Sylvain is the French form of Silvanus. It may refer to:

People

*Sylvain Archambault, Canadian director *

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 *

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 *

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 *

Sylvain Chomet Sylvain Chomet (; born 10 November 1963) is a French comic writer, animator and film director. Early career Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Seine-et-Oise (now Yvelines), near Paris, he studied art at high school until he graduated in 1982. Chomet m ...

(born 1963), French animator *

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 *

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 * Sylvain Cros (born 1980), French freestyle swimmer *

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 *

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Sylvan Augustus Ebanks-Blake (born 29 March 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played youth team football for Cambridge United and Manchester United before making his professional debut in 2004. A sp ...

(born 1986), British footballer *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

Sylvain Guintoli Sylvain Guintoli (born 24 June 1982 in Montélimar) is a French professional motorcycle racer. He was FIM World Superbike Champion in 2014. He is contracted to the Suzuki MotoGP team as a test rider with occasional race entries, as a wild car ...

(born 1982), French motorcycle racer *

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 *

Sylvain Lefebvre Sylvain Jean Lefebvre (born October 14, 1967) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman who played on five National Hockey League teams from 1989 to 2003. He won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996. Lefebvre was most recently a ...

(born 1967), former NHL player *

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 *

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 *

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 *

Sylvain Neuvel Sylvain Neuvel is a Canadian science fiction writer, known as the author of ''The Themis Files.'' He was born in Quebec City and raised in the suburb of L'Ancienne-Lorette.

(born 1973), Canadian science fiction author *

Sylvain Remy Sylvain Remy (born 15 November 1980) is a former Beninese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of footbal ...

(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 ...

Sylvain Sylvain Sylvain Mizrahi (February 14, 1951 – January 13, 2021), known professionally as Sylvain Sylvain, was an American rock guitarist, most notable for being a member of the New York Dolls. Early years Sylvain was born in Cairo, Egypt, to a Jewish ...

(born 1951), guitarist *

Sylvain Templier Sylvain Templier (born 27 December 1971) is a French nurse and politician who has been Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countrie ...

(born 1971), French politician *

Sylvain Turgeon Joseph Sylvain Dorilla Turgeon (born January 17, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 669 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Turgeon was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 1983 NHL Ent ...

(born 1965), Canadian former NHL player *

Sylvain Wiltord Sylvain Claude Wiltord (born 10 May 1974) is a French former professional footballer. Mainly a right winger, he also played as a centre-forward, second striker and on the left wing. Wiltord had a four-season spell at Arsenal, with whom he won t ...

(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''

People

Fictional Characters

See also