Sylvain is the
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form of
Silvanus. It may refer to:
People
*Sylvain Archambault, Canadian director
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Sylvain Bied (1965–2011), French footballer and manager
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Sylvain Cappell
Sylvain Edward Cappell (born 1946), is a Belgian American mathematician and former student of William Browder at Princeton University, is a topologist who has spent most of his career at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU, wher ...
(born 1946), American mathematician
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Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel'' Procycling'', UK, November 2008 (born 30 June 1979) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the , , and two spells with the / team. His brother Sébastien Chavanel ...
(born 1979), French cyclist
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Sylvain Chomet (born 1963), French animator
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Sylvain Cossette (born 1963), Canadian pop vocalist
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Sylvain Côté (born 1966), Canadian former ice hockey player
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Sylvain Cros
Sylvain Cros (born 2 June 1980 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a long-distance freestyle swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the men's individual 1500 metres freestyle event at the 1999 European Championships in Istanbul
Istanbul ( ...
(born 1980), French freestyle swimmer
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Sylvain Distin (born 1977), French footballer
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Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (born 1986), British footballer
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Sylvain Eugène Raynal (1867–1939), French army officer
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Sylvain Estibal (born 1967), French journalist, writer, and film director
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Sylvain Garel
Sylvain Garel (born 1956) is a French Green politician.
Early life
Garel was born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. He has a master's degree in Contemporary History and specializes in Film History.
He entered politics at age 17, in the Ecol ...
(born 1956), French politician and human-rights activist
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Sylvain Grenier (born 1977), Canadian wrestler
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Sylvain Guintoli
Sylvain Guintoli (born 24 June 1982 in Montélimar) is a French professional motorcycle racer. He was FIM World Superbike Champion in 2014. He is contracted to the Suzuki MotoGP team as a test rider with occasional race entries, as a wild car ...
(born 1982), French motorcycle racer
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Sylvain Arend (1902–1992), Belgian astronomer
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Sylvain Lefebvre
Sylvain Jean Lefebvre (born October 14, 1967) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman who played on five National Hockey League teams from 1989 to 2003. He won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996. Lefebvre was most recently an ...
(born 1967), former NHL player
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Sylvain Légaré (born 1970), Canadian politician
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Sylvain Longchambon (born 1980), French ice dancer
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Sylvain Maréchal (1750–1803), French essayist
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Sylvain Neuvel
Sylvain Neuvel is a Canadian science fiction writer, known as the author of ''The Themis Files.'' He was born in Quebec City and raised in the suburb of L'Ancienne-Lorette. (born 1973), Canadian science fiction author
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Sylvain Remy
Sylvain Remy (born 15 November 1980) is a former Beninese football player, who last played for Clermont.
International career
He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup
The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the NOKIA African Cup ...
(born 1980), Beninese footballer
*Sylvain Richard (born 1979), French rapper, disc jockey, and producer known as
20syl
Sylvain Richard (born 17 February 1979), better known by his stage name 20syl (pronounced "vain-seel", ), is a French rapper, disc jockey and producer. He is a composer and MC in the group Hocus Pocus, member of beatmaker collective of DJs C2C ...
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Sylvain Sylvain
Sylvain Mizrahi (February 14, 1951 – January 13, 2021), known professionally as Sylvain Sylvain, was an American rock guitarist, most notable for being a member of the New York Dolls.
Early years
Sylvain was born in Cairo, Egypt, to a Jewish ...
(born 1951), guitarist
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Sylvain Templier
Sylvain Templier (born 27 December 1971) is a French nurse and politician who has been Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries ...
(born 1971), French politician
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Sylvain Turgeon
Joseph Sylvain Dorilla Turgeon (born January 17, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 669 games in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
Turgeon was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 1983 NHL Entr ...
(born 1965), Canadian former NHL player
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Sylvain Wiltord
Sylvain Claude Wiltord (born 10 May 1974) is a French former professional footballer. Mainly a right winger, he also played as a centre-forward, second striker and on the left wing.
Wiltord had a four-season spell at Arsenal, with whom he won tw ...
(born 1974), French footballer
Fictional Characters
*Sylvain Jose Gautier, a fictional character from the video games ''
Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' and ''
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes''
See also
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Silvain (disambiguation) Silvain may refer to:
* ''Silvain'' (opera), an opera by André Ernest Modeste Grétry
* Silvain of Ahun, French martyr and saint
* 15899 Silvain, an asteroid
People with the surname
* Eugène Silvain (1851–1930), French actor
* Pierre Silvain ...
, variant spelling
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Saint-Sylvain (disambiguation) Saint-Sylvain may refer to several communes in France:
*Saint Sylvain, Calvados, in the Calvados ''département''
*Saint-Sylvain, Corrèze, in the Corrèze ''département''
*Saint-Sylvain, Seine-Maritime, in the Seine-Maritime ''département''
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Sylvan (disambiguation)
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