Silva
Silva and da Silva is a site-specific originally incurred Portuguese surname, derived from the Latin silva for forest.
Bearers of the name
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- Acácio da Silva ( born 1961 ), Portuguese cyclist
- Adalberto Paulo da Silva ( born 1929 ), Brazilian priest, auxiliary bishop in Fortaleza
- Adão da Silva ( born 1957 ), Portuguese footballer
- Adenízia Silva ( born 1986 ), Brazilian volleyball player
- Adhemar da Silva (1927-2001), Brazilian triple jumper
- Adriana Aparecida da Silva ( born 1981 ), Brazilian marathon runner
- Adriano Pereira da Silva ( b. 1982 ), Brazilian footballer
- Agostinho da Silva (1906-1994), Portuguese philosopher
- Aílton Gonçalves da Silva (born 1973 ), Brazilian footballer
- Alan Silva ( born 1939 ), American jazz bassist
- Alan Osório da Costa Silva ( born 1979 ), Brazilian footballer
- Alan Wendell Silva (born 1978 ), Brazilian long distance runner
- Alberto da Silva Cruz (born 1966 ), East Timorese politicians
- Alberto da Costa e Silva ( born 1931 ), Brazilian diplomat and writer
- Alberto Ricardo da Silva ( born 1943 ), East Timor clergyman, Bishop of Dili
- Alejandro Silva ( athlete ) (born 1958 ), Chilean track and field athlete
- Alejandro Silva ( musician), Chilean musician
- Alejandro Silva ( footballer ) (* 1989), Uruguayan football player
- Alejandro Silva Vilches ( b. 1947 ), Chilean football player
- Alex Da Silva ( born 1968 ), Brazilian dancer and choreographer
- Alex Silva ( born 1985 ), Brazilian footballer
- ALEX Bruno de Souza Silva ( * 1993), Brazilian footballer
- Alexandre da Silva ( born 1974 ), Brazilian footballer
- Alexandre Silva Cleyton ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
- Alexandre da Silva Mariano ( Amaral, born 1973 ), Brazilian footballer
- Alfonso de Silva (1903-1937), Peruvian composer
- Alina de Silva (1898-1972), Peruvian singer and actress
- Amancio D' Silva (1936-1996), Indian jazz musician and composer
- Ana Cláudia Silva ( * 1988), Brazilian sprinter
- Anderson Silva ( martial artist ) ( born 1975 ), Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
- Anderson Silva ( b. 1982 ), Brazilian footballer
- Ânderson Miguel da Silva ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
- Anderson Alves da Silva ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
- André da Silva (born 1972 ), Brazilian athlete
- André Silva ( rugby player ) ( born 1975 ), Portuguese rugby player of French origin
- André Luciano da Silva ( born 1981 ), Brazilian footballer
- André Luiz Silva ( born 1980 ), Brazilian footballer
- André Ramalho Silva ( * 1992), Brazilian footballer
- André Roberto Soares da Silva ( born 1981 ), Brazilian footballer
- Andrés Silva ( born 1986 ), Uruguayan Athlete
- Aníbal Cavaco Silva ( born 1939 ), Portuguese politician
- Anselmo Tadeu Silva do Nascimento ( Anselmo, born 1980 ), Brazilian footballer
- Anthony da Silva ( born 1980 ), French footballer
- Antônio da Silva (born 1978 ), Brazilian footballer
- Antonio da Silva (Director), Portuguese director
- António Carvalho de Silva Porto (1850-1893), Portuguese painter
- António José da Silva (1705-1739), Portuguese playwright marranischer origin
- António Maria da Silva (1872-1950), Portuguese politician
- António Silva ( António Maria da Silva; 1886-1971 ), Portuguese actor
- António Dinis da Cruz e Silva (1731-1799), Portuguese poet and judge
- Antônio da Silva Lino Dinis (1943-2013), Portuguese clergyman, Bishop of Itumbiara
- António Rodrigo Pinto da Silva (1912-1992), Portuguese botanist and plant sociologist
- Ildefonso Antonio dos Santos Silva (1893-1958), Portuguese religious cleric, Bishop of Silva
- Armando Corrêa da Silva (1931-2000), Brazilian geographer
- Arnaldo da Silva (born 1964 ), Brazilian athlete
- Arnaldo Edi Lopes da Silva ( b. 1982 ), Portuguese footballer
- Álvaro Augusto da Silva (1876-1968), Brazilian Archbishop
- Augusto Santos Silva ( born 1956 ), Portuguese professor and politician ( PS)
- Aurelio Silva (1866-1923), Chilean violinist and music teacher
