Sybil or Sibyl is a feminine given name of

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origin given in reference to the

sibyl The sibyls (, singular ) were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. The sibyls prophesied at holy sites. A sibyl at Delphi has been dated to as early as the eleventh century BC by PausaniasPausanias 10.12.1 when he described local tradi ...

s, oracles of

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. It has been in common use in

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...

countries since the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

. Latinate forms of the name in use by 1381 included ''Sibilla'' and ''Sibilia''. It was thought suitable as a name for girls by Christians, despite its pagan origins, because the sibyls had delivered messages from a deity and were thought to have been blessed by God with partial understanding of the coming of

Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

. It became more common in the 1800s. Usage of the name recently increased due to a character on the popular TV series ''

Downton Abbey ''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on ...

''. Sibylle, a

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version of the name, is considered a '' bon chic bon genre'' name more likely to be given to girls from

upper class Upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status, usually are the wealthiest members of class society, and wield the greatest political power. According to this view, the upper class is ...

French families.

Notable people with the name Sybil include

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* Sybil Andrews (1898–1992), English-Canadian artist, specialised in printmaking, best known for her modernist linocuts *

Sybil Arundale Sybil Arundale (20 June 1879 – 5 September 1965) was an English stage and film actress born Sybil Kelly. From age 11, Arundale appeared with her sister Grace in music halls, where they were billed as "The Sisters Arundale". An early dramatic ...

(1879–1965), English stage and film actress, born Sybil Kelly *

Zabel Sibil Asadour Zabel Asadour ( hy, Զապէլ Ասատուր) better known by her literary pseudonym Sibil ( hy, Սիպիլ) was born as Zabel Khanjian ( hy, Զապէլ Խանճեան), July 23, 1863 in Üsküdar district, İstanbul - June 19, 1934), was a famo ...

(1863–1934), Armenian poet, writer, publisher and philanthropist *

Sybil Atteck Sybil Marjory Atteck (3 February 1911 − 15 April 1975)Keith Atteck"A short story of Sybil Atteck (1911–1975)" Trinidad & Tobago Association of Ottawa, 6 October 2019. was a pioneering Trinidadian painter known for her work in watercolor, oils, ...

(1911–1975), pioneering Trinidadian painter known for her work in watercolor * Megan Sybil Baker (born 1954), pseudonym of Linnea Sinclair, American writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy Romance *

Sybil Bauer Sybil Lorina Bauer (September 18, 1903 – January 31, 1927) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. She represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics, where she won the gold medal in the ...

(1903–1927), American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder * Sybil Mary Collings Beaumont or Sibyl Hathaway DBE (1884–1974), Dame of Sark from 1927 until her death *

Sybil Bennett Marion Sybil Bennett (February 7, 1904 – November 12, 1956) was a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Halton in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 until her death. Biography Bennett's parents were from one of ...

(1904–1956), Canadian politician *

Sybil Moseley Bingham Sybil Moseley Bingham (September 14, 1792 — February 27, 1848) was an American teacher in the Hawaiian Islands, a member of the first company of missionaries sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). Early life Sy ...

(1792–1848), American teacher in the Hawaiian Islands *

Sybil Brand Sybil Brand (née Morris; May 8, – February 17, 2004) was an American philanthropist and activist, best known locally for her work in improving jail conditions for women in Los Angeles. She was the namesake of the Sybil Brand Institute ( ...

(1899–2004), American philanthropist and activist * Sybil G. Brinton, author of the novel ''Old Friends and New Fancies'' (1913) *

Sybil Brintrup Sybil Brintrup Kruger (1954 – 12 August 2020) was a Chilean conceptual artist who worked with both traditional and digital media. Early life Brintrup was born in Puerto Montt, Chile in 1954. She received a BA degree in painting from the Cath ...

(1954–2020), Chilean conceptual artist, working with traditional and digital media *

Sybil le Brocquy Sybil le Brocquy (21 December 1892 – 4 September 1973) was an Irish playwright, patron of the arts and conservationist. One of her three children was the painter Louis le Brocquy. Life and work Born Helen Mary Sybil Staunton in Herbert Street, ...

(1892–1973), Irish playwright, patron of the arts and conservationist *

Sybil Buck Sibyl Buck (born May 27, 1972) is an American musician, yoga instructor, and fashion model. Biography Born in Versailles, France, Buck started her modeling career in 1992 and has worked for Yves Saint-Laurent, Chanel, Jean-Paul Gaultier, A ...

