title: Synge
text: # Synge
  
  Synge is an Irish surname. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Cathleen Synge (born 1923), Canadian mathematician a.k.a. Cathleen Synge Morawetz
  * Edward Synge (archbishop of Tuam) (1659–1741), Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland
  * Edward Synge (bishop of Elphin) (1691–1762), Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland
  * Edward Hutchinson Synge (1890–1957), inventor of the near-field optical microscope
  * John Lighton Synge (1897–1995), Irish mathematician and physicist
  * John Millington Synge (1871–1909), Irish playwright, poet, and prose writer
  * Mary Helena Synge (1840-1917) Irish composer
  * Nicholas Synge (died 1771), 18th-century Irish Anglican priest
  * Patrick Synge (1910–1982), British botanist, writer and plant hunter
  * Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914–1994), British biochemist
  * Violet Synge Girl Guide Chief Commissioner for England
  * William Synge (1826-1891), British diplomat and writer
  