Sydney (name)

Notable people and characters named Sydney include:

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Men

Sydney Allard (1910–1966), British car company founder
Sydney Ancher (1904–1978), Australian architect
Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold (1878–1945), radical British Liberal Party politician
Sydney Atkinson (1901–1977), South African athlete
Sydney D. Bailey (1916–1995), English author and pacifist
Sydney Barnes (1873–1967), English cricketer
Sydney Beaumont (1884–1939), English professional footballer and football manager, runner and cricketer
Sydney Brenner (1927–2019), South African biologist
Sydney Brown (American football) (born 2000), Canadian American football player
Sydney Savory Buckman (1860–1929), British paleontologist
Sydney Burdekin (1839–1899), Australian politician
Sydney Bush (1929–2018), British optometrist
Sydney Butchkes (1922–2015), American visual artist and designer
Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton (1853–1934), radical British Liberal politician
Sydney Caine (1902–1991), English educator and economist
Sydney Camm (1893–1966), English aeronautical engineer
Sydney Carline (1888–1929), British artist and teacher
Sydney Chaplin (1885–1965), English actor
Sydney Earle Chaplin (1926–2009), American actor
Sydney Chapman, multiple people
Syd Cohen (1906–1988), American baseball pitcher
Sydney Dacres (1805–1884), English admiral
Sydney de Zoysa (1909–1994), Sri Lankan Sinhala police officer
Sydney Dickens (1847–1872) son of English novelist Charles Dickens
Sydney Dobell (1824–1874), English poet and critic
Sydney Dodd (c. 1874–1926), British veterinary surgeon and scientist
Sydney Donkin (1871–1952), British civil engineer
Sydney Dowse (1918–2008), Royal Air Force pilot
Sydney "Syd" Einfeld (1909–1995), Australian politician and Jewish community leader
Sydney F. Foster (1893–1973), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Sydney Fremantle (1867–1958), English admiral
Sydney Gardner (1884–1965), Australian politician
Sydney Gedge (1829–1923), British Conservative politician
Sydney Greenstreet (1879–1954), English actor
Sydney Greve (1925–2015) Two-time Anglo-Indian Olympic boxer.
Sydney Grundy (1848–1914), English dramatist
Sydney Gun-Munro (1916–2007), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines politician
Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986), American journalist
Sydney Herring (1881–1951), Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in the First World War
Sydney Hinam (1898–1982), Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer
Sydney Holland, 2nd Viscount Knutsford (1855–1931), British barrister and peer
Sydney Horler (1888–1954), British novelist
Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson (1908–1988), British journalist
Sydney Jary (1924–2019), British Army officer
Sydney Josland (1904–1991), New Zealand bacteriologist
Sydney Kentridge (born 1922), South African lawyer and judge
Sydney Kyte (1896–1981), British bandleader
Sydney Lamb (born 1929), American linguist
Sydney Laurence (1865–1940), American painter
Sydney Lipton (1905–1995), British dance band leader
Sydney McMeekan (1925–1991), British basketball player
Sydney Mufamadi (born 1959), South African politician
Sydney Newman (1917–1997), Canadian film and television producer
Sydney A. Oades (1890–1961), British World War I flying ace
Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier (1859–1943), British civil servant
Sydney Omarr (1926–2003), American astrologist
Sydney Paget (1857–1916), English aristocrat
Sydney Parkinson (1745–1771), Scottish illustrator
Sydney Pierre, Mauritian politician
Sydney Pollack (1934–2008), American film actor
Sydney Possuelo (born 1940), Brazilian explorer and ethnographer
Sydney Ringer (1836–1910), British pharmacologist
Sydney Rowell (1894–1975), Australian soldier, Chief of the General Staff from 1950 to 1954
Sydney Domville Rowland (1872–1917), English physician
Sydney Sanner (1872–1961), justice of the Montana Supreme Court
Sydney Schanberg (1934–2016), American journalist
Sydney Segal (1920–1997), Canadian pediatrician and neonatologist
Sydney Sekeramayi (born 1944), Zimbabwean politician
Sydney Selwyn (1934–1996), British physician, medical scientist, and professor
Sydney Shearer (1890–1973), New Zealand rugby union player
Sydney Shoemaker (1931–2022), American philosopher
Sydney Silverman (1895–1968), British politician
Sydney Simmons (1840–1924), British entrepreneur and philanthropist
Sydney Vincent Sippe (1889–1968), British pioneer aviator
Sydney Skaife (1889–1976), South African entomologist
Sydney Smirke (1798–1877), English architect
Sydney Smith (1771–1845), English writer
Sydney Tafler (1916–1979), English actor
Sydney Taylor (1904–1978), American author
Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman (1920–2014), British judge
Sydney James Van Pelt (1908–1976), Australian medical practitioner
Sydney J. Van Scyoc (1939–2023), American science fiction writer
Sydney Curnow Vosper (1866–1942), English painter
Sydney Rigby Wason (1887–1969), senior British Army officer in the Second World War
Sydney Wignall (1922–2012), British marine archaeologist, climber, explorer and spy
Sydney Wilson (born 1990), English former professional snooker player
Sydney Wooderson (1914–2006), English athlete
Sydney Youngblood (born 1960), American-German singer, actor and composer