(born 1972), American musician, yoga instructor and fashion model * Ethel Sybil Burwell or Ethel Turner (1870–1958), English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writer *

Sybil Campbell Sybil Campbell (9 October 1889 – 29 August 1977) was the first woman to be appointed as a stipendiary magistrate in Britain when she became metropolitan police magistrate at Tower Bridge Magistrate's Court in 1945. She was thus the first ...

OBE (1889–1977), the first woman to be appointed as a stipendiary magistrate in Britain * Sybil Carmen (1896–1929), American actress, dancer, and Ziegfeld girl *

Sybil Chaplin Sybil Judith Chaplin , known as Judith Chaplin (née Schofield; 19 August 193919 February 1993), was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Career Chaplin was elected councillor for Norfolk County Council 1975, following her h ...

, known as Judith Chaplin (1939–1993), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom * Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley CBE (1894–1989), British socialite, Chief Staff Officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) during World War II *

Sybil Christopher Sybil Christopher (née Williams; 27 March 1929 – 7 March 2013), formerly known as Sybil Burton, was a Welsh actress, theatre director, and founder of popular celebrity New York nightclub "Arthur".Paul Vitello"Sybil Christopher, Actress and Nig ...

(1929–2013), formerly known as Sybil Burton, Welsh actress and theatre director * Sybil Claiborne (1923–1992), novelist, short story writer, pacifist, member of the Board of the War Resisters League *

Sybil Colefax Sibyl Sophie Julia, Lady Colefax (''née'' Halsey; 1874 – 22 September 1950) was an English interior decorator and socialite in the first half of the twentieth century. Biography Colefax was born at Wimbledon, third but only surviving daughte ...

(1874–1950), English interior designer and decorator, and socialite * Sybil Connolly (1921–1998), Dublin-based Irish fashion designer known for creating fashion from Irish textiles *

Sybil of Conversano Sibylla of Conversano (d. 18 March 1103) was a wealthy Norman heiress, Duchess of Normandy by marriage to Robert Curthose. She was regent of Normandy during the absence of her spouse. Life She was the daughter of Geoffrey of Brindisi, Count of C ...

(died 1103), wealthy Norman heiress, Duchess of Normandy by marriage to Robert Curthose * Sybil Cookson (1890–1963), journalist and writer of romantic novels *

Sybil Cooper Sybil Cooper (January 1900 – 1970), was a British physiologist. Life and work Sybil Cooper, daughter of the distinguished architect Sir Edwin Cooper (architect), Edwin Cooper, was born in London, England, in January 1900. She attended Girton C ...

(1900–1970), British physiologist *

Sybil Craig Sybil Mary Frances Craig (1901–1989), was an Australian painter. She was appointed by the Australian War Memorial to accept the appointment as an official war artist. She was the first woman to paint women working in the munitions’ facto ...

OAM (1901–1989), Australian painter * Sybil Danning (born 1952), Austrian-American actress, model, and film producer *

Sybil Isabel Dorsett Shirley Ardell Mason (January 25, 1923 – February 26, 1998) was an American art teacher who was reputed to have dissociative identity disorder (previously known as ''multiple personality disorder''). Her life was purportedly described, with a ...

or Shirley Ardell Mason (1923–1998), American art teacher reputed to have dissociative identity disorder *

Sybil Dunlop Sibyl Dunlop (1889 – 20 December 1968) was a British jewellery designer, best known for the jewellery and silver objects in the late Arts and Crafts style that she produced in the 1920s and 1930s. Dunlop was born in Hampstead, London to Scotti ...

(1889–1968), British jewellery designer, best known work in the late Arts and Crafts style * Sybil Elgar (1914–2007), the first special-education teacher for those with autism in the United Kingdom *

Sybil Evers Sybil Marjorie Evers (19 June 1904 – 24 June 1963) was an English singer and actress. She performed in operettas, operas and plays in London from the early 1920s through the late 1930s, including on BBC radio and television. She married Olympic ...

(1904–1963), English singer and actress *

Sybil B. G. Eysenck Sybille Bianca Giulietta Eysenck ( ; March 1927 – December 2020) was a personality psychologist and the widow of the psychologist Hans Eysenck, with whom she collaborated as psychologists at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, as ...

