Seymour is a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
which may refer to:
People
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Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst (1864–1943), British soldier and newspaper owner
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Seymour Benzer
Seymour Benzer (October 15, 1921 – November 30, 2007) was an American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist. His career began during the molecular biology revolution of the 1950s, and he eventually rose to prominence in the ...
(1921–2007), American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist
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Seymour Cassel (1935-2019), American actor
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Seymour Cocks (1882–1953), British Labour Party Member of Parliament
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Seymour Cray (1925–1996), American supercomputer architect and founder of Cray Research
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Seymour Chwast (born 1931), American graphic designer, illustrator and type designer
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Seymour Ginsburg (1927–2004), American computer scientist
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Seymour Greenberg (1920–2006), American tennis player
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Seymour Halpern (1913–1997), US Representative from New York
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Seymour Hersh (born 1937), Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author
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Seymour Hicks (1871–1949), British actor, music hall performer, playwright, screenwriter, theatre manager and producer
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Seymour King (1852–1933), English banker, mountaineer and Conservative politician
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Seymour H. Knox I (1861–1915), American entrepreneur and businessman
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Seymour H. Knox II (1898–1990), American philanthropist and art enthusiast
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Seymour H. Knox III (1926–1996), American philanthropist and owner of the National Hockey League Buffalo Sabres team
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Seymour P. Lachman (1933–2025), New York politician and historian
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Seymour Martin Lipset (1922–2006), American political sociologist
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Seymour Melman (1917–2004), American professor, economist, writer and gadfly of the military-industrial complex
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Seymour Nebenzal (1899–1961), German film producer
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Seymour Nurse (1933-2019), Barbadian former cricketer
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Seymour Papert (1928-2016), South Africa-born American mathematician, computer scientist and educator
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Seymour Schulich (born 1940), Canadian businessman, investor, author and philanthropist
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Seymour Siegel (1927–1988), American Conservative rabbi, professor and adviser to three US presidents
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Seymour Stedman (1871–1948), American civil liberties lawyer and a leader of the Socialist Party of America
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Seymour R. Thaler (1919–1976), New York state senator
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Seymour Topping (1921-2020), American journalist and writer
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Seymour Whinyates (1895–1978), British violinist
Fictional characters
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Seymour d'Campus, University of Southern Mississippi mascot
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Seymour Glass, in the Glass Family series by J. D. Salinger
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Seymour Guado, in ''Final Fantasy X''
* Seymour Krelborn, the main character in ''
The Little Shop of Horrors''
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Seymour Skinner, school principal in ''The Simpsons''
* Seymour Utterthwaite, in ''
Last of the Summer Wine'', played by Michael Aldridge
* Seymour, lead character in the
Seymour series of early 2D platform games by Codemasters
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Seymour (Futurama),
Fry's dog in ''Futurama''
* Seymour, the green fuzzy lead puppet in the 1970s children's television series ''
Hot Fudge''
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Seymour (''Burn Notice''), an eccentric arms dealer in the television series ''Burn Notice''
* Seymour, a Muppet elephant who appeared on ''
Muppets Tonight''
* Seymour, in a series of 1990s video games by
Codemasters, including ''
Seymour Goes to Hollywood''.
* Seymour, portrayed by
Larry Vincent, a television horror host
* Seymour, a
leopard head in
Rick Riordan's ''
Camp Half-Blood Chronicles'', made alive by
Dionysus
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, myth, Dionysus (; ) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; ...
* Ser Seymour, a
knight
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity.
The concept of a knighthood ...
NPC encountered in the RPG survival horror game ''
Fear & Hunger''
See also
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Seymour (disambiguation)
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Seymour (surname)
Seymour is an English toponymic surname.
Some Seymours are of French-Canadian origin who changed their name from Simard to Seymour once they have moved to the USA.
Notable individuals with this surname
In many societies, a surname, f ...
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Seymore
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