Seymour
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Seymour is the name of many people, places and companies around the world. The name of one knightly English family is believed to derive from the contraction of "Saint-Maur," in northern France, but the name has been used very widely and it is also said to represent the occupational name 'Seamer', a tailor. Other uses include:
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[edit] Places
- Antarctica
- Seymour Island, an island off the tip of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula
- Australia
- Canada
- Mount Seymour and Mount Seymour Provincial Park, British Columbia
- Seymour Township, Ontario
- Seymour Range
- South Africa
- United States
- Seymour, Connecticut
- Seymour, Illinois
- Seymour, Indiana
- Seymour, Iowa
- Seymour, Missouri
- Seymour, Tennessee
- Seymour, Texas
- Seymour, Wisconsin
- South East Asia
[edit] People
- Seymour Cray, renowned supercomputer pioneer who created the legendary machines bearing his name
- Sinister Seymour, a Los Angeles TV host of the 1960s and 1970s, played by Larry Vincent
- Seymour Hersh, journalist
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, an American stage and film actor and director.
[edit] Fictional people
- Seymour d'Campus, University of Southern Mississippi mascot
- Seymour Glass, a character in the Glass Family series by J. D. Salinger
- Seymour Guado, a character in Final Fantasy X
- Seymour Krelborn, the main character in The Little Shop of Horrors
- Seymour Skinner, a character in The Simpsons
- Seymour, lead character in the Seymour series of early 2D platform games by Codemasters
- Seymour (Futurama), Fry's dog in Futurama
- The Red Guy in Cow & Chicken once went by the pseudonym of Seymour Butts
[edit] Other
- Seymour, the original title of the band Blur (band)
- Seymour Duncan, a manufacturer of guitar pickups and effects pedals
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