Geller is a surname. Depending one's ancestors' origins, the name may derive from the German word "gellen" (to yell) and mean "one who yells. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. " It may derive from the Yiddish word "gel" (yellow) and mean the "yellow man" or from the Yiddish word "geler," an expression for a redheaded man. Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High It may also be a Russianised form of Heller. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Heller is a surname and may refer to Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher André Heller, Austrian artist musician entertainer The name appears with some frequency in northwestern Germany, near the city of Aachen.
The following famous individuals have the last name Geller:
- 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
- Margaret Geller (born 1947), American astronomer and astrophysicist
- Steven Geller (born 1958), Florida state senator
- Uri Geller (born 1946), Alleged psychic and television personality
The following fictional individuals have the last name Geller:
- Monica Geller, character from the American television sitcom Friends
- Paris Geller, character from the American television drama Gilmore Girls
- Ross Geller, character from the American television sitcom Friends
- The Geller House is a famous modernist house design by Marcel Breuer. Bruce Geller ( October 13, 1930 – May 21, 1978) was an American Composer, Screenwriter, and Television Efim Petrovich Geller (Ефим Петрович Геллер March 8 1925 &ndash November 17 1998) was a Soviet Chess Herb Geller (born 2 November 1928 in Los Angeles) is an American Jazz Saxophonist, Composer and Arranger Margaret J Geller is an American Astronomer and Professor. She is a Senior Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and has Steven Geller is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate, representing the 31st District since 1999 and serving as the Minority Leader since 2006 Uri Geller (אורי גלר born György Gellér ( Hungarian name December 20, 1946) is an Israeli British performer Monica E Geller-Bing (born April 22 1970 is a Fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends ( This is a list of characters for the Comedy-drama Television series Gilmore Girls. Dr Ross Eustace Geller, PhD (born October 18 1967 is a Fictional character on the popular US Television Sitcom Friends Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Marcel Lajos Breuer ( 21 May 1902 Pécs, Hungary &ndash 1 July 1981 New York City) Architect and
See also
Heller is a surname and may refer to Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher André Heller, Austrian artist musician entertainer
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