- Avelino Coelho da Silva ( born 1963 ), East Timorese politicians
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- Baltasar Lopes da Silva (1907-1989), Cape Verde Poet and author
- Belmiro Silva (born 1954 ), Portuguese cyclist
- Bernardo Fernandes da Silva (born 1965 ), Brazilian footballer
- Bezerra da Silva (1927-2005), Brazilian singer-songwriter
- Bruno Silva ( born 1980 ), Uruguayan football player
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- Caiuby Francisco da Silva ( * 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Carlos da Silva (Director) († 2008), Portuguese film director and producer
- Carlos da Silva ( footballer ) ( born 1984 ), Portuguese footballer
- Carlos Luciano da Silva ( born 1975 ), Brazilian footballer
- Carlos Manuel Oliveiros da Silva ( born 1959 ), Portuguese footballer
- Carlos Silva da Silva ( Carlos da Silva ), art director and actor
- Carole da Silva Costa ( * 1991), Portuguese football player
- Celso José Pinto da Silva ( born 1933), Brazilian clergyman, Archbishop of Teresina
- Chandrika de Silva ( born 1974 ), Sri Lankan badminton player
- Cidimar Rodrigues da Silva ( born 1984 ), Brazilian footballer
- Clarence Richard Silva ( born 1949 ), Portuguese - American clergyman, Bishop of Honolulu
- Claudinei da Silva (born 1970 ), Brazilian athlete
- Cleidimar Magalhães Silva ( b. 1982 ), Brazilian footballer
- Cristiano da Silva ( * 1987), Brazilian footballer
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- Dakson da Silva (* 1987), Brazilian footballer
- Damien Da Silva (* 1988), French footballer
- Dan DaSilva ( born 1985 ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Daniel Silva ( born 1960 ), American journalist
- Daniel da Silva Soares ( Dani; b. 1982 ), Portuguese footballer
- Daniel De Silva ( * 1997), Australian football player
- Daniel Lopes Silva ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
- Danilo Luiz da Silva ( * 1991), Brazilian footballer
- Danny Silva (born 1973 ), Portuguese cross-country skier and biathlete
- Darío Silva (born 1972 ), Uruguayan football player
- David Silva ( born 1986 ), Spanish footballer
- David Mendes da Silva ( footballer 1982) ( b. 1982 ), Dutch footballer
- David Mendes da Silva ( footballer, 1986) ( born 1986 ), Cape Verde footballer
- Deilson Da Silva ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
- Deivson Rogério da Silva ( Bobô; born 1985 ), Brazilian footballer
- Diogo da Silva ( b. 1982 ), Brazilian Taekwondoin
- Dolores Silva ( * 1991), Portuguese football player
- Dominga Alves da Silva (born 1964 ), East Timorese politician
- Douglas Silva ( * 1989), Brazilian actor
- Douglas da Silva ( born 1984 ), Brazilian footballer
- Douglas DaSilva, American composer and guitarist
- Duarte Silva ( * 1924), Portuguese skiers
- Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva (1864-1950), Portuguese historian, journalist, diplomat and politician
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- Ederson Alves Ribeiro Silva ( * 1989), Brazilian footballer
- Edgar Bruno da Silva ( * 1987), Brazilian footballer
- Edmundo de Macedo Soares e Silva (1901-1989), Brazilian brigadier general and politician
- Edson Rolando Silva Sousa ( Edson; b. 1983 ), Portuguese footballer
- Eduardo da Silva ( footballer Peñarol ), Uruguayan football player
- Eduardo Adelino da Silva ( born 1979 ), Brazilian footballer
- Eduardo Alves da Silva ( b. 1983 ), the Croatian football player
- Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva ( born 1959 ), Brazilian religious cleric, Auxiliary Bishop in Campo Grande
- Edward Silva ( born 1975 ), Uruguayan weightlifter
- Élson Falcao da Silva ( born 1981 ), Brazilian footballer
- Emanuel Silva ( born 1985 ), Portuguese canoeist
- Emanuel Silva - Tarouca (1691-1771), Portuguese architect
- Emídio Rafael Augusto Silva ( born 1986 ), Portuguese footballer
- Emilio da Silva ( b. 1982 ), Timorese footballer
- Enrique Silva Cimma (1918-2012), Chilean lawyer and politician
- Eraldo Bispo da Silva (born 1966 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Patos
