Becker () is one of the
German-language
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a c ...
surnames, along with
Bäcker and
Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to
baking
Baking is a method of preparing food that uses dry heat, typically in an oven, but can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot stones. The most common baked item is bread but many other types of foods can be baked. Heat is gradually transferred " ...
. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the word ''Beck'' for ''Bach'' ("creek" or "brook") to denote origin.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 55.3% of all known bearers of the surname ''Becker'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:287), 24.7% of the United States (1:2,891), 8.0% of Brazil (1:5,052), 2.7% of France (1:4,987), 2.0% of South Africa (1:5,431) and 1.2% of Canada (1:6,120).
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:287) in the following states:
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* 1. Saarland
The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...
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* 2. Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
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* 3. Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
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* 4. North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
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* 5. Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...
(1:248)
People
Surname
*Alan Becker
Alan Becker (born May 18, 1989) is an American online animator, YouTube personality and artist, best known for creating the ''Animator vs. Animation'' web series, its shorts (both ''Animator vs. Animation Shorts''Commonly abbreviated as ''AvA ...
(born 1989), U.S. animator, YouTuber
* Alan S. Becker (1946–2020), American lawyer and politician
* Albert Becker (disambiguation), multiple people
*Albrecht Becker
Albrecht Becker (14 November 1906 – 22 April 2002) was a German production designer, photographer, and actor who was imprisoned by the Nazi regime for the charge of homosexuality.
Personal life
Born in Thale, Germany, Becker trained as a ...
(1906–2002), German production designer, photographer, actor, imprisoned by the Nazis for homosexuality
*Alfred Becker
Alfred Becker (20 August 1899 – 26 December 1981) was a German engineer and artillery officer who served during the First and Second World Wars. During the Second World War he took captured British and French vehicles and refurbished and reb ...
, German engineer and military officer
* Alfred G. Becker, American politician
*Alice Becker-Ho
Alice Becker-Ho, also known as Alice Debord (born August 6, 1941), is a Chinese-born French intellectual closely associated with the Situationist International. Among other works, she has written poetry, a scholarly study of slang, and a trave ...
(born 1941), French poet
*Alisson Becker
Álisson Ramsés Becker (born 2 October 1992), known as Alisson Becker or simply Alisson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team. He is widely regarded to ...
(born 1992), Brazilian football goalkeeper; usually referred to solely by his given name
*Annika Becker
Annika Becker (born 12 November 1981) is a retired German pole vaulter.
Becker was born in Rotenburg an der Fulda. Her personal best is 4.77 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Wattenscheid
Wattenscheid () is a Stadtbezirk of the city of Bochu ...
(born 1981), German pole vaulter
*Armando Becker
Armando Becker (born June 9, 1966 in Caracas) is a retired male basketball player from Venezuela, who played as a forward during his career. He competed for the Venezuela national basketball team at the 1990 FIBA World Championship and at ...
(born 1966), Venezuelan basketball player
* August Becker (1900–1967), German chemist
* August Becker (1821–1887), German painter
* August Becker (1828–1891), German author
* B. Jay Becker (1904–1987), U.S. bridge player
*Ben Becker
Ben Becker (born 19 December 1964) is a German film, theatre and voice actor.
Biography
Becker was born in Bremen, the son of actress Monika Hansen and actor Rolf Becker. He is the brother of actress Meret Becker and the stepson of Otto Sande ...
(born 1964), German film and theatre actor
*Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker (born 16 June 1981) is a German retired professional tennis player who is known for defeating former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in the third round at the 2006 US Open in what was Agassi's last match as a professional player.
Bec ...
(born 1981), German tennis player
*Bernard Becker
Bernard Becker (August 21, 1920 – August 28, 2013) was an American professor emeritus of ophthalmology and visual sciences at Washington University, St. Louis, Washington University's Washington University School of Medicine, School of Medicine i ...
(1920–2013), U.S. ophthalmologist
*Bertha Becker
Bertha Koiffmann Becker (November 7, 1930 – July 13, 2013) was a Brazilian geographer, author and professor emeritus at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She published more than 180 books, articles, and other works during her career. Mu ...
(1920–2013), Brazilian geographer
*Bill Becker
Bill Becker (November 10, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois – January 27, 2010 in Santa Monica, California) was an American journalist noted for his coverage of nuclear weapons tests, political campaigns, scientific advances, and major sporting events. H ...
