Sylvester

Sylvester

Sylvester may refer to:

In some countries Sylvester (or Silvester) is the name used to refer to December 31st (New Year's Eve). As a name, it means "wooded", from the root "Sylvania" meaning "forest land" in Latin.

As a single name, the following churchmen

*Pope Sylvester I (Saint Sylvester)
*Pope Sylvester II
*Pope Sylvester III
*Antipope Sylvester IV
*Saint Sylvester (disambiguation)
*Sylvester of Kiev
*Sylvester of Moscow
*Sylvester of Assisi (companion of Saint Francis of Assisi)
*Sylvester of Worcester early 13th century Bishop of Worcester

Given name

*Sylvester of Marsico
*Sylvester Gozzolini, founder of the Sylvestrines
*Sylvester (singer), disco performer
*Sylvester Stallone, actor
*Sylvester McCoy, actor
*Sylvester Terkay, American Professional Wrestler

urnames

*Dean Sylvester, American hockey player
*Harold Sylvester, American film and television actor
*James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician
*Joshua Sylvester, English poet
*Michael Sylvester, American opera-singer
*Rick Sylvester, American stuntman
*Robin Sylvester, English musician
*Sherry Sylvester, American political worker and journalist
*Tamzin Sylvester, English journalist and presenter
*William Sylvester, American TV and film actor
*William Henry Thomas Sylvester, English army officer and surgeon

Place names

*Saint-Sylvestre (disambiguation)
*Sylvester, Georgia
*Sylvester, West Virginia
*Sylvester, Wisconsin
*Sylvester crater, on the Moon, which is named after "James Joseph Sylvester".

Fictional characters

*Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., a Looney Tunes character
*Sylvester Junior, a son of Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr.
*Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
*"Sylvester" (1985), a movie about a horse and the sport of eventing

ee also

*Saint Sylvester (disambiguation)
*Saint-Sylvestre (disambiguation)


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