Seymour

__NOTOC__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, [ [http://www.thinkbabynames.com/name/1/Seymour Seymour] ] but the name has been used very widely and it is also said to represent the occupational name 'Seamer', a tailor. Other uses include:

Places

*Antarctica
**Seymour Island, an island off the tip of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula

*Australia
**Seymour, Victoria

*Canada
**Mount Seymour and Mount Seymour Provincial Park, British Columbia
**Seymour Township, Ontario
**Seymour Range

*South Africa
**Seymour, Eastern Cape

*United States
**Seymour, Connecticut
**Seymour, Illinois
**Seymour, Indiana
**Seymour, Iowa
**Seymour, Missouri
**Seymour, Tennessee
**Seymour, Texas
**Seymour, Wisconsin

People

"See Seymour (surname)"

* Sinister Seymour, a Los Angeles TV host of the 1960s and 1970s, played by Larry Vincent
* Seymour Hersh, journalist

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 Krelboyne, 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"

Other

* Seymour, the original title of the band Blur (band)
* Seymour Duncan, a manufacturer of guitar pickups and effects pedals