(1916–2010), U.S. journalist, writer and world traveler
*Bo Becker
Bo Becker (born 1971) is a Swedish economist, and Professor of Financial Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, known for his work on rating, reputation and competition.
Life and work
Becker obtained his MSc in economics from the Stockh ...
(born 1971), Swedish economist
*Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker (, ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker was successful from the start of his career, winning the Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17. He ultimately won six Grand Slam singles tit ...
(born 1967), German tennis player; youngest Wimbledon champion at age 17
*Britta Becker
Britta Becker (born 11 May 1973 in Rüsselsheim) is a German former field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a ro ...
(born 1973), German field hockey player
*Carl Becker (disambiguation) Carl Becker is the name of:
* Carl Fredrick Becker (1919–2013), American luthier and restorer
*Carl Heinrich Becker (1876–1933), German scholar on Islam, Prussian minister of culture and education
* Carl K. Becker (1894–1990), American doctor ...
, multiple people
*Carl Lotus Becker
Carl Lotus Becker (September 7, 1873 – April 10, 1945) was an American historian of the Age of Enlightenment in America and Europe.
Life
He was born in Waterloo, Iowa. He enrolled at the University of Wisconsin in 1893 as an undergraduate, an ...
(1873–1945), U.S. historian, author; President of American Historical Association in 1931
*Charles Becker
Charles Becker (July 26, 1870 – July 30, 1915) was a lieutenant in the New York City Police Department between the 1890s and the 1910s. He is known for the scandal of being tried, convicted, and executed for the first-degree murder of the Man ...
(1870–1915), first U.S. police officer executed for murder
*Charlotte Becker
Charlotte Becker (born 19 May 1983 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, but finish ...
(born 1983), German racing cyclist
* Christiane Luise Amalie Becker (1778–1797), German actress
* Christine Becker, U.S. women's saber team member
*Cole Becker
SWMRS (formerly Emily's Army), pronounced 'swimmers', are an American punk rock band formed in Piedmont, California in 2004 by Cole Becker and Joey Armstrong, with Becker's brother Max Becker joining only a few weeks afterwards. They drew on a ...
(born 1995), lead singer of SWMRS
*Cornelius Becker
Cornelius Becker (1561–1604) was an Orthodox Lutheran pastor in Leipzig. He prepared the Becker Psalter, some of which Heinrich Schütz set to music.Jane Stuart Smith & Betty Carlson (1995), ''The Gift of Music: Great Composers and Their Influenc ...
, German theologian (see Becker Psalter
The ''Becker Psalter'' is a German metrical psalter authored by the Leipzig theologian Cornelius Becker and first published by Jakob Apel in Leipzig in 1602 under the title ''Der Psalter Davids Gesangweis''. Several composers set the psalms contai ...
)
* Cory Becker, U.S. guitar player (rock band: Living Things, St. Louis, MO)
* Craig Becker (born 1956), U.S. labor attorney and professor of law
*David Becker
David Becker (born 20 October 1961) is an American jazz guitarist and leader of the David Becker Tribune. He is also a graduate of the Musicians Institute.
Career
David and his brother Bruce (drummer) formed the David Becker Tribune and toured ...
, U.S. guitarist
* Diane M. Becker (1943–2021), U.S. nurse and public health scientist
*Dietrich Becker
Dietrich Becker (ca. 1623 – Hamburg, 12 May 1679) was a German Baroque violinist and composer.
Little is known about Becker's musical education. His first position was as organist at Ahrensberg. In his second position, in the service of the ...
(1620–1670), German Baroque violinist and composer
*Dirk Becker
Dirk Becker (born 4 May 1966 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician and member of the SPD.
From 2005 to 2015 he was a member of the Bundestag. Since 2015 he has been the mayor of Oerlinghausen
Oerlinghausen (Low German ' ...
(born 1966), German politician (SPD)
* Donna Becker (born 1932), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ballplayer
* Douglas Becker, U.S./Belgian choreographer, teacher
*Edmund Becker
Edmund Becker (born 18 July 1956) is a German former professional footballer who works as manager of the Karlsruher SC youth centre.
Career
Becker was born in Reichenbach.
His biggest success was as a player with Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher ...
(born 1957), German footballer
*Edward R. Becker
Edward Roy Becker (May 4, 1933 – May 19, 2006) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pen ...
