Silver (surname)

Silver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Abba Hillel Silver (1893–1963), Lithuanian-American rabbi
 * Adam Silver (born 1962), American sports executive; NBA commissioner (2014–present)
 * Annon Lee Silver (1938–1971), Canadian lyric soprano
 * Benjamin Silver (1810–1894), American politician
 * Benjamin Silver Jr. (died 1890), American politician
 * Bernard Silver (1924–1963), an early developer of barcode technology
 * Eliezer Silver (1882–1968) Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and American human rights activist
 * Emily Silver (born 1985), retired American swimmer
 * George Silver (ca. 1560s–1620s), British swordsman
 * George Silver (actor) (1916–1984), English actor
 * George Silver (agriculturalist), Scottish agricultural innovator
 * Henry Silver (1918–1991), American physician
 * Henry A. Silver (1826–1885), American politician
 * Horace Silver (1928–2014), American jazz pianist and composer
 * Jean Silver (1926–2000), American politician
 * Jerry Silver, American neuroscientist
 * Joan Micklin Silver (1935–2020), American film director
 * Joe Silver (1922–1989), American actor
 * Joel Silver (born 1952), Jewish-American film producer
 * John Silver (musician) (born 1950), former second drummer for the rock band Genesis
 * John Silver (wrestler) (born 1991), American professional wrestler
 * Joseph Silver (1868–1918), South African criminal
 * Josh Silver (born 1962), keyboardist and producer for the band Type O Negative
 * Joshua Silver, British scientist
 * Leon Silver (1925–2022), American geologist, professor of Geology at Caltech and instructor to Apollo astronaut crews
 * Liberty Silver (b.1961/2), Canadian singer
 * Lou Silver (born 1953), American-Israeli basketball player
 * Matthew Silver, Israeli historian
 * Michael Silver (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Monroe Silver (1875–1947), American dialect-comedian.
 * Nate Silver (born 1978), sports and political journalist, founder of FiveThirtyEight.com
 * Paul Silver (1948–2009), American seismologist
 * Philip Silver (1909–1999), American philatelist
 * Ric Silver, the creator of the Electric Slide line dance
 * Ron Silver (1946–2009), American actor
 * Sheldon Silver (1944-2022), American politician, speaker of the New York State Assembly
 * Spencer Silver (1941–2021), American chemist and inventor
 * Stephen Silver (born 1972), animator and cartoonist
 * Stephen William Silver (1819–1905), merchant and book collector, son of Stephen Winckworth Silver
 * Stephen Winckworth Silver (1790–1855), clothier and outfitter
 * Steven Silver (actor) (born 1989), American actor
 * Steven Silver (film director), film director
 * Steven H Silver (born 1967), science fiction editor and publisher
 * Susan Silver (born 1958), American music manager
 * Thomas B. Silver (1947–2001), American author and president of the Claremont Institute
 * Vivian Silver (1949–2023), Canadian-Israeli peace activist
 * Warren Silver (born 1948), American lawyer and state supreme court justice in Maine

Fictional characters

 * Terry Silver, a character in 1989 American martial arts drama movie The Karate Kid Part III and television series Cobra Kai.
 * Long John Silver, the main antagonist in the novel Treasure Island (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson