Sylvan (name)

Sylvan is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to:

Given name

 * Sylvan Adams (born 1958), Israeli-Canadian businessman
 * Sylvan Anderton (born 1934), English footballer
 * Sylvan Barnet (1926–2016), American literary critic
 * Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (born 1986), English footballer
 * Sylvan Byck (1904-1982), American comic strip editor
 * Sylvan Edwards (born 1979), English rugby union player
 * Sylvan Fox (1928-2007), American journalist
 * Sylvan Friedman (1908–1979), American politician
 * Sylvan Goldman (1898-1984), American businessman
 * Sylvan Gotshal (1897-1968), American lawyer
 * Sylvan Ambrose Hart (1906-1980), American mountain man
 * Sylvan Kalib (born 1929), American music theorist
 * Sylvan Levin (1903–1996), American pianist
 * Sylvan Muldoon (1903-1969), American esotericist
 * Sylvan Richardson (born 1965), British guitarist
 * Sylvan Shemitz (1925-2007), American lighting designer
 * Sylvan Wittwer (1917-2012), American agronomist

Surname

 * Kaj Sylvan (1923–2020), Danish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s
 * Per Sylvan (1875-1945), Swedish Army lieutenant general
 * Richard Sylvan (1935-1996), Australian logician and environmentalist also known as Richard Routley
 * Sanford Sylvan, American operatic baritone
 * Torsten Sylvan (1895–1970), Swedish equestrian who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics