Zucker is a German and Jewish surname meaning "sugar". Notable people with the surname include: *

Anita Zucker Anita Zucker (born 1951/1952) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She was the chair at the Hudson's Bay Company. Taking over after her husband's death, she is now the chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Intertech Gro ...

, American businesswoman and philanthropist *

Arianne Zucker Arianne Bethene Zucker (born June 3, 1974) is an American actress and model. She is known for playing Nicole Walker on the NBC daytime soap opera '' Days of Our Lives'' since 1998. Early life Zucker was born in Northridge, California, and raise ...

, American actress *

Craig Zucker Craig Jason Zucker (born March 23, 1975) is an American politician who has represented District 14 in the Maryland Senate since 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from ...

, American politician *

David Zucker (filmmaker) David Samuel Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized as the director and writer of the critically successful 1980 film ''Airplane!'' ...

, American film director *

Gerhard Zucker Gerhard Zucker (1908–1985) was a German businessman and rocket engineer. Biography Born in Hasselfelde, he first came to public notice in 1931, when he began to work on the problem of transporting mail by rocket. In 1933 he performed several ...

, German businessman and rocket engineer * Harold Zucker, Australian rules footballer *

Jason Zucker Jason Alan Zucker (born January 16, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey left winger for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Zucker played in the 2010 World Juniors for Team USA, winning a gold medal. He was ...

, American ice hockey player *

Jeff Zucker Jeffrey Adam Zucker (born April 9, 1965) is an American former media executive. Between January 2013 and February 2022, Zucker was the president of CNN Worldwide. Zucker oversaw CNN, CNN International, HLN, and CNN Digital. He was previously C ...

, American television producer and former president of CNN Worldwide *

Jeremy Zucker Jeremy Zucker (born March 3, 1996) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his songs "Comethru", "You Were Good to Me", and "All the Kids Are Depressed". Since he first began publishing music in 2015, Zucker has released multiple EPs a ...

, American Singer *

Jerry Zucker (businessman) Jerry Zucker (August 24, 1949 – April 12, 2008) was an Israeli-born American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. Career Zucker was president and CEO of the InterTech Group. He was President and CEO of the Polymer Group at the time ...

, American businessman *

Jerry Zucker (film director) Jerry Gordon Zucker (born March 11, 1950) is an American film producer, director, and writer known for his role in directing comedy spoof films such as ''Airplane!'' and ''Top Secret!'', and the Best Picture-nominated supernatural drama film '' ...

, American film director *

Kenneth Zucker Kenneth J. Zucker (; born 1950) is an American-Canadian psychologist and sexologist. He was named editor-in-chief of ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'' in 2001. He was psychologist-in-chief at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) ...

, Canadian psychologist * Monte Zucker (died 2007), American photographer * Paul Zucker, German-born architect, art historian, art critic and author * Steven Zucker, American mathematician *Aaron Zucker, Ukrainian-American Yiddish poet, better known by his pen name A. Lutzky

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{{Reflist German-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin