Silva is a

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-speaking countries, such as Portugal and Brazil. It is derived from the

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word , meaning "forest" or "woodland". It is the family name of the

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. The name is also widespread in Galician-speaking regions of Spain (mostly in Galicia) and even more so in regions of the former

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in the Americas (being the most common surname in Brazil), in Africa and Asia, notably in India and Sri Lanka. It is also quite common in Spanish-speaking Latin America. Movement of people has led to the name being used in many places. Due to emigration from Portuguese-speaking countries, Silva (and the variants Da Silva and De Silva) is the fifth most common surname in the

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Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a pop ...

, outside Paris, and it was the 19th most common family name given to newborns between 1966 and 1990 in France. It is also the seventh most common surname (and the most common non-German, non-French) in Luxembourg. It is also among the top 20 surnames in Andorra, Angola, Cape Verde and Switzerland.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 64.7% of all known bearers of the surname ''Silva'' were residents of Brazil (frequency 1:57), 5.3% of Mexico (1:417), 5.1% of Portugal (1:37), 3.2% of Mozambique (1:152), 2.8% of Venezuela (1:192), 2.7% of the United States (1:2,361), 2.3% of Chile (1:136), 2.2% of Argentina (1:349), 2.2% of Peru (1:263), 2.0% of Colombia (1:424) and 1.1% of

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Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

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Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

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Roraima Roraima (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Located in the country's North Region, it is the northernmost and most geographically and logistically isolated state in Brazil. It is bordered by the state of Pará to the southeast, Amazonas ...

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Pará Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state) ...

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Amapá Amapá () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northern region of Brazil. It is the second least populous state and the eighteenth largest by area. Located in the far northern part of the country, Amapá is bordered clockwise by Fr ...

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Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. It ...

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Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at , larger only than the Federal District. Serg ...

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Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is located in the northeastern region of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", ref ...

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Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...

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Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. ...

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Paraíba Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...

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Piauí Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP. Piaui has the shortest coastline of any coastal Brazilian state at 66&n ...

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Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...

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Arts

Actors

Adele Silva Adele Silva (born 19 November 1980) is an English actress. She played the role of Kelly Windsor in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' on and off from 1993 to 2011. In 1989, she had a minor role in the final classic series ''Doctor Who'' story ''S ...

, British actress *

António Silva (actor) António Maria da Silva (15 August 1886 – 3 March 1971) was a Portuguese actor. He appeared in more than 40 productions over his more than 50 years in acting. Early life António Silva was born to a humble family, one of many sons and daughter ...

(1886–1971), Portuguese actor *

Deepani Silva Deepani Silva ( si, දීපානි සිල්වා) also known as Deepani de Silva ( si, දීපානි ධී සිල්වා) is a Sri Lankan popular veteran film and teledrama actress. She made it to the films after appearing ...

, Sri Lankan actress *

Douglas Silva Douglas Silva (born 27 September 1988)City of Men - The Movie: Cast
is a Brazilian actor. ...

, Brazilian actor *

Fernando Ramos da Silva Fernando Ramos da Silva (29 November 1967 – 25 August 1987) was a Brazilian actor who became renowned for his role as "Pixote," the 10-year-old title character in Hector Babenco's 1981 film '' Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco'', a documentary-styl ...

(1967–1987), Brazilian actor *

Frank Silva Frank A. Silva (October 31, 1950 – September 13, 1995) was an American set dresser and actor best known for his performance as the evil spirit Killer BOB in the TV series ''Twin Peaks''. Silva had a degree in lighting design from San Francis ...

(1950–1995), American actor and set dresser *

Freddie Silva Haupe Liyanage Athukorala Morris Joseph Ranabahu, (born 18 May 1938 – died 29 October 2001: si, ෆෙ‍්‍රඩී සිල්වා), popularly as Freddie Silva, was a Sri Lankan film actor, and playback singer, who appeared from 1973 u ...

(1938–2001), Sri Lankan actor, comedian and playback singer *

Gertrudes Rita da Silva Gertrudes Rita da Silva (18251888), often known just as Gertrudes, was a 19th-century Portuguese actress, who was particularly known for her comic performances. Early life Gertrudes Rita de Azevedo was born on 31 January 1825, in the parish of S ...

(1825–1888), Portuguese actor *

Henry Silva Henry Silva (September 23, 1926 – September 14, 2022) was an American actor. A prolific character actor, Silva was a regular staple of international genre cinema, usually playing criminals or gangsters. His notable film appearances includ ...

(1926–2022), American actor *

Howard da Silva Howard Da Silva (born Howard Silverblatt, May 4, 1909 – February 16, 1986) was an American actor, director and musical performer on stage, film, television and radio. He was cast in dozens of productions on the New York stage, appeared in mo ...

, American actor and director *

Sadiris Master Jothiratnage Sadiris de Silva (died 1958), better known as Sadiris Master, was a Sri Lankan musician and actor. Sadiris was born in Matara, Sri Lanka, Matara. He was educated at the Temple in Kalutara and studied oriental language. Sadiris later be ...

(died 1958), Sri Lankan

Sinhalese Sinhala may refer to: * Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka * Sinhalese people * Sinhala language, one of the three official languages used in Sri Lanka * Sinhala script, a writing system for the Sinhala language ** Sinha ...

actor, musician * Hilarion "Larry" Silva (1937–2004), Filipino actor, comedian and politician *

Leena de Silva Liyanage Don Leena Piyasili de Silva (born 30 October 1936 as ලීනා ද සිල්වා) inhala, popularly as Leena de Silva, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. One of the earliest pillars of Sri Lankan cinem ...

(born 1936), Sri Lankan Sinhala film, television, and theater actress *

Leslie Silva Leslie Silva (born April 21, 1968) is an American actress who has had long running television roles in ''Odyssey 5'', ''Providence'', and ''Shades of Blue''. Early life and education In 1968, Silva was born in Schenectady, New York. She graduat ...

, American actress *

Nicole da Silva Nicole da Silva (born 18 September 1981) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles as Stella Dagostino in the series ''Rush'' (2008–2011), and as Franky Doyle in the show ''Wentworth'' (2013–2018, 2019). She has made appearances ...

, Australian actress *

Palitha Silva Garanduwa Baarage Palitha Silva (born August 30, 1967 as පාලිත සිල්වා) inhala is a Sri Lankan actor, dramatist, producer, director, scriptwriter and author. He started his career at 15 years of age when he was chosen to tr ...

, Sri Lankan actor *Paulo Rogério da Silva, Brazilian actor also known as

Gero Camilo Gero Camilo (born Paulo Rogério da Silva on December 18, 1970) is a Brazilian actor, dramatist, singer-songwriter and poet. A descendant of Indigenous, African, Portuguese, and Dutch people, he was born in Fortaleza, Ceará from parents of Acopi ...

Roy de Silva Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva, popularly known as Roy de Silva (රෝයි ද සිල්වා; 30 August 1937 – 30 June 2018), was a Sri Lankan actor and film director in Sri Lankan cinema a ...

(1937–2018), Sri Lankan Sinhalese actor and film director *

Sanjit De Silva Sanjit De Silva (born 31 October 1976) is a Sri Lankan actor and director who is known for his roles in ''The Company Men'' and '' American Desi''. Early life De Silva was born in Colombo and graduated from New York University's Tisch School ...

, Sri Lankan American actor and director *

Simone Silva Simone may refer to: * Simone (given name), a feminine (or Italian masculine) given name of Hebrew origin * Simone (surname), an Italian surname Simone may also refer to: * ''Simone'' (1918 film), a French silent drama film * ''Simone'' (1926 fi ...

(1928–1957), Egyptian-born French film actress, also briefly in British films.

Musicians

* Da Silva (singer), French singer, songwriter of Portuguese origin *

Alan Silva Alan Silva (born Alan Lee da Silva; January 22, 1939 in Bermuda) is an American free jazz double bassist and keyboard player. Biography Silva was born a British subject to an Azorean/Portuguese mother, Irene da Silva, and a black Bermudian fat ...

, American free jazz double bassist *

Amancio D'Silva Amancio D'Silva (19 March 1936 – 17 July 1996) was an Indian jazz guitarist and composer, known for his own recordings and his collaborations with other musicians in Britain, notably Joe Harriott and Stan Tracey. Life He was born in Bombay ( ...

(1936–1996), Indian jazz guitarist and composer * Andrew Conrad De Silva, Sri Lankan Australian R&B and rock vocalist and instrumentalist *

Dawn Silva Dawn Silva is an American funk vocalist. Silva started her career as a background vocalist for Sly and the Family Stone. She joined Parliament-Funkadelic in 1977. She was the only original Brides of Funkenstein member to continue through the Bri ...

, American funk vocalist *

Deepal Silva Deepal Silva (20 November 1967 – 14 January 2017) was a Sri Lankan play-back singer and actor. Personal life Deepal Silva was born on 20 November 1967 in Pinkanda, Dodanduwa. His father K.P Silva was a retired pharmaceutical officer of Sri ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese playback singer and actor *

Desmond de Silva Desmond or Desmond's may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Desmond'' (novel), 1792 novel by Charlotte Turner Smith * ''Desmond's'', 1990s British television sitcom Ireland * Kingdom of Desmond, medieval Irish kingdom * Earl of Desmond, Irish a ...

, Sri Lankan vocalist *

Francisco Manuel da Silva Francisco Manuel da Silva (21 February 1795 – 18 December 1865) was a Brazilian songwriter and music professor. He was born and died in Rio de Janeiro. He had great prominence in the musical life of Rio de Janeiro in the period between the de ...

(1795–1865), Brazilian composer and music professor *

, Cape Verdean band leader/singer *

Humberto Rodríguez Silva Humberto Rodríguez Silva (August 14, 1908 – April 3, 1952) was a Cuban songwriter and judge. He composed many popular afro (genre), afros and guarachas such as "La negra Cacha", "Se me rompió el bongó" and "A caridad le da santo", as well as b ...

(1908–1952), Cuban composer and judge *

Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sch ...

(1928–2014), American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader * Luis Silva (1943–2008), American Tejano songwriter *Lúcio Silva da Souza, known artistically as

Silva Silva is a surname in Portuguese language, Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Portugal and Brazil. It is derived from the Latin word , meaning "forest" or "woodland". It is the family name of the House of Silva. The name is also widespread i ...

, Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist * Malcolm "Mac" Silva (1947-1989), Aboriginal Australian musician, who appeared in the film ''

Country Outcasts Harry "Buck" Williams (16 August 1927 – 1991) and Wilga Munro (born 1940 or 1943), known as Harry and Wilga Williams, were Aboriginal Australian musicians who performed professionally between the 1960s and 1980s, playing Aboriginal country musi ...

