Silver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abba Hillel Silver (1893–1963), Lithuanian-American rabbiAdam Silver (born 1962), American sports executive; NBA commissioner (2014–present)Bernard Silver (1924/1925–1963), an early developer of barcode technologyCheyenne Silver, stage name of American pornographic actress Cara Fawn (born 1978)Eliezer Silver (1882–1968) Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and American human rights activistEmily Silver (born 1985), retired American swimmerGeorge Silver (ca. 1560s–1620s), British swordsmanGeorge Silver (Scotland), agricultural innovatorHorace Silver (1928–2014), American jazz pianist and composerJoe Silver (1922–1989), American actorJoel Silver (born 1952), Jewish-American Hollywood film producerJohn Silver (musician) (born 1950), former second drummer for the rock band GenesisJoseph Silver (1868–1918), South African criminalJosh Silver (born 1962), keyboardist and producer for the band Type O NegativeJoshua Silver, British scientistLeon Silver (born 1925), professor of Geology at Caltech and instructor to Apollo astronaut crewsMonroe Silver (fl. 1910–1940), American dialect-comedian.Nate Silver (born 1978), sports and political journalist, founder of FiveThirtyEight.comPaul Silver (1948–2009), American seismologistPhilip Silver (1909–1999), American philatelistRon Silver (1946–2009), American actorSheldon Silver (born 1944), speaker of the New York State AssemblySpencer Silver (born 1941), inventorThomas B. Silver (1947–2001), author and president of the Claremont InstituteWarren Silver (born 1948), state supreme court justice in Maine