Seegers is a
patronymic surname
A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames.
For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of th ...
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Notable persons with that name include:
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Doug Seegers
Douglas Seegers (born c. 1952 in Long Island, New York, United States) is an American country music artist, guitarist and songwriter.
Life and work
Seegers graduated from West Islip High School and started playing music in New York and Austin, ...
, American guitarist and songwriter
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Rainer Seegers
Rainer Seegers (born 6 August 1952 in Dessau), is a German percussionist, former timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, tutor of the European Union Youth Orchestra and guest professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". Seegers is also a ti ...
(born 1952), German percussionist and timpanist
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Wendy Seegers (born 1976), South African athlete
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William Seegers
William Alfred Seegers (October 24, 1900 – July 10, 2007) was, at age 106, one of the last two known remaining veterans of the First World War to have served in the German forces (the other one is Erich Kästner) and California's last known Worl ...
(1900–2007), American soldier
See also
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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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Zeegers
References
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Patronymic surnames