(1933–2006), U.S. appeals court judge
*Elisabeth Becker
Elisabeth Becker (20 July 1923 – 4 July 1946) was a Nazi Nazi concentration camps, concentration camp overseer in World War II.
Life
Becker was born in Nowy Staw, Neuteich, Free City of Danzig, Danzig (today Nowy Staw, Poland) to a German f ...
(1923–1946), German SS concentration camp guard executed for war crimes, World War II
*Elizabeth Becker
Elizabeth Becker (born October 28, 1947) is an American journalist and author. She has written five books and is best known for her reporting and writing on Cambodia.
Biography
Elizabeth Becker graduated from the University of Washington w ...
(born 1969), U.S. journalist and author
* Emma Becker (born 1988), French writer
*Ernest Becker
Ernest Becker (September 27, 1924 – March 6, 1974) was an American cultural anthropologist and author of the 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, '' The Denial of Death''.
Biography Early life
Ernest Becker was born in Springfield, Massachuset ...
(1924–1974), U.S. cultural anthropologist
* Felicitas Becker, professor of African history
* Franz Becker (born 1918), German footballer
*Gary Becker
Gary Stanley Becker (; December 2, 1930 – May 3, 2014) was an American economist who received the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago, and was a leader of ...
(1930–2014), U.S. Nobel Prize-winning economist
*Gavin de Becker
Gavin de Becker (born October 26, 1954)Reagan, Ronald (January 19, 1989)Designation of Gavin de Becker as a Member of the Board of Governors of the United Service Organizations, Incorporated.via Reagan archive is an American author and security ...
(born 1954), U.S. specialist: security
* George Ferdinand Becker (1847–1919), U.S. geologist
* Germán Becker (born 1980), Argentinian tango musician
*Gustav Becker
Gustav Eduard Becker (May 2, 1819 in Oels, Silesia - September 17, 1885 in Berchtesgaden) was a German clockmaker and founder of the brand Gustav Becker.
Biography
Early life
Becker learned clockmaking in Silesia and enriched his skills by lear ...
(1819–1885), German clockmaker and businessman
*Gustavo Adolfo Becker
Gustavo Adolfo Becker Lasso (born 17 June 1966 in Barcelona) is a retired Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and m ...
(born 1966), Spanish high jumper
*Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (17 February 1836 – 22 December 1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (), was a Spanish Romantic poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented ...
(1836–1870), Spanish poet
*Hans-Josef Becker
Hans-Josef Becker (born 8 June 1948) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church who was the archbishop of Paderborn in Germany from 2003 to 2022.
Life
Hans Josef Becker was born in , Warstein, Germany, on 8 June 1948. He completed his advanced l ...
(born 1948), German Catholic archbishop of Paderborn
* Hartmut Becker (1938-2022), German actor
* Heidi Becker (disambiguation), multiple people
* Heinrich Becker (1770–1822), German actor
*Heinz Becker
Heinz Reinhard Becker (August 26, 1915 – November 11, 1991) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Chicago Cubs (1943, 1945–46) and Cleveland Indians (1946–47). Born in Berlin, Germany, he was one of only 27 German-b ...
(1915–1991), German baseball player
* Hellmuth Becker (1902–1953), German Nazi Waffen-SS general executed for war crimes
*Helmut Becker
Helmut Becker (8 March 1927 – 19 July 1990), German viticulturist, was chief of the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute.Andrew G Reynolds, ''Grapevine Breeding Programs for the Wine Industry: Traditional and Molecular Techniques'' Elsevier, 2015, ...
(1927–1990), German viticulturist
*Herbert L. Becker
Herbert Lawrence Becker (born 1951) is an American former magician, escapologist, stunt performer, author, and businessman. As a magician, Becker performed as ''Kardeen''.
Biography Early life
Herbert Lawrence Becker was born in Hollywood, F ...
(born 1956), U.S. magician and founder of IPTV
*Hermann Becker
Leutnant Hermann Becker (10 September 1887 – 21 April 1970), was a World War I German flying ace credited with 23 victories.The Aerodrome website http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/becker.php
Early life
Hermann Becker was born on 10 ...
(born 1887), German World War I fighter ace
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...
* Hermann Heinrich Becker, German painter
*Howard P. Becker
Howard Paul Becker (December 9, 1899 – June 8, 1960) was a longtime professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Biography
Becker was born in New York in 1899, the son of Charles Becker, a New York police officer, and Let ...
