Sylvestre (given name)

Sylvestre is a masculine given name of Latin origin derived from Silva, meaning the forest. Notable people with the name include:

• Sylvestre Amoussou (born 1964), Beninese actor and director
• Sylvestre Bangui (1934–1996), Central African general, diplomat and politician
• Sylvestre Ilunga (born 1947), Congolese politician
• Sylvestre Gallot (born 1948), French mathematician
• Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765–1843), French mathematician
• Sylvestre de Laval (1570–1616), French Catholic theologian
• Sylvestre Lopis (born 1947), Senegalese basketball player
• Sylvestre Mudacumura (1954–2019), military leader in Rwanda
• Sylvestre Mudingayi (1912–unknown), Congolese politician
• Sylvestre Nsanzimana (1936–1999), Prime Minister of Rwanda from 12 October 1991 to 2 April 1992
• Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (born 1956), Burundi politician
• Sylvestre Ossiala, Congolese politician
• Sylvestre Radegonde, Seychellois diplomat and politician
• Sylvestre Ranaivo, Malagasy politician
• Sylvestre Ratanga (born c. 1945), Gabonese politician and diplomat
• Sylvestre Salumu (born 1996), Belgian rapper known by the stage name Woodie Smalls

See also

• Sylvestre (disambiguation)
• Saint-Sylvestre (disambiguation)
• San Silvestre (disambiguation)