'' * Rui da Silva, Portuguese DJ *

Stuart de Silva Stuart de Silva was a jazz pianist from Sri Lanka. He played in a group that broadcast on Sri Lankan radio backing among others, singer Yolande Bavan. Dave Brubeck later arranged for a scholarship for de Silva to study jazz compositions at Berklee ...

, Sri Lankan Australian jazz pianist * Virajini Lalithya de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese vocalist * Vivian Wilson da Silva Fernandes, Indian Rapper from Mumbai, India, also known as DIVINE *

Vivienne de Silva Boralessa Vivienne De Silva Boralessa ( si, විවියන් ද සිල්වා බොරලැස්ස) (24 November 1930 - 2 April 2017) was a Sri Lankan singer known particularly for her Buddhist devotional music. She was one of the most popul ...

(1930–2017), Sri Lankan vocalist (Buddhist devotional music) * Yohani Diloka de Silva, Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, rapper, music producer, YouTuber and businesswoman, also known as Yohani

Painters and sculptors

António Carvalho de Silva Porto António Carvalho da Silva (11 November 1850 – 1 June 1893), known as Silva Porto, was a Portuguese people, Portuguese naturalist painter. Biography Born in Porto, he studied there under João António Correia and Tadeu de Almeida Furtado, ...

, Portuguese naturalist painter *Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (

Diego Velázquez Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptized June 6, 1599August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of th ...

), Spanish painter *

Francis Augustus Silva Francis Augustus Silva (October 4, 1835 – March 31, 1886) was an American Luminist painter of the Hudson River School. His specialty was marine scenes, particularly of the Atlantic coast, a genre in which he masterfully captured the subt ...

, American painter *

Manuel Pereira da Silva image:Auto-retrato.jpg, 200px, Manuel Pereira da Silva Manuel Pereira da Silva (7 December 1920 – 2003) was a Portugal, Portuguese sculptor. He was born in Avintes, Portugal. The workmanship of Manuel Pereira da Silva has an abstract formal ...

, Portuguese sculptor *

Marilyn da Silva Marilyn da Silva (Birth name, née Grrevank; born 1952) is an American sculptor, metalsmith, jeweler, and educator. She teaches and serves as a department head at the California College of the Arts in the San Francisco Bay Area. Da Silva has won n ...

, American metalsmith *

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (13 June 1908 – 6 March 1992) was a Portuguese abstract painter. She was considered a leading member of the European abstract expressionism movement known as Art Informel. Her works feature complex interiors and ...

, Portuguese painter *

William Posey Silva William Posey Silva (1859–1948) was an early 20th century American painter noted for atmospheric landscapes painted in a lyrical impressionist style. His work is associated with the Charleston Renaissance and with the art colony in Carmel, Cali ...

, American painter

Writers

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Silva Kaputikyan Silva Kaputikyan ( hy, ) (20 January 1919 – 25 August 2006) was an Armenian poet and political activist. One of the best-known Armenian writers of the twentieth century, she is recognized as "the leading poetess of Armenia" and "the grand lad ...

, Armenian poet, writer, academian and public activist ;Surname *

Alfreda de Silva Rachel Lilian Alfreda de Silva (née Perera; 1920 - 2001) was a Sri Lankan poet, journalist and television screenwriter. Biography De Silva studied at St John's College and Girton School, both at Nugegoda, and qualified as a teacher. She later re ...

(1920–2001), Sri Lankan Sinhala poet, journalist, and screenwriter * António Diniz da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese heroic-comic poet *

António José da Silva António José da Silva Coutinho (8 May 170518 October 1739) was a Portuguese dramatist born in colonial Brazil, known as "the Jew" (''O Judeu''). The Brazilian spelling of his first name is Antônio; António José da Silva Coutinho in Hebrew is ...

, eighteenth-century Brazilian Converso playwright known as "The Jew" *Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva (

Arménio Vieira Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva (; born January 29, 1941) is a Cape Verdean writer, poet and journalist. He began his activity during the 1960s, collaborated in SELÓ, Boletim de Cabo Verde, Vértice (Coimbra) review, Raízes, Ponto & Vírgula ...

), Portuguese journalist *

Baltasar Lopes da Silva Baltasar Lopes da Silva ( Caleijão, São Nicolau, 23 April 1907 - Lisbon, Portugal, 28 May 1989) was a writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde, who wrote in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole. With Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa, he w ...

, Cape Verdean writer *

Daniel Silva (novelist) Daniel Silva (born 1960) is an American journalist and author of thriller and spy novels. Early life Silva was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. When Silva was seven years old, his family moved to Merced, California. He was raised as a Catholic. H ...

, American author * John de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese playwright *José Gabriel Lopes da Silva (

Gabriel Mariano José Gabriel Lopes da Silva, also known as Gabriel Mariano (May 18, 1928 in Ribeira Grande – February 18, 2002 in Lisbon, Portugal), was a Cape Verdean poet, novelist, and an essayist. He studied at São Joaquim and graduated as director in Lis ...

), Cape Verdean poet and essayist *Joseph Silva, a pseudonym of American author

Ron Goulart Ronald Joseph Goulart (; January 13, 1933 – January 14, 2022) was an American popular culture historian and mystery, fantasy, and science fiction author. He published novelizations and other work under various pseudonyms: Kenneth Robeson, Con ...

Luís Filipe Silva Luís Filipe Silva (born 6 December 1969) is a Portugal, Portuguese writer of science fiction. He has won the Editorial Caminho de Ficção Científica Prize in 1991 with the book ''O Futuro à Janela''. Bibliography As an author * ''O Futuro � ...

, Portuguese writer *

Nihal De Silva Nihal De Silva (19?? – 28 May 2006) was a Sri Lankan novelist. He won the Gratiaen Prize for his novel '' The Road From Elephant Pass'' which was later made into a film. He also published ''The Far Spent Day'' and ''The Ginirella Conspiracy'' ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese novelist *

Sugathapala de Silva Sugathapala De Silva (4 August 1928 – 28 October 2002) was an acclaimed Sri Lankan dramatist and novelist, translator, radio play producer, and Sinhala Radio Play writer. Biography Early life Sugathapala De Silva was born on 4 August 1928 M ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese dramatist, novelist, radio play producer, and translator * Wellawattearachchige Abraham Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese novelist *

Wilson da Silva Wilson da Silva is an Australian feature writer, science journalist, editor and documentary filmmaker who has worked in magazines, newswires, newspapers, television and online. He is a co-founder and the long-serving former editor of ''Cosmos'', ...

, Australian/Portuguese science writer, editor and filmmaker

Other arts

Ena de Silva Ena de Silva (née Aluwihare) (22 October 1922 – 29 October 2015) was a notable Sri Lankan artist, credited with re-establishing the country's batik industry. She was renowned for her skillsets in the design of batiks and handicrafts and p ...

, re-established Sri Lanka's

batik Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth. This technique originated from the island of Java, Indonesia. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a ''ca ...

industry *

Ingrid Silva Ingrid Silva (born 1988/1989) is a Brazilian ballet dancer who currently performs with the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York City. Early life Silva was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, to a father who served in the air force and mother who w ...

, Brazilian ballet dancer *

Maria José Marques da Silva Maria José Marques da Silva (1914-1996) was a Portuguese architect who, like her celebrated father, designed buildings in her native city of Porto. In 1943, she became the first woman to graduate as an architect from the Porto School of Fine Ar ...

, Portuguese architect * Minnette de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese architect

Historical figures

Bernardo Peres da Silva Bernardo Peres da Silva (15 October 1775—18 November 1844) was a governor of Portuguese India. He was the first and only native Goan to be appointed to this post during the 451 years of Portuguese colonial and provincial governance. He was al ...

, the first and only native Goan governor of Portuguese India *

Lucius Flavius Silva Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus was a late-1st-century Roman general, governor of the province of Iudaea and consul. Silva was the commander of the army, composed mainly of the ''Legio X Fretensis'', in 72 AD which laid siege to the near-impre ...

, Roman governor of Judea who crushed Jewish resistance at Masada in 73 AD *José Joaquim da Silva Xavier (1746–1792), known as

Tiradentes Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (; 12 November 1746 – 21 April 1792), known as Tiradentes (), was a leading member of the colonial Brazilian revolutionary movement known as Inconfidência Mineira, whose aim was full independence from P ...

, Brazilian independentist leader * Pedro da Silva, first post courier of Canada (17th–18th century) *

Ruy Gómez de Silva Ruy may refer to: Arts and Entertainment *Ruy, the Little Cid, Spanish animated television series *Ruy Blas, a character in the eponymous tragic drama by Victor Hugo People *another form of Rui, a Portuguese male given name *another form of the S ...

(1516–1573), nobleman and cousin of Philip II of Spain

Media

* Dayananda de Silva, Sri Lankan

radio journalist at

Radio Ceylon Radio Ceylon ( si, ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සේවය ''Lanka Guwan Viduli Sevaya'', ta, இலங்கை வானொலி, ''ilankai vanoli'') is a radio station based in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and the first ...

João Silva (photographer) João Silva (born 9August 1966) is a Portuguese-born South African war photographer. He is the last working member of the Bang-Bang Club, a group of photographers who covered South Africa from the time of Nelson Mandela's release from prison in ...

, South African photographer *

Martin Silva Martin Silva (born September 4, 1952) was a politician and continues to be a radio personality in Toronto, Ontario. Biography Born in Sever do Vouga, Aveiro District, Aveiro, Portugal, he emigrated to Canada in August 1968, where he gained po ...

, Portuguese-Canadian politician and radio personality *

Sampath Lakmal de Silva Sampath Lakmal de Silva ( – July 2, 2006) was a Sri Lankan Freelance press and television journalist specialising in defense articles and wrote for various publications including Irudina, Lakbima, Sathdina and TNL and he also worked for various ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese journalist specializing in defense issues *

Tatiana Silva Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares (born 5 February 1985) is a Belgian model who was crowned Miss Belgium in 2005. She entered the pageant as Miss Brussels and represented Belgium at the Miss World contest in December 2005. Early life in Belgium Tati ...

Braga Tavares, Belgian model, Miss Belgium 2005 * Tom Silva, general contractor on the PBS show ''This Old House'' *

Thotawatte Don Manuel Titus de Silva Thotawattege Don Manuel Titus de Silva ( Sinhala:ටයිටස් තොටවත්ත), popularly as Titus Thotawatte, was a Sri Lankan director and editor who made several popular Sri Lankan action movies in the 1960s and 1970s and later ...

