Geller ( ) is a surname. Depending on one's ancestors' origins, the name may derive from a place name (Geldern in Germany or Gelderland in the Netherlands) or the German word gellen ('to yell'; Middle High German geln, gëllen) meaning 'one who yells'; less probably from the Yiddish word gel ('yellow') meaning the 'yellow man', or the Yiddish word geler, an expression for a redheaded man. It may also be a Russianized respelling of Heller or a variant of the Hungarian first name Gellért.
The following people have the last name Geller:
- Axel Geller (born 1999), Argentine tennis player
- Andrew Geller (1924âÂÂ2011), American architect
- Bruce Geller (1930âÂÂ1978), American composer, screenwriter, and television producer
- Efim Geller (1925âÂÂ1998), Soviet chess player
- E. Scott Geller (born 1942), American behavioral psychologist
- Esther Geller (1921âÂÂ2015), American painter
- Harold Geller (1916âÂÂ2005), Australian-born American conductor and composer.
- Harvey Geller (1922âÂÂ2009), American lyricist
- Henry Geller (1924âÂÂ2020), American communications lawyer and government official
- Herb Geller (1928âÂÂ2013), Jazz musician and composer
- Jamie Geller (born 1978), American-born Israeli cookbook author and chef
- Jacob Geller (born 1995), American video essayist
- Jordan Geller (born 1977), American sneaker collector
- Kenneth Geller (born 1947), American lawyer
- Laurence S. Geller (born 1947), British real estate investor
- Margaret Geller (born 1947), American astronomer and astrophysicist
- Pamela Geller (born 1958), American blogger, author, political activist, and commentator
- Raul Geller (born 1936), Peruvian-Israeli footballer
- Simon Geller (1919âÂÂ1995), American classical music station radio personality
- Steven Geller (born 1958), American statesman
- Uri Geller (born 1946), alleged Israeli psychic, magician, and television personality
- Uzi Geller (1931âÂÂ2024), Israeli chess master
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