Sydney (disambiguation)

Not to be confused with Sidney (disambiguation).

Sydney was originally an alternative spelling of the surname Sidney (name origin). Sydney has been regularly used as a given name since the 19th century, and is a fast-growing given name for female infants in the United States.

Sydney may refer to:

Places

• Sydney, New South Wales, Australia's largest city
  • City of Sydney, inner city local government area of New South Wales
  • Electoral district of Sydney, electorate in state parliament of New South Wales
  • Division of Sydney, electorate in federal parliament of Australia
  • Sydney Cove
  • Sydney Heads
• Sydney Island, Queensland, Australia
• Sydney Parade Avenue, Ireland
• Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

People

First name

• Sydney Allard (1910–1966), British car company founder
• Sydney Atkinson (1901–1977), South African athlete
• Sydney Barnes (1873–1967), English cricketer
• Sydney Brenner (born 1927), South African biologist
• Sydney Camm, (1893–1966), English aeronautical engineer
• Sydney Chaplin (1885–1965), English actor
• Sydney Earle Chaplin (1926–2009), American actor
• Sydney Dacres (1805–1884), English admiral
• Sydney F. Foster (1893–1973), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
• Sydney Fremantle (1867–1958), English admiral
• Sydney Greenstreet (1879–1954), English actor
• Sydney Grundy (1848–1914), English dramatist
• Sydney Gun-Munro (1916–2007), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines politician
• Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986), American journalist
• Sydney Horler (1888–1954), British novelist
• Sydney Jacobson (1908–1988), British journalist
• Sydney Kentridge (born 1922), South African lawyer and judge
• Sydney Lamb (born 1929), American linguist
• Sydney Laurence (1865–1940), American painter
• Sydney Mufamadi (born 1959), South African politician
• Sydney Newman (1917–1997), Canadian film and television producer
• Sydney Omarr (1926-2003), American astrologist
• Sydney Parkinson (1745–1771), Scottish illustrator
• Sydney Penny (born 1971), American actress
• Sydney Poitier (born 1973), American actress
• Sydney Pollack (1934–2008), American film actor
• Sydney Possuelo (born 1940), Brazilian explorer and ethnographer
• Sydney Ringer (1836–1910), British pharmacologist
• Sydney Schanberg (born 1934), American journalist
• Sydney Sekeramayi (born 1944), Zimbabwean politician
• Sydney Shoemaker (born 1931), American philosopher
• Sydney Skaife (1889–1976), South African entomologist
• Sydney Sierota (born 1997), lead singer of Echosmith
• Sydney Silverman (1895–1968), British politician
• Sydney Smirke (1798–1877), English architect
• Sydney Smith (1771–1845), English writer
• Sydney Taylor (1904–1978), American author
• Sydney J. Van Scyoc (born 1939), American science fiction writer

Surname

• Algernon Sydney (1623–1683), English politician
• Berenice Sydney (1944–1983), English artist
• Grahame Sydney (born 1948), New Zealand artist
• Harry Sydney (born 1959), American football player
• Joan Sydney (born 1936), English actress
• Robin Sydney (born 1984), American actress
• Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1732–1800), British politician

Pen name

• Robert Yates (1738–1801), American politician

Fiction

• Sydney Andrews, fictional character in the television series Melrose Place
• Sydney Bristow, fictional character in the television series Alias
• Sydney Carton, fictional character in the 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• Sydney Drew, fictional character in the television series Power Rangers: S.P.D
• Sydney Fox, fictional character in the television series Relic Hunter
• Sydney Losstarot, fictional character in the video game Vagrant Story
• Sydney, fictional character in the television series The Pretender
• Sydney (TV series), a 1990 CBS TV series
• Sydney, original title of the 1996 film Hard Eight
• Sydney White, 2007 film starring Amanda Bynes
• Kevin Sydney, fictional character in the X-Men comic series

Other

• Blackburn Sydney, British flying boat
• HMAS Sydney, several warships in the Royal Australian Navy
• Sydney Accord
• Sydney Declaration
• Sydney language
• Sydney (ship), Australian cargo ship
• University of Sydney
• "Sydney", a song by Puddle of Mudd from Life On Display

See also

• Sidney (disambiguation)
• Sid (disambiguation)
• Syd (disambiguation)