- Ernst Emanuel Silva - Tarouca (1860-1936), Austrian- Bohemian dendrologist and politicians
- Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva ( born 1952 ), East Timorese politicians
- Estevam Santos Silva Filho ( born 1968 ), Brazilian minister, Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- Estêvão Silva ( Estêvão Roberto da Silva; 1845-1891 ), Brazilian painter and art teacher
- Evaeverson Lemos da Silva ( born 1980 ), Brazilian footballer
- Everaldo Marques da Silva (1944-1974), Brazilian footballer
- Everson Pereira da Silva ( Everson, born 1975 ), Brazilian footballer
- Everton Ramos da Silva ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer, see Everton ( football player)
- Eudi Silva de Souza ( Eudis; b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
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- Fabiana Silva ( * 1988), Brazilian badminton player
- Medina Fabiano da Silva ( b. 1982 ), Brazilian footballer
- Fabiola da Silva ( born 1979 ), Brazilian inline skater
- Fatima Silva (born 1970 ), Portuguese marathon runner
- Federico Silva ( painter) ( b. 1923 ), Mexican painter and sculptor
- Federico Silva Muñoz (1923-1997), Mexican politician
- Fernán Silva Valdés (1887-1975), Uruguayan writer
- Fernanda da Silva (* 1989), Brazilian Women's Handball
- Fernando Silva (architect ) ( 1914-1983 ), Portuguese architect
- Fernando Silva ( badminton) (born 1972 ), Portuguese Badminton Player
- Fernando Silva ( footballer ) ( born 1977 ), Andorran football player
- Fernando Silva ( footballer, 1964) (born 1964 ), Uruguayan football player
- Fernando Silva ( athlete ) ( born 1980 ), Portuguese long-distance runner
- Fernando Silva ( swimmer ) ( born 1986 ), Brazilian swimmer
- Fernando Augusto Pereira da Silva (1871-1943), Portuguese naval officer and politician
- Fernando de Sousa e Silva (1712-1786), Cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Fernando Macedo da Silva ( b. 1982 ), Spanish footballer
- Fernando Matos Silva ( born 1940 ), Portuguese director
- Flávio da Silva Amado ( Flavio; born 1979 ), Angolan footballer
- Francisco da Silva (1592-1639), Peruvian doctor marranischer origin
- Francisco Adriano Rodrigues da Silva ( born 1985 ), Brazilian footballer
- Francisco Andrés Silva Gajardo ( born 1986 ), Chilean football player
- Francisco Carlos da Silva ( born 1955 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Ituiutaba
- Francisco Manuel da Silva (1795-1865), Brazilian composer
- Francisco Teixeira da Silva (1826-1894), Governor of Portuguese colonies
- Franco Silva (1920-1995), an Italian film actor
- Frank Silva (1949-1995), American actor and prop
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- Gabriel da Silva ( * 1988), Swiss -Brazilian actor
- Gastón Silva ( * 1994), Uruguayan football player
- Geraldo Eulalio do Nascimento e Silva (1917-2003), Brazilian poet of modernity and diplomat
- Germán Silva ( born 1968 ), Mexican track and field athlete
- Gilberto Silva ( b. 1976 ), Brazilian footballer
- Gilberto da Silva Melo ( Gilberto; born 1976 ), Brazilian footballer
- Gilson Andrade da Silva (born 1966 ), Brazilian minister, Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador
- Guilhermino da Silva, East Timorese judges
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- Héctor Silva ( born 1940 ), Uruguayan football player
- Heitor da Silva Costa (1873-1947), Brazilian Civil
- Henry Silva ( born 1928 ), American actor
- Henry Rangel Silva ( born 1961 ), Venezuelan military officer and politician
- Hermínia Silva (1907-1993), Portuguese singer and actress
- Hernando da Silva Ramos ( born 1925 ), French -Brazilian racing driver
- Horace Silva, actually Horace Silver (1928-2013), American jazz pianist and composer
- Howard Da Silva (1909-1986), American actor
- Humbert of Silva Candida (around 1010-1061 ), a Catholic cardinal
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- Ibson Barreto da Silva ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
- Iggy Silva ( * 1990), American cyclist