, popularly as Titus Thotawatte, Sri Lankan director and editor

Political and military figures

* Alexander Edmund de Silva Wijegooneratne Samaraweera Rajapakse (1866–1937), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Amaro Silva, municipal politician in Winnipeg (Manitoba), Canada *

Aníbal Cavaco Silva Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, GCC, GColL, GColIH (; born 15 July 1939) is a Portuguese economist who served as the 19th president of Portugal, in office from 9 March 2006 to 9 March 2016. He had been previously prime minister of Portugal fro ...

, President of Portugal * Anthony Emmanuel Silva, Sri Lankan Tamil Member of Parliament *

António Maria da Silva António Maria da Silva, GCTE (; 26 May 1872 in Lisbon – 14 October 1950 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese politician. An engineer, he was a prominent member of the Portuguese Republican Party. He was Prime Minister (President of the Council of M ...

, Portuguese politician *

Artur da Costa e Silva Artur da Costa e Silva (; 3 October 1899 – 17 December 1969) was a Brazilian Army Marshal and the second president of the Brazilian military government that came to power after the 1964 coup d'état. He reached the rank of Marshal of the Br ...

, Brazilian military officer and politician * Asoka de Silva, 9th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy * Asoka de Silva, 42nd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka *

Benedita da Silva Benedita Souza da Silva Sampaio (, born 26 April 1942) is a Brazilian politician. From a humble background, she faced class and racial prejudice, overcoming it to become the first female and Afro-Brazilian governor of the State of Rio de Janeir ...

, Brazilian politician * Charles Percival de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician * Charles de Silva Batuwantudawe (1877-1940), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician * Chitta Ranjan De Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese lawyer, Chairman of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, 40th Attorney General of Sri Lanka, 39th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka * Colvin Reginald de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Trotskyist Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs *

Crishantha de Silva General Akurathiya Withanage Jagath Crishanthe de Silva, RWP, USP is a former senior Sri Lanka Army officer and military engineer. He had served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 22 February 2015 to 4 July 2017, as the Chief of Defe ...

, 21st Commander of the Sri Lanka Army *

Desmond Lorenz de Silva Sir George Desmond Lorenz de Silva, (13 December 1939 – 2 June 2018) was a British criminal law barrister and international lawyer who served as the United Nations Chief War Crimes Prosecutor in Sierra Leone. Early life Desmond de Silva was ...

, Sri Lankan Briton lawyer, former United Nations Chief War Crimes Prosecutor in Sierra Leone * D. G. Albert de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Member of Parliament * Duleep de Silva Wickramanayake, Sri Lankan Sinhala army major-general *

Duminda Silva Arumadura Lawrence Romelo Duminda Silva (born 3 December 1974: as Sinhala :දුමින්ද සිල්වා), popularly as Duminda Silva or R. Dumindha Silva, is a Sri Lankan politician and a former Member of Parliament. He is the brothe ...

, Sri Lankan politician *

Estanislau da Silva Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva (born 4 August 1952) is an East Timorese politician and a key member of Fretilin. He was acting Prime Minister from May 2007 to August 2007. A member of Fretilin since 1974, Da Silva served on t ...

, East Timorese politician and member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor * Eunice Silva, Cape Verdean civil engineer and politician *

Francisco de Paula Vieira da Silva de Tovar, 1st Viscount of Molelos Francisco de Paula Vieira da Silva de Tovar e Nápoles, 11th Lord of the Honour of Molelos, 1st Baron and 1st Viscount of Molelos (1774–1852) was a Portuguese military officer and politician. He is best known for his role in the Portuguese inva ...

, Portuguese politician *

Frank de Silva Dr. Trevor Percival Frank de Silva (born 31 July 1935) was the 24th Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police (IGP) (1993–1995). He obtained a BA (Hons) from the University of Ceylon, a LL.B from the University of Colombo and a PhD fro ...

(born 1935), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1993–1995 *

Fredrick de Silva Edmund Fredrick Lorenz de Silva, (1912 – 1993) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the Mayor of Kandy, Member of Parliament and Sri Lanka's Ambassador to France. Early life and legal career Born to George E. de Silva a prominent ...

, Sri Lankan

lawyer and politician *

Gardiye Punchihewage Amaraseela Silva Gardiye Punchihewage Amaraseela Silva was the 34th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka. He was appointed in 1973 succeeding Hugh Norman Gregory Fernando and was Chief Justice until 1974. He was succeeded by Victor Tennekoon Deshamanya Justice Victor Ten ...

, 34th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka *

George E. de Silva George Edmund de Silva (8 June 1879 - 12 March 1950) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the first Cabinet Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries in independent Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) (1947–1948), a Member of Parli ...

, Sri Lankan

lawyer and politician * G.E.S. de Silva,

Commanding Officer The commanding officer (CO) or sometimes, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG), is the officer in command of a military unit. The commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitu ...

of the Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force * G. H. De Silva, 13th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army *

Golbery do Couto e Silva Golbery do Couto e Silva (August 21, 1911 – September 18, 1987) was a Brazilian general and politician. Biography Golbery do Couto e Silva was born in Rio Grande, a city in the Southern State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. At the age of 16, he ...

, Brazilian politician * G. P. S. de Silva, 40th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka * George Reginald de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician *

Gratian Silva Major General Hikkaduwage Gratian Silva, VSV, FBIM (27 January 1933 – 8 November 2015) was a Sri Lankan military leader, he served as the Military Secretary. Early life and education Gratian Silva was born in Ginthota, Galle. He received ...

(1933–2015), Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general * H. A. Silva, 11th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy *

Hélio José da Silva Lima Hélio is a Portuguese given name: * Hélio (footballer), Brazil-born Hong Kong footballer Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves (born 1986) * Helio Alves * Helio André * Helio Batista (footballer, born 1973) * Hélio Batista (footballer, born 1990), B ...

(born 1960), Brazilian politician known as Hélio José * Herman Leonard de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese lawyer and diplomat, 12th Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York *

Israel Pinheiro da Silva Israel Pinheiro da Silva (4 January 1896 – 6 July 1973) was a Brazilian politician and engineer. Pinheiro da Silva was a friend of President Juscelino Kubitschek and was nominated by him the engineer chief of the construction of Bras� ...

, Brazilian politician and engineer * Jaime Silva, former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries of Portugal *

Jayatilleke De Silva Jayatilleke de Silva ( Sinhala:ජයතිලක ද සිල්වා) (14 June 1938 – 26 February 2019) was a Sri Lankan author, translator, journalist and a JVP activist. Early life and education De Silva was born in Ambalangoda-Batapo ...

(1938–2019), Sri Lankan Sinhala Communist guerrilla *

Jim Silva James Wayne "Jim" Silva (born January 15, 1944) is a Republican United States politician who served in the California State Assembly. A native of Orange County, Silva earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business from San Jose State University and ...

, American politician *

José Albino Silva Peneda José Albino da Silva Peneda (born 6 June 1950) is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party– People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group. ...

, Portuguese politician *

José Bonifácio de Andrada José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

e Silva, Brazilian activist *

K. L. A. Ranasinghe Silva Kamburugamuva Loku Arachchige Ranasinghe Silva was the 41st Surveyor General of Sri Lanka. He was appointed in 1996, succeeding M. P. Salgado, and held the office until 2003. He was succeeded by P. A. Ariyaratne. References {{Surveyor ...

, 41st Surveyor General of Sri Lanka * Leopold James de Silva Seneviratne, Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant *

L. M. D. de Silva Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva, QC, PC (25 April 1893 – 28 November 1962) was a Ceylonese lawyer and judge, who was a Solicitor General of Ceylon, sat on the Supreme Court of Ceylon and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Education ...

, 10th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka *

Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva, QC, PC (25 April 1893 – 28 November 1962) was a Ceylonese lawyer and judge, who was a Solicitor General of Ceylon, sat on the Supreme Court of Ceylon and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Education ...

(1893-1962), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the Privy Council *

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (25 August 1803 – 7 May 1880), nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Like his father and uncles, Caxias pursued a ...

, Brazilian military commander *

Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque (June 16, 1792 in Lisbon – December 27, 1846 in Torres Vedras; ) was a Portuguese military officer, engineer, poet, scientist and politician, who distinguished himself during the Liberal Wars and in th ...

, Portuguese politician * Luis Roberto da Sliva (born 1977), East Timorese politician *

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist, and former metalworker who is the president-elect of Brazil. A member of the Workers' Party, ...

, former President of Brazil *

Lydia Méndez Silva Lydia Méndez Silva is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). She has been a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives since 1997 representing District 21. Early years and studies Lydia R. Mén ...

, Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party * Makalandage Johnny Terrence De Silva Gunawardena, 8th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force *

Manikku Wadumestri Hendrick de Silva Manikku Wadumestri Hendrick de Silva, QC (22 September 1886 - 6 March 1960) was a Ceylonese lawyer, judge and statesman. He served in several top legal positions in the island, as the 26th Attorney General of Ceylon, a Puisne Justice of the Supr ...

, 26th Attorney General of Sri Lanka *

Manuel António Vassalo e Silva Manuel António Vassalo e Silva (8 November 1899 – 11 August 1985) was an officer of the Portuguese Army and an overseas administrator. He was the 128th and the last Governor-General of Portuguese India. Background He was the only son of Manu ...

, Portuguese politician * Manuel Carvalho da Silva, coordinator of the Portuguese Labour union federation *

Marina Silva Maria Osmarina da Silva Vaz de Lima (born 8 February 1958) is a Brazilian politician and environmentalist. She is the founder and former spokeswoman for the Sustainability Network Party (REDE). During her political career, Silva served as a sen ...

, Brazilian environmentalist and politician * Mario Silva, Canadian politician *

Osmund de Silva Santiago Wilson Osmund De Silva (25 December 1909 - c. 1980) was Ceylonese police officer. He was the thirteenth and the first Ceylonese career police officer to become Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka), Inspector-General of Police (1955 ...

, 13th Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police *

Pandikoralalage Sunil Chandra De Silva Pandikoralalage Sunil Chandra de Silva (30 January 1941 – 28 February 2021) was the 35th Attorney General of Sri Lanka. He was appointed in 1988, succeeding Shiva Pasupati Deshamanya Shivakumaran Pasupati is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, P ...

, 35th Attorney General of Sri Lanka * Patrick de Silva Kularatna, Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician and educationist * Pettagan Dedreck Weerasingha de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Member of Parliament * Mervin Rex de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese fighter pilot who served in the Royal Air Force during World War II *

Mervyn Silva Hewa Koparage Mervyn Silva ( Sinhala:හේවා කෝපරගේ මර්වින් සිල්වා; Tamil:மேர்வின் சில்வா) (born 25 March 1944) is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician * Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Member of Parliament for Galle Electoral District * Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician, Sri Lankan Minister of Transport * Peduru Hewage William de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Trotskyist politician, Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries 1956–1959 *

Piyal De Silva Admiral Piyal De Silva, WWV & Bar, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP is a former senior Sri Lankan naval officer. He was the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy from 2019 to 2020. Education Educated at Dharmasoka College, in Ambalangoda he joined the navy ...

, Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy *

Piyal Nishantha de Silva Piyal Nishantha de Silva (born 30 June 1970) is a Sri Lankan politician and MP representing the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna. He is the current State Minister of Fisheries Career He contested at the 2015 parliamentary election representing t ...

(born 1970), Sri Lankan Sinhala Cabinet Minister * Ranjith de Silva, Sri Lanka Light Infantry major-general * Sampathawaduge Stephen Anthony Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Member of Parliament *

Sarath N. Silva Sarath Nanda Silva PC served as the 41st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He obtained his Primary and Secondary school education at Trinity College Kandy and continued to Sri Lanka Law College. Prior to civil service, his achi ...

, 41st Chief Justice of Sri Lanka *

Shan Wijayalal De Silva Shan Wijayalal De Silva is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a Member of Parliament (MP) for Galle District since 2020. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and part of the United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Allia ...

, 5th Chief Minister of Southern Province, Sri Lanka *

Sharon Quirk-Silva Sharon Quirk-Silva (born September 17, 1962) is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 65th Assembly District, which includes portions of northern Orange County, including La ...

(born 1962), American politician *

Shavendra Silva General Shavendra Silva, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP ( si, ශවේන්ද්‍ර සිල්වා, ta, ஷவேந்திர சில்வா) is a Sri Lanka Army officer. He is the Chief of Defence Staff and former Commander o ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese general and diplomat *

Sonia Silva Sonia Silva (born December 28, 1950) is an American social worker and politician. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Silva received her bachelor's degree in education from Northeastern Illinois University and her master's degree in public policy and urba ...

, American politician * Stephen de Silva Jayasinghe (1911–1977), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Thakur Artha Niranjan Joseph De Silva Deva Aditya (born 1948), Sri Lankan Briton politician *

T. N. De Silva Major General T. N. De Silva, USP (1939 - ) is a former Sri Lanka Army officer, who was the former General Officer Commanding, 21 Division;, Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, Brigade Commander Armoured Brigade and Director, National ...

, former Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force * Vincent Stuart de Silva Wikramanayake (1876-1953), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician * Wilmot Arthur de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician, veterinary surgeon, and philanthropist, Minister of Health in the second State Council of Ceylon * Walwin Arnold de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese civil servant

Religion

*Saint

Beatrice of Silva Beatrice of Silva (Campo Maior, Portugal ca. 1424 – Toledo, Castile, 16 August 1492), born Beatriz de Menezes da Silva, was a Portuguese Nobility, noblewoman who became the foundress of the Christian_monasticism#Roman_Catholicism, monastic Con ...

, Portuguese Dominican nun *

Clarence Richard Silva Clarence Richard Silva (born August 6, 1949), known as Larry Silva, is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu since 2005. Silva is the first priest born in Hawaii to beco ...

, United States Catholic bishop *

Hezekiah da Silva Rabbi Hezekiah da Silva (also Hezekiah Silva) (1659–1698) () was a Jewish author born in Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He was the son-in-law of the dayan Mordechai Rafael Malachi. Biography Hezekiah Da Silva was born in 1659 in Livorno, Gr ...

, Jewish author born in Livorno, Italy, and teacher in Jerusalem *Blessed João Mendes de Silva (

Amadeus of Portugal Amadeus of Portugal, O.F.M. (Campo Maior, Portugal ca. 1420 – Milan, Duchy of Milan, 10 August 1482), born João de Menezes da Silva, was a Portuguese nobleman who became first a Hieronymite monk, then left that life to become a friar of the Fr ...

), Portuguese Hieronymite and later Franciscan * Kanishka de Silva Raffel (born 1964), Sri Lankan Australian Anglican priest, 12th Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney *

Lynn de Silva Lynn Alton de Silva (16 June 1919 – 22 May 1982) was a Sri Lankan theologian and Methodist minister. He was the founder and editor of one of the first theological journals on Buddhist-Christian encounter called ''Dialogue'' (1961–1981), c ...

, Sri Lankan Methodist theologian * Maxwell Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhala Catholic priest, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo *

Raúl Silva Henríquez Raúl Silva Henríquez SDB (27 September 1907 – 9 April 1999) was a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal from 1962. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from 1961 to 1983 and as Bishop of Valparaíso from 1959 to 1961. ...

, Chilean cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Robert D'Silva Robert D'Silva (7 June 1925 – 15 October 2015) was a Pakistani Roman Catholic priest. Biography He was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He attended St Patrick's High School, Karachi, where he was a classmate of BJP President L.K. Advani. He st ...

, Pakistani Catholic priest

Scholars

Agostinho da Silva George Agostinho Baptista da Silva, GCSE (; Porto, 13 February 1906 – Lisbon, 3 April 1994) was a Portuguese philosopher, essayist, and writer. His thought combines elements of pantheism and millenarism, an ethic of renunciation (like in Bu ...

, Portuguese philosopher * Arjuna Priyadarsin de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese gastroenterologist * Chandra Richard de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese academic, historian, and author *

Clarence de Silva Clarence de Silva is a Canadian engineer, currently the Senior Canada Research Chair in Mechatronics and Industrial Automation, University of British Columbia and also a published author. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic ...

, Canadian engineer * Dudley Kenneth George de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese educationist *

Harendra de Silva Harendra de Silva is a pediatrician whose efforts have helped to create awareness of child abuse in Sri Lanka. Education de Silva was educated at Ananda College Colombo, before he entered the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, where he ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese pediatrician * H. Janaka de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese physician * Jayathi De Silva, Sri Lankan scientist and model *

José Sebastião e Silva José Sebastião e Silva (12 December 1914 in Mértola – 25 May 1972 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese mathematician. Silva graduated from the University of Lisbon in 1937, and in 1942 he received a grant from the Instituto de Alta Cultura allowing hi ...

, Portuguese mathematician *

Kingsley De Silva Professor Mapalagama Liyanage Neville Kingsley Pierre De Silva FRCS, FRCOG (Great Britain) FCOG (SL) (October 26, 1932 in Kandana, Sri Lanka – April 3, 2006) was a Sri Lankan obstetrician and gynaecologist who served as president of the Sri L ...

, Sri Lankan obstetrician and gynaecologist * Kingsley Muthumuni de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese academic, historian, and author * Kongahage Anslem Lawrence de Silva (born 1940), Sri Lankan Sinhala biologist and herpetologist *

Maria Nazareth F. da Silva Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva is a zoologist from Manaus, Brazil Da Silva has, for many years, specialised in the study of Amazonian mammals. She has described several new species of rodents: * ''Proechimys echinothrix'', the Tefe Spiny Rat * ' ...

, Brazilian zoologist *

Maurício Rocha e Silva Maurício Oscar da Rocha e Silva (19 September 1910, Rio de Janeiro – 19 December 1983, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil) was a Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist and pharmacologist. He discovered bradykinin, an endogenous polypeptide involved ...

, Brazilian physician *

Mohan De Silva Mohan De Silva was the chairman of the University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka. Early life and education De Silva received his primary school education at St. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa, before moving to Nalanda College, Colombo for his sec ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese surgeon *

Moisés Silva Moisés Silva (born September 4, 1945) is a Cuban-born American biblical scholar and translator. Biography Silva was born in Havana, Cuba, and has lived in the US since 1960. He has taught biblical studies at Westmont College (1972–1981), West ...

, Cuban-born American professor of biblical studies * Primus Thilakaratne de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese senior consultant physician * Ranjith Premalal De Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese professor of agricultural engineering *

Sammu Raghu De Silva Chandrakeerthy Prof. Sammu Raghu De Silva Chandrakeerthy (born in 1945) is an engineering academic, researcher and practitioner who has contributed to the development of education and research in the fields of civil and structural engineering both in Sri Lanka a ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese engineering professor *

Vajiranath Lakshman De Silva Medical Doctor, Dr Vajiranath Lakshman De Silva (Sinhala language, Sinhala:වජිරනාත් ලක්ෂ්මන් ද සිල්වා) is the founder of Saukyadana Movement of Sri Lanka. Early life and education Vajiranath who rec ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese doctor, founder of the Saukyadana Movement *

Alcino J. Silva Alcino J. Silva (born April 9, 1961) is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist who was the recipient of the 2008 Order of Prince Henry and elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2013 for his contributions ...

, Portugal-born American neuroscientist

Sports

Many people on this list are not generally known as Silva.In Brazil, sportspeople, especially footballers, are frequently referred to by their ''apelido''/''alcunha'', a one- or two-word appellation that may be part of their real name or a nickname. For example, Roberto Carlos da Silva is better known as ''Roberto Carlos'', Marta Vieira da Silva as ''Marta'', José Roberto da Silva Júnior as ''Zé Roberto'', and Nélson de Jesus Silva as ''Dida''. Ayrton Senna da Silva is a slightly different case; he chose to be known professionally by his mother's family name of Senna.

Auto racing

Ayrton Senna da Silva Ayrton Senna da Silva (; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in , , and . Senna is one of three Formula One drivers from Brazil to win the World Championship and wo ...

, also known as Ayrton Senna or Senna, Brazilian Formula One triple world champion *

Ollie Silva Oliver W. Silva (May 14, 1929 – August 15, 2004) was an American auto racing driver. He raced in the Northeastern United States, winning many races, track championships, and touring-series championships. Silva drove in modifieds, supermodifie ...

, American auto racing driver

Basketball

Chris Silva Chris Silva Obame Correia Silva (born September 19, 1996) is a Gabonese professional basketball player for the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Early life Silva was born in ...

(Chris Silva Obame Correia), Gabonese player *

Filipe da Silva Filipe da Silva (born 30 November 1979 in Guimarães) is a Portuguese-French former professional basketball player. Professional career In his pro career, he played with the Spanish club CB Villa de los Barrios. External links French LNB profile ...

, Portuguese player *

Maria Paula Silva Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva (born March 11, 1962 in Osvaldo Cruz, São Paulo), nicknamed "Magic Paula", is a retired Brazilian women's basketball player. She is considered one of the greatest players in her country, along with Hortência Marc ...

, Brazilian player *

Oscar da Silva Oscar Leon da Silva (born 21 September 1998) is a Brazilian-German professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal. Early life and career da Silva was a ...

(born 1998), German basketball player * Paulo César da Silva or

Giant Silva Paulo César da Silva (born July 21, 1962) is a Brazilian former national basketball player for the Brazilian national basketball team and later mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Giant Silva. He stands ...

(born 1962), Brazilian national player, later wrestler and mixed martial artist

Beach volleyball

Jackie Silva Jacqueline "Jackie" Louise Cruz Silva, (born February 13, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired female volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partn ...

, Brazilian beach volleyball player *

Paulo Emilio Silva Paulo Emilio Silva Azevedo (born December 14, 1969 in Salvador) is a male beach volleyball player from Brazil. He won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ...

, Brazilian beach volleyball player

Cricket

Alankara Asanka Silva Alankara Asanka Silva (born 4 April 1985) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who plays for Saracens Sports Club. He holds the record for the highest individual score when batting at number 11 in a Twenty20 match (26 not out In cricket, a ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Amal Silva Sampathwaduge Amal Rohitha Silva (born 12 December 1960) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in nine Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals from 1983 to 1988. He was a left-handed wicketkeeper batsman and opened the batting for Sri ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Amila Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Aravinda De Silva Deshabandu Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva ( si, අරවින්ද ද සිල්වා; born 17 October 1965) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, who has also played in English county cricket. de Silva helped Sri Lanka to win the ...

, Sri Lankan international cricketer * Aruna de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese first-class cricketer *

Ashen Silva Ashen Silva (born 12 July 1990) is a Sri Lankan cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanc ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese first-class cricketer *

Ashley de Silva Ashley Matthew de Silva (born 3 December 1963) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in three Test matches and four One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1993. He is, , CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket. De Silva was born in 1963 in Colombo into ...

, Sri Lankan international cricketer * Asiri de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Asoka de Silva, Sri Lankan international cricketer *

Bertie de Silva John Albert "Bertie" de Silva (19 January 1901 – 30 November 1981) was a cricketer who played five matches of first-class cricket for Oxford University in England between 1924 and 1927 and three first-class matches for Dr J Rockwood's Ceylon ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer who played for the University of Oxford * Chalana de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Chamara Silva Lindamlilage Prageeth Chamara Silva ( si, චාමර සිල්වා) (born 14 December 1979) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all formats of the game for 12 years. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. After poor ...

, Sri Lankan international cricketer *

Chamod Silva Chamod Silva (born 24 February 1995) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his List A cricket, List A debut for Polonnaruwa District in the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament on 21 March 2017. References External links

* 1995 birth ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Chirantha de Silva Koggala Marakkalage Pradeep Chirantha de Silva (born 1 April 1988) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Seeduwa Raddoluwa Sports Club, Seeduwa Raddoluwa. He was born in Colombo. De Silva made hi ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Damitha Silva Damitha Silva (born 26 August 1998) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club in Tier B of the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 16 December 2016. Prior to his debut, he was named in Sri L ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Dandeniya Premachandra de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Dandeniyage Somachandra de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese international cricketer *

Dedunu Silva Dedunu Silva (born 12 February 1978) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer. In January 2023, she was named as one of the on-field umpires for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. References

1978 births Living people Sri Lankan wo ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardena, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Deva Lokesh Stanley de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese ODI cricketer * Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva, Sri Lankan

cricketer * Elle Hennadige Shadeep Nadeeja Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer who played for United Arab Emirates * Emmanuel Nadhula de Silva Wijeratne, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Ganga de Silva Ganga de Silva is a Sri Lankan woman cricketer. She has played for Sri Lanka in 2 Women's ODIs. References External links * Living people Sri Lankan women cricketers Sri Lanka women One Day International cricketers Year of birth m ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese woman cricketer * Gayashan Ranga de Silva Munasinghe, Sri Lankan Italian cricketer * Gihan De Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Ginigalgodage Ramba Ajit de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Granville Nissanka de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Hasitha Lakmal de Silva Hasitha Lakmal de Silva (born 25 March 1991) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Sri Lanka Police Sports Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018. He made his List A debut for Sri Lanka Police Spor ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Hendahewage Sanjeewa Gayan Sameera Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer for the United Arab Emirates *

Janith Silva Janith Silva (born 16 November 1990) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in the 2010–11 Premier Trophy on 22 April 2011. In August 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 Leagu ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Jayan Kaushal Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese test cricketer *

Joshua Da Silva Joshua Da Silva (born 19 June 1998) is a Trinidadian cricketer. He made his domestic debut in 2018 for Trinidad and Tobago, and his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in December 2020. Personal life Da Silva is of Portuguese ...

, Trinidadian cricketer, test match wicket keeper/batsman for the

West Indies cricket team The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed the Windies, is a multi-national men's cricket team representing the mainly Commonwealth Caribbean, English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West I ...

* Kariyawasam Thantrige Gayan Thilanka de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Bahraini cricketer * Karunakalage Sajeewa Chanaka de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Kasun de Silva Kasun de Silva (born 3 July 1990) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 2 December 2016. He made his Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortene ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Kelaniyage Jayantha Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Lanka de Silva Lanka de Silva (born 29 July 1975) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in three Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals in 1997. He is also the current interim head coach of the Sri Lanka women's national cricket team. Domestic caree ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese international cricketer *

Liyana de Silva Liyana de Silva (born 2 October 1985) was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Colts Cricket Club. He was born in Colombo. De Silva made a single first-class appearance for the sid ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Malinga de Silva Uralakalasi Nayana Malinga de Silva (born 2 August 1995) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 11 December 2015. He made his List A debut ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Mangamuni Gamini Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese first-class cricketer * Manelker De Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Milroy Silva Milroy Silva (born 12 October 1982) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his List A debut for Hambantota District in the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament The 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament was a List A cricket competition that too ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Muthumuni Raween Lakshitha de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Nilakshi de Silva Nilakshi de Silva (born 27 September 1989) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the women's national team. She made her One Day International debut for Sri Lanka Women against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy on 3 November 2015. A rig ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Nilan De Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Patiharamada Juwan Hewage Sanath Ranjan Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Pinnaduwage Chaturanga de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga De Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Pradeep de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Ramindu de Silva Ramindu de Silva (born 16 July 1996) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class cricket, first-class debut for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 11 January 2017. References External links

* ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Richard Martin M. de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Rodrigo Hennedige Sanjeewa Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Roshan Silva Singha Sports Club is a former first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. The team played first-class cricket in most seasons from 1989–90 to 2010–11. It played 155 matches, for 22 wins, 70 losses and 63 draws. It continues to compete in sub-first- ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Roshen Silva Athege Roshen Shivanka Silva, commonly known as Roshen Silva (born 17 November 1988) is a professional Sri Lankan Test cricketer who plays for the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He also plays first-class cricket for Colts Cricket Club. Domes ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese test cricketer *

Roy Silva Roy Silva (born 9 May 1980) is a Sri Lankan-born American cricketer, who currently plays for the United States cricket team. He made his first-class debut in the 2000–01 season. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Moors Sports Cl ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Rumesh Silva Rumesh Silva (born 8 May 1987) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his List A debut for Hambantota District in the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament The 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took pla ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Sammu Nirwantha Thikshila de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Sampathwaduge Amal Rohitha Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese international cricketer *

Sanath de Silva Sanath de Silva (born 5 February 1989) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He has played ten first-class and two List A matches for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club between 2011 and 2013. He made his first-class debut for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club in the 20 ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Senal de Silva Senal de Silva is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his List A debut for Hambantota District in the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament on 17 March 2017. He made his Twenty20 debut on 22 May 2022, for Badureliya Sports Club Badureliya Sports Cl ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Shaluka Silva Shaluka Silva (born 10 May 1995) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 3 March 2016. He made his List A debut for Colombo District in the 2016–17 Distr ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Sripal Silva Sripal Silva (10 February 1961 – 27 February 2020) was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler who played for Moratuwa Sports Club. Silva was born and died in Moratuwa. He played for Sri Lankan schools in t ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

T. Silva T. Silva (first name and birthdate unknown) was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Kalutara Physical Culture Centre. Silva made five first-class appearances for the team, during the Saravanamuttu Trophy The Major League Tournament (formerl ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Warshamannada Pradeep de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Weddikkara Ruwan Sujeewa de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese test cricketer * Woshantha Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer * Yakupiti Gayan Asanka de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer *

Yohan de Silva Yohan de Silva (born 14 April 1985) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer. He made his List A debut for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2004–05 Premier Limited Overs Tournament on 21 August 2004. He made his Twenty20 Tw ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese first-class cricketer

Football

Brazil

;Male international players *Afonso Guimarães da Silva, Afonsinho *

Alexandre da Silva Mariano Alexandre da Silva Mariano (born 28 February 1973), best known as Amaral, is a retired Brazilian association football, footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. An international for Brazil national football team, Brazil, he participated ...

*Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva,

Alexandre Pato Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva (; born 2 September 1989), commonly known as Alexandre Pato () or just Pato, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Pato began his career as a youth player for Internacional in 2000, maki ...

*Cleonésio Carlos

da Silva Silva is a surname in Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Portugal and Brazil. It is derived from the Latin word , meaning "forest" or "woodland". It is the family name of the House of Silva. The name is also widespread in Galician-speakin ...

Dani Alves Daniel Alves da Silva (born 6 May 1983), known simply as Dani Alves (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club UNAM and the Brazil national team. Widely considered one of the greatest full-backs of ...

, Daniel Alves da Silva *

Gilberto Silva Gilberto Aparecido da Silva (; born 7 October 1976) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder most notably for English Premier League club Arsenal, Super League club Panathinaikos F.C., Clube Atlétic ...

Gilberto da Silva Melo Gilberto da Silva Melo (born 25 April 1976), more commonly known as Gilberto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He played at left-back for the majority of his career. Gilberto's brothers Nenei and Nélio are also former footballer ...

Giovanni Silva de Oliveira Giovanni Silva de Oliveira (born 4 February 1972), better known as Giovanni, is a Brazilian football manager and former player. He played as either an attacking midfielder or a forward. At club level, Giovanni most notably played for Spanish ...

*Heurelho da Silva Gomes,

Heurelho Gomes Heurelho da Silva Gomes (born 15 February 1981) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Watford, having previously made a name for himself at Dutch club ...

Jackson Coelho Silva Jackson, full name Jackson Coelho Silva (born 23 March 1973), is a Brazilian former professional association football, footballer. He played over 200 games in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and capped for Brazil national football team, Brazil. B ...

*João Alves de Assis Silva,

Jô João Alves de Assis Silva (born 20 March 1987), known as Jô () or João Alves, is a Brazilian professional footballer. He has previously played for Nagoya Grampus, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, Everton, Galatasaray, Internacional, Atlétic ...

