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Seeger Language(s) Middle English Variant form(s) Seagar
Seeger is the surname of various people.
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").
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Seeger family of musicians
(i) Constance Edson Seeger, violinist; first wife of Charles; three children
Charles Seeger III, (1912–2002) astronomer
John Seeger, (1914–2010), high school principal and co-founder of Camp Killooleet, a summer camp in Vermont
Pete Seeger (1919–2014), one of the preeminent American folk and protest singers of the 20th century
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Toshi Seeger (1922–2013), filmmaker and environmental activist, wife of Pete Seeger; 4 children
Peter Seeger (1944–1945), died while Pete was deployed overseas
[2]
Daniel Seeger
[3]
Mika Seeger
[3] American ceramic artist; daughter of Pete and Toshi Seeger
(ii)
Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953), a modernist composer and an American folk music specialist; second wife of Charles; 4 children
Mike Seeger (1933–2009), American folk musician and folklorist
Chris Arley Seeger (born 1961), technologist, broadcast engineer, mixer-editor; married to
Laura Vaccaro Seeger , a children's book author-illustrator
Barbara Seeger, appeared on Animal Folk Songs for Children (1992) with Mike Seeger and others
Penny Seeger, married
John Cohen
Others
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
"Seeger" may also reference either of two legal cases involving the individuals below:
Schools
See also
Object names
Seeger ring , alternative name for a circlip
The closest modern named object that corresponds to a seaspear is a
harpoon .
References