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occupational surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, ...

equivalent to English Thatcher. Notable people with the surname include: *

Aesop Dekker Aesop Dekker (born October 1, 1970) is an American musician. He is best known for being the drummer of the bands Hickey, Ludicra, Agalloch Agalloch () was an American extreme metal band from Portland, Oregon. Formed in 1995 by frontman John ...

(born 1970), American rock drummer *

Albert Dekker Thomas Albert Ecke Van Dekker (December 20, 1905 – May 5, 1968) was an American character actor and politician best known for his roles in ''Dr. Cyclops'', ''The Killers'' (1946), ''Kiss Me Deadly'', and ''The Wild Bunch''. Early life and car ...

(1905–1968), American actor and politician *

An Dekker An Dekker (1931 – September 2012) was a Dutch sculptor, graphic designer, publisher and feminist. Her abstract works of sculpture heavily featured the dynamics of war, peace, and human relationships. Biography Dekker was born in the Kingdom of ...

(1931–2012), Dutch sculptor, graphic designer, and publisher *

Anne Fleur Dekker Anne Fleur Dekker (born 28 April 1994) is a Dutch publicist, feminist and journalist. Dekker has written opinion pieces and blogs for politically left-wing websites and magazines, and has been an activist for several causes. She is a former Gr ...

(born 1994), Dutch environmentalist and journalist * Ans Dekker (born 1955), Dutch gymnast *

Anouk Dekker Marieke Anouk Dekker (; born 15 November 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Braga. She is a member of the Netherlands national team. Club career She played for FFC Heike Rheine in the Frauen-Bundesliga from 2005 to 2007 before moving ...

(born 1986), Dutch footballer * Carl Dekker (1922–2000), pseudonym of the Australian historian and journalist John Laffin *

Cees Dekker Cornelis "Cees" Dekker (born 7 April 1959 in Haren, Groningen) is a Dutch physicist, and Distinguished University Professor at the Technical University of Delft. He is known for his research on carbon nanotubes, single-molecule biophysics, and na ...

(born 1959), Dutch physicist *

Chris Dekker Chris Dekker (born 6 December 1945 in Westzaan, North Holland) is a retired football defender and midfielder from the Netherlands. Playing career Club He played in AZ'67's first ever squad after the merger between his club FC Zaanstreek and Al ...

(born 1945), Dutch footballer *

Ben Dekker Ben Dekker is a South African forester, surveyor, botanical expert, environmentalist, actor, politician, explorer, human rights activist, painter, sculptor, writer, poet and maverick. Biography Benito Adolfo Dekker born 21 October 1940

(born 1940), South African forester, actor, politician, poet and artist. * Cornelis Dekker (c.1645–1685), Dutch physician and essayist known as ''Cornelis Bontekoe'' * Cornelis Gerrits Dekker (1618–1678), Dutch landscape painter *

Daniël Dekker Daniël Dekker (born Henk Bakhuizen on 8 April 1960 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch disc jockey and radio host. In 1980 Dekker began his radio career on Decibel Radio before working for 3FM and Radio 2. Between 2010 and 2013 he was the Dutch commenta ...

(born 1960), Dutch disc jockey and radio host *

Desmond Dekker Desmond Dekker (16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the earlie ...

(1941–2006), Jamaican singer *

Eduard Douwes Dekker Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 182019 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin ''multa tulī'', "I have suffered much"), was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel ''Max Havelaar'' (1860), which denounced the a ...

(1820–1887), Dutch writer; also known as Multatuli *

Elly Dekker Elisabeth (Elly) Dekker (Haarlem, 1943) is a Dutch astronomer and science historian, specialising in the history of astronomy. She studied theoretical physics and astronomy at Utrecht University.

(born 1943), Dutch astrophysicist and museum curator *

Ernest Douwes Dekker Ernest François Eugène Douwes Dekker also known as '' Setyabudi'' or ''Setiabudi'' (8 October 1879 – 28 August 1950) was an Indonesian-Dutch nationalist and politician of Indo descent. He was related to the famous Dutch anti-colonialism wri ...

