Geller

Geller is a surname. Depending on one's ancestors' origins, the name may derive from the German word "gellen" (to yell) and mean "one who yells", the Yiddish word "gel" (yellow) and mean the "yellow man", or the Yiddish word "geler", an expression for a redheaded man. It may also be a Russianised form of Heller. The name appears with some frequency in northwestern Germany, near the city of Aachen.

The following people have the last name Geller:

  • Andrew Geller (1924-2011), Architect
  • Bruce Geller (1930–1978), American composer, screenwriter, and television producer
  • Efim Geller (1925–1998), Soviet chess player
  • Herb Geller (born 1928), Jazz musician and composer
  • Kenneth Geller (born 1947), American lawyer and Managing Partner of the law firm Mayer Brown
  • Margaret Geller (born 1947), American astronomer and astrophysicist
  • Pamela Geller (born 1958), American blogger, author, political activist, and commentator
  • Simon Geller (1919-1995), American classical music station radio personality
  • Steven Geller (born 1958), Florida state senator
  • Uri Geller (born 1946), Alleged psychic and television personality

The following fictional characters also have the last name Geller:

  • Monica Geller, a character from the American television sitcom Friends
  • Paris Geller, a character from the American television drama Gilmore Girls
  • Ross Geller, a character from the American television sitcom Friends, brother of Monica Geller

Geller may also refer to:

  • Geller House, a modernist house designed by Marcel Breuer

See also: Gellar (as in Sarah Michelle Gellar)

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