- Ildefonso da Silva, Timorese footballer
- Inocêncio Francisco da Silva (1810-1876), Portuguese literary scholar and encyclopedist
- Iracema Maia da Silva ( born 1955 ), Brazilian politician
- Iriney Santos da Silva ( born 1981 ), Brazilian footballer
- Ivan da Silva Bruhns (1881-1980), French painter, graphic artist and textile designer
- Ivone Silva (1935-1987), the Portuguese actress
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- Jackie Silva (born 1962 ), Brazilian volleyball player
- Jaime Silva ( writer ) ( born 1934 ), Chilean writer and dramatist
- Jaime Silva ( footballer ) ( born 1935 ), Colombian football player
- Jaime Silva ( painter) ( born 1947 ), Portuguese painter
- Jaime Silva ( politician) (born 1954 ), Portuguese politician
- Jairo Rui Matos da Silva (1929-2007), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Bonfim
- Jean -Marie Da Silva ( born 1975 ), Beninese tennis players
- Jeronimo Maria Barreto Claudemir da Silva ( born 1981 ), German football player
- Jesús Silva (1933-2011), Spanish priest
- Jesús Bermúdez Silva (1884-1969), Colombian composer
- Jhonny Da Silva (* 1991), Uruguayan football player
- João da Silva (sculptor ) ( 1880-1960 ), Portuguese sculptor and painter
- João da Silva ( concentration camp commander), Portuguese concentration camp commander
- João Silva ( cameraman), Portuguese cameraman
- João Silva (photographer) (born 1966 ), Portuguese photographer and journalist
- João Alves de Assis Silva ( Jô, * 1987), Brazilian footballer
- João António Saraiva da Silva (1923-1976), Portuguese bishop of Coimbra
- João Batista da Silva ( footballer ) ( born 1955 ), Brazilian footballer
- João Batista da Silva ( athlete ) ( born 1963 ), Brazilian sprinter
- João Cunha e Silva (born 1967 ), Portuguese Tennis Player
- João Gabriel Silva Ferreira, known as Barroca ( born 1986 ), Portuguese football goalkeeper
- João Justino de Medeiros Silva (born 1966 ), Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte
- João Leite da Silva Neto ( born 1955 ), Brazilian footballer
- João Luiz da Silva Ferreira ( Preto; born 1981 ), Brazilian footballer
- João Manuel da Cruz da Silva Leitão ( born 1952 ), Portuguese diplomat
- João Marques da Silva Oliveira (1853-1927), Portuguese painter, see João Marques de Oliveira
- João Paulo Esteves da Silva ( born 1961 ), Portuguese pianist and composer
- João Pedro Silva ( * 1989), Portuguese triathlete
- João Pedro da Silva Pereira ( born 1984 ), Portuguese footballer
- João Manso Salaviza Feldman da Silva ( born 1984 ), Portuguese actor and film director, see João Salaviza
- Vítor Joaquim da Silva, Brazilian colonel, landowner and politician
- Joaquim Eulalio do Nascimento e Silva (1883-1965), Brazilian poet of modernity and diplomat
- John Silva ( b. 1977 ), Panamanian tennis players
- Johnath Marlone Azevedo da Silva (* 1992), Brazilian footballer
- Jonathan Rafael da Silva ( * 1991), Brazilian footballer
- Jorge da Silva ( born 1961 ), Uruguayan football player
- Jorge Silva Vieira ( Jorge Vieira; 1934-2012 ), Brazilian football coach
- Josafá Menezes da Silva ( born 1959 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Barreiras
- José Silva ( parapsychologist ) ( 1914-1999 ), American parapsychologist
- José Silva ( rower ), Uruguayan rower
- José da Silva (badminton ) (* 1922), Portuguese tennis and badminton players
- José da Silva ( cyclist ) (c. 1930), Portuguese cyclist
- José da Silva Carvalho (1782-1856), Portuguese statesman
- José da Silva Chaves ( born 1930 ), Brazilian Bishops
- José da Silva Varela (* 1991), São toméischer football player
- Aílton José da Silva ( born 1977 ), Brazilian footballer
- José Belisario da Silva ( born 1945 ), Brazilian priest, Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
- José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763-1838), Brazilian politicians
- José Carlos da Silva ( born 1979 ), Brazilian footballer
- José Celestino da Silva (1849-1911), Portuguese officer and colonial administrator
- José da Costa e Silva (1747-1819), Portuguese architect
