Seddon (surname)

Seddon is an English-language surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Bill Seddon William Charles Seddon (28 July 1901 – January 1993) was an English footballer. Career Born in Clapton, London, he played junior football in London before joining Gillingham as an amateur, and had an unsuccessful trial with Aston Villa bef ...

(1901–1993), English footballer * Chris Seddon (born 1983), American Major League baseball pitcher *

Frederick Seddon Frederick Henry Seddon (sometimes spelled Sedden) (21 January 1872 – 18 April 1912) was a British murderer hanging, hanged in 1912 for the arsenic poisoning murder of his lodger Eliza Mary Barrow. Background Frederick Seddon was born in Liverp ...

(1870–1912), British murderer * Gareth Seddon (born 1980), English footballer *

George Seddon (academic) George Seddon (23 April 1927 – 9 May 2007) was an Australian academic who held university chairs in a range of subjects. He wrote popular books on the Australian landscape embracing diverse points of view. He was well known for his book ''Sen ...

(1927–2007), Australian academic * George Seddon (cabinetmaker) (1727–1801), English cabinetmaker * Sir Herbert Seddon (1903–1977), British orthopaedic surgeon and nerve researcher *

James Seddon James Alexander Seddon (July 13, 1815 – August 19, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Representative in the U.S. Congress, as a member of the Democratic Party. He was appointed Confederate States Secretar ...

(1815–1880), American lawyer and politician *

Jimmy Seddon Jimmy Seddon (20 May 1895 – October 1971) was an English footballer who played most famously in the centre of defence for Bolton Wanderers during the 1920s. For Bolton he played 375 games in all completions, scoring 5 goals, he also collected ...

(1895–1971), English footballer *

John Seddon John Seddon is a British occupational psychologist and author, specialising in change in the service industry. He is the managing director of Vanguard, a consultancy company he formed in 1985 and the inventor of ' The Vanguard Method'. Vangua ...

, British occupational psychologist * John Seddon (Unitarian) (1719–1769), English Unitarian minister *

John Seddon of Warrington John Seddon (1725–1770) was an English Dissenter and rector of Warrington Academy. Life The son of Peter Seddon, dissenting minister successively at Ormskirk and Hereford, he was born at Hereford on 8 December 1725. The Unitarian John Seddon (1 ...

(1725–1770), English dissenter minister *

John Pollard Seddon John Pollard Seddon FRIBA (19 September 1827 – 1 February 1906) was a British architect, working largely on churches. His father was a cabinetmaker, and his brother Thomas Seddon (1821–1856) a landscape painter. Born in London, he was educa ...

(1827–1906), English architect *

Ken Seddon Kenneth Richard Seddon (1950–2018) was a chemist specialising in ionic liquids. Biography Seddon was born in Liverpool in 1950. He studied chemistry at Liverpool University, completing his PhD in 1973, then took up a research fellowship at the ...

(1950–2018), English chemist *

Margaret Seddon Margaret Seddon (November 18, 1872 – April 17, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. Biography She appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1951. Her most memorable role was perhaps as one of The Pixilated Sisters, a come ...

(1872–1968), American film actress *

Margaret Rhea Seddon Margaret Rhea Seddon (born November 8, 1947) is an American surgeon and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women in 1978, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission spe ...

(born 1947), American physician and NASA astronaut *

Mark Seddon Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Fi ...

(born 1962), British journalist *

Patsy Seddon Patsy Seddon is a Scottish harpist, violinist and traditional singer in Scots and Gaelic. Biography Seddon was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was a member of leading folk band The Poozies from 1990 until 2012, and the duo Sìleas with Mar ...

, Scottish harpist *

Richard Seddon Richard John Seddon (22 June 1845 – 10 June 1906) was a New Zealand politician who served as the List of prime ministers of New Zealand, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand, premier (prime minister) of New Zealand from 1893 until his death. ...

(1845–1906), the longest-serving Prime Minister of New Zealand *

Robert Seddon Robert Lionel "Bob" Seddon (birth registered October→December 1860 in Salford district – 15 August 1888) was an English international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Broughton Rangers and Swinton and county rugby for Lancashi ...

(1860–1888), England and British Lion rugby player *

Steve Seddon Steven Jeffrey Seddon (born 25 December 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Cambridge United, on loan from fellow club Oxford United. Seddon was on the books of Reading as a youngster before joining Birmin ...

(born 1997), English footballer *

Thomas Seddon : ''For the New Zealand politician see'' Tom Seddon Thomas Seddon (London, 28 August 1821Cairo, 23 November 1856) was an English landscape painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, who painted colourful and highly detailed scenes of ...

(1884–1972), New Zealand politician, Richard Seddon's son *

(1821–1856), English landscape painter Fictional characters: * Lewis Seddon, character in British TV series ''Waterloo Road'' {{surname, Seddon