(1899–1960), U.S. sociologist
*Howard S. Becker
Howard Saul Becker (born 1928) is an American sociologist who teaches at Northwestern University. Becker has made contributions to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music. Becker also wrote extensively on sociologic ...
(born 1928), U.S. sociologist and musician
*Hugo Becker
Hugo Becker (born Jean Otto Eric Hugo Becker, 13 February 1863, died 30 July 1941) was a prominent German cellist, cello teacher, and composer. He studied at a young age with Alfredo Piatti, and later Friedrich Grützmacher in Dresden.
Biograp ...
(1863–1941), German cellist, teacher and composer
*Hugo Becker
Hugo Becker (born Jean Otto Eric Hugo Becker, 13 February 1863, died 30 July 1941) was a prominent German cellist, cello teacher, and composer. He studied at a young age with Alfredo Piatti, and later Friedrich Grützmacher in Dresden.
Biograp ...
, French actor from Metz
*Ingrid Becker
Ingrid Mickler-Becker (; née ''Becker'' on 26 September 1942) is a former West German athlete. Her name is sometimes written incorrectly as Ingrid Mickler in result lists. Her international career lasted from 1960 to 1972. She won the pentathl ...
(born 1942), German athlete
*Jacques Becker
Jacques Becker (; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French film director and screenwriter. His films, made during the 1940s and 1950s, encompassed a wide variety of genres, and they were admired by some of the filmmakers who led th ...
(1906–1960), French screenwriter and film director
*Jakob Becker
Jakob Becker (15 March 1810 – 22 December 1872) was a German artist noted mainly for his genre paintings of peasants.
Biography
He was born in Dittelsheim at Worms, and began his studies with Franz Nikolaus Jung in Worms. When he was 17 yea ...
(1810–1872), German genre painter
* Jean Becker (born 1938), French director, screenwriter, and actor
* Jean Becker (1833–1884), German violinist and composer
*Jens Becker
Jens Becker (born 24 May 1965) is a German heavy metal bass guitarist who currently performs with Grave Digger.
History
Becker was born in Fürth. His first major band was Running Wild, which he joined in 1987. He stayed with them for four ...
(born 1965), German metal bass guitarist
*Jill Becker
Jill B. Becker is an American psychological researcher, studying sex differences in addiction using preclinical models. Becker is the Biopsychology Area Chair and the Patricia Y. Gurin Professor of Psychology at University of Michigan..She has adv ...
, American psychological researcher
* Julie Becker (1972–2016), American artist
*Jurek Becker
Jurek Becker (, probably 30 September 1937 – 14 March 1997) was a Polish-born German writer, screenwriter and East German dissident. His most famous novel is '' Jacob the Liar'', which has been made into two films. He lived in Łódź during W ...
(1937–1997), German writer
* Jürgen Becker (comedian) (born 1959), German cabaret artist
* Konrad Becker (born 1959), Austrian hypermedia researcher and interdisciplinary content developer
*Kuno Becker
Eduardo Kuno Becker Paz (born January 14, 1978) professionally known as Kuno Becker, is a Mexican actor and film director who has worked in telenovelas, Mexican cinema, and U.S. cinema. He is best known for his portrayal of Ruben Berrizabal in ...
(born 1978), Mexican actor
*Kurt Becker
Kurt Frank Becker (born December 22, 1958) is a former American football player. He played college football as an offensive guard at the University of Michigan from 1978 to 1981, was selected as a first-team All-American in 1981, and played profe ...
(born 1958), U.S. football player
*Lawrence C. Becker
Lawrence C. Becker (April 26, 1939 – November 22, 2018) was an American philosopher working mainly in the areas of ethics and social, political, and legal philosophy.
Work
Becker is the author of books and journal articles on justice, Stoicis ...
(born 1939), U.S. academic, philosopher
* Leonard F. Becker (1920–1991), American politician
* Ludwig Becker (disambiguation), multiple people
*Lydia Becker
Lydia Ernestine Becker (24 February 1827 – 18 July 1890) was a leader in the early British suffrage movement, as well as an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy. She established Manchester as a centre for the suffrage mov ...
(1827–1890), British suffragist and amateur scientist
* Marc Becker, U.S. professor of Latin American studies
*Marcus Becker
Marcus Becker (born 11 September 1981 in Merseburg) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2011. He won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Becker won six medals at the ...
