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
  • Chris Keyser, American politician
  • 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

See also

  • De Keyser, Belgian surname
  • Keijser, Dutch surname
  • Keizer (disambiguation)
  • Kaiser (disambiguation)
  • Kyser, Anglicized surname