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Silvanus is a masculine given name. Notable people and characters with the name include:
People and biblical figures
Biblical figures and early Christians
Ancient Roman officials
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
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
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
See also