Notable people and characters named Sydney include: Given name Sydney Allard (1910–1966), British car company founder Sydney Ancher (1904–1978), Australian architect Sydney Atkinson (1901–1977), South African athlete Sydney D. Bailey (1916–1995), English author and pacifist Sydney Barnes (1873–1967), English cricketer Sydney Brenner (1927–2019), South African biologist Sydney Brown (American football) (born 2000), Canadian American football player Sydney Savory Buckman (1860–1929), British palaeontologist Sydney Camm, (1893–1966), English aeronautical engineer Sydney Chaplin (1885–1965), English actor Sydney Earle Chaplin (1926–2009), American actor Sidney Chu (born 1999), Hong Kong short track speed skater Syd Cohen, American baseball pitcher Sydney Dacres (1805–1884), English admiral 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 Greenstreet (1879–1954), English actor 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 Horler (1888–1954), British novelist Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson (1908–1988), British journalist Sydney Kamlager (born 1972), American politician Sydney Kentridge (born 1922), South African lawyer and judge Sydney Lamb (born 1929), American linguist Sydney Laurence (1865–1940), American painter 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 Mufamadi (born 1959), South African politician Sydney Newman (1917–1997), Canadian film and television producer Sydney Omarr (1926–2003), American astrologist Sydney Park (actress) (born 1997), American actress and comedian Sydney Parkinson (1745–1771), Scottish illustrator Sydney Penny (born 1971), American actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier (born 1973), Bahamanian-American actress, daughter of Sidney Poitier Sydney Pollack (1934–2008), American film actor Sydney Possuelo (born 1940), Brazilian explorer and ethnographer Sydney Ringer (1836–1910), British pharmacologist Sydney Rossman (born 1995), American ice hockey player Sydney Schanberg (born 1934), American journalist Sydney Sekeramayi (born 1944), Zimbabwean politician Sydney Shoemaker (born 1931), American philosopher Sydney Skaife (1889–1976), South African entomologist Sydney Sierota (born 1997), lead singer of Echosmith Sydney Silverman (1895–1968), British politician Sydney Simmons (1840–1924), British entrepreneur and philanthropist Sydney Smirke (1798–1877), English architect Sydney Smith (1771–1845), English writer Sydney Sweeney (born 1997), American actress Sydney Taylor (1904–1978), American author Sydney James Van Pelt (1908–1976), Australian medical practitioner Sydney J. Van Scyoc (born 1939), American science fiction writer Sydney Rae White (born 1991), English actress and singer Sydney de Zoysa (1909–1994), Sri Lankan Sinhala police officer Surname Algernon Sydney