Syme may refer to:

People

* Colin Syme (1903–1986), Australian medical administrator and innovator *

Connor Syme Connor David Syme (born 11 July 1995) is a Scottish professional golfer. He won the 2019 Turkish Airlines Challenge on the Challenge Tour. Amateur career Syme won the 2016 Australian Amateur championship. He was also medalist at the 2016 Amateu ...

(born 1995), Scottish professional golfer *

David Syme David Syme (2 October 1827 – 14 February 1908) was a Scottish- Australian newspaper proprietor of ''The Age'' and regarded as "the father of protection in Australia" who had immense influence in the Government of Victoria.C. E. Sayers,Syme, ...

(1827–1908), Scottish-Australian newspaper proprietor of ''The Age'' *

David Syme (pianist) David Syme (born 1949) is an American pianist. Syme has played classical concerts throughout the United States as well as numerous international venues. His major teachers were Jorge Bolet ( Indiana University), Ozan Marsh ( University of Arizona ...

(born 1949), American pianist *

Don Syme Don Syme is an Australian computer scientist and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, U.K. He is the designer and architect of the F# programming language, described by a reporter as being regarded as "the most original new f ...

, Australian computer scientist, creator of the F# programming language * Ebenezer Syme (1826–1860), Scottish-Australian journalist, proprietor and manager of ''The Age'' * George Adlington Syme (1859–1929), Australian surgeon * Hugh Syme (GC) (1903–1965), Australian naval officer and bomb disposal operative, and employee of ''The Age'' *

Hugh Syme Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist and member of the Premier Artists Collection (PAC) who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared on some Rush al ...

, Canadian musician and a Juno Award-winning graphic artist * James Syme (1799–1870), pioneering Scottish surgeon *

Jason Syme Jason Syme (born ) is a Scottish former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Scotland, at club level for Central Centurions, and club level ...

, Scottish rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s * Jennifer Syme (1972–2001), American actress and production assistant * John Syme (1795–1861), Scottish portrait-painter * Julie Syme, community leader from Kaikōura, New Zealand *

Ronald Syme Sir Ronald Syme, (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. He was regarded as the greatest historian of ancient Rome since Theodor Mommsen and the most brilliant exponent of the history of the Rom ...

(1903–1989), New Zealand-born historian of ancient Rome and classicist *

William Smith Syme Dr William Smith Syme FRSE (1870–1928) was a Newfoundland-born surgeon who came to fame in Scotland. Life He was born in Newfoundland in 1870 (then a colony of Britain). He was sent to Edinburgh in Scotland in 1887 to study Medicine and grad ...

(1870–1928), Newfoundland-born laryngologist

Fictional characters

* Syme, a minor character in George Orwell's ''

Nineteen Eighty-Four ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (also stylised as ''1984'') is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale written by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final ...

'' * Gabriel Syme, a character in G.K. Chesterton's ''

The Man Who Was Thursday ''The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare'' is a 1908 novel by G. K. Chesterton. The book has been described as a metaphysical thriller. Plot summary Chesterton prefixed the novel with a poem written to Edmund Clerihew Bentley, revisiting the p ...

Other uses

* Syme, Greece ( el, Σύμη, link=no, also romanized as Symi), a Greek island and municipality **

Battle of Syme The Battle of Syme was a naval battle in 411 BC between Sparta and Athens, during the Peloponnesian War. It took place near the island of Syme in the south-eastern Aegean Sea.J. B. Bury, Russell Meiggs, Istoria Greciei până la moartea lui Al ...

* Syme (mythology), a Greek mythological figure

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