylvester III
  • Silvester de Everdon, bishop and Lord Chancellor
  • Sylvester Gozzolini, saint and founder of the Sylvestrines religious order
  • Silvester Jenks, English priest and theologian
  • Silvester Petra Sancta, Italian priest and herald
  • Patriarch Silvester of Alexandria
  • Sylvester of Assisi, companion of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • Sylvester of Antioch, 18th century Greek bishop
  • Sylvester of Kiev, clergyman and writer in Kievan Rus
  • Silvester of Troina, Basilian monk
  • Silvester of Valdiseve, monk
  • Sylvester of Worcester, early 13th century Bishop of Worcester
  • Sylvester, 15th-century priest of the Cathedral of the Annunciation and close advisor to Ivan IV
  • Sylvester Graham, Presbyterian minister, father of graham crackers
  • Silvester Horne, Congregational minister
  • Sylvester Espelage, American Catholic bishop in China

    Sports

  • Silvester Ashioya, Kenyan hockey player
  • Sylvester Croom, American football coach and former player
  • Silvester Fernandes, Kenyan hockey player
  • Silvester Goraseb, Namibian footballer
  • Silvester Knipfer, German sports shooter
  • Sylvester Mittee, Saint Lucian/British boxer
  • Silvester Sabolčki, Croatian footballer
  • Silvester Šereš, Hungarian-Yugoslav footballer
  • Silvester Shkalla, Albanian footballer
  • Silvester Takač, Serbian-Yugoslavian footballer and football manager
  • Silvester van der Water, Dutch footballer

    Other fields

  • Sylvester of Marsico, Count of Marsico in the Kingdom of Sicily
  • Silvester Bolam, British newspaper editor
  • Silvester Gardiner, American physician, pharmaceutical merchant and land developer

    Surname

  • Andy Silvester, British bassist and multi-instrumentalist
  • Attila Silvester, Greek choreographer
  • Charles Sylvester, English chemist and inventor
  • Dean Sylvester, American hockey player
  • David Silvester, Scottish numerical analyst
  • David Sylvester, Canadian medieval historian
  • Debbie Silvester, British-Australian chemist and professor
  • Flor Silvester, Dutch graphic designer, illustrator, painter and sculptor
  • Fred Silvester, British politician
  • Frederick C. Silvester, British organist and composer
  • Hannah Sylvester, American blues singer
  • Harold Sylvester, American film and television actor
  • James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician
  • Jarrod Silvester, Australian rules footballer
  • Jay Silvester, American athlete
  • John Silvester
  • Joshua Sylvester, English poet
  • Lewis Sylvester, English boxer
  • Marc Sylvester, American middle-distance runner
  • Michael Silvester, Irish rugby union player
  • Michael Sylvester, American politician and labor organizer
  • Michael Sylvester , American opera-singer
  • Mike Sylvester, an Italian-American basketball player
  • Mist, British rapper
  • Nigel Sylvester, American professional BMX athlete
  • Paul J. Silvester, American white collar criminal
  • Peter Silvester
  • Philip Carteret Silvester, 2nd Baronet
  • Rick Sylvester, American stuntman
  • Robin Sylvester, English musician
  • Sherry Sylvester, American political worker and journalist
  • Stephen Silvester, English cricketer
  • Victor Silvester, English musician and bandleader
  • Walter Sylvester, English inventor
  • William Sylvester, American TV and film actor
  • William Henry Thomas Sylvester, English army officer and surgeon

    Fictional characters

  • Bear Sylvester, a character on the BBC soap opera Doctors
  • Sylvester the Cat, a Looney Tunes character
  • Sylvester Junior, a son of Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr.
  • Sylvester, a donkey in the children's book Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
  • Sylvester, a main character in the series Trapped in the Closet
  • Sylvester Rax, an antagonist in the 1985 animated show M.A.S.K.
  • Sylvester McMonkey McBean, a character in the Dr. Seuss book The Sneetches and Other Stories
  • Sue Sylvester, a main character on the Fox sitcom ''Glee''