Sylvan is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to:
Given name
edit- Sylvan Adams (born 1958), Israeli-Canadian businessman
- Sylvan Anderton (born 1934), English footballer
- Sylvan Barnet (1926–2016), American literary critic
- Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (born 1986), English footballer
- Sylvan Byck (1904-1982), American comic strip editor
- Sylvan Edwards (born 1979), English rugby union player
- Sylvan Fox (1928-2007), American journalist
- Sylvan Friedman (1908–1979), American politician
- Sylvan Goldman (1898-1984), American businessman
- Sylvan Gotshal (1897-1968), American lawyer
- Sylvan Ambrose Hart (1906-1980), American mountain man
- Sylvan Kalib (born 1929), American music theorist
- Sylvan Levin (1903–1996), American pianist
- Sylvan Muldoon (1903-1969), American esotericist
- Sylvan Richardson (born 1965), British guitarist
- Sylvan Shemitz (1925-2007), American lighting designer
- Sylvan Wittwer (1917-2012), American agronomist
Surname
edit- Kaj Sylvan (1923–2020), Danish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s
- Per Sylvan (1875-1945), Swedish Army lieutenant general
- Richard Sylvan (1935-1996), Australian logician and environmentalist also known as Richard Routley
- Sanford Sylvan, American operatic baritone
- Torsten Sylvan (1895–1970), Swedish equestrian who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
See also
edit- S. Sylvan Simon (1910–1951), American stage/film director and producer
- Sylvain, a list of people with the given name
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