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Sylvia (singer) (born 1956), American country singer born Sylvia Jane Kirby •
Sylvia Anderson (1927–2016), British voice artist and film producer •
Sylvia Ashby (1908–1978), Australian market-researcher •
Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984), New Zealand writer, poet and educator •
Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), American-born bookseller and publisher •
Sylvia Bermann (1922–2012), Argentine psychiatrist, public health specialist, essayist, and montenero •
Sylvia Browne (1936–2013), American psychic •
Sylvia Chang (born 1953), Taiwanese actress, producer and director •
Sylvia Chase (1938–2019), American broadcast journalist •
Sylvia Coleman, American health journalist, author, speaker and expert in sexual abuse prevention •
Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962), Venezuelan-American pianist, conductor and composer •
Sylvia Crawley (born 1972), American basketball player •
Sylvia Day (born 1973), American romance writer •
Sylvia Earle (born 1935), American oceanographer and aquanaut •
Sylvia Martínez Elizondo (1947–2020), Mexican politician •
Sylvia Esterby, Canadian statistician •
Sylvia Fernando (1904–1983), Sri Lankan educator and family planning advocate •
Sylvia Gale (1950– 2020), American activist and politician •
Sylvia Gray (1909–1991), English businessperson •
Sylvia Gyde (1936–2024), British public health doctor and medical researcher •
Sylwia Gruchała (born 1981), Polish fencer •
Sylvia Hanika (born 1959), German tennis player •
Sylvia La Torre (1933–2022), Filipina singer and actress •
Sylvia Laughter (1950s-2022), American politician •
Sylvia Likens (1949–1965), American murder victim •
Sylvia Marsters (born 1962), New Zealand and Cook Islands artist •
Sylvia McNair (born 1956), American singer •
Sylvia Mendez (born 1936), American civil rights activist •
Sylvia Michel (footballer) (born 1972), German footballer •
Sylvia Michel (minister) (1935–2025), Swiss Reformed Church minister •
Sylvia Mitchell (born 1937), Australian long jumper •
Sylvia Molloy (writer) (1938–2022), Argentine academic and writer •
Sylvia Namutebi, Uganda beauty pageant titleholder •
Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960), British suffragette and Marxist •
Sylvia Pedlar (1900–1972), American lingerie designer •
Sylvia Pille-Steppat (born 1967), German adaptive rower •
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), American confessional poet •
Sylvia Poggioli (born 1946), Radio news anchor •
Sylvia Ratonel (born 1988), Singaporean singer and spokesmodel •
Sylvia Rivera (1951–2002), American transgender activist •
Sylvia Robinson (1935–2011), American rhythm & blues singer, member of
Mickey & Sylvia, and record label executive •
Sylvia Ruuska (1942–2019), American medley and freestyle swimmer •
Sylvia Sanchez, (born 1971 as Josette Campo), Filipino actress •
Sylvia Schofield (1916–2006), British writer and traveller •
Sylvia Siddell (1941–2011), New Zealand artist •
Sylvia Sidney (1910–1999), American actress •
Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), Welsh-American painter •
Sylvia Steinbrecht (born 1977) Andorran artistic film director and production designer •
Sylvia Syms (1934–2023), English actress •
Sylvia Thalberg (1907–1988), American screenwriter •
Sylvia Tyson (born 1940), Canadian musician, performer, singer-songwriter and broadcaster •
Sylvie Vartan (born 1944), Bulgarian-French singer and actress •
Sylvia Vrethammar (born 1945), Swedish singer •
Sylvia Wene (1928–2013), American ten-pin bowler •
Sylvia Weve (born 1954), Dutch illustrator •
Sylvia Whitman (born 1981), Anglo-French bookseller == Fictional characters ==