Sylvanus H. Sweet (1830–1899), American civil engineer and politician from New York. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1874 to 1875
Sylvanus Lowry (died 1865), slave owning Southern aristocrat from Kentucky who reigned as the political boss of Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Sylvanus Morgan (1620 – March 27, 1693), English arms-painter and author
Sylvanus Morley (1883–1948), American archaeologist, epigrapher, and Mayanist scholar
Sylvanus Ngele, Senator for the Ebonyi North constituency of Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Sylvanus Okpala (born 1961), retired Nigerian football midfielder
Sylvanus Olympio (1902–1963), Togolese political figure who served as Prime Minister, and then President, of Togo from 1958 until his assassination in 1963
Sylvanas Windrunner, the former Warchief of the Horde and leader of the Forsaken faction in the Warcraft video game series
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