(1927–2020), personality psychologist and the widow of the psychologist Hans Eysenck * Sybil Fane, Countess of Westmorland (1871–1910), born Lady Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine, was a British aristocrat and socialite *

Sybil Flory Sybil Flory (née LeFleur; 8 April 1920 – 2 September 2017) was a pharmacist, seamstress and teacher. She was born in Burma to a Burmese mother and a French father. Her mother died in childbirth. The sisters had grown up with an elder brother an ...

(1920–2017), pharmacist, seamstress and teacher * Jean Sybil La Fontaine (born 1931), British anthropologist and emeritus professor of the London School of Economics

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* Sybil Gibson (1908–1995), American painter *

Sybil Mullen Glover Sybil Mullen Glover ( Jeffery; 1908–28 July 1995) was a British artist known for her landscape and marine paintings. Biography Glover attended Saint Martin's School of Art in central London and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy through ...

(1908–1995), British artist known for her landscape and marine paintings *

Sybil Niden Goldrich Sybil Niden Goldrich has been one of the leading consumer advocates involved in the fight for women’s health as it relates to breast implants. Her leadership on this issue began in 1987 when, as a cancer patient having massive difficulties with ...

, consumer advocate in the fight for women's health relating to breast implants *

Sybil Gordon Sybil Gordon (22 March 1902 – 17 December 1981) was an English singer and actress.Stone, David Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 23 September 2020, accessed 15 November 2020 She is best remembered for her performances in Gilbert an ...

(1902–1981), English singer and actress * Lady Sybil Grant (1879–1955), British writer and artist * Lady Sybil Grey OBE (1882–1966), British philanthropist and Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse * Sybil Grey (1860–1939), born Ellen Sophia Taylor, was a British singer and actress during the Victorian era * Sybil Grove, English actress * Sybil B. Harrington (1908–1998), American philanthropist * Sibyl Hathaway DBE (1884–1974), Dame of Sark from 1927 until her death *

Sibyl Heijnen Sibyl Heijnen (1961) is a Dutch visual artist, part of the second generation after 1960.Ken'Ichi Iwaki (2009) Essay. In: ”Sibyl Heijnen , Waving Space”. . P. 5-22. She graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in ...

(1961), Dutch visual artist, part of the second generation after 1960 *

Dulcie Sybil Holland Dulcie Sybil Holland AM (5 January 1913 – 21 May 2000) was an Australian composer and music educator. Best known for her contributions to music education through her involvement with the Australian Music Examinations Board, Holland has in ...

(1913–2000), Australian composer and music educator *

Sybil Holmes Sybil Henry Holmes (June 20, 1889 – July 22, 1979) was an American politician who was the first woman elected to the Massachusetts Senate. Early life and legal career Holmes was born on June 20, 1889 in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts to Hel ...

(1889–1979), American politician, the first woman elected to the Massachusetts Senate * Sibyl Marvin Huse (1866-1939), French-born American author of religious books and teacher of Christian Science *

Sybil Joyce Hylton Sybil Joyce Hylton MBE (25 August 1913 – 1 October 2006) was a Caymanian community volunteer and social advocate who became involved with the juvenile justice system in the 1950s. She was also known as the "Mother of probation". She lobbied the ...

MBE (1913–2006), Caymanian community volunteer and social advocate *

Sybil Irving Sybil Howy Irving (25 February 1897 – 28 March 1973) was an Australian military officer who was the founder and controller of the Australian Women's Army Service during World War II. She served in this position from 1941 to 1946, and wa ...

MBE (1897–1973), founder and controller of the Australian Women's Army Service during World War II *

Sybil Henley Jacobson Sybil Henley Jacobson, (b. July 21, 1881 in London, England, d. November 4, 1953 near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) was a Canadian painter. Her oil and watercolor paintings of prairie landscapes, portraits, and still life are in a traditio ...

, (1881–1953), Canadian painter * Sybil Jason (1927–2011), South African-born, American child film actress * Sybil Jefferies (stage name Sweet Sable), American house and R&B vocalist best known for her work during the 1990s *

Sybil Kent Kane Sybil Kent Kane (1856 – February 15, 1946) was an American socialite who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age. Early life Kane was born at the family home on August 28, 1844, in Newport, Rhode Island. She was the second you ...

