Selig is both a surname and given name, which means "blessed" in

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

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Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Selig It may refer to:

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Bud Selig Allan Huber "Bud" Selig (; born July 30, 1934) is an American baseball executive who currently serves as the Commissioner Emeritus of Baseball. Previously, he served as the ninth Commissioner of Baseball from 1998 to 2015. He initially served as ...

(born 1934), American baseball administrator * Edith Selig (born 1960), French singer *

Josh Selig Joshua Selig (born May 12, 1964) is an American television producer and director. He won ten Daytime Emmy Awards for his work as a writer on ''Sesame Street''. After leaving ''Sesame Street'', Selig partnered with Lori Shaer to create a studio c ...

(born 1964), American television producer * Martin Selig (born 1936), American businessman *

Phineas Selig Phineas Selig (1856–1941) was a New Zealand journalist, newspaper editor and manager, sports administrator. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country co ...

(1856–1941), New Zealand journalist *

Rüdiger Selig Rüdiger Selig (born 19 February 1989) is a German professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Born in Zwenkau, Selig competed as an amateur until the middle of 2011, when he joined as a ''stagiaire''. In October, ...

(born 1989), German cyclist * Stefan M. Selig (born 1963), American banker * Wendy Selig-Prieb (born 1960), American businesswoman *

William Nicholas Selig William Nicholas Selig (March 14, 1864 – July 15, 1948) was a pioneer of the American motion picture industry. In 1896 he created one of the first film production companies, Selig Polyscope Company of Chicago. Selig produced a string of co ...

(1864–1948), American film producer * Zachary Selig (1949-2016), American artist

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* Edward Selig Salomon (1836–1913), American general *

Selig Brodetsky Selig Brodetsky, זליג ברודצק (10 February 1888 – 18 May 1954) was a Russian-born English mathematician, a member of the World Zionist Executive, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and the second president of the ...

(1888–1954), British mathematician, President of the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

* Selig S. Harrison (born 1927), American writer *

Selig Hecht Selig Hecht (1892–1947) was an American physiologist who studied photochemistry in photoreceptor cells. Life Hecht was born in Glogau, then in the German Empire (now Głogów in Poland), the son of Mandel Hecht and Mary Mresse. The family migr ...

(1892–1947), American physiologist * Selig Mogulescu (1858–1914), American comedian *

Selig Perlman Selig Perlman (December 9, 1888 – August 14, 1959) was an economist and labor historian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Background Perlman was born in Białystok in Congress Poland (then part of Russia) in 1888. His father, ...

(1888–1959), American historian

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