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'''Sylvia''' may refer to:
*a feminine given [[name]] of [[Latin]] origin, also spelled [[Silvia]].
===Persons===
*[[Sylvia Boots]], an adult film star transsexual
*[[Sylvia Browne]], a American psychic
*[[Sylvia Crawley]] (born 1972), an American basketball player
*[[Sylvia Likens]]
*[[Sylvia Plath]], American poet
*[[Sylvia Ruuska]] (born 1942), American medley and freestyle swimmer
*[[Sylwia Gruchała]], [[Poland|Polish]] [[fencing|fencer]]
*[[Tim Sylvia]], Former UFC Heavyweight Champion
*one of two singers who have achieved success billed simply as "Sylvia":
**[[Sylvia Robinson]], member of [[Mickey & Sylvia]] and 1970s disco singer.
**[[Sylvia (singer)|Sylvia]], a [[country music]] singer, who had a number of hits during the early 1980s
*[[Sylvia Sleigh]], artist, feminist, noted for placing men in traditionally female poses within her paintings
**[[Sylvia Tyson]], née Fricker, of the Canadian duet [[Ian and Sylvia]]
*[[Sylvie Vartan]], a famous French singer
===In science===
*a [[genus]] of birds, commonly known as [[Sylvia (genus)|typical warbler]]s.
* an ornithological journal published by the [http://www.birdlife.cz/index.php?ID=1468&basket=6d30e3df7ad977c866b33855897e41e3 "Czech Society for Ornithology"].
*the asteroid [[87 Sylvia]]
===In culture===
*[[Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem]]
*''[[Sylvia (novel)|Sylvia]]'', a 2006 [[historical fiction]] novel by [[Bryce Courtenay]]
*one of three films:
**''[[Sylvia (1965 film)]]'', a 1965 film.
**''[[Sylvia (1985 film)]]'', a 1985 [[New Zealand]] film.
**''[[Sylvia (2003 film)]]'', a 2003 British film.
*"Sylvia", a 1970 [[Elvis Presley]] song
*"Sylvia", a guitar instrumental by [[Focus (band)|Focus]]
*''[[Sylvia (play)|Sylvia]]'', a play about a dog by [[A.R. Gurney]]
*''[[Sylvia (ballet)|Sylvia]]'' or ''Sylvia ou La Nymphe de Diane'', a classical ballet with music written by [[Léo Delibes]] in 1876
*''[[Tales from Planet Sylvia|Sylvia]]'', a syndicated American newspaper comic strip by [[Nicole Hollander]]
*"Sylvia", a song by [[Pulp]] from the album ''[[This is Hardcore]]''
==See also==
* [[Silvia]]
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