Sy
Sy is a given name, nickname/hypocorism (often of Seymour) and surname which may refer to:
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Surname
Surname with origins in two different towns:
- Sy Gemeinde Ferrières Belgium
- Sy Département Ardennes France
In arts and entertainment
- Brigitte Sy (born 1956), French actress and filmmaker
- Latyr Sy (born 1972), Senegalese singer and percussionist
- Omar Sy (born 1978), French actor and comedian
- Oumou Sy (born 1952), Senegalese fashion designer
In sports
- Amara Sy (born 1981), Malian-French basketball player
- Baba Sy (1935-1978), Senegalese draughts player, first world champion from Africa
- Cheikha Sy (born 1990), Senegalese footballer
- Founéké Sy (born 1986), Malian footballer
- Moussa Sy, Guinean football player
- Pape Sy (born 1988), French-Senegalese basketball player
- Bandja Sy (born 1990), Malian-French basketball player
In politics
- Chan Sy (1932-1984), Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea from 1981 to 1984
- Ousmane Sy (born 1949), Malian politician
- Seydina Oumar Sy (born 1937), Senegalese politician, Foreign Minister of Senegal from 1990 to 1991
In other fields
- Frédéric Sy, 19th and 20th century French astronomer
- Henry Sy (1924–2019), Chinese-Filipino billionaire, business magnate, investor and philanthropist
- Malick Sy (1855–1922), Senegalese Muslim religious leader and teacher
- Polly Sy, Filipino mathematician
Given name or nickname
In arts and entertainment
- Sy Barry (born 1928), American comic-book and comic-strip artist best known for his work on the strip The Phantom
- Sy Gomberg (1918–2001), American film screenwriter and producer
- Sy Montgomery (born 1958), German-American naturalist, author and scriptwriter
- Sy Oliver (1910-1988), American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
- Sy Richardson (born 1941), American actor
- Sy Smith (born 1978), American R&B/soul singer
- Sy Wexler (1916-2005), American documentary filmmaker
In business
- Sy Berger (1923-2014), Topps company employee considered the father of the modern baseball card
- Sy Syms (1926-2009), American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Seymour G. Sternberg (born 1943), chairman and former CEO of New York Life Insurance Company
In other fields
- Sylvester Blye (born 1938), American former basketball player
- Sy Friedman (born 1953), American-Austrian mathematician and professor
- Seymour Hersh (born 1937), American investigative journalist and political writer
- Seymour Liebergot (born 1936), retired NASA flight controller
- Sy Montgomery (born 1958), German-American naturalist, author and scriptwriter
- Sy Sutcliffe (1862-1893), American baseball player
In fiction
- Sy Snootles, a Star Wars character
- Sy Bisti, a fictional language in the Star Wars universe
gollark: "Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex." (28 letters) "Jived fox nymph grabs quick waltz." (28 letters) "Glib jocks quiz nymph to vex dwarf." (28 letters) "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow." (29 letters) "How vexingly quick daft zebras jump!" (30 letters) "The five boxing wizards jump quickly." (31 letters) "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz." (31 letters) "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs." (32 letters)These 8 are shorter and mostly better (stolen blatantly from Wikipedia).
gollark: The fox/dog one is among the *least* cool pangrams, honestly?
gollark: sphnix of black quartz, judge my vow > the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
gollark: Yes, also seriously whyyyy.
gollark: A degree in C++ seems weirdly specialized.
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