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Famous People with Name Sylvester

Sylvester as First Name

Sylvester Primer     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     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     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     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     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

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Sylvester as Last Name

Terry Sylvester     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     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.

Sebastian Sylvester     Sebastian Sylvester       Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sebastian Sylvester: is a German boxer and current IBF middleweight champion.

Nigel Sylvester     Nigel Sylvester       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nigel Sylvester: is a professional BMX rider. He is sponsored by Nike 6.0, Gatorade, Animal, and MirraCo. He has a signature frame called the Chocolate and owns a BMX, skate, and streetwear store in Queens called Format NY. Nigel Sylvester is known for "street riding" whi

George Oscar Sylvester     George Oscar Sylvester       Origin/Culture/Country: English

George Oscar Sylvester: was a Labour Party politician in England.He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton in West Yorkshire at a by-election in 1947 following the resignation of the Labour MP Tom Smith.

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