<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up sylvester in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up sylvester in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> <P> Sylvester 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 separate sound distinct from i, not a native Latin sound but one used in transcriptions of foreign words . After the Classical period y came to be pronounced as i . Spellings with Sylv - in place of Silv - date from after the Classical period . </P> <Ul> <Li> Attila Silvester, Greek choreographer </Li> <Li> Charles Sylvester, English chemist and inventor </Li> <Li> Dean Sylvester, American hockey player </Li> <Li> Hannah Sylvester (c. 1900--1973), American blues singer </Li> <Li> Harold Sylvester, American film and television actor </Li> <Li> James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician </Li> <Li> Joshua Sylvester, English poet </Li> <Li> Marc Sylvester, American middle - distance runner </Li> <Li> Michael Sylvester, American opera - singer </Li> <Li> Rick Sylvester, American stuntman </Li> <Li> Robin Sylvester, English musician </Li> <Li> Sherry Sylvester, American political worker and journalist </Li> <Li> William Sylvester, American TV and film actor </Li> <Li> William Henry Thomas Sylvester, English army officer and surgeon </Li> </Ul>

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