Famous People with Name Sylvain

Sylvain Legwinski            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Sylvain Legwinski: is a retired French footballer, who played as a midfielder. He is currently a youth coach at Crystal Palace. Having made a name for himself at AS Monaco, he played seven years of his professional career in England, collecting more than 200 official appearances for Fulham and Ipswich Town.

Sylvain Meslien            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Sylvain Meslien: is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for SR Colmar. He played on the professional level in Ligue 1 for AS Saint-Étienne, Ligue 2 for AS Saint-Étienne and Troyes AC and in the Football League One for Swansea City A.F.C..

Sylvain Claude Wiltord            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Sylvain Claude Wiltord: is a French footballer who is currently a free agent. With the French national team, Wiltord has won Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Sylvain Maréchal            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Sylvain Maréchal: was a French essayist, poet, philosopher, and, as a political theorist, precursor of utopian socialism and communism (his views on a Golden age society are occasionally described also as utopian anarchism). Maréchal was also the editor of the newspaper Révolutions de Paris.

Sylvain Bouchard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvain Bouchard: is a canadian long track speed skater. He won the 1000m event at the 1998 World Single Distance Championships. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, finishing 4th at the 500m event and 5th at the 1000m event. He also competed at the 1998 Winter Olympic

Éric Sylvain            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Éric Sylvain: a Canadian curler from Lévis. He currently plays second for Jean-Michel Ménard.Sylvain joined up with Ménard in 2003, and qualified for his first Brier in 2005 as a member of Team Quebec. The lost in the 3-4 game to Nova Scotia (Shawn Adams, skip).In 2006

George Sylvain            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Sylvain: was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Rimouski in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member. He was mayor of Bic from 1855 to 1874 and from 1875 to 1876. He also served as Vice-Consul in the region for Norway and Sweden. In 1861, Sylvain was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Rimouski; he was reelected in 1863 and again after Confederation. In 1887, he was named Crown Lands agent and served in that post until his death at Rimouski in 1891.

John Sylvain            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Sylvain: is a Montreal insurance executive who was named to the Canadian Senate by Brian Mulroney in 1990. Sylvain was one of several Senators named by Mulroney in 1990 with the purpose of creating a Progressive Conservative majority in the upper house in order to pass the enactment of the Goods and Services Tax which had been delayed by the Senate's Liberal majority. He served as deputy chair of the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.