Silvanus (name) explained

Silvanus is a masculine given name. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People and biblical figures

Biblical figures and early Christians

• Silas or Silvanus, an early Christian and companion of Paul
• Silvanus of the Seventy, another early Christian and traditionally among Jesus' seventy apostles
• Saint Silvanus (or Sylvanus), one of seven sons of Saint Felicitas of Rome (2nd century)
• Silvanus of Gaza (hieromartyr) (died c. 311), saint, martyr and bishop of Gaza
• Silvanus of Ahun (died 407), martyr
• Silvanus of Gaza (died before 414), Palestinian Christian monk, one of the Desert Fathers

Ancient Roman officials

• Silvanus (magister peditum) (died 355), Roman general who revolted against Emperor Constantius II
• Silvanus (praetorian prefect), Roman officer of the third century AD

Modern era

• Silouan the Athonite (1866–1938), also known as Saint Silvanus the Athonite, Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint
• Silvanus Bevan (1691–1765), Welsh apothecary
• Sylvanus Bowser (19th-century–1938), American inventor credited with inventing the automobile fuel pump
• Sylvanus C. Breyfogel (born 1851), American bishop of the Evangelical Association
• Sylvanus Dung Dung (born 1949), Indian field hockey player
• Sylvanus William Godon (1809–1879), American naval officer
• Sylvanus Lowry (died 1865), slave owning Southern aristocrat from Kentucky who reigned as the political boss of Saint Cloud, Minnesota
• Sylvanus Morgan (1620–1693), English arms-painter and author
• Sylvanus Morley (1883–1948), American archaeologist, epigrapher, and Mayanist scholar
• Sylvanus Ngele, Nigerian senator
• Silvanus Njambari (born 1974), Namibian retired footballer
• Sylvanus Okpala (born 1961), Nigerian football midfielder
• Sylvanus Olympio (1902–1963), Togolese politician, Prime Minister and President of Togo
• Silvanus Melea Otieno (1931–1986), posthumously controversial Kenyan lawyer
• Sylvanus T. Rugg (1834–1881), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
• Sylvanus H. Sweet (1830–1899), American civil engineer, politician and New York State Engineer and Surveyor
• Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), American colonel and "Father of the United States Military Academy"
• Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), British physicist, engineer and author
• Silvanus Trevail (1851–1903), Cornish architect
• Sylvanus Percival Vivian (1880–1958), 7th Registrar General of England and Wales
• Sylvanus Wear (1858–1920), English naturalist
• Sylvanus Wood (1604–1675), English politician

Fictional characters

• Silvanus Kettleburn, the former Care of Magical Creatures teacher in the Harry Potter novel series
• Sylvanas Windrunner, in the Warcraft video game series
• Silvanus (Forgotten Realms), a deity in the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons & Dragons

See also

• Claudius Silvanus (died 355), Frankish usurper in 355
• Marcus Caeionius Silvanus (born c. 120), Roman consul in 156 AD
• Marcus Plautius Silvanus (consul 2 BC), Roman consul in 2 BC
• Tiberius Plautius Silvanus Aelianus, Roman consul
• Silvano (disambiguation), a given name and surname