Silver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abba Hillel Silver (1893–1963), Lithuanian-American rabbi
• Adam Silver (born 1962), American sports executive; NBA commissioner (2014–present)
• Annon Lee Silver (1938–1971), Canadian lyric soprano
• Benjamin Silver (1810–1894), American politician from Maryland
• Benjamin Silver Jr. (died 1890), American politician from Maryland
• Bernard Silver (1924–1963), an early developer of barcode technology
• Eliezer Silver (1882–1968) Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and American human rights activist
• Emily Silver (born 1985), retired American swimmer
• George Silver (ca. 1560s–1620s), British swordsman
• George Silver (actor) (1916–1984), English actor
• George Silver (agriculturalist), Scottish agricultural innovator
• Gray Silver (1870–1935), American politician and farmer from West Virginia
• Henry Silver (1918–1991), American physician
• Henry A. Silver (1826–1885), American politician from Maryland
• Horace Silver (1928–2014), American jazz pianist and composer
• Jean Silver (1926–2000), American politician
• Jerry Silver, American neuroscientist
• Joan Micklin Silver (1935–2020), American film director
• Joe Silver (1922–1989), American actor
• Joel Silver (born 1952), Jewish-American film producer
• John Silver (musician) (born 1950), former second drummer for the rock band Genesis
• John Silver (wrestler) (born 1991), American professional wrestler
• Joseph Silver (1868–1918), South African criminal
• Josh Silver (born 1962), keyboardist and producer for the band Type O Negative
• Joshua Silver, British scientist
• Leon Silver (1925–2022), American geologist, professor of geology at Caltech and instructor to Apollo astronaut crews
• Liberty Silver (b.1961/2), Canadian singer
• Lou Silver (born 1953), American-Israeli basketball player
• Matthew Silver, Israeli historian
• Michael Silver (disambiguation), multiple people
• Monroe Silver (1875–1947), American dialect-comedian.
• Nate Silver (born 1978), sports and political journalist, founder of FiveThirtyEight.com
• Paul Silver (1948–2009), American seismologist
• Philip Silver (1909–1999), American philatelist
• Ric Silver, the creator of the Electric Slide line dance
• Ron Silver (1946–2009), American actor
• Scott Silver, American screenwriter
• Stu Silver, American screenwriter and television writer
• Sheldon Silver (1944–2022), American politician, speaker of the New York State Assembly
• Spencer Silver (1941–2021), American chemist and inventor
• Stephen Silver (born 1972), animator and cartoonist
• Stephen William Silver (1819–1905), merchant and book collector, son of Stephen Winckworth Silver
• Stephen Winckworth Silver (1790–1855), clothier and outfitter
• Steven Silver (actor) (born 1989), American actor
• Steven Silver (film director), film director
• Steven H Silver (born 1967), science fiction editor and publisher
• Susan Silver (born 1958), American music manager
• Thomas B. Silver (1947–2001), American author and president of the Claremont Institute
• Vivian Silver (1949–2023), Canadian-Israeli peace activist
• Warren Silver (born 1948), American lawyer and state supreme court justice in Maine
• William Chamberlain Silver (1814–1903), Canadian merchant and philanthropist

Fictional characters

• Terry Silver, a character in 1989 American martial arts drama movie The Karate Kid Part III and television series Cobra Kai .
• Long John Silver, the main antagonist in the novel Treasure Island (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson.

See also

• Silvers (disambiguation)

Surname list

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