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").Hanks, Patrick & Hodges, Flavia (1988) The Oxford Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press; p. 556
Seeger family of musicians 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 SeegerBart Barnes, "Pete Seeger, legendary folk singer, dies at 94", The Washington Post, January 28, 2014 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 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
Legal case "Seeger" may also reference a legal case, United States v. Seeger, regarding Daniel Seeger's conscription.
See also Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School, West Lebanon, Indiana Seeger ring, alternative name for a circlip Seger Segger (surname)
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