Sylla can refer to:

People

Basketball players

Abdel Kader Sylla Abdel Kader Sylla (born 10 April 1990), is a Seychellois professional basketball player. He is known as being the first professional player from the Seychelles. He currently plays for Hermine Nantes of the LNB Pro B. Sylla joined Hermine Nantes ...

(born 1990), Seychelles basketball player

Football players

* Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 1981), Guinean football player * Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 1992), Guinean-Dutch football player * Abdoulaye Kapi Sylla (born 1982), Guinean football player *

Kanfory Sylla Kanfory Sylla (born 7 July 1980 in Conakry) is a Guinean football defensive all-arounder who currently plays for Zakho FC in the Iraqi Premier League. He played for Sivasspor, İstanbul BB and Konyaspor in Turkey's Super League. Internatio ...

(born 1980), Guinean football player * Mohamed Ofei Sylla (born 1974), Guinean football midfielder *

Mohamed Sylla (footballer, born 1971) Mohamed Sylla (22 February 1971 – 9 June 2010) was a Guinean professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Sylla started his career with local team Hafia Conakry. scoring many goals at Gabonese league side USM Libreville he ...

, Guinean football striker *

Mohamed Sylla (footballer, born 1993) Mohamed Sylla (born 1 December 1921) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Dundee. Career Born in Paris, Sylla began his career with L'Entente SSG, where he made over 100 appearances before signing with Englis ...

, French footballmidfielder *

Mohammed Sylla Mohammed "Momo" Sylla (born 13 March 1977) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career Sylla started his football career at French Second Division club Créteil, on the outskirts of Paris, before moving on t ...

(born 1977), Guinean footballer, also known as "Momo Sylla" (St. Johnstone, Celtic, Kilmarnock) * Norman Sylla (born 1982), French football striker * Salimo Sylla, French footballer *

Yacouba Sylla Yacouba Sylla (born 29 November 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Belgian First Division B side Virton. Born in France, he represented France as a youth international before switching to Mali at senior l ...

(born 1990), Malian-French midfielder who plays for KV Mechelen *

Issiaga Sylla Issiaga Sylla (born 1 January 1994) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Montpellier and the Guinea national team. Club career Sylla was born in Conakry, Guinea. He made his debut for Toulouse on 4 May 201 ...

(born 1994), Malian defender who plays for

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...

Volleyball players

* Miriam Sylla (born 1995), Ghanaian-Italian wing spiker/opposite playing for Imoco Volley and the Italian national team.

Entertainers and writers

Assa Sylla Assa Aïcha Sylla (born 3 June 1996) is a French actress and writer. She debuted in the film '' Girlhood'' (2014), which earned her César and Black Reel Award nominations. She has since starred in the French version of '' Skam'' (2018–2020), ...

(born 1996), French actress *

Ibrahim Sylla Ibrahima Sylla (2 April 1956 – 30 December 2013) was a Senegalese record producer born in Ivory Coast and founder of the African music label Syllart Records. He was an internationally acclaimed musician whose production and music direction defi ...

, Sénégalease music producer * Khady Sylla, (born 1963), Senegalese writer * Mola Sylla (born 1956), Senegalese musician *

MHD (rapper) Mohamed Sylla (; born 10 September 1994), better known by his stage name MHD, is a French rapper from Paris, who is known for blending trap music with music of West Africa; a genre he coined as "Afro Trap". He was previously part of the rap coll ...

(Mohamed Sylla, born 1994), French musician

Politicians

* Fodé Sylla (born 1963), French politician *

Jacques Sylla Jacques Hugues Sylla (July 1946 – 26 December 2009) was a Malagasy politician. He was the Prime Minister of Madagascar under President Marc Ravalomanana from February 2002 to January 2007. He subsequently served as the President of the Natio ...

(born 1946), Prime Minister of Madagascar *

Mamadou Sylla (politician) Mamadou Sylla (born 25 January 1960) is a Guinean politician and business leader. Born in Boké, in 1986 Sylla was one of several people given large amounts of rice by the Government to retail. Becoming wealthy, he moved to Conakry and became a ...

(born 1960), Guinean politician and business leader * Talla Sylla, Senegalese politician

Other

* French name for

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (; 138–78 BC), commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He won the first large-scale civil war in Roman history and became the first man of the Republic to seize power through force. Sulla ha ...

, a Roman general and statesman