(born 1981), German slalom canoer
*Markus Becker (pianist)
Markus Becker (born 13 May 1963) is a German pianist and academic teacher. He is focused on chamber music, and on piano concertos from the time around 1900. His recording of the complete piano works by Max Reger earned him awards. He is also a ja ...
(born 1963), German pianist and academic teacher
*Margaret Becker
Margaret Becker (born July 17, 1959) is an American Christian rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She has had twenty-one No. 1 Christian radio hits, won four Dove Awards, and been nominated for four Grammy Awards.
Biography
Becker was born ...
(born 1959), U.S. award-winning composer, singer, speaker and writer
* Mariana Becker (born early 1970s), Brazilian sports journalist and television reporter
*Martin Becker
Martin Becker (12 April 1916 – 8 February 2006) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a night fighter ace credited with 58 aerial victories making him the tenth most successful night fighter pilot in the history of aer ...
(1916–2006), German Luftwaffe night fighter ace
*May Lamberton Becker
May Lamberton Becker (August 26, 1873 – April 27, 1958) was a journalist and literary critic. She was born in New York and at the age of 20 she married the pianist and composer Gustave A. Becker in 1893. Their only daughter Beatrice was born S ...
(1873–1958), U.S. journalist and literary critic
*Meret Becker
Meret Becker (; born 15 January 1969) is a German actress and singer.
Life and career
Meret Becker was born in Bremen, the daughter of the actors Monika Hansen and Rolf Becker but she was raised in Berlin by her mother with her stepfather Ot ...
(born 1969), German actress and singer
* Mike Becker (born 1943), U.S. bridge player
* Miriam Becker (1909–2000), American mathematician
*Moritz Becker
Moritz Nathan Becker (February 2, 18271906) was a German Americans, German American immigrant, produce dealer, and politician. He self-identified as a "Progressive Democrat", then "Liberal Democrat", while serving two terms in the Wisconsin State ...
(1827–?), U.S. Deputy Sheriff and Democratic politician (WI)
*Muriel Gustavo Becker
Muriel Gustavo Becker (born 14 February 1987), simply known as Muriel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cypriot Club AEL Limassol.
Career Internacional
In 2009, Muriel was loaned by Internacional to Caxias and Portugues ...
(born 1987), Brazilian goalkeeper
*Murilo Becker
Murilo Becker Da Rosa (born July 14, 1983 in Farroupilha) is a Brazilian professional basketball player.
Professional career
Becker was eligible for the 2005 NBA draft, but he was not drafted.
During his pro sports club, club career, Becker ha ...
(born 1983), Brazilian basketball player
*Nate Becker
Nate Becker (born March 24, 1996) is an American football tight end for the Arlington Renegades of the XFL. He played college football for the Miami (OH) RedHawks.
Professional career Detroit Lions
Becker was signed by the Detroit Lions as an ...
(born 1996), American football player
*Nikolaus Becker
Nikolaus Becker (8 October 1809, Bonn, Rhin-et-Moselle – 28 August 1845 in the Hünshoven district of Geilenkirchen) was a German lawyer and writer. His one poem of note was the 1840 "Rheinlied" (Rhine song) which was set to music over 70 times ...
(1809–1845), German lawyer and writer known for "Rheinlied"
*Oskar Becker
Oscar Becker (5 September 1889 – 13 November 1964) was a German philosopher, logician, mathematician, and historian of mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, ...
(1839–1868), German student, shot King William I of Prussia
*Oskar Becker
Oscar Becker (5 September 1889 – 13 November 1964) was a German philosopher, logician, mathematician, and historian of mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, ...
(1889–1964), German philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian of mathematics
*Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker
Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker (3 May 1828 – 7 February 1890) was a German ophthalmologist born near Ratzeburg.
Education and Career
In 1859 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna, where he studied under Carl Ferdinand von ...
(1828–1890), German ophthalmologist
*Paul Becker
Paul Becker is a Canadian director, choreographer, writer, and producer. He is best known for choreographing ''Deadpool 2'', ''Descendants (2015 film), Disney's Descendants'', ''Mirror Mirror (film), Mirror Mirror'', ''Twilight (2008 film), Twi ...