Women

Sydney Affolter (born c. 2003), American basketball player
Sydney Agudong (born 2000), American actress and singer
Sydney Baldwin (born 1996), American ice hockey defender
Sydney Bard (born 2001), American ice hockey player
Sydney Barros (born 2005), American artistic gymnast
Sydney Blomquist (born 1993), American professional soccer player
Sydney Craven (born 1994), English actress
Sydney Cummings (born 1999), American-born Guyanese professional footballer
Sydney Fairbrother (1872–1941), British actress
Sydney Hopper (born 2007), American footballer
Sydney Kamlager (born 1972), American politician
Sydney Land (1995–2016), American victim of unsolved shooting
Sydney Leroux Dwyer (born 1990), Canada-born American soccer player
Sydney Magruder Washington, American ballet dancer and blogger
Sydney Mancasola, American opera soprano
Sydney Mikayla (born 2003), American actress
Sydney Morrow (born 2004), American ice hockey player
Sydney Morgan (1781?–1859) Irish novelist
Sydney Morton (born 1985), American stage and television actress, singer and dancer
Sydney Park (actress) (born 1997), American actress and comedian
Sydney Parr, American softball player
Sydney Parrish (born 2001), American former basketball player
Sydney Penny (born 1971), American actress
Sydney Tamiia Poitier (born 1973), Bahamanian-American actress, daughter of Sidney Poitier
Sydney Pokorny (1965–2008), American lesbian writer, editor, columnist and activist
Sydney Rossman (born 1995), American ice hockey player
Sydney Sadick (born 1994), American on-air fashion and entertainment commentator
Sydney Satchell (born 1992), American sitting volleyball player
Sydney Sierota (born 1997), lead singer of Echosmith
Sydney Sullenberger (born 2004), American archer
Sydney Sweeney (born 1997), American actress
Sydney Towle (1999-2026), American internet personality
Sydney Walsh (born 1961), American actress
Sydney Rae White (born 1991), English actress and singer

Surname

Algernon Sydney (1623–1683), English politician
Berenice Sydney (1944–1983), English artist
Grahame Sydney (born 1948), New Zealand artist
Harry Sydney (born 1959), American football player
Joan Sydney (1936–2022), English actress
Robin Sydney (born 1984), American actress

Fictional characters

Sydney Adamu, character in the television show The Bear
Sydney Andrews, character in the television series Melrose Place
Sidney Prescott, character in the film franchise Scream
Sydney Bristow, character in the television series Alias
Sydney Carton, character in the novel A Tale of Two Cities
Sydney Drew, character in the television series Power Rangers: S.P.D.
Sydney Fox, character in the television series Relic Hunter
Dr. Sydney Hansen, character in the television series Providence
Sydney Losstarot, character in the video game Vagrant Story
Sydney Novak, character in the television series I Am Not Okay With This
Sydney Reynolds, one of the main characters in the Disney Channel series Sydney to the Max
Sydney, character in the television series The Pretender
Kevin Sydney, fictional character in the X-Men comic series

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