# Silver (surname)

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
* Benjamin Silver Jr. (died 1890), American politician
* 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
* Henry Silver (1918–1991), American physician
* Henry A. Silver (1826–1885), American politician
* 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

## 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