Notable people and characters named Sydney include:
Given name
Men
Sydney Allard (1910–1966), British car company founder
Sydney Ancher (1904–1978), Australian architect
Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold (1878–1945), radical British Liberal Party politician Sydney Atkinson (1901–1977), South African athlete Sydney D. Bailey (1916–1995), English author and pacifist Sydney Barnes (1873–1967), English cricketer Sydney Beaumont (1884–1939), English professional footballer and football manager, runner and cricketer Sydney Brenner (1927–2019), South African biologist Sydney Brown (American football) (born 2000), Canadian American football player Sydney Savory Buckman (1860–1929), British paleontologist Sydney Burdekin (1839–1899), Australian politician Sydney Butchkes (1922–2015), American visual artist and designer Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton (1853–1934), radical British Liberal politician Sydney Caine (1902–1991), English educator and economist Sydney Camm (1893–1966), English aeronautical engineer Sydney Carline (1888–1929), British artist and teacher Sydney Chaplin (1885–1965), English actor Sydney Earle Chaplin (1926–2009), American actor Sydney Chapman, multiple people Sidney Chu (born 1999), Hong Kong short track speed skater Syd Cohen, American baseball pitcher Sydney Dacres (1805–1884), English admiral Sydney de Zoysa (1909–1994), Sri Lankan Sinhala police officer Sydney Thompson Dobell (1824–1874), English poet and critic Sydney Dodd (c. 1874–1926), British veterinary surgeon and scientist Sydney Donkin (1871–1952), British civil engineer Sydney Dowse (1918–2008), Royal Air Force pilot Sydney "Syd" Einfeld (1909–1995), Australian politician and Jewish community leader Sydney F. Foster (1893–1973), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Sydney Fremantle (1867–1958), English admiral Sydney Gardner (1884–1965), Australian politician Sydney Gedge (1829–1923), British Conservative politician 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 Herring (1881–1951), Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in the First World War Sydney Hinam (1898–1982), Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer Sydney Holland, 2nd Viscount Knutsford (1855–1931), British barrister and peer Sydney Horler (1888–1954), British novelist Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson (1908–1988), British journalist Sydney Jary (1924–2019), British Army officer Sydney Josland (1904–1991), New Zealand bacteriologist Sydney Kentridge (born 1922), South African lawyer and judge Sydney Lamb (born 1929), American linguist Sydney Laurence (1865–1940), American painter Sydney Lipton (1905–1995), British dance band leader Sydney McMeekan (1925–1991), British basketball player Sydney Mufamadi (born 1959), South African politician Sydney Newman (1917–1997), Canadian film and television producer Sydney A. Oades (1890–1961), British World War I flying ace Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier (1859–1943), British civil servant Sydney Omarr (1926–2003), American astrologist Sydney Paget (1857–1916), English aristocrat Sydney Parkinson (1745–1771), Scottish illustrator Sydney Pollack (1934–2008), American film actor Sydney Possuelo (born 1940), Brazilian explorer and ethnographer Sydney Ringer (1836–1910), British pharmacologist Sydney Rowell (1894–1975), Australian soldier, Chief of the General Staff from 1950 to 1954 Sydney Domville Rowland (1872–1917), English physician Sydney Schanberg (1934–2016), American journalist Sydney Segal (1920–1997), Canadian pediatrician and neonatologist Sydney Sekeramayi (born 1944), Zimbabwean politician Sydney Selwyn (1934–1996), British physician, medical scientist, and professor Sydney Shearer (1890–1973), New Zealand rugby union player Sydney Shoemaker (1931–2022), American philosopher Sydney Silverman (1895–1968), British politician Sydney Simmons (1840–1924), British entrepreneur and philanthropist Sydney Vincent Sippe (1889–1968), British pioneer aviator Sydney Skaife (1889–1976), South African entomologist Sydney Smirke (1798–1877), English architect Sydney Smith (1771–1845), English writer Sydney Tafler (1916–1979), English actor Sydney Taylor (1904–1978), American author Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman (1920–2014), British judge Sydney James Van Pelt (1908–1976), Australian medical practitioner Sydney J.