Jorge Luís Andrade Jorge Luís Andrade da Silva (born 21 April 1957), known as Andrade, is a Brazilian professional Association football, football Coach (sport), coach and former player who played as a Midfielder, defensive midfielder. He spent the majority of hi ...

da Silva *José Roberto da Silva Júnior,

Zé Roberto José Roberto da Silva Júnior (born 6 July 1974), commonly known as Zé Roberto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left wing-back or as a midfielder. Currently, he is a technical advisor to Palmeiras, acting directl ...

Leônidas da Silva Leônidas da Silva (; 6 September 1913 – 24 January 2004) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the most important players of the first half of the 20th century. Leônidas played for Braz ...

*Lucimar Ferreira da Silva,

Lúcio Lucimar Ferreira da Silva (born 8 May 1978), commonly known as Lúcio, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. A tall and physically strong defender who excelled in the air, Lúcio was known for his long, sur ...

Luiz Alberto da Silva Oliveira Luiz Alberto da Silva Oliveira (born 1 December 1977 in Rio de Janeiro), more commonly Luiz Alberto, is a Brazilian former football defender who last played for Boavista. Career Luiz Alberto was 16 years old when he first played for Flamengo ...

Mauro Silva Mauro may refer to: Given name * Mauro (footballer, born 1932), Brazilian footballer * Mauro Silva (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian footballer * Mauro (footballer, born 1984), Portuguese footballer * Bruno Mauro (born 1973), Angolan footballer * ...

, Mauro da Silva Gomes *Nélson de Jesus Silva,

Dida (footballer born 1973) Dida may refer to: People Sports Football * Dida (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2002), born ''Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa'', Brazilian forward *Dida (footballer, born 1973), born ''Nélson de Jesus Silva'', Brazilian goalkeeper * Dida (footballer ...

Neymar Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (born 5 February 1992), known as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Sain ...

, Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior *Nilmar Honorato da Silva,

Nilmar Nilmar Honorato da Silva (born 14 July 1984), commonly known as Nilmar, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He won club and personal honours with Internacional and Corinthians in Brazil, and also played in ...

Oscarino Costa Silva Oscarino Costa Silva, best known as ''Oscarino'' (January 17, 1907 –September 16, 1990) was a Brazilian association footballer who played in an offensive midfielder role. He was born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro State. During his career (1 ...

*Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha,

Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his care ...

Sean de Silva Sean de Silva (born 17 January 1990) is a Trinidadian professional footballer. Club career Born in Port-of-Spain, De Silva played youth football in his native Trinidad and Tobago for St. Ann's Rangers, before attending the College of Charleston ...

*Thiago Emiliano da Silva,

Thiago Silva Thiago Emiliano da Silva (born 22 September 1984) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Chelsea and captains the Brazil national team. Considered one of the best defenders of his generation, he is known f ...

* Willian, Willian Borges da Silva ;Female international players * Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva * Kátia, Kátia Cilene Teixeira da Silva *

Marta (footballer) Marta Vieira da Silva (born 19 February 1986), known mononymously as Marta (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Brazil national team. Mar ...

, Marta Vieira da Silva *

Thaís Helena da Silva Thais can be the plural of ''Thai'' and refer to: * The Thai people, the main ethnic group of Thailand * The Thai peoples or Tai peoples, the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast Asia In the singular, Thais may refer to: People Ancien ...

;Others *

Adaílton da Silva Santos Adaílton is a Brazilian common given name. It can refer to the following Brazilian footballers: * Adaílton (footballer, born 1977) Adaílton Martins Bolzan (born 24 January 1977 in Santiago, Brazil), best known as Adaílton, is a Brazilian ...

Adriano Pereira da Silva Adriano Pereira da Silva, known as Adriano (born 3 April 1982 in Salvador, Bahia), is a Brazilian football defender. He most recently played for Monaco. Career Club He was signed by Palermo from Grêmio in summer 2004, but just played one ...

Aílton Gonçalves da Silva Ailton is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Arts and Entertainment * Ailton Krenak (born 1954), Brazilian writer and journalist * Ailton Graça (born 1964), Brazilian actor Religion * Ailton Menegussi (born 1962), Brazilian bi ...

*Airton Ferreira da Silva ( Airton Pavilhão) *

Alan Osório da Costa Silva Alan Osório da Costa Silva (born 19 September 1979), known simply as Alan, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 400 matches and 51 goals over 16 seasons, representing in the ...

André Luiz Silva do Nascimento André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation o ...

Antônio da Silva (footballer) Antônio da Silva (born 13 June 1978) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Da Silva began his professional career with Eintracht Frankfurt in 1997, but did not play any league matches. In 1999, he m ...

David da Silva David Aparecido da Silva (born 12 November 1989), commonly known as David da Silva, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga 1 club Persib Bandung. Career Shelbourne On 11 August 2011, Da Silva signed a contract ...

*Deivson Rogério da Silva (

Bobô (footballer, born 1985) Deyvison Rogério da Silva (born 9 January 1985), commonly known as Bobô, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who last played as a forward for A-League club Sydney FC. Club career Beşiktaş Bobô was leading goalscorer of Beşik ...

) *

Diego da Silva Costa Diego da Silva Costa (, ; born 7 October 1988), commonly known as Diego Costa, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Spain national team. Costa began his football care ...

*Elisérgio da Silva (

Serginho Baiano Elisérgio da Silva (born 5 January 1978), commonly known as Serginho Baiano, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a left winger. He played for nearly 20 clubs during his career, competing professionally in Portugal, South Korea and ...

) *

Elpídio Silva Elpídio Pereira Silva Filho (born 19 July 1975), known as Silva, is a Brazilian retired Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He spent most of his career in Portugal, mainly represen ...

Fábio da Silva Alves Fábio "Fabinho" da Silva Alves (born June 11, 1986 in Vitória), is a Brazilian striker who currently plays for Tupynambás. References External links * Fabinho Alvesat ZeroZero 1986 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazi ...

Fábio do Nascimento Silva Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...

* Fábio Ferreira da Silva *

Fábio Pereira da Silva Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...

Hugo Veloso Oliveira Silva Hugo Veloso Oliveira Silva (born May 25, 1984 in Poços de Caldas), is a Brazilian midfielder. He currently plays for Uberlândia Esporte Clube. Honours *Minas Gerais State League: 2004 Contract *Ipatinga (Loan) 21 August 2007 to 20 August 20 ...

*Jefferson Teixeira Silva (

Jefferson Luis Jefferson Luis Teixeira Silva (born 23 November 1983 in Guaíba) is a Brazilian football player. He was playing for São José de Porto Alegre and signed with Coritiba in April 2010. In January 2011, he moved to Guarani Futebol Clube on loan ...

) *

Johnathan Aparecido da Silva Johnathan Aparecido da Silva (born 29 March 1990), commonly known as Johnathan Goaiano or just Johnathan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently a free agent. While playing for Suwon Samsung Bluewings J ...

José Fábio da Silva José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced ...

Josualdo Alves da Silva Oliveira Josualdo Alves da Silva Oliveira (born 24 August 1978), commonly known as Kiko, is a former Brazilian professional footballer as a centre-back. Career Prior to a 2007 arrival in Portugal, Kiko played majorly for modest clubs in native countr ...

Lauro Antonio Ferreira da Silva Lauro Antonio Ferreira da Silva, (born June 20, 1973 in Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul), known as just Lauro, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a Midfielder for Esportivo de Bento Gonçalves. Team and clubs * Juventude: 1993 - 1997 * Palm ...

* Lucenilde Pereira da Silva *

Luciano José Pereira da Silva Luciano José Pereira da Silva (born 16 March 1980 in Rio Branco) is a retired Brazilian football (soccer) Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He has previously played for Tombense Futebol Clube, Tombense and K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. ...

* Luís Cláudio Carvalho da Silva *

Manoel de Oliveira da Silva Júnior Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel ...

Márcio Pereira da Silva Márcio is a Brazilian or Portuguese male personal name * Márcio Melo (1906-1991) general with the Brazilian air force * Márcio Rezende de Freitas (1960) Brazilian soccer referee * Márcio Bittencourt (1964) Brazilian footballer * Márcio Roberto ...

* Marcos Roberto da Silva Barbosa *

Marcus Lima Silva Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to: * Marcus (name), a masculine given name * Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name Places * Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44 * Mărcuş, a village in Dobâr ...

Michael Anderson Pereira da Silva Michael Anderson Pereira da Silva (born February 16, 1983 in São Caetano do Sul) better known as simply Michael, is a professional Brazilian football player. Career Michael started his professional career in Esporte Clube Santo André, Santo A ...

* Otacilio Jales da Silva *

Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva (19 October 1974 – 27 October 2004), better known as Serginho, was a Brazilian footballer. Serginho started his career in the town of Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. He played for São Caetan ...

* Rafael Pereira da Silva, footballer, born 1980 * Rafael Pereira da Silva, footballer, born 1990 * Renan Teixeira da Silva *

Sérgio Severino da Silva Sérgio Severino da Silva known as Serginho (little Sérgio) (born 27 September 1978), is a Brazilian footballer. Serginho spent most of his career in native Pernambuco and nearby Northeast states. He played a few seasons in Campeonato Bras ...

Tiago Silva dos Santos Tiago Silva dos Santos (born 4 April 1979 in Taquari, Rio Grande do Sul) is a former footballer who played as a defender. Born in Brazil, he represented the Bulgaria national team once in a friendly. Club career Tiago Silva joined CSKA Sofi ...

Ueslei Ueslei Raimundo Pereira da Silva or better known as Ueslei (born 19 April 1972 in Salvador, Brazil) is a Brazilian former football player. Ueslei played for Bahia, Vitória and Atlético Mineiro in the Campeonato Brasileiro. Club statist ...

Raimundo Pereira da Silva *Vitor Silva Assis de Oliveira Júnior (

Vitor Júnior Vítor Silva Assis de Oliveira Jr. known as Vítor Júnior or just Júnior (born September 15, 1986 in Porto Alegre), is a Brazilian Midfielder#Attacking, attacking midfielder who plays for Esporte Clube São José, São José. He also known a ...

) *

Víctor Domingo Silva Víctor Domingo Silva Endeiza (May 12, 1882, Tongoy, Elqui Province – August 20, 1960, Santiago) was a Chilean poet, journalist, playwright and writer. He was of Basque descent by mother's side. Silva was born into an educated family who ins ...

*Wender Coelho da Silva ( Teco (footballer)) *

Wéverton Pereira da Silva Weverton Pereira da Silva (; born 13 December 1987), simply known as Weverton, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Palmeiras and the Brazil national team. Club career Born in Rio Branco, Acre, Weverton joined ...

