History
- Bernardo Peres da Silva, first Indian governor of Portuguese India
- Lucius Flavius Silva, Roman governor of Judea who crushed Jewish resistance at Masada in 73 AD
- José Joaquim da Silva Xavier (1746–1792), known as Tiradentes, Brazilian independentist leader
- Pedro da Silva, first post courier of Canada (17th-18th century)
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