(born 1984), Canadian actor, director, choreographer and producer
*Paula Modersohn-Becker
Paula Modersohn-Becker (8 February 1876 – 20 November 1907) was a German Expressionist painter of the late 19th and early 20th century. Her work is noted for its intensity and its blunt, unapologetic humanity, and for the many self-portraits the ...
(1876–1907), German expressionist painter
* Philip Becker (1830–1898), U.S. Republican politician
* Rafael Becker (born 1991), Brazilian Professional Golfer, PGA Tour player and winner of the Brazilian Open
*Ralf Becker
Ralf Becker (born 26 September 1970) is a German former football player and coach who works as the sports director of Dynamo Dresden.
Playing career
Becker spent a significant portion of his time as a youth player with VfB Stuttgart, as well ...
(born 1970), German footballer, coach and administrator
*Ralph Elihu Becker
Ralph Elihu Becker Sr. (January 29, 1907 – August 24, 1994) was an American diplomat and attorney who served as U.S. Ambassador to Honduras from 1976–1977 under the Ford administration. He was a founding trustee of the National Center fo ...
(1907–1994), U.S. attorney and ambassador to Honduras 1976–1977
*Ralph Elihu Becker
Ralph Elihu Becker Sr. (January 29, 1907 – August 24, 1994) was an American diplomat and attorney who served as U.S. Ambassador to Honduras from 1976–1977 under the Ford administration. He was a founding trustee of the National Center fo ...
(born 1952), U.S. attorney and Republican politician; 34th Mayor of Salt Lake City, UT
*Rich Becker
Richard Godhard "Rich" Becker (born February 1, 1972) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletic ...
(born 1972), U.S. baseball player
* Robert Becker, son of Russell, founder of Becker Film Group
Becker Group, formerly R. A. Becker & Co., was an Australian independent film and television distribution company founded by Russell Becker. It was established in 1965 and sold to Prime Television in 2007.
In 2008, a new company, Becker Film Gro ...
, an Australian film company
* Robert O. Becker (1923–2008), U.S. orthopedic surgeon and electrophysiology researcher
*Roger Becker
Roger Becker (6 February 1934 – 6 November 2017) was a British tennis player. Besides tennis, Becker competed in cricket, football, and golf; all were well within his grasp. However, in 1949 he chose tennis to the dismay of the players of the ...
(born 1934), British tennis player
* Rudolf Becker (1923–1944), German highly decorated Hauptmann in World War II; recipient of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
* Rudolph Zacharias Becker (1752–1822), German educator and author
* Russell Becker, founder of the Becker Group, Australian independent film and television distribution company
* Ruth Becker (1899–1990), U.S. schoolteacher (Kansas) and ''Titanic'' survivor
*Sally Becker
Sally Becker (born 29 March 1962) is a British humanitarian aid worker, best known for her work during the Bosnian and Kosovo Wars in the late 1990s. She is the founder of charities Road to Peace and Save a Child. She is credited with saving hu ...
, British volunteer in Bosnia and Kosovo
* Samuel William Becker, U.S. dermatologist who documented Becker's nevus
Becker's nevus (also known as "Becker's melanosis", "Becker's pigmentary hamartoma", "nevoid melanosis", and "pigmented hairy epidermal nevus") is a benign skin disorder predominantly affecting males. The nevus can be present at birth, but more oft ...
* Sandra Becker (born 1967), German artist
*Sandra Lynne Becker Sandra Lynne Becker (April 5, 1947 – May 15, 2015) was born in Covina, California. She competed in many beauty pageants during her senior year of high school, and in 1965 became the youngest woman ever to receive the Miss California crown. After w ...
(born 1947), U.S. beauty queen; Miss California 1965
*Sandy Becker
George Sanford Becker (February 19, 1922 – April 9, 1996), who was known professionally as Sandy Becker, was an American television announcer, actor, and comedian who hosted several popular children's programs in New York City. The best known ...
(1922–1996), U.S. television announcer, actor and comedian
*Sean Becker
Sean Peter Becker (born 7 July 1975 in Ranfurly) is a New Zealand curler.
Career
Becker was the skip for New Zealand teams which won three Pacific Curling Championships in 1998, 2003, and 2004. He has also played for the New Zealand team in f ...
(born 1975), New Zealand curler
*Sherburn M. Becker
Sherburn Merrill Becker (November 13, 1876 – February 5, 1949) was a Wisconsin politician and the 41st mayor of Milwaukee. He was the last Republican to hold this office.
