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").Hanks, Patrick & Hodges, Flavia (1988) ''The Oxford Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press; p. 556

Seeger family of musicians

Charles Seeger Charles Louis Seeger Jr. (December 14, 1886 – February 7, 1979) was an American musicologist, composer, teacher, and folklorist. He was the father of the American folk singers Pete Seeger (1919–2014), Peggy Seeger (b. 1935), and Mike Seeger ...

(1886–1979), American musicologist, composer, and teacher :(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 Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notabl ...

(1919–2014), one of the preeminent American folk and protest singers of the 20th century :::()

Toshi Seeger Toshi Seeger (born Toshi Aline Ohta; July 1, 1922 – July 9, 2013) was an American filmmaker, producer and environmental activist. A filmmaker who specialized in the subject of folk music, Toshi's credits include the 1966 film ''Afro-American Wo ...

(1922–2013), filmmaker and environmental activist, wife of Pete Seeger; 4 children ::::* Daniel SeegerBart Barnes,
Pete Seeger, legendary folk singer, dies at 94
, ''The Washington Post'', January 28, 2014 ::::* Mika Seeger American ceramic artist; daughter of Pete and Toshi Seeger :::::* Tao Rodríguez-Seeger (b. 1972), a contemporary American folk musician; son of Mika ::::* Tinya Seeger :(ii)

Ruth Crawford Seeger Ruth Crawford Seeger (born Ruth Porter Crawford; July 3, 1901 – November 18, 1953) was an American composer and folk music specialist. Her music was a prominent exponent of the emerging modernist aesthetic and she became a central member of a ...

(1901–1953), a modernist composer and an American folk music specialist; second wife of Charles; 4 children ::*

Mike Seeger Mike Seeger (August 15, 1933August 7, 2009) was an American folk musician and folklorist. He was a distinctive singer and an accomplished musician who played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, mouth harp, mandolin, dobro, jaw harp, and ...

(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 ::*

Peggy Seeger Margaret "Peggy" Seeger (born June 17, 1935) is an American folk singer. She has lived in Britain for more than 60 years, and was married to the singer and songwriter Ewan MacColl until his death in 1989. First American period Seeger's father ...

(born 1935), American folk singer and songwriter; wife of Scottish folk singer

Ewan MacColl James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was a folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in England to Scottish parents, he is known as one of the ...

and stepmother of singer

Kirsty MacColl Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was a British singer and songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl. She recorded several pop hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including " There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears H ...

:::*

Neil MacColl Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish '' Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. ...

, guitarist for David Gray; son of

and

::::* Jamie MacColl, guitarist in Bombay Bicycle Club and Neil MacColl's son ::* Barbara Seeger, appeared on ''Animal Folk Songs for Children'' (1992) with Mike Seeger and others ::* Penny Seeger, married John Cohen *

Alan Seeger Alan Seeger (22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the brother of Charles Seeger, a noted American pacifi ...

(1888–1916), American poet; brother of Charles * Elizabeth Seeger (1889–1973), teacher at

Dalton School The Dalton School, originally the Children's University School, is a private, coeducational college preparatory school in New York City and a member of both the Ivy Preparatory School League and the New York Interschool. The school is located in ...

and author; sister of Charles and Alan

Others

* Christopher A. Seeger (b. 1960), American attorney * Al Seeger (b. 1980), American boxer * Andreas Seeger, German mathematician *

Britta Seeger Britta Seeger (born 25 September 1969) is a German business executive. She is currently the second female member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG alongside Renata Jungo Brüngger and, after her predecessor Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, t ...

(b. 1969), German business executive * Charles M. Seeger (b. 1948), American author and attorney *

Daniel Seeger Daniel Andrew ("Dan") Seeger is a retired administrator of Friends' (Quaker) organizations and a writer on Friends' religion and social issues. He was earlier a defendant in a case on conscription of pacifists that was decided by the Supreme Court ...

(b. 1934), defendant in a case on conscription of pacifists *

Hal Seeger Harold Seeger (May 16, 1917 – March 13, 2005) was an American animated cartoon producer and director who owned his own studio the Hal Seeger Studio (Hal Seeger Productions). He is most famous as the creator of the 1960s animated series ''Batfin ...

(1917–2005), an animated cartoon producer and director *

Louis Seeger Louis Seeger (1798–1865) was a German equestrian who published several books and was influential in the development of dressage. Trained under Maximilian Weyrother, his methods were highly influenced by the great François Robichon de la Guérin ...

(1798–1865), a German equestrian * Melanie Seeger (b. 1977), German race walker * Stanley J. Seeger (1930–2011), American art collector

Legal cases

"Seeger" may also reference either of two legal cases involving the individuals below: * '' United States v. Seeger'', regarding

's conscription * '' Seeger v. United States'', regarding Pete Seeger's refusal to testify in front of the

HUAC The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA), popularly dubbed the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives, created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloy ...

Schools

* Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School in West Lebanon, Indiana * Elizabeth Seeger School in Greenwich Village, established in 1971 by five teachers from

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