- José Élber Pimentel da Silva (* 1992), Brazilian footballer
- José Graziano da Silva ( born 1949 ), Brazilian economist, agronomist and author
- José Leonardo Ribeiro da Silva (* 1988), Brazilian footballer
- José Manuel da Silva Fernandes, East Timorese politicians
- José María Silva (1804-1876), central amerikanischener politicians
- José Maria da Silva Maia ( born 1956 ), Brazilian local politicians
- José Marques da Silva (1869-1947), Portuguese architect
- José Martins da Silva ( born 1935 ), Brazilian religious cleric, Bishop of Porto Velho
- José Moreira da Silva ( born 1953 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Januaria
- José Pereira da Silva Barros (1835-1898), Brazilian Archbishop
- José Rodrigues da Silva (c. 1920), Portuguese canoeist
- José da Silva Panao (* 1955), East Timorese politicians
- José Vieira da Silva ( born 1953 ), Portuguese economist and politician
- José Vitor Rodrigues Ribeiro da Silva (* 1991), Brazilian footballer
- José Wellington da Silva Santos ( born 1985 ), Brazilian footballer
- Joseph D' Silva (1932-2006), Indian clergyman, Bishop of Bellary
- Juan III. de Silva, Spanish diplomat
- Juan Calos da Silva, Uruguayan tennis players
- Juarez Sousa da Silva ( born 1961 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Oeiras
- Jucilei da Silva (* 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Julia da Silva Bruhns - (1851-1923), Brazilian wife of Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann
- Julio Silva (sculptor ) ( born 1930 ), Argentine- French sculptor and painter
- Júlio Silva (tennis player) ( born 1979 ), Brazilian tennis player
- Júlio César da Silva ( known as Julio César: * 1963), Brazilian footballer
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- Lahiru Silva ( * 1987), Sri Lankan football player
- Leonardo Eulalio do Nascimento e Silva ( born 1915 ), Brazilian diplomat and journalist
- Leonardo Ferreira da Silva ( Léo; born 1980 ), Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo dos Santos Silva (Leonardo II, born 1976 ), Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo Bruno dos Santos Silva (China, born 1980 ), Brazilian footballer
- Leônidas da Silva (1913-2004), Brazilian footballer
- Leslie Silva ( born 1968 ), American actress
- Lucas Silva Borges ( * 1993), Brazilian footballer
- Lucas dos Santos Rocha da Silva ( * 1991), Brazilian footballer
- Luciano José Pereira da Silva ( born 1980 ), Brazilian football goalkeeper
- Lucimara da Silva ( born 1985 ), Brazilian heptathlete
- Luis Felipe Silva (born 1954 ), Portuguese Tennis Player
- Luís Gonzaga Pepeu Silva ( born 1957 ), Brazilian priest, Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista
- Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva (1923-2013), Portuguese clergyman, Bishop of Lichinga
- Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803-1880), Brazilian marshal
- Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito (born 1967 ), Brazilian priest, Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ( born 1945 ), Brazilian politician, president from 2003 to 2011
- Luiz Moutinho Alvares de Lima e Silva (1792-1863), Brazilian diplomat
- Luiz Rogério da Silva ( born 1980 ), Brazilian footballer
- Luiz Sérgio Duarte da Silva, Brazilian sociologist and historian
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- Manuel Carvalho da Silva ( born 1948 ), Portuguese unionists and sociologist
- Manuel Gaspar Soares da Silva ( born 1959 ), East Timorese politicians
- Manuel Pereira da Silva (1920-2003), Portuguese sculptor
- Marcelo Silva ( * 1989), Uruguayan football player
- Marcelo da Silva Júnior ( Marcelo; * 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Marcelo Cândido da Silva, Brazilian historian
- Marco da Silva ( choreographer ) (* 1977), German - Portuguese choreographer, dancer and singer
- Marco da Silva ( footballer 1982) ( b. 1982 ), Swedish football player
- Marco da Silva ( footballer, 1992) ( * 1992), French - Portuguese football player
- Marcos Silva (born 1954 ), Brazilian musician and arranger
