Seeger

Seeger is an English surname.

Etymology

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").

Seeger family of musicians

• Charles Louis Seeger, Sr. (1860–1943), American businessman, father of the musicologist
• Charles Louis Seeger, Jr. (1886–1979), American musicologist, composer, and teacher; brother of Alan and Elizabeth Seeger; husband of Ruth Crawford Seeger; father of Pete, Peggy, and Mike Seeger
• Alan Seeger (1888–1916), American poet
• Elizabeth Seeger (1889–1973), teacher at Dalton School and author
• Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953), a modernist composer and an American folk music specialist
• Pete Seeger (1919–2014), preeminent American folk and protest singer of the 20th century
• Toshi Seeger (1922–2013), filmmaker and environmental activist, wife of Pete
• 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
• Mika Seeger, American ceramic artist, daughter of Pete and Toshi
• Tao Rodríguez-Seeger (b. 1972), a contemporary American folk musician, grandchild of Pete and Toshi

Others

• Al Seeger (b. 1980), American boxer
• Alois Seeger (1868–1931), mayor of Vaduz, Liechtenstein
• Andreas Seeger, German mathematician
• Britta Seeger (b. 1969), German business executive
• Charles M. Seeger (b. 1948), American author and 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

See also

• Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School, West Lebanon, Indiana
• Seeger ring, alternative name for a circlip
• Seger
• Segger (surname)
• United States v. Seeger, regarding Daniel Seeger's conscription

References

Surname list

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