Seeger
# 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").

## Seeger family of musicians

* Charles Louis Seeger, Sr. (1860–1943), American businessman
   * Charles Louis Seeger, Jr. (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 (1919–2014), one of the preeminent American folk and protest singers of the 20th century

          Toshi Seeger (1922–2013), filmmaker and environmental activist, wife of Pete Seeger; 4 children
            * Peter Seeger (1944–1945), died while Pete was deployed overseas

            * Daniel Seeger

            * 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 (1901–1953), a modernist composer and an American folk music specialist; second wife of Charles; 4 children
      * Mike Seeger (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 (born 1935), American folk singer and songwriter; wife of Scottish folk singer Ewan MacColl and stepmother of singer Kirsty MacColl

         * Neil MacColl, guitarist for David Gray

            * 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 (1888–1916), American poet; brother of Charles
   * Elizabeth Seeger (1889–1973), teacher at Dalton School and author; sister of Charles and Alan

## Others

* Al Seeger (b. 1980), American boxer
* Andreas Seeger, German mathematician
* Britta Seeger (b. 1969), German business executive
* Charles M. Seeger (b. 1948), American author and attorney
* Christopher A. Seeger (b. 1960), American 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 cases

"Seeger" may also reference either of two legal cases involving the individuals below:

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

## Schools

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