Biography
Sherburn Merrill Becker was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ...
(1876–1949), U.S. Republican politician (41st Mayor of Milwaukee, WI); elected at age 29 and known as the boy mayor
*Simon Fisher-Becker
Simon Fisher-Becker is a British stage, television and film actor, specialising in comedy and character parts. His more notable roles include Tony Fazackerley in ''Puppy Love'' for the BBC, The Fat Friar in the ''Harry Potter'' film ''Harry P ...
(born 1961), British actor
*Sheraldo Becker
Sheraldo Becker (born 9 February 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Union Berlin. He has played in both the Netherlands and Germany. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Suriname national team.
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(born 1995), Surinamese Footballer
*Theodor Becker
Theodor Becker (23 June 1840 in Plön – 30 June 1928 in Liegnitz) was a Danish-born German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for studies on the taxonomy of flies.
He worked with Paul Stein, Mario Bezzi, and Kálmán Kertés ...
(1840–1928), German civil engineer and entomologist
*Thorsten Becker
Thorsten Becker (born 13 May 1980) is a German Association football, footballer, who in 1992 moved from Fortuna Schlangen to SC Paderborn 07, SC Paderborn and has played in the club's first-team squad from 2001 to 2009. He helped Paderborn gain ...
(born 1980), German footballer
* Thomas Becker (disambiguation), multiple people
* Valentin Eduard Becker (1814–1890), German composer
*Vaneta Becker
Vaneta Becker (October 9, 1949) is an American politician who serves as a Republican Senator in the Indiana Senate representing Senate District 50, which contains portions of Vanderburgh and Warrick County in the southern part of the state. Sh ...
, U.S. Republican politician
*Walt Becker
Walter William Becker is an American filmmaker and novelist, whose directorial credits include the films ''Van Wilder'', ''Wild Hogs'' and ''Old Dogs (film), Old Dogs''.
Biography
Becker graduated from Pasadena High School (California) in 198 ...
(born 1968), U.S. director, writer, and actor
*Walter Becker
Walter Carl Becker (February 20, 1950 – September 3, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of the jazz rock band Steely Dan.Russonello, Giovanni,Listen t ...
(1950–2017), U.S. musician, songwriter and record producer
*Wayland Becker
Wayland Herman Becker (November 2, 1910 – December 1, 1984) was an American football player. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons.
Early life
Becker was born in Soperton, Wisconsin, and attended Eas ...
(1910–1984), U.S. football player
*Wilhelm Adolf Becker
Wilhelm Adolf Becker (179630 September 1846) was a German classical scholar.
Biography
Becker was born in Dresden, the son of German art historian, numismatist and author Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. At first destined for a commercial life, he was in ...
(1796–1846), German archaeologist
*Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker
Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker (4 November 1753, in Callenberg, Oberkallenberg in Saxony – 3 June 1813, in Dresden) was a German art historian, numismatist, and author.
Biography
He received an early education in Gera, then studied law at University of ...
(1753–1813), German archaeologist and author
*William D. Becker
William Dee Becker (October 23, 1876, in East St. Louis, Illinois – August 1, 1943, in St. Louis, Missouri) was the 35th mayor of St. Louis, from 1941 to 1943.
Becker, the son of German immigrants, graduated from Harvard University and St. L ...
(1876–1943), U.S. attorney and Republican politician (43rd mayor of St. Louis, Missouri); died in crash of Waco CG-4 glider's first public demonstration
* William W. Becker, American hotelier, co-founder of Motel 6
* Wolfgang Becker (1910–2005), German film director and film editor
* Wolfgang Becker (born 1954), German film director and screenwriter
Middle name
*Herman Becker Fast Herman Becker Fast (May 19, 1887 – December 20, 1938) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.
Fast was born in a Mennonite farming family in Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, Minnesota. He lived with his wife and family in Butt ...
(1887–1938), American businessman, farmer, and politician
* Sara Becker da Silva (2005-...), brazilian theologian
See also
*Beckers
Beckers is an occupational surname, especially common in both Dutch and Belgian Limburg and the neighboring part of Germany. It is equivalent to the English Baker, Dutch Bakker and Backer, and German Becker.
Geographical distribution
As of 201 ...
, surname
References
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German-language surnames
Occupational surnames
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