(1879–1950), Dutch politician and writer. Also known as Danudirja Setiabudi, a National Hero of Indonesia (registered). His Indonesian name is used to name street shortly with "Setiabudi". * Erik Dekker (born 1970), Dutch racing cyclist *

Femke Dekker Femke Dekker (born 11 July 1979) is a Dutch rower from the Netherlands. Dekker started rowing in 1990 and made her international debut in the double sculls at the 1995 Junior World Championships in Poznań. Together with Christel Rijnten she w ...

(born 1979), Dutch rower * Frans Dekker (1684–1751), Dutch painter *

Fred Dekker Fred Dekker (born April 9, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for his cult classic horror comedy films ''Night of the Creeps'' and ''The Monster Squad'' (written with Shane Black). He contributed the story ideas for ...

(born 1959), American film director and writer * Gé Dekker (1904–1995), Dutch competitive swimmer * Han Dekker (1913–?), Dutch rower * Hannie Singer-Dekker (1917–2007), Dutch Labour Party politician * Hendrik Adriaan Christiaan Dekker (1836–1905), Dutch painter and lithographer *

Inge Dekker Inge Dekker (born 18 August 1985) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer who specialised in butterfly and freestyle events. She won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, ...

(born 1985), Dutch competitive swimmer * Jacob Gelt Dekker (born 1948), Dutch businessman, philanthropist, and writer * James Lawrence Dekker (born 1960), South African businessman, photographer * Jan Dekker (basketball) * Jan Dekker (sailor) (born 1967), French/South African competitive sailor *

Jan Dekker Jan Dekker (born 25 June 1990) is a former Dutch professional darts player. He twice reached the semi-finals of the BDO World Darts Championship, in 2011 and 2014. Career Dekker qualified for the televised stages of the 2010 Winmau World Ma ...

(born 1990), Dutch darts player * Jens Dekker (born 1998), Dutch cyclo-cross cyclist *

Jeremias de Dekker Jeremias de Dekker or ''Decker'' (1610 – November 1666) was a Dutch poet. Biography Dekker was born in Dordrecht. His father was a native of Antwerp, who, having embraced the reformed religion, had been compelled to take refuge in the Netherla ...

(c. 1610 – 1666), Dutch poet * Job Dekker, Dutch biologist * Jonathan Dekker (born 1983), American football tight end *

Laura Dekker Laura Dekker (; born 20 September 1995) is a New Zealand-born Dutch sailor. In 2009, she announced her plan to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handed. A Dutch court stepped in, owing to the objections of the local ...

(born 1995), New Zealand-born Dutch solo sailor * Lia Dekker (born 1987), Dutch competitive swimmer * Louis Dekker (1894–1973), Dutch coxswain *

Marcel Dekker Marcel Dekker was a journal and encyclopedia publishing company with editorial boards found in New York City. Dekker encyclopedias are now published by CRC Press, part of the Taylor and Francis publishing group. History Initially a textbook pu ...

(born 1930s), Dutch-born American encyclopedia publisher * Mark Dekker (born 1969), Zimbabwean cricketer * Maurits Dekker (1896–1962), Dutch novelist and playwright * Michelle Dekker (born 1996), Dutch snowboarder * Niels Dekker (born 1983), Dutch-born Canadian soccer player *

Paul Dekker Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

(1931–2001), Canadian-American football player *

Rachelle Dekker Rachelle Dekker (born June 6, 1986) is an American author of several novels, including the Christy Award, Christy Award Winning, dystopian, fantasy novel ''The Choosing'', the first novel in ''The Seer Book Series''. She is the eldest daughter of ...

(born 1986), American novelist, daughter of Ted Dekker * Rick Dekker (born 1995), Dutch footballer *

Ron Dekker Ronald Dekker (also spelled Decker, born 30 June 1966 in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Netherlands. He was a specialist on short course, and won the silver medal in 100m at the 1993 FINA Short Course Wor ...

