Sylvestre (given name)
Introduction '''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)