(1856–1946), American socialite, prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age * Sybil Kathigasu GM (1899–1948), Malayan Eurasian nurse who supported the resistance during the Japanese occupation of Malaya * Sybil Kein (born 1939), Louisiana Creole poet, playwright, scholar, and musician * Sibyl Kempson (born 1973), American playwright and performer *

Sibyll-Anka Klotz Sibyll-Anka Klotz (born 1961, in Berlin) is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the parliament of Berlin. Klotz studied philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and larg ...

(born 1961), German politician * Sybil Leek (1917–1982), English witch, astrologer, occult author and self-proclaimed psychic *

May Sybil Leslie May Sybil Leslie (14 August 1887 – 3 July 1937) was an English chemist who worked with Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford. From 1920 until her death Leslie was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Biography Leslie was born to Frederick L ...

(1887–1937), English chemist who worked with Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford *

Sybil Lewis (surgeon) Sybil Lonie Lewis, OSS (1874–10 March 1918) was an early Scottish female surgeon who served with distinction in Serbia during the First World War. In 1917 she helped to establish the Serbian Relief Fund. Life She was born in 1874, probably i ...

, OSS (1874–1918), early Scottish surgeon who served with distinction in Serbia during the First World War *

Sybil Lewis (actress) Sybil Lewis was an actress in the United States. An African American, she appeared in several films including musicals during the 1940s. She appeared in African American films (race films) and Hollywood pictures. She had starring roles in several A ...

, actress in the United States *

Sybil Ludington Sybil (or Sibbell) Ludington (April 5, 1761 – February 26, 1839) is recognized as a heroine of the American Revolutionary War; the accuracy of these accounts is questioned by modern scholars. On April 26, 1777, the 16-year-old daughter of a c ...

(1761–1839), heroine of the American Revolutionary War * Sybil Lupp (1916–1994), New Zealand mechanic, motor-racing driver, garage proprietor and motor vehicle dealer *

Sybil Lynch Sybil Lynch, known simply as Sybil,(14 May 1992Celebrating with Sybil Up-And-Coming Pop Singer's a Familiar Face to Local Folks ''News & Record (Greensboro)'', Retrieved October 28, 2010 is an American R&B and pop singer–songwriter. Sybil ga ...

(born 1965), American R&B and pop singer–songwriter * Sybil Marshall (1913–2005), British writer, novelist, social historian, broadcaster, folklorist, educationalist *

Dame Elvira Sibyl Marie Laughton Mathews, DBE Dame Elvira Sibyl Marie Mathews, ( Laughton; 25 September 1888 – 25 September 1959), known as Vera Laughton Mathews, was a British military officer and administrator. She was the second Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), serv ...

(1888–1959), British military officer and administrator *

Sybil I. McLaughlin Sybil Ione McLaughlin (24 August 1928 – 10 May 2022) was a Caymanian politician who became the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands. She was declared a National Hero in 1996. McLaughlin was born in Mobile, Alabama ...

MBE (1928–2022), first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands *

Sybil C. Mobley Sybil Lenora Collins Mobley (October 14, 1925 – September 29, 2015) was Dean Emerita of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) School of Business and Industry. She led its business program and was the founding dean of its Bu ...

(1925–2015), Dean Emerita of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) School of Business and Industry * Sibyl Moholy-Nagy (1903–1971), German non-fiction writer * Sybil Montagu, Prioress of Amesbury, daughter of John de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu and his wife Margaret de Monthermer *

Sybil Morgan Sybil Morgan, known as Mrs E.L. Morgan, (1898 – 5 April 1983)Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011', Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011Archived here./ref> was a British philatelist who wa ...

(1898–1983), British philatelist on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists *

Sibyl Morrison Sibyl Enid Vera Munro Morrison (18 August 1895 – 29 December 1961) was the first female barrister in New South Wales, Australia. She graduated LL.B from the University of Sydney's law school in 1924. Early life Born at Petersham, a suburb ...

(1895–1961), Australian lawyer * Sybil Morrison (1893–1984), British pacifist, suffragist and activist with several other radical causes *

Sybil Moses Sybil Rappaport Moses (June 28, 1939 – January 23, 2009) was an American lawyer and judge. She was the prosecutor for the "Dr. X" murder trial of Mario Jascalevich, only four years after she graduated from law school. Moses later was a judg ...

