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Seymour Seymour may refer to: Places Australia * Seymour, Victoria, a township * Electoral district of Seymour, a former electoral district in Victoria * Rural City of Seymour, a former local government area in Victoria * Seymour, Tasmania, a localit ...

) and surname which may refer to:

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In arts and entertainment

Brigitte Sy Brigitte Sy (born 26 January 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut, ''Les Mains libres'', was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France. Life and career She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther ...

(born 1956), French actress and filmmaker *

Latyr Sy Latyr Sy is a Senegalese singer and percussionist based in Tokyo. Biography Born on September 12, 1972, on t he island of Goree, a world heritage site off the coast of Dakar in Senegal, West Africa, Latyr Sy began playing African drums, djemb ...

(born 1972), Senegalese singer and percussionist *

Omar Sy Omar Sy (, ff, 𞤌𞤥𞤢𞤪 𞤅𞤭, Omar Si; born 20 January 1978) is a French actor, best known in France for his sketches with Fred Testot on the '' Service après-vente des émissions'' television show on Canal+ (2005–2012). He gain ...

(born 1978), French actor and comedian * Oumou Sy (born 1952), Senegalese fashion designer

In sports

Amara Sy Amara Sy (born 28 August 1981) is a Malian-French former professional basketball player who played at the small forward position. Professional career On 31 July 2015, Sy signed with AS Monaco, after a three-year run with ASVEL Basket ASVEL B ...

(born 1981), Malian-French basketball player * Baba Sy (1935–1978), Senegalese draughts player, first world champion from Africa * Cheikha Sy (born 1990), Senegalese footballer * Founéké Sy (born 1986), Malian footballer *

Moussa Sy Moussa Sy (born 12 July 1979 in Conakry) is a Guinean football Striker with the Long Island Rough Riders of the United Soccer League United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United Sta ...

, Guinean football player * Pape Sy (born 1988), French-Senegalese basketball player * Bandja Sy (born 1990), Malian-French basketball player

In politics

Chan Sy Chan Sy, also spelt Chan Si, ( km, ចាន់ ស៊ី; 1932 – 26 December 1984) was a Cambodian politician who served as the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea from 1982 until his death in 1984. Biography Chan Sy was ...

(1932–1984), Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea from 1981 to 1984 * Ousmane Sy (born 1949), Malian politician *

Seydina Oumar Sy Seydina Oumar Sy (born October 10, 1937 in Kayes) is a Senegalese politician. He served as Foreign Minister of Senegal The Foreign Minister of Senegal is a cabinet-level position in the government of the Republic of Senegal Senegal,; Wo ...

(born 1937), Senegalese politician, Foreign Minister of Senegal from 1990 to 1991

In other fields

* Frédéric Sy, 19th and 20th century French astronomer *

Henry Sy Henry Tan Chi Sieng Sy Sr. (; ; October 15, 1924 – January 19, 2019) was a Filipino businessman and investor. Born in Fujian, he moved with his family to the Philippines at age 12. While his family returned to China, he stayed behind and f ...

(1924–2019), Chinese-Filipino billionaire, business magnate, investor and philanthropist *

Malick Sy El-Hadji Malick Sy ( ff, Allaaji Maalik Si, 1853–1922) was a Senegalese religious leader and teacher in the Tijaniyya Sufi Malikite and Ash'arite brotherhood. Life Born in Gaya, northern Senegal, to a Fulani family, El-Hadji Malick Sy traveled ...

(1855–1922), Senegalese Muslim religious leader and teacher * Polly Sy, Filipino mathematician

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In arts and entertainment

* Sy Barry (born 1928), American comic-book and comic-strip artist best known for his work on the strip ''The Phantom'' *

Sy Gomberg Sy Gomberg (August 19, 1918 – February 11, 2001) was an American Oscar-nominated film screenwriter, producer, and activist, who taught screenwriting to University of Southern California students for over a decades. Gomberg was born in New ...

(1918–2001), American film screenwriter and producer *

Sy Montgomery Sy Montgomery (born February 7, 1958) is a German born, American naturalist, author and scriptwriter who writes for children as well as adults. She is author of 34 books, including ''The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wo ...

(born 1958), German-American naturalist, author and scriptwriter *

Sy Oliver Melvin James "Sy" Oliver (December 17, 1910 – May 28, 1988) was an American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader. Life Sy Oliver was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. His mother was a piano teacher, and his ...

(1910–1988), American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader *

Sy Richardson Sy Richardson is an American film and television actor. Also a two-time screenwriter, Richardson wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film ''Posse''. Early life and education He was born in Cincinnati and grew up in Chicago. He attended Farragut C ...

