Keyser

Keyser is a Dutch, Afrikaans and Norwegian surname meaning "emperor" or an Anglicized form of cognate surnames like German Kaiser. It may refer to:

Places

 * Keyser, Ontario, Canada
 * Keyser, West Virginia, United States, a city named after William Keyser (see below)
 * Keyser Formation, a limestone bedrock unit in the Eastern United States named for Keyser, West Virginia
 * Keyser Creek, a stream in Pennsylvania, United States
 * Keyser Township, DeKalb County, Indiana, United States

People

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

Characters

 * Keyser Söze, a character in the 1995 film The Usual Suspects