- Marcos Roberto da Silva Barbosa ( Marquinhos; b. 1982 ), Brazilian footballer
- María Silva ( born 1941 ), Spanish actress
- Maria Adozinda Pires da Silva ( born 1975 ), East Timorese politician
- Maria del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo (1762-1802), Duchess of Alba
- Mariano Silva y Aceves (1887-1937), Mexican jurist, author and university professor
- Marie Da Silva, Malawian founder of a charity
- Marina Silva (born 1958 ), Brazilian environmentalist and politician
- Mário Silva ( cyclist ), Portuguese cyclist
- Mário Silva ( athlete ) ( b. 1961 ), Portuguese Athlete
- Mario Silva ( politician) (born 1966 ), Canadian politician
- Mário Silva ( Taekwondo ) (* 1993), Portuguese Taekwondoin
- Mário Antônio da Silva (born 1966 ), Brazilian Bishop of Manaus
- Martín Silva ( b. 1983 ), Uruguayan football goalkeeper
- Mauro Silva ( born 1968 ), Brazilian footballer
- Mauro Vinicius da Silva ( born 1986 ), Brazilian long jumper
- Miguel Gómez de Silva (1594-1668), Chilean officer
- Miguel Paulo José Maria da Silva Paranhos do Rio Branco (1917-1995), Brazilian diplomat
- Moacir Silva (born 1954 ), Brazilian clergyman, Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto
- Moreira da Silva ( singer) ( 1902-2000 ), Brazilian singer
- Moreira da Silva ( badminton), Portuguese Badminton Player
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- Nicole da Silva ( b. 1982 ), German pop singer
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- Octávio Rainho da Silva Neves ( born 1929 ), Brazilian diplomat
- Olga Pellicer Silva ( born 1935 ), Mexican diplomat
- Olivio Silva (born 1954 ), Portuguese Tennis Player
- Orlando Silva de Jesus Júnior (born 1971 ), Brazilian politicians
- Oswaldo da Silva (1926-1997), Brazilian footballer
- Otacílio Luziano Da Silva (born 1954 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Catanduva
- Overath Breitner da Silva Medina ( Breitner, * 1989), Venezuelan- Brazilian footballer
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- Patápio Silva (1880-1907), Brazilian flutist and composer
- Patrick Roberto Daniel da Silva ( born 1985 ), Brazilian footballer
- Paul Claude Silva ( * 1922 ), American Algae researcher
- Paulo da Silva ( born 1980 ), Paraguayan football player
- Paulo DaSilva (* 1970), German musician, producer and songwriter
- Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira Silva (1974-2004), Brazilian footballer
- Paulo Cardoso da Silva ( born 1934 ), Brazilian religious cleric, Bishop of Petrolina
- Paulo Freitas da Silva (1939-2007), East Timorese politicians
- Pedro da Silva ( governor) ( 1554? -1578? ), Portuguese colonial governor
- Pedro da Silva ( bishop) ( 1649-1691 ), Portuguese priest, bishop in Kochi
- Pedro da Silva ( postman ) ( 1647-1717 ), Canadian postman Portuguese origin
- Pedro da Silva ( colonial administrator ), Portuguese colonial administrators
- Pedro Silva (sculptor ) ( 1934-2013 ), American sculptor originally from Chile
- Pedro Silva ( Boccia player) ( born 1974 ), Portuguese bocce player
- Pedro Silva ( swimmer ) ( born 1977 ), Portuguese swimmer
- Pedro da Silva Martins ( born 1976 ), Portuguese musician and songwriter
- Pedro da Silva Moutinho ( born 1979 ), Portuguese footballer
- Pedro da Silva Pedroso (1770-1849), Brazilian military and revolutionary
- Pedro Silva Pereira (born 1962 ), Portuguese lawyer and politician
- Pedro da Silva Sampaio (1572-1649), Portuguese priest, bishop in Bahia
- Pedro Celestino Silva Soares (* 1987), Cape Verde footballer
- Plinio José Luz da Silva ( born 1955 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Picos
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- Rafael da Silva ( footballer ) ( born 1979 ), Brazilian footballer
- Rafael Silva ( judoka ) (* 1987), Brazilian judoka
- Rafael da Silva Francisco (known as Rafinha, * 1983), Brazilian footballer
- Rafael Antonio Silva ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian cyclists
- Rafael Ferreira Silva (known as Rafa, * 1993), Portuguese footballer
