Sylvain is the
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form of
Silvanus. It may refer to:
People
*Sylvain Archambault, Canadian director
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Sylvain Bied
Sylvain Bied (26 February 1965 – 18 February 2011) was a French professional Association football, football player and manager. He played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper.
Playing career
Bied was a product of the Paris Sai ...
(1965–2011), French footballer and manager
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Sylvain Cappell
Sylvain Edward Cappell (born 1946), is a Belgian American mathematician and former student of William Browder at Princeton University, is a topologist who has spent most of his career at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU, wher ...
(born 1946), American mathematician
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Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel''Procycling'', UK, November 2008 (born 30 June 1979) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the , , and two spells with the / team. His brother Sébastien Chavanel ...
(born 1979), French cyclist
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Sylvain Chomet (born 1963), French animator
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Sylvain Cossette
Sylvain Cossette (born May 8, 1963) is a French-Canadian singer from Grand-Mère, Quebec (located in the Mauricie region). He was a founding member of the Quebec-based English-language band Paradox in 1984 before becoming a French-language solo a ...
(born 1963), Canadian pop vocalist
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Sylvain Côté
Sylvain Côté (born January 19, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who spent 19 seasons in the NHL, the majority of them with the Washington Capitals. He also played for the Hartford Whalers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Bl ...
(born 1966), Canadian former ice hockey player
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Sylvain Cros
Sylvain Cros (born 2 June 1980 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a long-distance freestyle swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the men's individual 1500 metres freestyle event at the 1999 European Championships in Istanbul
Istanbul ( ...
(born 1980), French freestyle swimmer
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Sylvain Distin
Sylvain Distin (born 16 December 1977) is a French former professional footballer. He is left-footed and played as a central defender, and was also capable of playing at left-back.
Distin began his career playing for French amateur sides, workin ...
(born 1977), French footballer
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Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (born 1986), British footballer
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Sylvain Eugène Raynal
Sylvain Eugène Raynal (3 March 1867 – 13 January 1939) was a French military officer.
Biography
The Fort Vaux was commanded by Raynal who started the war in charge of the 7th Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs.
He was injured in the shoulder ...
(1867–1939), French army officer
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Sylvain Estibal
Sylvain Estibal (born 13 March 1967) is a French reporter, author and film director.
The film '' The Last Flight'' was based on Estibal's 2006 book. He directed the film '' When Pigs Have Wings'' for which he was awarded the César Award for Best ...
(born 1967), French journalist, writer, and film director
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Sylvain Garel
Sylvain Garel (born 1956) is a French Green politician.
Early life
Garel was born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. He has a master's degree in Contemporary History and specializes in Film History.
He entered politics at age 17, in the Ecol ...
(born 1956), French politician and human-rights activist
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Sylvain Grenier
Sylvain Grenier (born March 26, 1977) is a Canadian TV host and semi-retired professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE as a producer since 2020.
He is best known for his time wrestling for WWE between 2002 and 2007 where he was part of L ...
(born 1977), Canadian wrestler
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Sylvain Guintoli (born 1982), French motorcycle racer
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Sylvain Arend
Sylvain Julien Victor Arend (6 August 1902 – 18 February 1992) was a Belgian astronomer born in Robelmont, Luxembourg province, Belgium. His main interest was astrometry.
Together with Georges Roland, he discovered the bright comet C/1956 R ...
(1902–1992), Belgian astronomer
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Sylvain Lefebvre (born 1967), former NHL player
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Sylvain Légaré
Sylvain Légaré (born October 22, 1970) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the Vanier riding from 2004 to 2008.
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, ...
(born 1970), Canadian politician
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Sylvain Longchambon
Sylvain Longchambon (born 30 July 1980 in Saint-Priest, France) is a French ice dancer. With Caroline Truong, he won two silver medals on the 1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, bronze at the 2001 Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and bronze at the ...
(born 1980), French ice dancer
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Sylvain Maréchal
Sylvain Maréchal (15 August 1750 – 18 January 1803) was a French essayist, poet, philosopher and political theorist, whose views presaged utopian socialism and communism. His views on a future golden age are occasionally described as ''utopian ...
(1750–1803), French essayist
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Sylvain Neuvel (born 1973), Canadian science fiction author
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Sylvain Remy (born 1980), Beninese footballer
*Sylvain Richard (born 1979), French rapper, disc jockey, and producer known as
20syl
Sylvain Richard (born 17 February 1979), better known by his stage name 20syl (pronounced "vain-seel", ), is a French rapper, disc jockey and producer. He is a composer and MC in the group Hocus Pocus, member of beatmaker collective of DJs C2C ...
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Sylvain Sylvain (born 1951), guitarist
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Sylvain Templier (born 1971), French politician
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Sylvain Turgeon (born 1965), Canadian former NHL player
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Sylvain Wiltord (born 1974), French footballer
Fictional Characters
*Sylvain Jose Gautier, a fictional character from the video games ''
Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' and ''
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes''
See also
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Silvain (disambiguation), variant spelling
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Saint-Sylvain (disambiguation) Saint-Sylvain may refer to several communes in France:
*Saint Sylvain, Calvados, in the Calvados ''département''
*Saint-Sylvain, Corrèze, in the Corrèze ''département''
*Saint-Sylvain, Seine-Maritime, in the Seine-Maritime ''département''
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Sylvan (disambiguation)
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