Seghers is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:
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Anna Seghers
Anna Seghers (; born ''Anna Reiling,'' 19 November 1900 – 1 June 1983), is the pseudonym of a German writer notable for exploring and depicting the moral experience of the Second World War. Born into a Jewish family and married to a Hungarian ...
(1900–1983), German writer
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Anne-Marie Seghers (1911–2012), French tennis player
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Armand Seghers
Armand Seghers (21 June 1926 – 15 March 2005), nicknamed Mance Seghers, was a keeper of AA Gent, then called AA La Gantoise. Seghers started in 1942 as a keeper at SLV Zelzate (Sint-Laurens Voetbalclub Zelzate), which merged in 2008 with FC Ze ...
(1926–2005), Belgian footballer
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Carroll Seghers II Carroll Seghers II (May 28, 1924 – April 17, 2004) was an American photographer, who as a leading member of the creative photo revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, helped produce advertising for brands like Texaco, Marlboro, American Express, Chrysl ...
(1924–2004), American photographer
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Charles John Seghers
Charles John Seghers (also written as ''Charles-Jean Seghers''; 26 December 1839 – 28 November 1886) was a Belgian clergyman and missionary bishop. He is considered to be the founder of the Alaska Mission.
Biography
Early years and formation
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(1839–1886), Belgian clergyman and missionary
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Daniel Seghers
Daniël Seghers or Daniel Seghers (3 December 1590 – 2 November 1661) was a Flemish Jesuit brother and painter who specialized in flower still lifes. He is particularly well known for his contributions to the genre of flower garland painting. ...
(1590–1661), Flemish Jesuit and painter
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Emilius Seghers
Emilius Seghers (1855–1927) was the 25th bishop of Ghent in Belgium.
Life
Seghers was born in Ghent on 3 September 1855, the son of a lawyer. He studied at the Jesuit secondary school in Ghent and the minor seminary. In 1874 he entered the Ma ...
(1855–1927), Belgian bishop
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Gerard Seghers
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Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers or Segers ( 1589 – 1638) was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age. Segers is in fact the more common form in contemporary documents, and was used by the painter himself (modern use is about equall ...
( 1589 – c. 1638), Dutch painter and printmaker
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Jean Seghers, Belgian racewalker
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Pierre Seghers
Pierre Seghers (5 January 1906, in Paris – 4 November 1987, in Créteil) was a French poet and editor. During the Second World War he took part in the French Resistance movement.
Career
He founded, among other things, the famous line of book ...
(1906–1987), French poet and editor
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Samuel Seghers (born 1994), Papua New Guinean swimmer
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Seger
Seger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adolf Seger (born 1945), German wrestler
* Bob Seger (born 1945), American rock and roll singer-songwriter and musician
* Caroline Seger (born 1985), Swedish footballer
* Francis Seg ...
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Seeger
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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Segers Segers is a Dutch patronymic surname. The mostly archaic Dutch given names Seger, Segher, Sieger and Zegher derive from Germanic Sigi- and -her, meaning "victorious lord".
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Zegers
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Segert Segert may refer to:
* Josef Ferdinand Norbert Segert ''(Seger, Seeger, Seegr)'' (1716–1782), a Bohemian organist
* Stanislav Segert (1921–2005), a Czech scholar of Semitic languages
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* Seger
* Seghers Seghers i ...
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