Sylvester
Sylvester 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 came to be pronounced as i. Spellings with Sylv- in place of Silv- date from after the Classical period.
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Given name
- Sylvester of Marsico (c. 1100-1162), Count of Marsico in the Kingdom of Sicily
- Silvester Diggles (1817–1880), Australian musician and ornithologist
- Sylvester Graham (1794–1851), Presbyterian minister, father of graham crackers
- Sylvester McCoy (born 1943), actor
- Sylvester James Jr. (1947–1988), also known as Sylvester, a singer and disco performer
- Sylvester Stewart (born 1943), or Sly Stone, musician and record producer, best known as the frontman for Sly and the Family Stone
- Sylvester Stallone (born 1946), actor
- Sylvester Mittee (born 1956), Saint Lucian/British boxer of the 1970s and '80s
- Sylvester Terkay (born 1970), American professional wrestler
- Sylvester Levay (born 1954), Hungarian musician
Clergy
- Pope Sylvester I (died 335), Saint Sylvester
- Pope Sylvester II (c. 946–1003)
- Pope Sylvester III (died 1062 or 1063)
- Antipope Sylvester IV, a claimant from 1105 to 1111
- Sylvester of Kiev (c. 1055–1123), clergyman and writer in Kievan Rus
- Sylvester Gozzolini (1177–1267), saint and founder of the Sylvestrines religious order
- Sylvester of Assisi (died 1240), companion of Saint Francis of Assisi
- Sylvester of Antioch, 18th century Greek bishop
- Sylvester of Worcester, early 13th century Bishop of Worcester
Surname
- Attila Silvester, Greek choreographer
- Charles Sylvester, English chemist and inventor
- Dean Sylvester, American hockey player
- Hannah Sylvester (c. 1900–1973), American blues singer
- Harold Sylvester, American film and television actor
- James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician
- Joshua Sylvester, English poet
- Marc Sylvester, American middle-distance runner
- Michael Sylvester (politician), American politician and labor organizer
- Michael Sylvester (tenor), American opera-singer
- Mike Sylvester, an Italian-American basketball player
- Nigel Sylvester, American professional BMX athlete
- Rick Sylvester, American stuntman
- Robin Sylvester, English musician
- Sherry Sylvester, American political worker and journalist
- Walter Sylvester (1867–1944), English inventor
- William Sylvester, American TV and film actor
- William Henry Thomas Sylvester, English army officer and surgeon
Fictional characters
- 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
- Sue Sylvester, a main character on the Fox sitcom Glee
- Sylvester (Trapped In The Closet), a main character in the hip hopera/Comedy Trapped In The Closet
- Sylvester Rax, an antagonist in the 1985 animated show M.A.S.K. (TV series)
- Sylvester McMonkey McBean, a character in the Dr. Seuss book The Sneetches and Other Stories
- Sylvester "Sylvie" Ashling, a side character in the mini series "Epithet Erased"
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