William da Silva Barbosa William da Silva Barbosa (born 2 June 1978), known as William or William Barbosa, is a Brazilian former footballer. Biography Born in São Paulo, Brazil, William started his professional career in Brazil. Como William moved to Europe for Ital ...

Croatia

Eduardo da Silva Eduardo Alves da Silva (, ; born 25 February 1983), commonly known as Eduardo and sometimes nicknamed Dudu, is a former professional footballer. Capable of playing any forward position, he started as a striker, but was deployed mostly as a w ...

England

* Jay Dasilva

Equatorial Guinea

*Emmanuel Danilo Clementino Silva (

Danilo Clementino Emmanuel Danilo Clementino Silva (born 5 March 1982), known as Danilo, is a retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Brazil, he was a member, as a naturalized citizen, of the Equatorial Guinea national team. Biography Danilo ...

)

Paraguay

Anthony Domingo Silva Antony Domingo Silva Cano (born 27 February 1984) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Categoría Primera A club Santa Fe and the Paraguay national team. He also holds Italian citizenship. Career Silva began h ...

Paulo da Silva Paulo César da Silva Barrios (born 1 February 1980) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for 12 de Octubre in Paraguay, as a centre-back. He has previously played top-flight football in Paraguay, Italy, Argentina, England and ...

Portugal

Adrien Silva Adrien Sébastien Perruchet da Silva (; born 15 March 1989) is a professional footballer who plays for UAE Pro League club Al Wahda. A central midfielder, he is known for his dribbling and passing skills. He began his career with Sporting CP, ...

*André Miguel Valente da Silva ( André Silva) * Anthony da Silva *

António Conceição da Silva Oliveira Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan language, Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 40 ...

Bernardo Silva Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva (; born 10 August 1994), known as Bernardo Silva or simply Bernardo, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, forward or a winger for club Manchester City and the P ...

, Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva *

Carlos da Silva Carlos Da Silva (born January 22, 1984) is a footballer from Portugal who currently plays as midfielder for Swiss club Rapperswil-Jona in the 1. Liga Classic 1. Liga Classic (1st League Classic in English) is the fourth tier of the Swiss footba ...

Jose Bosingwa Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galile ...

Da Silva *

Daniel da Silva Soares Daniel Ricardo da Silva Soares (born 30 January 1982), commonly known as Dani, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Maia as a midfielder. Club career Portugal Dani started playing football for F.C. Vizela, located near h ...

David Mendes da Silva David Miquel Mendes da Silva Gonçalves (; born 4 August 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer of Cape-Verdian ancestry. During his career, he played for Red Bull Salzburg, AZ, Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax, Panathinaikos and NAC Breda. ...

Edson Rolando Silva Sousa Edson Rolando Silva Sousa (born 9 March 1983 in São Vicente, Cape Verde) is a Portuguese football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Falcões do Norte in Cape Verde. He played as a forward. Edson Silva signed for Tottenham fr ...

Eusébio Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...

da Silva Ferreira *

José Carlos da Silva José José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced ...

*José Manuel da Silva Fernandes (

Zé Manel (footballer) José Manuel da Silva Fernandes (born 22 February 1975), commonly known as Zé Manel, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a winger. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 270 matches and 51 goals over ten seasons, mainly ...

) *João Nuno da Silva Cardoso Lucas ( João Lucas) *

João Paulo da Silva Gouveia Morais João is the Portuguese language, Portuguese equivalent of the given name John (given name), John. The diminutive is Joãozinho (disambiguation), Joãozinho and the Feminine (grammar), feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking c ...

José Paulo Sousa da Silva José Paulo Sousa da Silva (born 13 May 1975), known as Paulo Sousa, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder. Club career Sousa was born in Lousada, Porto District. During his career he played f ...

*João Pedro da Silva Pereira ( João Pereira (Portuguese footballer)) *Lourenço da Silva (

Luís Lourenço Luís Carlos Lourenço da Silva (born 5 June 1983), known as Lourenço, is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Sporting CP Lourenço was born in Luanda, Angola. A Sporting CP youth graduate, he made his profess ...

) *

Marco Silva Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva (; born 12 July 1977) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of club Fulham. He played for a variety of Portuguese clubs, finishing his career with a six-year spell at ...

, Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva *

Mário Silva (footballer) Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva (born 24 April 1977; ) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left-back, currently a manager. Playing career Silva was born in Porto. Having grown through the ranks of local Boavista F.C. he went o ...

(Paulo César da Silva Barrios) * Paulo Monteiro (Paulo Armando da Silva Monteiro) *

Ricardo Emídio Ramalho Silva Ricardo Emídio Ramalho Silva (born 26 September 1975; ) is a Portuguese retired professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, central defender. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 264 ...

Spain

David Silva David Josué Jiménez Silva (born 8 January 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Real Sociedad. Silva plays mainly as a central or an attacking midfielder but can also play as a winger or second striker. He is ...

, David Josué Jiménez Silva *

Donato Gama da Silva Donato Gama da Silva (born 30 December 1962), known simply as Donato, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played from the 1980s to early 2000s. He spent most of his professional career in Spain – 15 years and more than 500 ...

Fernando Macedo da Silva Fernando Macedo da Silva Rodilla (born 20 April 1982), known as Nano, is a Spanish former professional Association football, footballer who played mainly as a Midfielder#Winger, left winger. He started out at FC Barcelona, Barcelona but, after o ...

Sri Lanka

Anton Silva Anton Silva (born October 28, 1964) is a former Sri Lankan professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker and represented Sri Lanka national football team in 1996 and 1997. International ca ...

Dillon De Silva Dillon Senan De Silva (born 18 April 2002) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Winger (association football), winger for Torquay United F.C., Torquay United. Born in England, he plays for the Sri Lanka national foot ...

(born 2002), Sinhala footballer

Uruguay

* Bruno Silva *

Darío Silva Darío Debray Silva Pereira (born 2 November 1972) is a Uruguayan retired professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. After making a name for himself in his country and in Italy with Ca ...

Martín Silva Martín Andrés Silva Leites (born 25 March 1983) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Paraguayan side Club Libertad. Club career Defensor Sporting Silva has played most of his professional career in Defensor Sp ...

Néstor Silva Néstor Fabián Silva (born January 17, 1982 in Tacuarembó) is a Uruguayan football (soccer), football forward. Titles References

1982 births Living people People from Tacuarembó Uruguayan footballers Uruguayan expatriate footballers ...

* Santiago Silva

Managers and referees

Carlos Silva Valente Carlos Alberto Silva Valente (born July 25, 1948 in Setúbal) is a retired Portuguese football referee. He is known for having refereed three matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in the 1986 and two in the 1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From ...

, Portuguese football referee *

Fred Silva Fred Silva (October 18, 1927 – December 3, 2004) was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons from 1968 to 1988. Silva was widely known for his coolness under fire on the football field and clapping ...

, United States American-football official *

Telê Santana Telê Santana da Silva, also known as Telê Santana (July 26, 1931 – April 21, 2006) was a Brazilian football manager and former player (right winger). He was born in Itabirito, Minas Gerais. Telê was the manager responsible for putting tog ...

da Silva, Brazilian football manager *

Vanderlei Luxemburgo Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva (born 10 May 1952) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player. He is currently a free agent. A left wingback, Luxemburgo represented Flamengo, Internacional and Botafogo before retiring in 1980. ...

da Silva, Brazilian football coach

Martial arts

Anderson Silva Anderson da Silva (; born 14 April 1975) is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and boxer. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days. This started in 2006 and ...

, Brazilian mixed martial artist * Antônio Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist *

Assuerio Silva Assuério Silva (born June 18, 1974) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer, having competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pancrase. He became the Heavyweight King of Pancrase on May 30, 2007, defeating Tatsuya M ...

, Brazilian mixed martial artist *

Edinanci Silva Edinanci Fernandes da Silva (born 23 August 1976) is a judoka from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the half heavyweight division (– 78 kg) at the Pan American Games. A resident of São Paulo born in Sousa, Paraíba, Sousa, Paraíba, ...

, Brazilian judoka *

Erick Silva Erick Vinicius Silva (born June 21, 1984) is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division. A professional from 2005 till 2019, he competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Bellator MMA, and Jungle Fight, ...

, Brazilian mixed martial artist *

(Paulo César da Silva), Brazilian mixed martial artist *

Jay Silva Jay Silva (born May 25, 1981) is an Angolan-born American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2008, Silva has also formerly competed for the UFC, Bellator, the MFC, KSW, and Tac ...

, Brazilian mixed martial artist *

Jussier da Silva Jussier da Silva Viera Formiga (born April 14, 1985) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division. A professional competitor since 2005, Formiga most notably competed in the UFC and is the former Shooto South Americ ...

, Brazilian mixed martial artist * Natália Falavigna da Silva, Brazilian taekwondo athelete *

Thiago Silva (fighter) Thiago Silva (born November 12, 1982) is a Brazilian kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the Light Heavyweight division of Eagle FC. A professional competitor since 2005, he has competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UF ...

, Brazilian mixed martial artist *

Wanderlei Silva Wanderlei César da Silva ( , , ; born 3 July 1976) is a Brazilian-American former mixed martial artist who competed in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships and the American-based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He holds the record for the ...

, Brazilian mixed martial artist

Track and field

Adhemar da Silva Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (September 29, 1927 – January 12, 2001) was a Brazilian triple jumper. He won two Olympic gold medals and set four world records, the last being 16.56 metres in 1955 Pan American Games. In his early career he also ...

, Brazilian athlete *

Anísio Silva Anísio Souza Silva (born 18 June 1969 in São Paulo) is a retired triple jumper from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's triple jump at the 1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 t ...

, Brazilian triple jumper *

Carlos Silva (hurdler) Carlos Alberto da Silva (born 8 June 1974) is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. He finished fourth at the 1998 European Championships. He also competed at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics, the 1 ...

(born 1974), Portuguese hurdler *

Fábio Gomes da Silva Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian (name), Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usu ...

, pole vaulter * Fátima Silva, Portuguese long-distance runner *

Germán Silva Germán Silva Martínez (born 9 January 1968 in Zacatlán, Puebla) is a Mexican former long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. His foremost achievements were back-to-back victories at the New York City Marathon in 1994 and 1995. ...

, Mexican long distance runner * Jani Chathurangani Chandra Silva Hondamuni, Sri Lankan Sinhalese sprinter *

Joaquim Silva (athlete) Joaquim Silva (born January 13, 1961) is a retired long-distance runner from Portugal, who won the 1994 edition of the Vienna Marathon. He represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea ...

