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.

Sylvester may refer to:

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
 * Michael Sylvester, American opera-singer
 * Rick Sylvester, American stuntman
 * Robin Sylvester, English musician
 * Sherry Sylvester, American political worker and journalist
 * William Sylvester, American TV and film actor
 * William Henry Thomas Sylvester, English army officer and surgeon

Fictional characters

 * Sylvester (Looney Tunes), 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

Churchmen

 * 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 Worcester, early 13th century Bishop of Worcester

Given name

 * Sylvester of Marsico (born c. 1100), 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 (1947-1988), singer, disco performer, stage name Sylvester
 * 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

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