Sy
# Sy

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
* 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
