Keller (surname)
The most ancient origin of the surname Keller is Irish and comes from the Anglicized version of the Old Gaelic surname Ó Céilechair (meaning descendant of Céilechair) in the 11th century AD. Céilechair was descended from Cennétig mac Lorcáin King of the Dál gCais in modern-day Clare, which was at that time the Gaelic Kingdom of Thomond. Cennétig mac Lorcáin was the ancestor and progenitor of the Keller family, and also of the Kennedys and O'Briens of Munster.
The Anglicized surname in Ireland has many different spellings including: O'Kelleher, Kelaher, Kelliher, Kellar, Keller, McKeller, MacKeller, and O'Keller.
The meaning of Ceileachair in Gaelic Irish is 'companionable' or 'uxorious.'[1]
The surname In German means cellar or basement. A Latinized form of "Keller" is "Cellarius".
People whose surname is or was Keller include:
- Adam Keller, Israeli peace activist
- Al Keller, American race car driver
- Albert Keller (1844–1920), German painter
- Albert Galloway Keller (1874–1956), American sociologist and author
- Amanda Keller (b. 1962), Australian TV personality
- Andreas Keller (b. 1965), German field hockey player
- Arthur I. Keller (1867–1924), American illustrator
- Augustin Keller (1805–1883), Swiss politician
- Bernhard Keller (born 1964), Swiss mathematician
- Bill Keller (b. 1949), American editor
- Carlos Keller, Chilean academic and politician.
- Carsten Keller, German field hockey player
- Chaim Dov Keller, rabbi and rosh yeshiva in Chicago
- Charlie Keller, US baseball player
- Chris Keller, a fictional character in the Arthur Miller Play All My Sons
- Christopher Keller, a fictional character in the American television series Oz
- David H. Keller (1880–1966), American science fiction writer
- Dianne M. Keller, American politician, former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska
- Donald G. Keller (born 1951), American science fiction and fantasy editor and critic
- Émile Keller (1828–1909), French writer and politician
- Erhard Keller (born 1944), German ice skater
- Erwin Keller, German field hockey player
- Evelyn Fox Keller, American scientist
- Ferdinand Keller (disambiguation), several people
- Franz Keller (psychologist), (1913 - 1991), was a Swiss psychologist, Christian pacifist and left-wing news editor.
- Franz Keller, (1945- ), a West German Nordic combined skier.
- Fred S. Keller (1899 - 1996), American pioneer in experimental psychology
- Friedrich Ludwig Keller (1799–1860), German-Swiss jurist
- Friedrich von Keller (painter) (1840–1914), German landscape painter
- Friedrich von Keller (diplomat) (1873–1960), German diplomat (father of Rupprecht)
- Fyodor Keller, Russian general
- George Keller (academic) (1928–2007), American scholar and academic administrator
- George Keller (architect) (1842–1935), Irish-born American architect and engineer
- Gerta Keller (born 1945), American paleontologist
- Gottfried Keller (1819–1890), Swiss writer
- Hannes Keller, Swiss physicist and mathematician
- Hans Keller, (1919–1985), Austrian-born British musician and writer
- Hans Peter Keller (1915–1988), German poet
- Helen Keller, American blind and deaf author and activist
- Hubert Keller a French chef
- "Gentleman" Jack Keller (poker player) (d. 2003), poker player
- Jack Keller (comics) (1922–2003), comic book artist
- Jack Keller (athlete) former World Record Holder 110 hurdles set July 1932
- Jack Keller (songwriter) (1936–2005)
- Jacob Keller (1568–1631)
- James Keller (1900-1977) Irish-American Priest in the Maryknoll Order.
- Jan Keller (born 1955), Moravian sociologist, environmentalist and politician
- Jason Keller (born 1970), NASCAR racing driver
- Jennifer Keller fictional M.D. on the SciFi TV Series Stargate Atlantis
- Jerry Keller (musician)
- Jim Keller (musician)
- Johann Baptist von Keller (1774–1845), German bishop
- Joseph B. Keller (1923–2016), American mathematician
- Kasey Keller, (born 1969), a US former soccer player
- K.T. Keller, president and chairman of Chrysler Corporation, and Defence Department "missile czar" in 1950s
- Louis Keller, assembled and published the New York Social Register.
- Markus Keller (born 1967), Swiss triathlete
- Marthe Keller (born 1945)
- Matthew Keller (born 1810) Irish-born, American agriculturalist, vintner, and distiller.
- Nuh Ha Mim Keller, Muslim scholar (alim), legal expert and jurist (faqih), translator of classical Arabic texts (Reliance of the Traveller), and Mystic of the Shadhili order of Sufis
- Ott-Heinrich Keller, mathematician
- Otto Keller (footballer)
- Otto Keller (philologist), German classical philologist
- Peter G. Keller (1894–1972), a New York stamp dealer
- Pius Keller (1825–1904)
- Ric Keller
- Robert Keller (1828–1891), German music editor
- Rod Keller (1900–1954), Canadian general
- Rupprecht von Keller (1910–2003), German lawyer and diplomat (son of Friedrich)
- Sharon Keller (born 1953) controversial Texas Criminal Court of Appeals Judge
- Thomas Keller, award-winning American chef
- Timothy J. Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City
- Wade Keller, editor-in-chief of Pro Wrestling Torch newsletter and website
- Walter Keller
- Wes Keller (born 1946), member of the Alaska House of Representatives
- William Keller (disambiguation)
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