Famous People with Name Sylvia

Sylvia Sidney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvia Sidney: was an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress.During the Depression, Sidney appeared in a string of films, often playing the girlfriend or the sister of a gangster. She appeared opposite such heavyweight screen idols as Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, Joel McCrea, Fredric March, George Raft (a frequent screen partner), and Cary Grant. Among her films from this period were: An American Tragedy, City Streets and Street Scene (all 1931), Alfred Hitchcock's Sabotage and Fritz Lang's Fury (both 1936),

Sylvia Alice Earle            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvia Alice Earle: an American oceanographer. She was chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1990-1992. She is a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, sometimes called "Her Deepness" or "The Sturgeon General".[1] Earle received a B.S. degree from Florida State University (1955), M.S. (1956) and PhD. from Duke University (1966). She was Curator of Phycology at the California Academy of Sciences (1979-1986) and a Research Associate at the University of California, Berkeley (1969-1981), Radcliff Institute Scholar (1967-1969) and Research Fellow or Associate at Harvard University (1967-1981). She led the first team of women aquanauts during the Tektite Project in 1970. In 1979,

Sylvia Barkan Rimm            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvia Barkan Rimm: American psychologist specializing in parenting, child development and learning. She has written books on raising gifted children, success for girls, and communication skills.

Sylvia Elina Ruuska            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvia Elina Ruuska: is a retired medley and freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won two Olympic medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia when she was aged fourteen. She captured silver with the women's relay team in the 4x100 m freestyle and bronze in the individual 400 m freestyle. On June 27, 1958 she became the first woman to set an official world record in the 400 m individual medley, clocking 5:46.6 at a swimming meet in Los Angeles, California. She is of Finnish origin.

Sylvia Burka            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvia Burka: is a former ice speed skater from Canada, who represented her native country at three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan.Ill during the 1976 Winter Olympics, her best result was a fourth in the 1500 m event. However, she recov

David Sylvian            Origin/Culture/Country: English

David Sylvian: is an English singer, musician and composer who first gained attention as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan. His subsequent solo career has been influenced by a variety of musical styles and genres, including jazz, avant garde, ambi