, Portuguese long-distance runner *

Joseildo da Silva Joseildo Rocha da Silva (born 20 February 1965) is a Brazilian long-distance runner. He won the 1991 Chicago Marathon, the marathon event at the 1991 South American Championships in Athletics, and the 1993 Los Angeles Marathon. Da Silva compe ...

, Brazilian long-distance runner *

Osmiro Silva Osmiro de Souza Silva (born October 9, 1961 in Itapaci) is a retired long-distance runner from Brazil, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 and at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the Lisbon Mar ...

, Brazilian long-distance runner *

Pedro da Silva (athlete) Pedro Ferreira da Silva Filho (born October 24, 1966) is a former decathlete from Brazil. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, and competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olym ...

, Brazilian decathlete *

Robson da Silva Robson Caetano da Silva (born September 4, 1964 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian sprinter. He participated in four consecutive Olympic Summer Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996) and won the bronze medal over 200 metres in the 1988 Seoul Olympics a ...

, Brazilian sprinter *

Rui Silva (athlete) Rui Manuel Monteiro Silva ComIH (born 3 August 1977) is a Portuguese track and field athlete and coach who represents S.L. Benfica. As a distance runner, he specializes at the 1500 and 3000 m events, although he has at times run the 800 metres a ...

, Portuguese Olympic athlete * Vânia Silva, Portuguese hammer thrower

Other sports

Carlos Silva (baseball) Carlos Silva (born April 23, 1979), is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (–), Minnesota Twins (–), Seattle Mariners (–), and Chicago Cubs (). Profess ...

, Venezuelan baseball player * Chandrika de Silva, Sri Lankan badminton player *

Cherantha de Silva Cherantha De Silva (born 12 July 1996) is a Sri Lankan medal-winning swimming (sport), swimmer, who has represented his country at 6 World Aquatics Championships, 3 FINA World Cup's, 2 Commonwealth Games, 1 Asian Games as well as 1 South Asian ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese swimmer * Daniel Silva (golfer), Portuguese golfer * Eden Giselle Silva, Sri Lankan Briton tennis player * Emanuel Silva, Portuguese flatwater canoeist *

Eurico Rosa da Silva Eurico Rosa da Silva (born June 29, 1975, in Buri, São Paulo, Brazil) is a retired Thoroughbred racing jockey who raced for five years in his native Brazil and another four years in Macau before coming to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. ...

, Brazilian-born Canadian jockey * Fabiola da Silva, Brazilian inline skater *

Frederico Ferreira Silva Frederico Ferreira "Kiko" Silva (born 18 March 1995) is a Portuguese tennis player who currently plays at ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. In May 2021, Silva reached a career singles high ranking of No. 168. He also reached a career-hi ...

, Portuguese tennis player *

Garth da Silva Garth John da Silva (born 28 December 1973 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a boxer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won his first round in the Heavyweight (-91 kg) division again ...

, New Zealand boxer *

Inoka Rohini de Silva Inoka Rohini de Silva also commonly known as Inoka Rohini (born around 1971) is a Sri Lankan former badminton player. De Silva was a national badminton champion at the women's doubles in 1995, 1996, 1998 partnering with Chandrika de Silva. Inoka ...

, Sri Lankan badminton player *

Jamie Silva James J. Silva (born December 14, 1984) is an American former college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons. He played college football for Boston College, and earned consensu ...

, American football safety *

Jason Silva Jason Luis Silva Mishkin (born February 6, 1982) is a Venezuelan-American television personality, filmmaker, futurist, philosopher, and public speaker. He is known for hosting the National Geographic documentaries ''Brain Games (2011 TV series) ...

, American rock climber *

John da Silva John Walter da Silva (11 June 1934 – 8 April 2021) was a New Zealand wrestler and boxer. Biography Da Silva was born on 11 June 1934. He represented New Zealand in wrestling at the 1956 Olympics and at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwe ...

, New Zealand wrestler and boxer *

Luís Mena e Silva Luís Falcão de Mena e Silva (24 January 1902 – 3 August 1963) was a Portuguese Equestrianism, horse rider. He competed in show jumping at the 1936 Summer Olympics and in dressage at the 1948 and 1960 Games. In 1936 he and his horse ''Fossett ...

, Portuguese horse rider *

Neuza Silva Neuza Silva (born 4 May 1983) is a retired Portuguese tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 133, reached on 6 July 2009;, on 6 July 2008, she peaked at No. 185 in the doubles rankings. Silva regularly competed for the Port ...

, Portuguese tennis player *

Raquel Silva Raquel Peluci Xavier Camargo da Silva (born April 30, 1978, in Rio de Janeiro) is a volleyball player who competed for Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she won the bronze medal with the Women's National Team. Rodrig ...

, Brazilian volleyball player *

Roberto Silva Nazzari Roberto Silva Nazzari (born 1938) is a Uruguayan chess player, Uruguayan Chess Championship winner (1971). Biography In the 1960s and 1970s Roberto Silva Nazzari was one of Uruguayan leading chess players. In 1971 he won Uruguayan Chess Champion ...

, Uruguayan chess master *

Rogério Dutra Silva Rogério Dutra da Silva (; born February 3, 1984) is a former Brazilian professional tennis player. Dutra Silva had a career high ATP singles ranking of 63 achieved on July 24, 2017 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 84 achieved on Febru ...

, Brazilian tennis player

Other professions

A. E. de Silva Albert Emmanuel de Silva Snr. was a prominent businessman during the late 19th century in Sri Lanka. Business ventures He founded and was the sole proprietor of the A.E. de Silva and Co. in the late 19th century, which dealt in every descriptio ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese businessman *

Eugenia Silva Eugenia Silva (born January 13, 1976) is a Spanish model. She has been the image of many fashion houses such as Dolce & Gabbana and Oscar de la Renta. Career Her first fashion contact was in 1992, when Eugenia Silva was 16. She competed in th ...

, Spanish model *

Sir Ernest de Silva Sir Albert Ernest de Silva (26 November 1887 – 9 May 1957) was a Ceylonese business magnate, banker, barrister and public figure, considered to be the most prominent Ceylonese philanthropist of the 20th century. A wealthy and influential polym ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese business magnate, banker, and barrister *

George David Silva George David Silva (1884 – 10 June 1912) was an Australian mass murderer. Silva, who was of Sinhalese descent, worked as a farmhand on a property owned by Hong-Kong born Charles Ching at Alligator Creek, about 20 miles (32 km) from Mackay, ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Australian mass murderer *

João Marques Silva João Paulo Marques Silva is a Portuguese researcher working on SAT. He developed the SAT solver GRASP during his PhD. Marques-Silva was a Senior Lecturer from October 2005 until June 2007 at the school of Electronics and Computer Science of the ...

, Portuguese researcher *

José da Silva Pais José da Silva Pais (25 October 1679 in Lisbon – 14 November 1760 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese soldier, military engineer and colonial administrator in the Portuguese colony of Brazil. He was involved in diverse situations in the disputed ter ...

, Portuguese soldier *

José Silva (parapsychologist) The Silva Method is a self-help and meditation program developed by José Silva. It claims to increase an individual's abilities through relaxation, development of higher brain functions, and psychic abilities such as clairvoyance. It has been v ...

, Portuguese-American parapsychologist * Kamaj Silva (born 1983), Sri Lankan Sinhala entrepreneur *

Moises Teixeira da Silva Moises Teixeira da Silva is a convicted robber who escaped São Paulo, Brazil's Carandiru prison with about 100 others through a tunnel in 2001. He was serving a 25-year sentence at the time. Since his escape, da Silva is suspected of mastermindin ...

, Brazilian robber *

Palmira Silva On 4 September 2014, 82-year-old Palmira Silva was Decapitation, beheaded in her back garden in Edmonton, London, by 25-year-old Nicholas Salvador, who was on a rampage. Friends of Salvador had recently noticed odd behaviour by him, including dru ...

, British murder victim *

Riccardo Silva Riccardo Silva is an Italian businessman and investor. He is owner of Silva International Investments, which has investments in a range of companies across media, sports, entertainment, art, and real estate. He is also the president and co-own ...

(born 1970), Italian businessman *

Quentin D'Silva Quentin D'Silva is a Pakistani Christian business executive. Life D'Silva was born in Karachi, Pakistan and studied at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. He gained an MBA from the University of Karachi. After graduating he worked in marketing ...

, Pakistani businessman *

Steven Silva Steven Joseph Silva (born November 27, 1986 in Oceanside, California) is a Filipino people, Filipino-American people, American footballer from Team Socceroo FC in the United Football League (Philippines), UFL Second Division. He is also an actor, ...

, American chef * Thakurartha Devadithya Guardiyawasam Lindamulage Nalin Kumara de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhalese promoter of pseudoscience * Jean Charles da Silva e de Menezes, known as Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian man killed by British police in 2005

Fictional characters

Silva (Shaman King) The manga and anime series ''Shaman King'' features several characters created by Hiroyuki Takei. As a result of being focused on shamanism the series' cast is divided between humans and spirits, the latter not being able to go the afterlife due t ...

, in ''Shaman King'' *Silva, a mystical speaking necklace in ''GARO'' *

Raoul Silva __NOTOC__ Raoul is a French variant of the male given name Ralph or Rudolph, and a cognate of Raul. Raoul may also refer to: Given name * Raoul Berger, American legal scholar * Raoul Bova, Italian actor * Radulphus Brito (Raoul le Breton, died ...

, the antagonist of the James Bond film ''

Skyfall ''Skyfall'' is a 2012 spy film and the twenty-third in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond and features Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the villai ...

'' *Rose Da Silva, Christopher Da Silva and Sharon Da Silva, fictional characters in the film ''

Silent Hill is a horror anthology media franchise centered on a series of survival horror games created by Keiichiro Toyama and published by Konami. The first four video games in the series, ''Silent Hill'', '' Silent Hill 2'', ''Silent Hill 3'' and '' ...

'' *Kristen De Silva, protagonist in ''

Child's Play 3 ''Child's Play 3'' is a 1991 American slasher film and the third installment in the '' Child's Play'' film series. The film is written by Don Mancini and directed by Jack Bender. Brad Dourif once again reprised his role as Chucky from the previou ...

'', played by Perrey Reeves *

Noelle Silva is a fictional character of the manga series ''Black Clover'' created by Yūki Tabata. A Magic Knight in the Black Bulls, she is a royal of the Clover Kingdom and daughter of the House of Silva who joins the squad alongside Asta. Unable to contro ...

, a character in ''Black Clover'' * Octavio Silva, a playable character known as Octane in ''

Apex Legends ''Apex Legends'' is a free-to-play Battle royale game, battle royale-hero shooter game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in February 2019, for Nintendo ...

References

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