Seeger

SeegerOrigin

Language(s)| Middle English
Other names
Variant form(s)| Seagar

Seeger is an English surname.

## Etymology

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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

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* 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

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* 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 case

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"Seeger" may also reference a legal case, United States v. Seeger, regarding Daniel Seeger's conscription.[citation needed]

## See also

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* Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School, West Lebanon, Indiana
* Seeger ring, alternative name for a circlip
* Seger
* Segger (surname)

## References

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1. ^ Hanks, Patrick & Hodges, Flavia (1988) The Oxford Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press; p. 556
2. ^ Bart Barnes, "Pete Seeger, legendary folk singer, dies at 94", The Washington Post, January 28, 2014

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