Keyser

Keyser is a Dutch, Afrikaans and Norwegian surname meaning "emperor" or an Anglicized form of cognate surnames like German Kaiser. It may refer to:

Places

• Keyser, Ontario, Canada
• Keyser, West Virginia, United States, a city named after William Keyser (see below)
  • Keyser Formation, a limestone bedrock unit in the Eastern United States named for Keyser, West Virginia
• Keyser Township, DeKalb County, Indiana, United States

People

• Abraham Keyser, Jr. (1784–1873), New York State Treasurer 1824–1838
• Agnes Keyser (1852–1941), English humanitarian, courtesan and longtime mistress to Edward VII
• Andre Keyser (1938–2010), South African palaeontologist and geologist
• Brenda Keyser (born 1950s), Canadian (Manitoba) judge
• Brian Keyser (born 1966), American baseball pitcher
• Cassius Jackson Keyser (1862–1947), American mathematician
• Charles Keyser (1871–1965), Australian politician
• Charles Edward Keyser (1847–1929), British stockbroker and church architecture expert
• Charles L. Keyser (born 1930s), American Episcopal bishop
• Chris Keyser (born c.1960), American businesswoman
• Christian Keyser (1877–1961), Bavarian Lutheran missionary of the Neuendettelsau Mission Society
• Christopher Keyser (born 1960), American screenwriter and producer
• Donald Keyser (born 1943), American diplomat and spy for Taiwan
• Ephraim Keyser (1850–1937), American sculptor
• Erich Keyser (1893–1968), German nazi writer and historian
• Ernest Wise Keyser (1876–1959), American sculptor
• F. Ray Keyser, Jr. (1927–2015), American (Vermont) lawyer and politician
• F. Ray Keyser, Sr. (1898–2001), American (Vermont) politician, lawyer, and judge
• Gerard Keyser (1910–1980), Dutch football goalkeeper
• Jacques Keyser (1885–1954), Dutch/French middle-distance runner
• Jason Keyser (born 1980s), American heavy metal singer
• Johan Michael Keyser (1749–1810), Norwegian theologian and priest
• Louisa Keyser (1845? - 1925), Native American basket weaver
• Peter Dirck Keyser (1835–1897), American ophthalmologist
• Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540 – 1596), Dutch navigator
• Ragnhild Keyser (1889–1943), Norwegian painter
• Ralph S. Keyser (1883–1955), American Marine Corps marksman
• Rosy Keyser (born 1974), American abstract painter and sculptor
• Rudolf Keyser (1803-1864), Norwegian historian, archaeologist and educator
• Samuel Jay Keyser (born 1935), American theoretical linguist
• Vladimir Keyser (1878–?), Russian fencer
• William Keyser (1835–1904), American railroad executive

Characters

• Keyser Söze, a character in the 1995 film The Usual Suspects

See also

• De Keyser, Belgian surname
• Keijser, Dutch surname
• Keizer (disambiguation)
• Kaiser (disambiguation)
• Kyser, Anglicized surname