(1939–2009), American lawyer and judge *

Sybil Mulcahy Sybil Mulcahy (born 1973) is an Irish journalist and presenter, known for co-presenting TV3's ''The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin'' since 2009. Early life Born in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Mulcahy was educated locally before being conferred with ...

(born 1973), Irish journalist and presenter * Josephine and Sybil Mulvany, New Zealand weavers

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Sybil Neville-Rolfe Sybil Neville-Rolfe OBE (22 June 1885 – 3 August 1955) was a social hygienist and founder of the Eugenics Society, and a leading figure in the National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases. She has been described as a feminist and a eug ...

OBE (1885–1955), social hygienist, founder of the Eugenics Society * Sybil Fenton Newall or Queenie Newall (1854–1929), English archer who won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London *

Sybil Robson Orr Sybil Ann Robson Orr (born 1962) is an American film producer. She is a niece of Walmart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and the founder of Robson Orr Entertainment. Early life and career Sybil Robson Orr was born in 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahom ...

(born 1962), American film producer * Sybil (wife of Pain fitzJohn), Anglo-Norman noblewoman in 12th-century England *

Daphne Margaret Sybil Desiree Park Daphne Margaret Sybil Désirée Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth, CMG, OBE, FRSA (1 September 1921 – 24 March 2010) was a British intelligence officer, diplomat and public servant. During her career as a clandestine senior controller in MI6 ...

or Daphne Park CMG, OBE, FRSA (1921–2010), British spy * Sybil Phoenix OBE (née Marshall; born 1927), British community worker of Guyanese birth * Sybil Plumlee (1911–2012), American teacher, caseworker, and police officer in Portland, Oregon *

Sibyl Pool Sibyl Murphree Pool (1901–1973) was a politician from Alabama. She was first appointed as the Secretary of State of Alabama in 1944 following the resignation of David Howell Turner. In 1950, she was elected Alabama State Treasurer and served u ...

(1901–1973), politician from Alabama * Sybil Pye (1879–1958), self-trained British bookbinder famed for her inlay Art Deco leather bindings * Tabitha Sybil Quaye (born 1938), Ghanaian politician and a former member of parliament for Takoradi * Sybil of the Rhine (1098–1179), aka Hildegard of Bingen, German Benedictine abbess and polymath, writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and medical writer and practitioner *

Sybil Sassoon Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (born Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Sassoon; 30 January 1894 – 26 December 1989), styled Countess of Rocksavage from 1913 to 1923, was a British socialite, patron of the arts, ...

(1894–1989), British officer during World War 2 *

Sybil M. Rock Sibyl Martha Rock (August 1, 1909 – November 17, 1981)Social Security Administration,Social Security Death Index" examined for any reference to "Sibyl Rock," accessed 2013-10-10. was a pioneer in mass spectrometry and computing. Rock was a key p ...

(1909–1981), pioneer in mass spectrometry and computing * Sybil Ruscoe (born 1960), British radio and television presenter * Sybil Sanderson (1864–1903), American operatic soprano during the Parisian Belle Époque *

Sybil Seely Sybil Seely (born Sibye Trevilla, January 2, 1900 – June 26, 1984) was a silent film actress who worked with the well known silent film comedy actor Buster Keaton. She was credited in some of her films as Sibye Trevilla. Early years Seely ...

(1900–1984), silent film actress who worked with Buster Keaton *

Sybil P. Seitzinger Sybil P. Seitzinger is an oceanographer and climate scientist at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. She is known for her research into climate change and elemental cycling, especially nitrogen biogeochemistry. Education and career Se ...

, oceanographer and climate scientist at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions *

Sybil Shainwald Sybil Shainwald (born April 27, 1928) is an American attorney specializing in women's health law and an activist for women's health reform. She has represented thousands of women and their children in individual and class action suits against ...

(born 1928), American attorney specializing in women's health law, activist for women's health reform * Sybil Shearer (1912–2005), American choreographer, dancer and writer * Sybil Shepherd (born 1950), American actress, singer and former model * Sybil Sheridan (born 1953), writer and British Reform rabbi * Sybil Smith (born 1966), American former collegiate swimmer * Sybil Smolova, Czech-Austrian dancer and film actress of the silent era * Sybil Stockdale (1924–2015), American campaigner for families of Americans missing in South East Asia * Sybil Tawse (1886–1971), English artist and illustrator *

Sybil Temtchine Sybil Temchen (born June 7, 1979) is an American actress who has appeared in over 15 TV shows and pilots including, ''Revenge'', ''Without a Trace'', '' Close to Home'', and Steven Bochco's ''Marriage''. Career Born in New York City, Temchen ...

