# Keyser

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**Keyser** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language), [Afrikaans](/source/Afrikaans) and [Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language) surname meaning "emperor" or an Anglicized form of [cognate](/source/Cognate) surnames like German [Kaiser](/source/Kaiser_(surname)). It may refer to:

## Places

- [Keyser, Ontario](/source/Adelaide_Metcalfe), Canada
- [Keyser, West Virginia](/source/Keyser,_West_Virginia), United States, a city named after William Keyser (see below) - [Keyser Formation](/source/Keyser_Formation), a limestone bedrock unit in the Eastern United States named for Keyser, West Virginia
- [Keyser Creek](/source/Keyser_Creek), a stream in Pennsylvania, United States
- [Keyser Township, DeKalb County, Indiana](/source/Keyser_Township,_DeKalb_County,_Indiana), United States

## People

- [Abraham Keyser, Jr.](/source/Abraham_Keyser,_Jr.) (1784–1873), New York State Treasurer 1824–1838
- [Agnes Keyser](/source/Agnes_Keyser) (1852–1941), English humanitarian, courtesan and longtime mistress to Edward VII
- [Andre Keyser](/source/Andre_Keyser) (1938–2010), South African palaeontologist and geologist
- [Brenda Keyser](/source/Brenda_Keyser) (born 1950s), Canadian (Manitoba) judge
- [Brian Keyser](/source/Brian_Keyser) (born 1969), American baseball pitcher
- [Cassius Jackson Keyser](/source/Cassius_Jackson_Keyser) (1862–1947), American mathematician
- [Charles Keyser](/source/Charles_Keyser) (1871–1965), Australian politician
- [Charles Edward Keyser](/source/Charles_Edward_Keyser) (1847–1929), British stockbroker and church architecture expert
- [Charles L. Keyser](/source/Charles_L._Keyser) (1930–2022), American Episcopal bishop
- Chris Keyser (born c.1960), American businesswoman
- [Chris Keyser](/source/Chris_Keyser), American politician
- [Christian Keyser](/source/Christian_Keyser) (1877–1961), Bavarian Lutheran missionary of the Neuendettelsau Mission Society
- [Christopher Keyser](/source/Christopher_Keyser) (born 1960), American screenwriter and producer
- [Donald Keyser](/source/Donald_Keyser) (born 1943), American diplomat and spy for Taiwan
- [Ephraim Keyser](/source/Ephraim_Keyser) (1850–1937), American sculptor
- [Erich Keyser](/source/Erich_Keyser) (1893–1968), German nazi writer and historian
- [Ernest Wise Keyser](/source/Ernest_Wise_Keyser) (1876–1959), American sculptor
- [F. Ray Keyser, Jr.](/source/F._Ray_Keyser,_Jr.) (1927–2015), American (Vermont) lawyer and politician
- [F. Ray Keyser, Sr.](/source/F._Ray_Keyser,_Sr.) (1898–2001), American (Vermont) politician, lawyer, and judge
- [Gerard Keyser](/source/Gerard_Keyser) (1910–1980), Dutch football goalkeeper
- [Harriette A. Keyser](/source/Harriette_A._Keyser) (1841–1936), American industrial reformer and author
- [Jacques Keyser](/source/Jacques_Keyser) (1885–1954), Dutch/French middle-distance runner
- [Johan Michael Keyser](/source/Johan_Michael_Keyser) (1749–1810), Norwegian theologian and priest
- [Louisa Keyser](/source/Louisa_Keyser) (1845? - 1925), Native American basket weaver
- [Peter Dirck Keyser](/source/Peter_Dirck_Keyser) (1835–1897), American ophthalmologist
- [Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser](/source/Pieter_Dirkszoon_Keyser) (1540 – 1596), Dutch navigator
- [Ragnhild Keyser](/source/Ragnhild_Keyser) (1889–1943), Norwegian painter
- [Ralph S. Keyser](/source/Ralph_S._Keyser) (1883–1955), American Marine Corps marksman
- [Rosy Keyser](/source/Rosy_Keyser) (born 1974), American abstract painter and sculptor
- [Rudolf Keyser](/source/Rudolf_Keyser) (1803–1864), Norwegian historian, archaeologist and educator
- [Samuel Jay Keyser](/source/Samuel_Jay_Keyser) (born 1935), American theoretical linguist
- [Vladimir Keyser](/source/Vladimir_Keyser) (1878–?), Russian fencer
- [William Keyser](/source/William_Keyser) (1835–1904), American railroad executive

## Characters

- *[Keyser Söze](/source/Keyser_S%C3%B6ze)*, a character in the 1995 film *The Usual Suspects*

## See also

- [De Keyser](/source/De_Keyser), Belgian surname
- [Keijser](/source/Keijzer), Dutch surname
- [Keizer (disambiguation)](/source/Keizer_(disambiguation))
- [Kaiser (disambiguation)](/source/Kaiser_(disambiguation))
- [Kyser](/source/Kyser), Anglicized surname

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