Sylvan is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to:
Given name Sylvan Adams (born 1958), Israeli-Canadian businessman Sylvan Anderton (born 1934), English footballer Sylvan Barnet (1926–2016), American literary critic Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (born 1986), English footballer Sylvan Byck (1904–1982), American comic strip editor Sylvan Edwards (born 1979), English rugby union player Sylvan Fox (1928–2007), American journalist Sylvan Friedman (1908–1979), American politician Sylvan Goldman (1898–1984), American businessman Sylvan Gotshal (1897–1968), American lawyer Sylvan Ambrose Hart (1906–1980), American mountain man Sylvan Kalib (1929–2025), American music theorist Sylvan Levin (1903–1996), American pianist Sylvan Muldoon (1903–1969), American esotericist Sylvan Richardson (born 1965), British guitarist Sylvan Shemitz (1925–2007), American lighting designer Sylvan Wittwer (1917–2012), American agronomist
Surname Kaj Sylvan (1923–2020), Danish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s Per Sylvan (1875–1945), Swedish Army lieutenant general Richard Sylvan (1935–1996), Australian logician and environmentalist also known as Richard Routley Sanford Sylvan (1953–2019), American operatic baritone Torsten Sylvan (1895–1970), Swedish equestrian who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
See also S. Sylvan Simon (1910–1951), American stage/film director and producer Sylvain, a list of people with the given name