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

• 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 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)

References