- Source: Silvanus (name)
Silvanus is a masculine given name. Notable people and characters with the name include:
People and biblical figures
= Biblical figures and early Christians
=Silas or Silvanus (fl. 1st century AD), an early Christian and companion of Paul
Silvanus of the Seventy, another early Christian and traditionally among Jesus' seventy apostles
Saint Silvanus (or Sylvanus), one of seven sons of Saint Felicitas of Rome (2nd century)
Silvanus of Gaza (hieromartyr) (died c. 311), saint, martyr and bishop of Gaza
Silvanus of Ahun (died 407), martyr
Silvanus of Gaza (died before 414), Palestinian Christian monk, one of the Desert Fathers
= Ancient Roman officials
=Silvanus (magister peditum) (died 355), Roman general who revolted against Emperor Constantius II
Silvanus (praetorian prefect), Roman officer of the third century AD
= Modern era
=Silouan the Athonite (1866–1938), also known as Saint Silvanus the Athonite, Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint
Silvanus Bevan (1691–1765), Welsh apothecary
Sylvanus Bowser (19th-century–1938), American inventor credited with inventing the automobile fuel pump
Sylvanus C. Breyfogel (born 1851), American bishop of the Evangelical Association
Sylvanus Dung Dung (born 1949), Indian field hockey player
Sylvanus William Godon (1809–1879), American naval officer
Sylvanus Lowry (died 1865), slave owning Southern aristocrat from Kentucky who reigned as the political boss of Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Sylvanus Morgan (1620–1693), English arms-painter and author
Sylvanus Morley (1883–1948), American archaeologist, epigrapher, and Mayanist scholar
Sylvanus Ngele, Nigerian senator
Silvanus Njambari (born 1974), Namibian retired footballer
Sylvanus Okpala (born 1961), Nigerian football midfielder
Sylvanus Olympio (1902–1963), Togolese politician, Prime Minister and President of Togo
Silvanus Melea Otieno (1931–1986), posthumously controversial Kenyan lawyer
Sylvannus Petty, Bahamian politician
Sylvanus T. Rugg (1834–1881), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
Sylvanus H. Sweet (1830–1899), American civil engineer, politician and New York State Engineer and Surveyor
Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), American colonel and "Father of the United States Military Academy"
Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), British physicist, engineer and author
Silvanus Trevail (1851–1903), Cornish architect
Sylvanus Percival Vivian (1880–1958), 7th Registrar General of England and Wales
Sylvanus Wear (1858–1920), English naturalist
Sylvanus Wood (1604–1675), English politician
Fictional characters
Silvanus Kettleburn, the former Care of Magical Creatures teacher in the Harry Potter novel series
Sylvanas Windrunner, in the Warcraft video game series
Silvanus (Forgotten Realms), a deity in the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons & Dragons
See also
Claudius Silvanus (died 355), Frankish usurper in 355
Marcus Caeionius Silvanus (born c. 120), Roman consul in 156 AD
Marcus Plautius Silvanus (consul 2 BC), Roman consul in 2 BC
Tiberius Plautius Silvanus Aelianus, Roman consul
Silvano (disambiguation), a given name and surname
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