Seneca (name)

Seneca is a given name and a surname. The most famous person so named is Seneca the Younger also known as Lucius Annaeus Seneca or simply as Seneca (c. 4 BC – AD 65), a Roman philosopher and statesman.

People so named include:

Given name

• Marcus Annaeus Seneca also known as Seneca the Elder (54 BC – 39 AD), Roman orator and writer, father of Seneca the Younger
• Lucius Annaeus Seneca also known as Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65), a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
• Seneca M. Dorr (1820–1884), American lawyer, judge, politician and President of the Vermont Senate
• Seneca Lassiter (born 1977), American former middle-distance runner
• Seneca Paige (1788–1856), American-born businessman and political figure in Canada East
• Seneca Ray Stoddard (1844–1917), American landscape photographer
• Seneca Wallace (born 1980), American National Football League quarterback

In fiction

• Seneca Crane, fictional character in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Surname

• Isaac Seneca (1874–1945), American football halfback, first Native American selected All-American
• Joe Seneca (1919-1996), American actor and songwriter