(born 1941), American actor *

Sy Smith Sy Smith is an American singer and actress. Early life and career beginnings Sy Smith began her career leading a six-person Washington D.C. go-go band called "In Tyme". After graduating from Howard University with a bachelor's degree of Scien ...

(born 1978), American R&B/soul singer *

Sy Wexler Sy Wexler (1916-2005) was an American filmmaker best known for the hundreds of educational short films he made, mostly during the 1960s and 1970s. The most famous was ''Squeak the Squirrel''. He also co-produced a short film titled ''The Searchin ...

(1916–2005), American documentary filmmaker

In business

Sy Berger Seymour Perry Berger (July 12, 1923 – December 14, 2014) was an employee of the Topps company for over 50 years. He is credited as being the co-designer of the 1952 Topps baseball series, as is regarded as "the father of modern baseball cards". ...

(1923–2014), Topps company employee considered the father of the modern baseball card *

Sy Syms Sy Syms (May 12, 1926 – November 17, 2009) was an American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who founded the SYMS off-price clothing chain in New York City in 1959. Biography Syms was born Seymour Merinsky on May 12, 1926, in Br ...

(1926–2009), American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist * Seymour G. Sternberg (born 1943), chairman and former CEO of New York Life Insurance Company

In sports

Sylvester Blye Sylvester "Sy" Blye (born February 14, 1938) is a former American street and professional basketball player. Blye was famous in the Rucker Park league in New York City, being named to its Hall of Fame. He played briefly in college for Seattle U ...

(born 1938), American basketball player *

Seymour Cromwell Seymour Legrand "Sy" Cromwell II (February 17, 1934 – May 2, 1977) was an American rower. He won a silver medal in the double sculls event at the 1964 Summer Olympics and at the 1966 World Rowing Championships. Private life Cromwell was born ...

(1934–1977), American rower *

Sy Sanborn Irving Ellis Sanborn (November 28, 1866 – July 18, 1934) was an American sports writer. He was familiarly known as Sy Sanborn. Sanborn was one of the most renowned baseball journalists in the early days of the 20th century. He was featured wr ...

(1866–1934), American sportswriter *

Sy Sutcliffe Elmer Ellsworth "Sy" Sutcliffe (April 15, 1862 – February 13, 1893), also known as "Cy" or "Old Cy," was an American baseball player. He played eight seasons of Major League Baseball, principally as a catcher but also as a first baseman, outfie ...

(1862–1893), American baseball player

In other fields

Sy Friedman Sy-David Friedman (born May 23, 1953 in Chicago) is an American and Austrian mathematician and a (retired) professor of mathematics at the University of Vienna and the former director of the Kurt Gödel Research Center for Mathematical Logic. ...

(born 1953), American-Austrian mathematician and professor *

Seymour Hersh Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American Investigative journalism, investigative journalist and political writer. Hersh first gained recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai Massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam Wa ...

(born 1937), American investigative journalist and political writer *

Seymour Liebergot Seymour "Sy" Abraham Liebergot (born February 15, 1936 in Camden, New Jersey) is a retired NASA flight controller, serving during the Apollo program. Liebergot was an EECOM controller and was responsible for the electrical and environmental s ...

(born 1936), retired NASA flight controller *

(born 1958), German-American naturalist, author and scriptwriter

In fiction

Sy Snootles The Max Rebo Band is a fictional alien pop music band in the '' Star Wars'' franchise, first appearing in the 1983 film ''Return of the Jedi'' as in-house performers for crime lord Jabba the Hutt. The lineup originally seen in the film consists ...

, a ''Star Wars'' character * Sy Bisti, a

fictional language Fictional languages are the subset of constructed languages (conlangs) that have been created as part of a fictional setting (e.g. for use in a book, movie, television show, or video game). Typically they are the creation of one individual, while ...

in the ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various film ...

'' universe * Sy Ableman, a character from ''

A Serious Man ''A Serious Man'' is a 2009 American black comedy-drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1967, the film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesota Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and pe ...

'' * Sy Rubinek, a character from ''

Sneaky Pete ''Sneaky Pete'' is an American Crime film, crime drama series created by David Shore and Bryan Cranston. The series follows Marius Josipović (Giovanni Ribisi), a released convict who adopts the identity of his cellmate, Pete Murphy, to avoid hi ...

'' * Seymour "Sy" Parrish, a character from ''

One Hour Photo ''One Hour Photo'' is a 2002 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Mark Romanek and starring Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole, and Eriq La Salle. The film was produced by Catch 23 Entertainment, ...

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