# Sydney (name)

Notable people and characters named Sydney include:

## Given name
### Men

* Sydney Allard (1910–1966), British car company founder
* Sydney Ancher (1904–1978), Australian architect
* Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold (1878–1945), radical British Liberal Party politician
* Sydney Atkinson (1901–1977), South African athlete
* Sydney D. Bailey (1916–1995), English author and pacifist
* Sydney Barnes (1873–1967), English cricketer
* Sydney Beaumont (1884–1939), English professional footballer and football manager, runner and cricketer
* Sydney Brenner (1927–2019), South African biologist
* Sydney Brown (American football) (born 2000), Canadian American football player
* Sydney Savory Buckman (1860–1929), British paleontologist
* Sydney Burdekin (1839–1899), Australian politician
* Sydney Butchkes (1922–2015), American visual artist and designer
* Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton (1853–1934), radical British Liberal politician
* Sydney Caine (1902–1991), English educator and economist
* Sydney Camm (1893–1966), English aeronautical engineer
* Sydney Carline (1888–1929), British artist and teacher
* Sydney Chaplin (1885–1965), English actor
* Sydney Earle Chaplin (1926–2009), American actor
* Sydney Chapman, multiple people
* Sidney Chu (born 1999), Hong Kong short track speed skater
* Syd Cohen, American baseball pitcher
* Sydney Dacres (1805–1884), English admiral
* Sydney de Zoysa (1909–1994), Sri Lankan Sinhala police officer
* Sydney Thompson Dobell (1824–1874), English poet and critic
* Sydney Dodd (c. 1874–1926), British veterinary surgeon and scientist
* Sydney Donkin (1871–1952), British civil engineer
* Sydney Dowse (1918–2008), Royal Air Force pilot
* 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 Gardner (1884–1965), Australian politician
* Sydney Gedge (1829–1923), British Conservative politician
* 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 Herring (1881–1951), Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in the First World War
* Sydney Hinam (1898–1982), Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer
* Sydney Holland, 2nd Viscount Knutsford (1855–1931), British barrister and peer
* Sydney Horler (1888–1954), British novelist
* Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson (1908–1988), British journalist
* Sydney Jary (1924–2019), British Army officer
* Sydney Josland (1904–1991), New Zealand bacteriologist
* Sydney Kentridge (born 1922), South African lawyer and judge
* Sydney Kyte (1896–1981), British bandleader
* Sydney Lamb (born 1929), American linguist
* Sydney Laurence (1865–1940), American painter
* Sydney Lipton (1905–1995), British dance band leader
* Sydney McMeekan (1925–1991), British basketball player
* Sydney Mufamadi (born 1959), South African politician
* Sydney Newman (1917–1997), Canadian film and television producer
* Sydney A. Oades (1890–1961), British World War I flying ace
* Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier (1859–1943), British civil servant
* Sydney Omarr (1926–2003), American astrologist
* Sydney Paget (1857–1916), English aristocrat
* Sydney Parkinson (1745–1771), Scottish illustrator
* Sydney Pollack (1934–2008), American film actor
* Sydney Possuelo (born 1940), Brazilian explorer and ethnographer
* Sydney Ringer (1836–1910), British pharmacologist
* Sydney Rowell (1894–1975), Australian soldier, Chief of the General Staff from 1950 to 1954
* Sydney Domville Rowland (1872–1917), English physician
* Sydney Schanberg (1934–2016), American journalist
* Sydney Segal (1920–1997), Canadian pediatrician and neonatologist
* Sydney Sekeramayi (born 1944), Zimbabwean politician
* Sydney Selwyn (1934–1996), British physician, medical scientist, and professor
* Sydney Shearer (1890–1973), New Zealand rugby union player
* Sydney Shoemaker (1931–2022), American philosopher
* Sydney Silverman (1895–1968), British politician
* Sydney Simmons (1840–1924), British entrepreneur and philanthropist
* Sydney Vincent Sippe (1889–1968), British pioneer aviator
* Sydney Skaife (1889–1976), South African entomologist
* Sydney Smirke (1798–1877), English architect
* Sydney Smith (1771–1845), English writer
* Sydney Tafler (1916–1979), English actor
* Sydney Taylor (1904–1978), American author
* Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman (1920–2014), British judge
* Sydney James Van Pelt (1908–1976), Australian medical practitioner
* Sydney J. Van Scyoc (1939–2023), American science fiction writer
* Sydney Curnow Vosper (1866–1942), English painter
* Sydney Rigby Wason (1887–1969), senior British Army officer in the Second World War
* Sydney Wignall (1922–2012), British marine archaeologist, climber, explorer and spy
* Sydney Wilson (born 1990), English former professional snooker player
* Sydney Wooderson (1914–2006), English athlete
* Sydney Youngblood (born 1960), American-German singer, actor and composer

### Women

* Sydney Affolter (born c. 2003), American basketball player
* Sydney Baldwin (born 1996), American ice hockey defender
* Sydney Bard (born 2001), American ice hockey player
* Sydney Barros (born 2005), American artistic gymnast
* Sydney Blomquist (born 1993), American professional soccer player
* Sydney Cummings (born 1999), American-born Guyanese professional footballer
* Sydney Fairbrother (1872–1941), British actress
* Sydney Kamlager (born 1972), American politician
* Sydney Kolodziej (born 1993), American pair skater
* Sydney Land (1995–2016), American victim of unsolved shooting
* 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 Morrow (born 2004), American ice hockey player
* Sydney Morton (born 1985), American stage and television actress, singer and dancer
* Sydney Park (actress) (born 1997), American actress and comedian
* Sydney Parr, American softball player
* Sydney Penny (born 1971), American actress
* Sydney Tamiia Poitier (born 1973), Bahamanian-American actress, daughter of Sidney Poitier
* Sydney Pokorny (1965–2008), American lesbian writer, editor, columnist and activist
* Sydney Rossman (born 1995), American ice hockey player
* Sydney Sadick (born 1994), American on-air fashion and entertainment commentator
* Sydney Satchell (born 1992), American sitting volleyball player
* Sydney Sierota (born 1997), lead singer of Echosmith
* Sydney Sweeney (born 1997), American actress
* Sydney Walsh (born 1961), American actress
* Sydney Rae White (born 1991), English actress and singer

## Surname

* Algernon Sydney (1623–1683), English politician
* Berenice Sydney (1944–1983), English artist
* Grahame Sydney (born 1948), New Zealand artist
* Harry Sydney (born 1959), American football player
* Joan Sydney (1936–2022), English actress
* Robin Sydney (born 1984), American actress

## Fictional characters

* Sydney Andrews, character in the television series Melrose Place
* Sydney Bristow, character in the television series Alias
* Sydney Carton, character in the novel A Tale of Two Cities
* Sydney Drew, character in the television series Power Rangers: S.P.D.
* Sydney Fox, character in the television series Relic Hunter
* Dr. Sydney Hansen, character in the television series Providence
* Sydney Losstarot, character in the video game Vagrant Story
* Sydney Novak, character in the television series I Am Not Okay With This
* Sydney Reynolds, one of the main characters in the Disney Channel series Sydney to the Max
* Sydney, character in the television series The Pretender
* Kevin Sydney, fictional character in the X-Men comic series