Szilveszter is a Hungarian masculine given name and surname, an equivalent of

Sylvester Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective ''silvestris'' meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun ''silva'' meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with ''i''. In Classical Latin, ''y'' represented a ...

, which means "wooded" or "wild". Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Szilveszter Csollány Szilveszter Csollány (; 13 April 1970 – 24 January 2022) was a Hungarian gymnast who won gold in the men's rings at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Life and career Csollány won gold in the men's rings at the 2000 Summer Olympics in S ...

(1970–2022), Hungarian gymnast *

Szilveszter Fekete Szilveszter Fekete (born 1955) is a Hungarian water polo coach. He was the head coach of the Great Britain women's national water polo team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This ...

(born 1955), Hungarian water polo coach *

Szilveszter Hangya Szilveszter Hangya (born 2 January 1994) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Nemzeti Bajnokság II club Honvéd. International career In November 2016 Hangya received his first call-up to the senior Hungary sq ...

(born 1994), Hungarian footballer *

Sylvester Levay Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian language, Serbian: Силвестер Леваи, ''Silvester Levai'') is a Hungarian people, Hungarian recording artist and composer, born in Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Life and career Levay ...

(born Lévay Szilveszter, 1945), Hungarian recording artist and composer *

Szilveszter Matuska Szilveszter Matuska (29 January 1892 – disappeared c. 1945) was a Hungarian mass murderer and mechanical engineer who made two successful and at least two unsuccessful attempts to derail passenger trains in Hungary, Germany and Austria in 1930 ...

(1892–after 1944), Hungarian mass murderer and mechanical engineer * Szilveszter E. Vizi (born 1936), Hungarian physician, neuroscientist, pharmacologist and professor

Surname

* Ferenc Szilveszter (born 1971), Hungarian footballer

References

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