Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Bleeker
at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands. People with the surname include: * Alex Bleeker (born 1986), American musician and guitarist * Bernhard Bleeker (1881–1968), German sculptor *

C. Jouco Bleeker Claas Jouco Bleeker (1898–1983) was a Dutch scholar of religion. Born in Beneden Knijpe, Netherlands, Bleeker received his doctorate from the University of Leiden in 1929 and was Professor of the History of Religions and the Phenomenology of R ...

(1898–1983), Dutch phenomenologist of religion *

Eppie Bleeker Eppie Bleeker (born 5 May 1949) is a retired Dutch speedskater 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It ...

(born 1949), Dutch speed skater *

Horst Bleeker Horst Bleeker (born 17 June 1938) is a former competition swimmer from Germany. He represented the United Team of Germany at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an int ...

(born 1938), German swimmer * Johan Bleeker (born 1942), Dutch space technology scientist **Named after him: the main-belt asteroid 9693 Bleeker * Kevin Bleeker (born 1993), Dutch basketball player * Lili Bleeker (1897–1985), Dutch physicist * Mel Bleeker (1920–1996), American football player * Piet Bleeker (born 1928), Dutch long-distance runner * Pieter Bleeker (1819–1874), a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist and herpetologist **Named after him: Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella, Bleeker's whipray, Bleeker's worm-eel ;Fictional characters * Paulie Bleeker, a character in the film '' Juno'' played by Michael Cera

Other meanings

* Bleeker (band), a Canadian rock band named after Bleeker Street, Orillia, Ontario * '' Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog'', a comic strip syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate

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{{Reflist Dutch-language surnames Occupational surnames

Other meanings

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