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Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst Seymour Henry Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst, Order of St Michael and St George, CMG, Territorial Decoration, TD, Justice of the peace, JP, Deputy lieutenant, DL (21 July 1864 – 21 September 1943) was a British nobleman, soldier and newspaper o ...

(1864–1943), British soldier and newspaper owner *

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 *

Seymour Cassel Seymour Joseph Cassel (January 22, 1935 – April 7, 2019) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 movies and television shows, and had a career that spanned over 50 years. Cassel first came to prominence in the 1960s in the pioneering in ...

(1935-2019), American actor * Seymour Cocks (1882–1953), British Labour Party Member of Parliament *

Seymour Cray Seymour Roger Cray (September 28, 1925 – October 5, 1996
) was an American

Seymour Chwast Seymour Chwast (born August 18, 1931) is an American graphic designer, illustrator, and type designer. Biography Chwast was born in the Bronx, New York City and in 1949 graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn where he was intro ...

(born 1931), American graphic designer, illustrator and type designer *

Seymour Ginsburg Seymour Ginsburg (December 12, 1927 – December 5, 2004) was an American pioneer of automata theory, formal language theory, and database theory, in particular; and computer science, in general. His work was influential in distinguishing theor ...

(1927–2004), American computer scientist * Seymour Greenberg (1920–2006), American tennis player *

Seymour Halpern Seymour Halpern (November 19, 1913 – January 10, 1997) was an American politician from New York. Life He was born in New York City. He graduated from Richmond Hill High School and attended Seth Low College of Columbia University from 1932 to ...

(1913–1997), US Representative from New York *

Seymour Hersh Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and political writer. Hersh first gained recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai Massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received t ...

(born 1937), Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author *

Seymour Hicks Sir Edward Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 – 6 April 1949), better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, actor-manager and producer. He became known, early in his career, for writing, starring in and p ...

(1871–1949), British actor, music hall performer, playwright, screenwriter, theatre manager and producer *

Seymour King Sir Henry Seymour King, 1st Baronet KCIE (4 January 1852 – 14 November 1933) was a British banker, mountaineer and Conservative politician. King was born at Brighton, the son of Henry Samuel King. He was educated at Charterhouse School an ...

(1852–1933), English banker, mountaineer and Conservative politician * Seymour H. Knox I (1861–1915), American entrepreneur and businessman * Seymour H. Knox II (1898–1990), American philanthropist and art enthusiast *

Seymour H. Knox III Seymour Horace Knox III (March 9, 1926May 22, 1996) was a philanthropist and sports entrepreneur. He owned the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League from their foundation in 1970 to his death in 1996, and served as chairman of the team. ...

(1926–1996), American philanthropist and owner of the National Hockey League Buffalo Sabres team * Seymour P. Lachman (born 1933), New York politician and historian *

Seymour Martin Lipset Seymour Martin Lipset ( ; March 18, 1922 – December 31, 2006) was an American sociologist and political scientist (President of the American Political Science Association). His major work was in the fields of political sociology, trade union o ...

(1922–2006), American political sociologist *

Seymour Melman Seymour Melman (December 30, 1917 – December 16, 2004) was an American professor emeritus of industrial engineering and operations research at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. He wrote extensively f ...

(1917–2004), American professor, economist, writer and gadfly of the military-industrial complex *

Seymour Nebenzal Seymour Nebenzal (22 July 1899 – 23 September 1961) was an American-born Jewish-German film producer. He produced 46 films between 1927 and 1961. Biography Germany He got into film production through his father Heinrich Nebenzahl (1870– ...

(1899–1961), German film producer *

Seymour Nurse Seymour MacDonald Nurse (10 November 1933 6 May 2019) was a Barbadian cricketer. Nurse played 29 Test matches for the West Indies between 1960 and 1969. A powerfully built right-hand batsman and an aggressive, if somewhat impetuous, shotmaker, ...

(1933-2019), Barbadian former cricketer *

Seymour Papert Seymour Aubrey Papert (; 29 February 1928 – 31 July 2016) was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at MIT. He was one of the pioneers of artificial ...

(1928-2016), South Africa-born American mathematician, computer scientist and educator *

Seymour Schulich Seymour Schulich, Order of Canada, OC ( , born January 6, 1940) is a Canadian businessman, investor, author, and philanthropist. Biography Schulich was raised in a Canadian Jews, Jewish family in Montreal, Quebec.Seymour Siegel Seymour Siegel (September 12, 1927 - February 24, 1988), often referred to as "an architect of Conservative Jewish theology," was an American Conservative rabbi, a Professor of Ethics and Theology at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (J ...

