Religion
- Blessed Beatrice of Silva, Portuguese Dominican nun
- Clarence Richard Silva, United States Catholic bishop
- Hezekiah da Silva, Jewish author born in Livorno, Italy, and teacher in Jerusalem
- Blessed João Mendes de Silva (Amadeus of Portugal), Portuguese Hieronymite and later Franciscan
- Lynn de Silva, Sri Lankan Methodist theologian
- Raúl Silva Henríquez, Chilean cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
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