- Rafael Pereira da Silva (known as Rafael; * 1990), Brazilian footballer
- Ramón Silva ( born 1948 ), Uruguayan football player and coach
- Raquel Sánchez- Silva (born 1973 ), Spanish journalist and television presenter
- Raúl Silva Castro (1903-1970), Chilean Romance and Hispanist
- Raúl Silva Henríquez (1907-1999), Chilean priest, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
- Regiane da Silva (born 1971 ), Brazilian model
- Renato Silva (born 1976 ), Portuguese cyclist
- Renato Assis da Silva ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
- Reynaldo dos Santos Silva ( * 1989), Brazilian footballer
- Ricardo Ferreira da Silva ( born 1984 ), Brazilian footballer
- Roberto Silva ( football goalkeeper ) ( born 1943 ), Mexican football goalkeeper
- Roberto Silva ( footballer, 1976) (born 1976 ), Peruvian football player
- Roberto Silva ( footballer, 1981) ( born 1981 ), Chilean football player
- Roberto Silva ( cyclist ) ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian cyclists
- Roberto Carlos da Silva (born 1973 ), Brazilian footballer
- Roberto Duarte Silva (1837-1889), Cape Verde chemist
- Roberto Mendes Silva (born 1978 ), Brazilian footballer
- Robson da Silva (born 1964 ), Brazilian athlete
- Robson Alves da Silva ( born 1986 ), Brazilian footballer
- Rogério Dutra da Silva ( born 1984 ), Brazilian tennis player
- Romildo Magalhães da Silva, Brazilian politicians
- Ronny Carlos da Silva ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
- Rufino da Silva Neto, Brazilian politicians
- Rui Silva ( born 1977 ), Portuguese Athlete
- Rui Pedro Silva ( born 1981 ), Portuguese Athlete
- Rui Sousa Martins da Silva ( * 1993), Portuguese handball player
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- Salvador Martínez Silva (1889-1969), Mexican priest, auxiliary bishop in Morelia
- Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva ( born 1953 ), Sri Lankan minister, Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo
- Santiago Silva Retamales ( b. 1955 ), Chilean priest, Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso
- Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva ( born 1930 ), Portuguese clergyman, Bishop of Leiria- Fátima
- Sérgio Silva Amaral ( b. 1944 ), Brazilian diplomat
- Shilton D' Silva ( * 1992), Indian football players
- Solonei da Silva ( b. 1982 ), Brazilian marathon runner
- Susana Santos Silva ( born 1979 ), Portuguese jazz musician
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- Tânia Regina dos Santos Silva ( born 1968 ), Brazilian botanist
- Thiago Silva ( born 1984 ), Brazilian footballer
- Tita do Rêgo Silva ( born 1959 ), Brazilian artist
- Trinidad Silva (1950-1988), American actor
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- Valcemar Silva ( born 1968 ), Brazilian cyclists
- Vânia Silva ( born 1980 ), Portuguese Hammer Throw
- Victor da Silva (* 1995), Brazilian footballer
- Viviane Senna da Silva Lalli (born 1958 ), Brazilian businesswoman, sister of Ayrton Senna
- Vragel da Silva ( born 1974 ), Brazilian footballer
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- Walter Henrique da Silva ( * 1989), Brazilian footballer
- Walter Machado da Silva ( born 1934 ), Brazilian footballer
- Walter Maria de Silva ( born 1951 ), Italian car designer
- Wanderlei Silva (born 1976 ), Brazilian MMA fighter
- Washington Luis Regis da Silva (born 1954 ), Brazilian entrepreneur and politician
- Washington Roberto Mariano da Silva ( born 1985 ), Brazilian footballer
- Wellington Alves da Silva ( * 1993), Brazilian footballer
- Wellington Brito da Silva ( born 1985 ), Bulgarian - Brazilian footballer
- Wellington Santos da Silva ( born 1985 ), Brazilian footballer
- Wellington Silva Sanches Aguiar (* 1992), Brazilian footballer, see Wellington Nem
- Wendel Geraldo Maurício e Silva ( b. 1982 ), Brazilian footballer
- William Enrique Delgado Silva ( born 1951 ), Venezuelan priest, Bishop of Cabimas
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- Yarisley Silva ( * 1987), Cuban pole vaulter