Silvanus (name)

Silvanus is a masculine given name. Notable people and characters with the name include:

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
 * 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