Seeliger is a name meaning "blessed man" in
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Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
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Hugo von Seeliger
Hugo von Seeliger (23 September 1849 – 2 December 1924), also known as Hugo Hans Ritter von Seeliger, was a German astronomer, often considered the most important astronomer of his day.
Biography
He was born in Biala, completed high school in ...
(1849–1924), German astronomer
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Rudolf Seeliger (1886–1965), German physicist
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Thomas Seeliger
Thomas Seeliger (born 20 September 1966) is a German former Association football, footballer and current manager. He spent four seasons in the Bundesliga with Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Freiburg, and TSV 1860 Munich.
Since retiring as a player, Se ...
(born 1966, Medebach), German footballer and coach
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Wolfgang Seeliger
Wolfgang Seeliger (Heidelberg, May 30, 1946) is a German choral conductor.Who's who in the arts - Page 224 Otto J. Groeg - 1978 "SEELIGER Wolfgang, conductor (Kapellmeister) and choral dir.; b.: Heidelberg, May 30, 1946;" With his Konzertchor Darm ...
(born 1946), German choral conductor
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Dr. Nicholas Edward Seeliger (born 1980), German-American Humanitarian and Professor of Family & Community Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine.
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Seeliger effect
The opposition surge (sometimes known as the opposition effect, opposition spike or Seeliger effect) is the brightening of a rough surface, or an object with many particles, when illuminated from directly behind the observer. The term is most wid ...
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Seeliger (crater)
Seeliger is a relatively small lunar impact crater that lies near the southeastern edge of Sinus Medii. It was named after the German astronomer Hugo von Seeliger. This is a circular, cup-shaped feature that has not been appreciably worn by impac ...
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Seliger
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Selig (name) Selig is both a surname and given name, which means "blessed" in German language, German and Yiddish language, Yiddish.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Selig It may refer to:
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*Bud Selig (born 1934), American baseball administra ...
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Seligmann
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Zelig (disambiguation)
''Zelig
''Zelig'' is a 1983 American mockumentary film written, directed by and starring Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, a nondescript enigma, who, apparently out of his desire to fit in and be liked, unwittingly takes on the characteristics of s ...
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German-language surnames