title: Silliman
text: # Silliman
  
  Silliman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Aldine Silliman Kieffer (1840–1904), American musician
  * Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864), American chemist
  * Benjamin Silliman Jr. (1816–1885), American chemist
  * Benjamin D. Silliman (1805–1901), American lawyer and politician
  * Gold Selleck Silliman (1732–1790), American attorney and Revolutionary War figure
  * Horace Brinsmade Silliman (1825-1910), founder of Silliman University
  * Jael Silliman, American writer
  * Randolph Silliman Bourne (1886–1918), American writer
  * Robert Hillyer aka Robert Silliman Hillyer (1895–1961), American poet
  * Ron Silliman (born 1946), American poet
  