(born 1966), Dutch competitive swimmer *

Sam Dekker Samuel Thomas Dekker (born May 6, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL) and the EuroCup. Dekker played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers. After finishing colleg ...

(born 1994), American basketball player *

Sander Dekker Sander Dekker (born 9 February 1975) is a Dutch politician who served as Minister for Legal Protection in the Third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2022. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he previously served as State S ...

(born 1975), Dutch VVD politician * Sidney Dekker (born 1969), Dutch-born psychologist and safety scientist * Steve Dekker (born 1988), Dutch DJ known as "Dr. Peacock" *

Sybilla Dekker Sybilla Maria Dekker (born 23 March 1942) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businesswoman. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 22 June 2018. A member of the People's Pa ...

(born 1942), Dutch VVD politician *

Ted Dekker Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) is an American author of Christian fiction, Christian Mystery fiction, mystery, Thriller (genre), thriller, and fantasy novels including ''Thr3e'', ''Obsessed (novel), Obsessed'', and the ''Circle Series''. B ...

(born 1962), Indonesian-born American author *

Theodorus Dekker Theodorus Jozef Dekker (Dirk Dekker, 1 March 1927 - 25 November 2021) was a Dutch mathematician. Dekker completed his Ph.D. degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1958. His thesis was titled "Paradoxical Decompositions of Sets and Spaces". ...

(1927–2021), Dutch mathematician known for

Dekker's algorithm Dekker's algorithm is the first known correct solution to the mutual exclusion problem in concurrent programming where processes only communicate via shared memory. The solution is attributed to Dutch mathematician Th. J. Dekker by Edsger W. Dijks ...

* Thijs Dekker (born 1997), Dutch footballer *

Thomas Dekker (writer) Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 – 25 August 1632) was an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer, whose career spanned several decades and brought him into contact with many of the period's most famous dramatists. ...

(c. 1572 – 1632), English writer *

Thomas Dekker (cyclist) Thomas Dekker (born 6 September 1984) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights included winning Tirreno–Adriatico in 2006 and Tour de Romandie in 2007. He won two Dutch National Time Trial Championships and repre ...

(born 1984), Dutch racing cyclist *

Thomas Dekker (actor) Thomas Alexander Dekker (born December 28, 1987) is an American actor, musician, singer, director and producer. He is known for his roles as John Connor in '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', Adam Conant on ''The Secret Circle'', and Zac ...

(born 1987), American actor * (born 1993), Dutch decathlete *

Tony Dekker Tony Dekker is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Most noted as leader of the indie folk band Great Lake Swimmers, he has also released two solo albums. Early life and education Born and raised in Wainfleet, Ontario,"Tony Dekker's rural roots". ...

(born 1980s), Canadian singer and songwriter * Travis Dekker (born 1985), American football tight end * Tristan Dekker (born 1996), Dutch footballer * Vince Gino Dekker (born 1997), Dutch footballer * Wade Dekker (born 1994), Australian soccer player *

Wisse Dekker Wisse Dekker (26 April 1924 – 25 August 2012) was a Dutch businessman. He was the CEO of Philips from 1982 to 1986. From 1988 until 1992 he was chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists The European Round Table of Industrialists, a ...

(1924–2012), Dutch businessman; CEO of Philips

Fictional characters

* John Dekker (Wing Commander), computer game character * Maggie Dekker, character in the TV series Eli Stone

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Dekker Curry John Desmond "Dekker" Curry (born 20 December 1966) is an Irish former cricketer. A left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against an England Amateur team in July 1992, and went on to r ...

(born 1966), Irish cricketer *

Dekker Dreyer Dekker Dreyer (born November 16, 1980) is an American multi-disciplinary artist working in film, visual art, and music also known as Phantom Astronaut. He is a prominent artist in virtual and augmented reality. Artistry Dreyer works in a variet ...

(born 1980), American film director and producer

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