Sylvester

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Sylvester may refer to:

In some countries Sylvester (or Silvester) is the name used to refer to December 31st (New Year's Eve). It derives from the Latin adjective silvestris meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun silva meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with i. In Classical Latin y represented a separate sound distinct from i, not a native Latin sound but one used in transcriptions of foreign words. After the Classical period y came to be pronounced as i. Spellings with Sylv- in place of Silv- date from after the Classical period.

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 Assisi (companion of Saint Francis of Assisi)
• Sylvester of Worcester early 13th century Bishop of Worcester

Given name

• Silvester Diggles (1817-1880), Australian musician and ornithologist
• Sylvester of Marsico
• Sylvester Gozzolini, founder of the Sylvestrines
• Sylvester (singer), disco performer
• Sylvester Stallone, actor/writer/director/producer
• Sylvester McCoy, actor
• Sylvester Terkay, American Professional Wrestler
• Sylvester Graham, Presbyterian minister, father of graham crackers

Surnames

• Attila Silvester, famous Greek choreographer
• 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

• Mount Sylvester, in Canada
• Saint-Sylvestre (disambiguation)
• Sylvester, Georgia
• Sylvester, Nova Scotia
• Sylvester, Texas
• Sylvester, West Virginia
• Sylvester, Wisconsin
• Sylvester (crater) on the Moon, named after James Joseph Sylvester

Fictional characters

• Sylvester (Looney Tunes), 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 show jumping

See also

• Saint Sylvester (disambiguation)
• Saint-Sylvestre (disambiguation)
• Silvester

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