Famous People with Name Sylvester

Sylvester Primer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvester Primer: He served in the American Civil War under Sheridan and Custer in the 108th New York Infantry and the Fifteenth New York Cavalry and was wounded at Antietam. After the war, he took to language studies at Harvard (bachelor's degree, 1874), Leipzig, Göttingen, and Strasbourg, receiving his Ph.D at the last institution in 1880.He first directed scholarly attention towards the unique dialect of Charleston, South Carolina in a paper he delivered at the Modern Language Association of America in 1887. This pioneering work, Charleston Provincialisms, is one of the first attempts to describe the speech of an American community and besides being published as part of the Transactions of the Modern Language Association, vol. III, p. 84-99; was also published in Europe in Phonetische Studien, vol. i, p. 227; and in the American Journal of Philology, IX (1888), p. 198-213.

Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon: was a prolific American painter.Hodgdon's work was also exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum and the Boston Art Club. He traveled throughout New England painting coastal scenes and landscapes.

Sylvester Sim            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Sylvester Sim: is a Singaporean singer. He was the first runner-up of the talent contest Singapore Idol. He is widely known as Sly to his fans.A self-professed rocker and playboy, his bad-boy image resulted in him nearly getting eliminated from the contest. A report that he was engaged to fellow contestant Maia Lee caused a minor scandal, but they have since cancelled their wedding plans, saying that they are concentrating on their careers.

Sylvester Wackerle            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sylvester Wackerle: was a West German bobsledder who competed in the mid 1950s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1954 and a bronze in 1953 (tied with Sweden).

Sylvester E. Veitch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvester E. Veitch: was a Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer. Veitch began his career in racing as a jockey and trainer in Steeplechase racing. In 1939 he moved to flat racing when he began employment as a trainer with Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in Kentucky. He won tw

Harold Sylvester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harold Sylvester: is an American film and television actor.Sylvester was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of New Orleans' St. Augustine High School and Tulane University, Sylvester is best known for his role on the TV series Married... with Children as Griff, the co-worker and friend of Al Bundy at the shoe store.

Joshua Sylvester            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Joshua Sylvester: was an English poet.He translated into English heroic couplets the scriptural epic of Guillaume du Bartas. His Essay of the Second Week was published in 1598; and in 1604 The Divine Weeks of the World's Birth. The ornate style of the original offered no d

Jessica Aimee Sylvester            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Jessica Aimee Sylvester: is a British freestyle swimmer.Sylvester represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 m freestyle reply swimming event.

Terry Sylvester            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Terry Sylvester: was the guitarist/singer with The Escorts, The Swinging Blue Jeans (1966-69) and The Hollies: He replaced Graham Nash who left the band in December 1968.

Patricia Sylvester            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Patricia Sylvester: is a Grenadian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.71 metres, achieved in March 2008 in Atlanta. This is the Grenadian record.[1] She also holds the Grenadian records in the high jump, with 1.85 metres, and the triple jump with 13.87 metres.