Silas (disambiguation)
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Silas or SILAS may refer to:
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- SilasSilasSaint Silas or Saint Silvanus was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who later accompanied Paul in some of his missionary journeys....
, a 1st century leading figure among the early Christian community in Jerusalem - Silas (Portuguese footballer)Silas (Portuguese footballer)Jorge Manuel Rebelo Fernandes, aka Silas , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for AEL Limassol in Cyprus, as a midfielder.-Football career:...
, real name Jorge Fernandes - Paulo SilasPaulo SilasPaulo Silas do Prado Pereira, best known as Silas is a former Brazilian football player and is currently manager of the Qatari club Al-Arabi.-Career:...
, a Brazilian football (soccer) player - Silas Feitosa Jose De SouzaSilas Feitosa Jose De SouzaSilas Feitosa Jose De Souza is an Brazilian footballer who plays for Gostaresh Foolad F.C. in the IPL.-Club career:De Souza joined Gostaresh Foolad F.C...
, a Brazilian football (soccer) player - Silas Tertius Rand BillSilas Tertius Rand BillSilas Tertius Rand Bill was a Nova Scotia born politician, merchant and shipowner. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1878 as a Member of the Liberal-Conservative Party to represent the riding of Queens.He lived in Liverpool. Bill served as treasurer for Queens County. He never...
, Canadian politician - Silas DeaneSilas DeaneSilas Deane was an American merchant, politician and diplomat. Originally a supporter of American independence Deane served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and then as the United States' first foreign diplomat when he travelled to France to lobby the French government for aid...
, delegate to the American Continental Congress - Mar Shila (Silas) (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
503–520), Catholicos Patriarch of the Church of the East
Fictional characters:
- Silas (The Da Vinci Code), a fictional character in the novel The Da Vinci Code
- King Silas Benjamin (Kings), a fictional character, played by Ian McShane from the television series Kings (U.S. TV series)
- Silas, a fictional character in the novel The Graveyard Book
- The book and character Silas MarnerSilas MarnerSilas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is a dramatic novel by George Eliot. Her third novel, it was first published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a reclusive weaver, in its strong realism it represents one of Eliot's most sophisticated treatments of her attitude to religion.-Plot summary:The...
- Silas Botwin is a main character in the popular Showtime series Weeds
- Silas is a character of the novels of Cecil BødkerCecil BødkerCecil Bødker is a Danish writer, most famous for the use of the character "Silas" in her books. In 1977, "The Leopard" won The Mildred L...
. The Silas novels were also adapted into a German TV series for ZDF in 1981. - Silas BlissettSilas BlissettSilas Blissett is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jeff Rawle. Rawle's casting was announced in December 2010 and it was revealed that he would portray a killer. Rawle was approached by Hollyoaks and met with series producer, Paul Marquess, who...
, a fictional character in HollyoaksHollyoaksHollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
, played by Jeff RawleJeff RawleJeff Rawle is a British actor, perhaps best known for playing the long-suffering George in the news-gathering sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey...
Other:
- Silas, AlabamaSilas, AlabamaSilas is a town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 529.-Geography:Silas is located at 31°46'17.850" North, 88°19'51.568" West .According to the U.S...
, a town in the United States - Society for Irish Latin American StudiesSociety for Irish Latin American StudiesThe Society for Irish Latin American Studies was created in 2003 to study Ireland's role in Latin America.-History:It was founded on 1 July 2003 to promote the study of relations between Ireland and Latin American countries...
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