Seeger
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Middle English |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Seagar |
Seeger is the surname of various people.
Etymology
[edit]Seeger is one of the variant forms of Seagar, a surname of Middle English origin based on the given name Segar, which was formed from Old English sæ ("sea") and gar ("spear").[1]
Seeger family of musicians
[edit]- Charles Louis Seeger, Sr. (1860–1943), American businessman
- Charles Louis Seeger, Jr. (1886–1979), American musicologist, composer, and teacher
- Pete Seeger (1919–2014), one of the preeminent American folk and protest singers of the 20th century
- Toshi Seeger (1922–2013), filmmaker and environmental activist
- Mika Seeger[2] American ceramic artist
- Tao Rodríguez-Seeger (b. 1972), a contemporary American folk musician
- Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953), a modernist composer and an American folk music specialist
- Mike Seeger (1933–2009), American folk musician and folklorist
- Peggy Seeger (born 1935), American folk singer and songwriter; wife of Scottish folk singer Ewan MacColl and stepmother of singer Kirsty MacColl
- Alan Seeger (1888–1916), American poet
- Elizabeth Seeger (1889–1973), teacher at Dalton School and author
Others
[edit]- Al Seeger (b. 1980), American boxer
- Andreas Seeger, German mathematician
- Britta Seeger (b. 1969), German business executive
- Charles M. Seeger (b. 1948), American author and attorney
- Christopher A. Seeger (b. 1960), American attorney
- Daniel Seeger (b. 1934), defendant in a case on conscription of pacifists
- Frank Seeger (b. 1972), German sports shooter
- Fritz Seeger (b. 1912), Swiss sprinter
- Hal Seeger (1917–2005), American animated cartoon producer and director
- Harald Seeger (1922–2015), German footballer and manager
- Helmut Seeger (b. 1932), German sports shooter
- Hermann Seeger (1857–1945), German painter
- Louis Seeger (1798–1865), German equestrian
- Matthew Seeger (b. 1957), American professor and university dean
- Melanie Seeger (b. 1977), German race walker
- Petra Seeger, German documentary film director and producer
- Raymond Seeger (1906–1992), American physicist
- Ruth Taubert Seeger (1924–2014), American athlete and coach
- Stanley J. Seeger (1930–2011), American art collector
- Stefan Seeger (born 1962), German chemist and professor
- Steven C. Seeger (b. 1971), American judge
Legal cases
[edit]"Seeger" may also reference either of two legal cases involving the individuals below:
- United States v. Seeger, regarding Daniel Seeger's conscription
- Seeger v. United States, regarding Pete Seeger's refusal to testify in front of the HUAC
Schools
[edit]- Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School in West Lebanon, Indiana
- Elizabeth Seeger School in Greenwich Village, established in 1971 by five teachers from Dalton School
See also
[edit]Object names
- Seeger ring, alternative name for a circlip
- The closest modern named object that corresponds to a seaspear is a harpoon.
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick & Hodges, Flavia (1988) The Oxford Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press; p. 556
- ^ Bart Barnes, "Pete Seeger, legendary folk singer, dies at 94", The Washington Post, January 28, 2014
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