Sylvan (name) explained

Sylvan is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to:

Given name

• 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

• 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

• S. Sylvan Simon (1910–1951), American stage/film director and producer
• Sylvain, a list of people with the given name