(1927–1988), American Conservative rabbi, professor and adviser to three US presidents *

Seymour Stedman Seymour "Stedy" Stedman (July 4, 1871 – July 9, 1948) was an American from Chicago who rose from shepherd and janitor to become a prominent civil liberties lawyer and a leader of the Socialist Party of America. He is best remembered as the ...

(1871–1948), American civil liberties lawyer and a leader of the Socialist Party of America * Seymour R. Thaler (1919–1976), New York state senator *

Seymour Topping Seymour Topping (December 11, 1921November 8, 2020) was an American journalist best known for his work as a foreign correspondent covering wars in China, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and the Cold War in Europe. From 1969 to 1986, he wa ...

(1921-2020), American journalist and writer

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Seymour d'Campus The Southern Miss Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles (also known as Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles) are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Southern Mississippi (USM), located in Hattiesburg, Miss ...

, University of Southern Mississippi mascot *

Seymour Glass The Glass family are a fictional family appearing in several of J. D. Salinger's short fictions. All but one of the Glass family stories were first published in ''The New Yorker''. They appear in the short story collections '' Nine Stories'', ' ...

, in the Glass Family series by J. D. Salinger *

Seymour Guado The tenth game of the ''Final Fantasy'' series, Square's 2001 best-selling role-playing video game ''Final Fantasy X'' features several fictional characters designed by Tetsuya Nomura who wanted the main characters' designs and names to be conn ...

, in ''Final Fantasy X'' * Seymour Krelborn, the main character in ''

The Little Shop of Horrors ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' is a 1960 American horror comedy film directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a farce about an inadequate florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood. The fi ...

'' *

Seymour Skinner Principal Seymour Skinner (born Armin Tamzarian) is a recurring fictional character in the animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'', who is voiced by Harry Shearer. He is the principal of Springfield Elementary School, which he struggles to control, an ...

, school principal in ''The Simpsons'' * Seymour Utterthwaite, in ''

Last of the Summer Wine ''Last of the Summer Wine'' is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of ''Comedy Playhouse'' on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes foll ...

'', played by Michael Aldridge * Seymour, lead character in the

Seymour series ''Seymour Goes to Hollywood'', also known as ''Seymour at the Movies'', is a platform and adventure game developed by Big Red Software and originally published in Europe by Codemasters in 1991. Players control Seymour, a small potato-like creat ...

of early 2D platform games by Codemasters * Seymour (Futurama), Fry's dog in ''Futurama'' * Seymour, the green fuzzy lead puppet in the 1970s children's television series ''

Hot Fudge Fudge is a type of confection that is made by mixing sugar, butter and milk, heating it to the soft-ball stage at , and then beating the mixture while it cools so that it acquires a smooth, creamy consistency. In texture, this crystalline cand ...

'' * Seymour (''Burn Notice''), an eccentric arms dealer in the television series ''Burn Notice'' * Seymour, a Muppet elephant who appeared on ''

Muppets Tonight ''Muppets Tonight'' is an American live-action/ puppet family-oriented television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of ''The Jim Henson Hour'' (1989), the show was a conti ...

'' * Seymour, in a series of 1990s video games by

Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited (trade name: Codemasters) is a British video game developer based in Southam, England, which is a subsidiary of American corporation Electronic Arts. Founded by brothers Richard and David Darling in Octo ...

, including ''

Seymour Goes to Hollywood ''Seymour Goes to Hollywood'', also known as ''Seymour at the Movies'', is a platform and adventure game developed by Big Red Software and originally published in Europe by Codemasters in 1991. Players control Seymour, a small potato-like creat ...

''. * Seymour, portrayed by

Larry Vincent Francis Fitzgerald "Larry" Vincent (June 14, 1924—March 8, 1975) was an American television horror host, famed for his character Seymour, who presented—and heckled—low-budget horror and science fiction movies on ''Fright Night'' on KHJ-TV and ...

, a television horror host * Seymour, a

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head in Rick Riordan's ''

Camp Half-Blood Chronicles ''Camp Half-Blood Chronicles'' is a media franchise created by author Rick Riordan, encompassing three five-part novel series, two short-story collections, two myth anthology books, a stand-alone short story, three crossover short stories, an es ...

'', made alive by

Dionysus In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; grc, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre. The Romans ...

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