, American actress *

Sybil Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda Sybil Margaret Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda, (née Haig; 25 February 1857 – 11 March 1941) was a British suffragette, feminist, and philanthropist. Early life and marriage She was born in Brighton, the daughter of George Augustus Haig, ...

, DBE (1857–1941), British suffragette, feminist, and philanthropist * Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976), English actress who toured internationally in Shakespearean productions * Ethel Sibyl Turner (1870–1958), English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writer * Sybil Ward (1894–1977), one of the first female lawyers in Delaware *

Sybil Werden Sybil Werden (3 September 1924 – 27 July 2007) was a German dancer and actress during the 1950s. Life and career Born on 3 September 1924, Sybil Barbara Astrid Werden was the daughter of actress Margit Barnay and architect Hans Schmidt-Werden. F ...

(1924–2007), German dancer and actress during the 1950s *

Sybil Wettasinghe Kala Keerthi Sybil Wettasinghe ( si, සිබිල් වෙත්තසිංහ) (31 October 1927 – 1 July 2020) was a children's book writer and an illustrator in Sri Lanka. Considered as the doyen of children's literature in Sri Lanka, ...

(1927–2020), children's book writer and an illustrator in Sri Lanka *

Sybil Whigham Sybil Whigham, also seen as Sibyl Whigham and later as Sybil Nicholson (29 July 1871 – after March 1954), was a Scottish golfer. Early life Sybil Harriet Whigham was born in Tarbolton, Scotland, the daughter of David Dundas Whigham"Death of C ...

, (1871–1954), Scottish golfer *

Sibyl Taite Widdows Sibyl Taite Widdows (1876–1960) was a British people, British Scientist and member of the Chemistry department at the London School of Medicine for Women for 40 years. Sibyl was also one of the 19 women signatories of the Letter of 19, 1904 pe ...

(1876–1960), British Scientist, member of the Chemistry department at the London School of Medicine for Women for 40 years * Sibyl Wilbur (1871–1946), American journalist, suffragist, and author of a biography of Mary Baker Eddy *

Sybil Wolfram Sybil Wolfram (born Sybille Misch; 1931–1993) was an English philosopher and writer, of German Jewish origin. She was a Fellow and Tutor in philosophy at Lady Margaret Hall at University of Oxford from 1964 to 1993. Work She published two boo ...

(1931–1993), English philosopher and writer of German Jewish origin *

Sybil Yazzie Sybil Lansing Yazzie Baldwin (May 14, 1916 – November 25, 2002) was a Diné (Navajo) painter active in the 1930s. About Yazzie was a pupil of Dorothy Dunn at the Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS), considered the birthplace of contemporary Nativ ...

(1917–1918), Diné (Navajo) painter Fictional characters called Sybil include: *Sibyl, a character in ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' * Sybil Barton, a character in 1941 American comedy film ''Angels with Broken Wings'', played by Binnie Barnes *Sybil Birling, a character in the play ''

An Inspector Calls ''An Inspector Calls'' is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945 and at the New Theatre in London the following year. It is one of Priestley's best-known works for the stage and is co ...

'' by J. B. Priestley * Sybil Branson, a character in ''Downton Abbey'' played by Jessica Brown Findlay, or her daughter, nicknamed "Sybbie" *

Sybil Dvorak Skein (real name Sybil Dvorak, also known as Gypsy Moth and Sybarite) is a fictional character, a Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The character first ap ...

, a mutant supervillain character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics * Sybil Fawlty, a character played by Prunella Scales in the BBC TV series ''Fawlty Towers'' * Sybil Pandemik, a character in ''Sam & Max'' *Sybil Stone, a character played by Diane Keaton in the film '' The Family Stone'' * Sybill Trelawney, a character in the ''Harry Potter'' series *Sibyl Vane, a character in the novel ''

The Picture of Dorian Gray ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical fiction, philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''Th ...

'' by Oscar Wilde * Lady Sybil Vimes, a character in the ''Discworld'' series by Terry Pratchett

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