Sellers (surname)
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Sellers is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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- Ann Henderson-SellersAnn Henderson-SellersProfessor Ann Henderson-Sellers was the Director of the World Climate Research Programme in 2006 and 2007 and was the Director of the Environment Division at ANSTO from 1998 to 2005. She was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1996-1998...
, climatologist - Basil SellersBasil SellersBasil Sellers AM, , grew up in the sports mad Railway Colonies in India where he was introduced to badminton, tennis and of course cricket. He migrated with his family to Australia in 1948, and was educated at Kings College, Adelaide. As a Businessman and philanthropist, Basil made his career...
, Businessman and Philanthropist - Brian Henderson-Sellers is Professor of Information Systems
- Brian SellersBrian SellersArthur Brian Sellers was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played in 334 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1932 and 1948, and later became a prominent administrator at the club....
, English cricketer - Isaiah SellersIsaiah SellersIsaiah Sellers was the riverboat captain from whom Samuel L. Clemens claimed to have appropriated the pen-name Mark Twain. The story of how Clemens started to use the name is told in chapter 50 of Life on the Mississippi and is summarized in the main article on Mark Twain...
, American riverboat captain - Joey SellersJoey SellersJoey Sellers is an American composer, arranger, and trombonist.-Background:Sellers grew up in Arizona and graduated from Arizona State University. He freelanced for years in New York City and Los Angeles and was Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at Northern Illinois University...
, American trombonist - Johnny SellersJohnny SellersJohnny Sellers was an American jockey. Born in Los Angeles, but raised in Oklahoma, he began his professional career in 1955 and between 1959 and 1968 rode in six Kentucky Derbys. He won the prestigious race aboard Carry Back in 1961 then riding the colt to victory in the Preakness Stakes...
, American jockey - Jonathan Sellers, American murder victim
- Michael SellersMichael SellersMichael Sellers is an American football player in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He was the youngest import player to sign a CFL deal in the history of the football league when he played at 19 years old for the Edmonton Eskimos.-High school years:Sellers attended North...
, American football player - Michael Sellers (actor)Michael Sellers (actor)Michael Peter Anthony Sellers was a builder, car restorer, author and the son of actor Peter Sellers. He also had small parts in a couple of his father's films. He was often interviewed by the media about his relation with his father...
, British actor, son of Peter Sellers - Peter SellersPeter SellersRichard Henry Sellers, CBE , known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor. Perhaps best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, he is also notable for playing three different characters in Dr...
, British actor - Phil SellersPhil SellersPhillip "Phil" Sellers, Jr. is an American former professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the NBA.-Early life:...
, American basketball player - Piers SellersPiers SellersPiers John Sellers OBE is a British-born Anglo-American meteorologist and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of three space shuttle missions....
, astronaut - Rex SellersRex SellersRex Samuel Sellers MNZM is a yachtman from New Zealand. He won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and a silver medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
, New Zealand yachtsman - Rex SellersRex Sellers (cricketer)Reginald Hugh Durning Sellers Reginald Hugh Durning Sellers Reginald Hugh Durning Sellers (born 20 August 1940 in Bombay (now Mumbai) is a former Test cricketer (Australian Test Cap 230). He played one Test match for Australia in India in 1964; his playing career was severely restricted due to...
, Australian cricketer - Sellers, a scientist and antagonist in the XenosagaXenosagais a series of science fiction video games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco Bandai. Xenosaga's main story is in the form of a trilogy of PlayStation 2 video games. There have been three spin-off games and an anime adaptation. The Xenosaga series serves as a spiritual successor to...
series - Scott SellersScott SellersScott Michael Sellers is an American track and field athlete who holds records in the high jump. His clearance of 7-07.75 is currently 4th in NCAA history and 15th in U.S. history. As a high schooler, Sellers broke the national indoor record with a jump of 2.27m in Landover, Maryland...
, American athlete - Sean SellersSean SellersSean Richard Sellers was an American murderer, one of 22 persons in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 to be executed for a crime committed while under the age of 18. He was also the only person during this period to be executed for a crime committed under the...
, American murderer - Terence Sellers, American psychologist
- Victoria SellersVictoria SellersVictoria Sellers is an English model, actress, comedienne, and jewelry designer.-Early life:Sellers attended Le Lycee Francais de Los Angeles in West Los Angeles, a private school run by French immigrants that now has a number of campuses...
, Actress, designer and model - daughter of Peter Sellers - William SellersWilliam SellersWilliam Sellers was a mechanical engineer, manufacturer, businessperson, and inventor who filed more than 90 patents, most notably the design for the United States standard screw thread...
, American mechanical engineer, inventor, and machine tool builder - David F. SellersDavid F. SellersDavid F. Sellers was an Admiral in the United States Navy.-Biography:David Foote Sellers was a native of Austin, Texas. He joined the United States Navy in 1890 and was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from New Mexico...
, Rear Admiral, White House Aide. A ship was named for him, U.S.S. Sellers.