Silvanus is a masculine given name. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People and biblical figures

Biblical figures and early Christians

Silas Silas or Silvanus (; Greek: Σίλας/Σιλουανός; fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who according to the New Testament accompanied Paul the Apostle on his second missionary journey. Name and ...

or Silvanus (), an early Christian and companion of Paul *

Silvanus of the Seventy Silvanus ( Greek: Σιλουανός) is a traditional figure in Eastern Orthodox tradition assumed to be one of the Seventy Apostles, those followers of Jesus sent out by him in Luke 10. Peter makes mention of him in his first epistle (1 Peter ...

, another early Christian and traditionally among Jesus' seventy apostles * Saint Silvanus (or Sylvanus), one of seven sons of Saint Felicitas of Rome (2nd century) * Silvanus of Gaza (hieromartyr) (died c. 311), saint, martyr and bishop of Gaza * Silvanus of Ahun (died 407), martyr * Silvanus of Gaza (died before 414), Palestinian Christian monk, one of the Desert Fathers

Ancient Roman officials

* Silvanus (magister peditum) (died 355), Roman general who revolted against Emperor Constantius II * Silvanus (praetorian prefect), Roman officer of the third century AD

Modern era

* Silouan the Athonite (1866–1938), also known as Saint Silvanus the Athonite, Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint * Silvanus Bevan (1691–1765), Welsh apothecary * Sylvanus Bowser (19th-century–1938), American inventor credited with inventing the automobile fuel pump * Sylvanus C. Breyfogel (born 1851), American bishop of the Evangelical Association * Sylvanus Dung Dung (born 1949), Indian field hockey player * Sylvanus William Godon (1809–1879), American naval officer * Sylvanus Lowry (died 1865), slave owning Southern aristocrat from Kentucky who reigned as the political boss of Saint Cloud, Minnesota * Sylvanus Morgan (1620–1693), English arms-painter and author * Sylvanus Morley (1883–1948), American archaeologist, epigrapher, and Mayanist scholar * Sylvanus Ngele, Nigerian senator * Silvanus Njambari (born 1974), Namibian retired footballer * Sylvanus Okpala (born 1961), Nigerian football midfielder * Sylvanus Olympio (1902–1963), Togolese politician, Prime Minister and President of Togo * Silvanus Melea Otieno (1931–1986), posthumously controversial Kenyan lawyer * Sylvannus Petty, Bahamian politician * Sylvanus T. Rugg (1834–1881), Union Army officer during the American Civil War * Sylvanus H. Sweet (1830–1899), American civil engineer, politician and New York State Engineer and Surveyor * Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), American colonel and "Father of the United States Military Academy" * Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), British physicist, engineer and author * Sylvanus Trask (1811-1897), American politician * Silvanus Trevail (1851–1903), Cornish architect * Sylvanus Percival Vivian (1880–1958), 7th Registrar General of England and Wales * Sylvanus Wear (1858–1920), English naturalist * Sylvanus Wood (1604–1675), English politician

Fictional characters

* Silvanus Kettleburn, the former Care of Magical Creatures teacher in the ''Harry Potter'' novel series * Sylvanas Windrunner, in the ''Warcraft'' video game series * Silvanus (''Forgotten Realms''), a deity in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting of ''Dungeons & Dragons''

People and biblical figures

Biblical figures and early Christians

Ancient Roman officials

Modern era

Fictional characters

See also