Sydney (disambiguation)

Not to be confused with Sidney (disambiguation).

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Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

Sydney may also refer to:

Places

Australia

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 Island, Queensland

Canada

Film and television

Sydney (film), the original title of the 1996 film Hard Eight
Sydney (TV series), a 1990 CBS TV series

Transportation

Blackburn Sydney, a British flying boat
HMAS Sydney, several warships in the Royal Australian Navy
Sydney (ship), an Australian cargo ship

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 Bennett (born 1992), also known as Syd tha Kyd, American hip-hop producer
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 Sawa (born 1992), Canadian gymnast
Sydney Schanberg (born 1934), American journalist
Sydney Scotia (born 1997), American actress and dancer
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 (politician) (1738–1801), American politician

Fictional characters

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, one of The Pretender characters in the television series
Kevin Sydney, fictional character in the X-Men comic series

Other uses

"Sydney", a song by Puddle of Mudd from Life On Display
Sydney Accord
Sydney Declaration
Sydney language
University of Sydney