Sy

For other uses, see Sy (disambiguation).

Sy is a given name, nickname/hypocorism (often of Seymour) and surname which may refer to:

Surname

In arts and entertainment

• Brigitte Sy (born 1956), French actress and filmmaker
• Latyr Sy (born 1972), Senegalese singer and percussionist
• Leïla Sy (born 1977), French director
• 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 sports

• Sylvester Blye (born 1938), American basketball player
• Seymour Cromwell (1934–1977), American rower
• Sy Sanborn (1866–1934), American sportswriter
• Sy Sutcliffe (1862–1893), American baseball player

In other fields

• 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

In fiction

• Sy Snootles, a Star Wars character
• Sy Bisti, a fictional language in the Star Wars universe
• Sy Ableman, a character from A Serious Man
• Sy Rubinek, a character from Sneaky Pete
• Seymour "Sy" Parrish, a character from One Hour Photo

See also

• Shī (surname) (施)
• Shǐ (surname) (史)
• Psy, a South Korean rapper