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Places

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Silly, Belgium Silly (; nl, Opzullik; pcd, Chili) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Silly had a total population of 7,995. The total area is which gives a population density of 118 inhabitants per ...
, a town *
Silly Department Silly is a department or commune of Sissili Province in southern Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to th ...
, a department or commune of Sissili Province in southern Burkina Faso


Music

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Silly (band) Silly is a German rock band. Founded in East Germany in 1977, Silly was one of the country's most popular music acts, and was well known for its charismatic lead singer Tamara Danz. Her death in 1996 ended the band's recording career after 18 ye ...
, an East German rock group from the 1970s *
The Sillies The Sillies were a Detroit punk rock band formed early 1977 by auto assembly line worker Ben Waugh. The Sillies played their first show second-billed to The MC5. Later, they played with bands such as The Dead Boys, The Damned, The Cramps Th ...
, an American punk rock band formed in 1977 * ''Silly'' (album), the 2008 debut album by Taiwanese singer and songwriter Queen Wei * "Silly" (song), a 1981 song by Deniece Williams


People

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Gilbert Bécaud Gilbert Bécaud (, 24 October 1927 – 18 December 2001) was a French singer, composer, pianist and actor, known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances. His best-known hits are "Nathalie" and "Et maintenant", a 1961 release t ...
(1927–2001), born François Silly, French singer, composer, pianist and actor *
Gaylord Silly Gaylord Lucien D. Silly (; born 20 February 1986) is a French-Seychellois long distance runner who represents Seychelles internationally. Born in Vendôme, France, to a Seychelloise mother and a French father, he holds dual nationality. His fi ...
(born 1986), long distance runner from the Seychelles *
John Silly John Sill (c 1621–1672) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. Silly was the second son of John Silly (died 1646) of Trevelver, Cornwall and his first wife Elizabeth Marke, daughter of John Marke of St Wenn. ...
(died 1672), English politician and Member of Parliament *
Roland Silly Roland Silly (-) was a French trade unionist and politician. In the 1930s, Roland Silly was Secretary of the Federation (or section) of technicians of the CGT and member of the Socialist Party SFIO, led by Paul Faure. During the German occupatio ...
, French trade unionist and politician, collaborator during the German World War II occupation of France


Other uses

* ''silly'', the adjective of
Silliness Silliness is defined as engaging in "a ludicrous folly", showing a "lack of good sense or judgment", or "the condition of being frivolous, trivial, or superficial". In television, film, and the circus, portrayals of silliness such as exaggerated, ...
* Silly, a fielding position in the sport of cricket * the title character of ''
Mr. Silly The following is a list of ''Mr. Men'', from the children's book series by Roger Hargreaves, also adapted into the children's television programme ''The Mr. Men Show''. Books one (''Mr. Tickle'') to forty-three (''Mr. Cheerful'') were writ ...
'', the tenth book in the Mr. Men children's book series


See also

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Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly (; kw, Syllan, ', or ) is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in Britain, being over further south than the most southerly point of the ...
, a UK archipelago * Sili (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo, surname