Silver (surname)
Silver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Abba Hillel Silver, Lithuanian-American rabbi
- Adam Silver, American sports executive; NBA commissioner
- Bernard Silver, an early developer of barcode technology
- Eliezer Silver Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and American human rights activist
- Emily Silver, retired American swimmer
- George Silver, British swordsman
- George Silver, agricultural innovator
- Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer
- Jerry Silver, American neuroscientist
- Joe Silver, American actor
- Joel Silver, Jewish-American Hollywood film producer
- John Silver , former second drummer for the rock band Genesis
- Joseph Silver, South African criminal
- Josh Silver, keyboardist and producer for the band Type O Negative
- Joshua Silver, British scientist
- Leon Silver, professor of Geology at Caltech and instructor to Apollo astronaut crews
- Monroe Silver, American dialect-comedian.
- Nate Silver, sports and political journalist, founder of FiveThirtyEight.com
- Paul Silver, American seismologist
- Philip Silver, American philatelist
- Ron Silver, American actor
- Sheldon Silver, speaker of the New York State Assembly
- Spencer Silver, inventor
- Steven Silver , American actor
- Susan Silver, American music manager
- Thomas B. Silver, author and president of the Claremont Institute
- Warren Silver, state supreme court justice in Maine
