# Sy

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For other uses, see [Sy (disambiguation)](/source/Sy_(disambiguation)).

**Sy** is a given name, nickname/[hypocorism](/source/Hypocorism) (often of [Seymour](/source/Seymour_(given_name))) and surname which may refer to:

## Surname

### In arts and entertainment

- [Brigitte Sy](/source/Brigitte_Sy) (born 1956), French actress and filmmaker
- [Latyr Sy](/source/Latyr_Sy) (born 1972), Senegalese singer and percussionist
- [Leïla Sy](/source/Le%C3%AFla_Sy) (born 1977), French director
- [Omar Sy](/source/Omar_Sy) (born 1978), French actor and comedian
- [Oumou Sy](/source/Oumou_Sy) (born 1952), Senegalese fashion designer

### In sports

- [Amara Sy](/source/Amara_Sy) (born 1981), Malian-French basketball player
- [Baba Sy](/source/Baba_Sy) (1935–1978), Senegalese draughts player, first world champion from Africa
- [Cheikha Sy](/source/Cheikha_Sy) (born 1990), Senegalese footballer
- [Founéké Sy](/source/Foun%C3%A9k%C3%A9_Sy) (born 1986), Malian footballer
- [Moussa Sy](/source/Moussa_Sy), Guinean football player
- [Pape Sy (basketball)](/source/Pape_Sy_(basketball)) (born 1988), French basketball player
- [Pape Sy (footballer)](/source/Pape_Sy_(footballer)) (born 1997), Senegalese footballer
- [Bandja Sy](/source/Bandja_Sy) (born 1990), Malian-French basketball player

### In politics

- [Chan Sy](/source/Chan_Sy) (1932–1984), Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea from 1981 to 1984
- [Ousmane Sy](/source/Ousmane_Sy) (born 1949), Malian politician
- [Seydina Oumar Sy](/source/Seydina_Oumar_Sy) (born 1937), Senegalese politician, Foreign Minister of Senegal from 1990 to 1991

### In other fields

- [Frédéric Sy](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Sy), 19th and 20th century French astronomer
- [Henry Sy](/source/Henry_Sy) (1924–2019), Chinese-Filipino billionaire, business magnate, investor and philanthropist
- [Malick Sy](/source/Malick_Sy) (1855–1922), Senegalese Muslim religious leader and teacher
- [Polly Sy](/source/Polly_Sy), Filipino mathematician

## Given name or nickname

### In arts and entertainment

- [Sy Barry](/source/Sy_Barry) (born 1928), American comic-book and comic-strip artist best known for his work on the strip *The Phantom*
- [Sy Gomberg](/source/Sy_Gomberg) (1918–2001), American film screenwriter and producer
- [Sy Montgomery](/source/Sy_Montgomery) (born 1958), German-American naturalist, author and scriptwriter
- [Sy Oliver](/source/Sy_Oliver) (1910–1988), American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
- [Sy Richardson](/source/Sy_Richardson) (born 1941), American actor
- [Sy Smith](/source/Sy_Smith) (born 1978), American R&B/soul singer
- [Sy Wexler](/source/Sy_Wexler) (1916–2005), American documentary filmmaker

### In business

- [Sy Berger](/source/Sy_Berger) (1923–2014), Topps company employee considered the father of the modern baseball card
- [Sy Syms](/source/Sy_Syms) (1926–2009), American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- [Seymour G. Sternberg](/source/Seymour_G._Sternberg) (born 1943), chairman and former CEO of New York Life Insurance Company

### In sports

- [Sylvester Blye](/source/Sylvester_Blye) (born 1938), American basketball player
- [Seymour Cromwell](/source/Seymour_Cromwell) (1934–1977), American rower
- [Sy Sanborn](/source/Sy_Sanborn) (1866–1934), American sportswriter
- [Sy Sutcliffe](/source/Sy_Sutcliffe) (1862–1893), American baseball player

### In other fields

- [Sy Friedman](/source/Sy_Friedman) (born 1953), American-Austrian mathematician and professor
- [Seymour Hersh](/source/Seymour_Hersh) (born 1937), American investigative journalist and political writer
- [Seymour Liebergot](/source/Seymour_Liebergot) (born 1936), retired NASA flight controller
- [Sy Montgomery](/source/Sy_Montgomery) (born 1958), German-American naturalist, author and scriptwriter

## In fiction

- [Sy Snootles](/source/Sy_Snootles), a *Star Wars* character
- Sy Bisti, a [fictional language](/source/Fictional_language) in the *[Star Wars](/source/Star_Wars)* universe
- Sy Ableman, a character from *[A Serious Man](/source/A_Serious_Man)*
- Sy Rubinek, a character from *[Sneaky Pete](/source/Sneaky_Pete)*
- Seymour "Sy" Parrish, a character from *[One Hour Photo](/source/One_Hour_Photo)*

## See also

- [Shī (surname)](/source/Sh%C4%AB_(surname)) (施)
- [Shǐ (surname)](/source/Sh%C7%90_(surname)) (史)
- [Psy](/source/Psy), a South Korean rapper
- [Sy, Belgium](/source/Sy,_Belgium), a town in Belgium

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