Becker () is one of the

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surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to

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. 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:Becker surname distribution
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Saarland Saarland (, ; ) is a state of Germany in the southwest 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 the smallest in ...

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Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) 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 sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

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Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

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North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

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Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

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People

Surname

* Alan Becker (born 1989), U.S. animator, YouTuber * Alan S. Becker (1946–2020), American lawyer and politician * Albert Becker (disambiguation), multiple people * Albrecht Becker (1906–2002), German production designer, photographer, actor, imprisoned by the Nazis for homosexuality * Alfred Becker, German engineer and military officer * Alfred G. Becker, American politician * Alice Becker-Ho (born 1941), French poet * Alisson Becker (born 1992), Brazilian footballer * Annika Becker (born 1981), German pole vaulter * Armando Becker (born 1966), Venezuelan basketball player * Artur Becker (1905–1938), German politician *

August Becker August Becker (17 August 1900 – 31 December 1967) was a mid-ranking functionary in the Schutzstaffel, SS of Nazi Germany and chemist in the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). He helped design the vans with a gas chamber built into the back ...

(1900–1967), German chemist *

(1821–1887), German painter *

(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 Sander ...

(born 1964), German film and theatre actor *

Benjamin Becker Benjamin Becker (born 16 June 1981) is a German former professional tennis player. He is most known for defeating former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in the third round at the 2006 US Open, in Agassi's last match as a professional player. Becker ...

(born 1981), German tennis player * Bernard Becker (1920–2013), U.S. ophthalmologist * Bertha Becker (1920–2013), Brazilian geographer * Bill Becker (1916–2010), U.S. journalist, writer and world traveler * Bo Becker (born 1971), Swedish economist *

Boris Becker Boris Franz Becker (; born 22 November 1967) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Becker won 49 c ...

(born 1967), German tennis player; youngest Wimbledon champion at age 17 * Britta Becker (born 1973), German field hockey player * Carl Becker (disambiguation), multiple people * Carl Lotus Becker (1873–1945), U.S. historian, author; President of American Historical Association in 1931 * Carsten Becker (born 1990), German politician * Charles Becker (1870–1915), first U.S. police officer executed for murder * Charlotte Becker (born 1983), German racing cyclist * Christiane Luise Amalie Becker (1778–1797), German actress * Christine Becker, U.S. women's saber team member * Cole Becker (born 1995), lead singer of SWMRS * Cornelius Becker, German theologian (see Becker Psalter) * 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 * Curt Becker (1905–1987), German politician * David Becker, U.S. guitarist * Desiree Becker (born 1994), German politician * Diane M. Becker (1943–2021), U.S. nurse and public health scientist * Diego Becker (born 1997), Argentine professional footballer * Dietrich Becker (1620–1670), German Baroque violinist and composer * Dirk Becker (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 (born 1957), German footballer * Edward R. Becker (1933–2006), U.S. appeals court judge * Elisabeth Becker (1923–1946), German SS concentration camp guard executed for war crimes, World War II * Elizabeth Becker (born 1947), U.S. journalist and author * Emma Becker (born 1988), French writer * Ernest Becker (1924–1974), U.S. cultural anthropologist * Esteban Becker (born 1964), Argentine football manager and former player * Felicitas Becker (born 1971), German professor of African history * Florence Hague Becker (1886–1971), 16th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution * Franz Becker (1918–1965), 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 security specialis ...

(born 1954), U.S. specialist: security * George Ferdinand Becker (1847–1919), U.S. geologist * Georges Becker (1846–1909), French painter * Germán Becker (born 1980), Argentine tango musician * Gustav Becker (1819–1885), German clockmaker and businessman * Gustav Becker, Austrian weightlifter * Gustavo Adolfo Becker (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 Spanish Romance literature, Romantic poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, columni ...

(1836–1870), Spanish poet * Hans-Josef Becker (born 1948), German Catholic archbishop of Paderborn *

Hartmut Becker Hartmut Becker (6 May 1938 – 22 January 2022) was a German actor. He played Sgt. Gustav Wagner in ''Escape From Sobibor'' in 1987. He also starred in the 1970 film ''o.k. (film), o.k.'', which was also entered into the 20th Berlin Internation ...

(1938–2022), German actor * Heidi Becker (disambiguation), multiple people * Heinrich Becker (1770–1822), German actor * Heinz Becker (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) was a German viticulturist and was chief of the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute.Andrew G Reynolds, ''Grapevine Breeding Programs for the Wine Industry: Traditional and Molecular Techniques'' Elsevi ...

(1927–1990), German viticulturist * Herbert L. Becker (born 1956), U.S. magician and founder of IPTV * Hermann Becker (1887–1970), German World War I fighter ace * Hermann Heinrich Becker, German painter * Howard P. Becker (1899–1960), U.S. sociologist * Howard S. Becker (1928–2023), U.S. sociologist and musician * Hugo Becker (1863–1941), German cellist, teacher and composer * Hugo Becker, French actor from Metz * Ingrid Becker (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 (1810–1872), German genre painter * Jazmín López Becker (born 1992), Argentine windsurfer * 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 music, heavy metal bass guitarist who currently performs with Grave Digger (band), Grave Digger. History Becker was born in Fürth. His first major band was Running Wild (band), Running ...

(born 1965), German metal bass guitarist * Jill Becker, American psychological researcher * Johann Becker (1869–1951), German politician *

Josef Becker Josef Becker (8 February 1905 – 19 October 1996) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag. Life Before 1933 Becker was a member of the Centre Party. In 1945, he participat ...

(1905–1996), German politician * Julie Becker (1972–2016), American artist * Jurek Becker (1937–1997), German writer * Jürgen Becker (comedian) (born 1959), German cabaret artist * Karl Becker (1923–2002), German politician * Kerstin Becker (born 1969), German writer and poet * Konrad Becker (born 1959), Austrian hypermedia researcher and interdisciplinary content developer * Kuno Becker (born 1978), Mexican actor * Kurt Becker (born 1958), U.S. football player * Lawrence C. Becker (1939–2018), U.S. academic, philosopher * Leonard F. Becker (1920–1991), American politician * Ludwig Becker (disambiguation), multiple people * Lydia Becker (1827–1890), British suffragist and amateur scientist * Marc Becker, U.S. professor of Latin American studies * Marcus Becker (born 1981), German slalom canoer * Markus Becker (pianist) (born 1963), German pianist and academic teacher * Margaret Becker (born 1959), U.S. award-winning composer, singer, speaker and writer * Mariana Becker (born early 1970s), Brazilian sports journalist and television reporter * Martin Becker (1916–2006), German Luftwaffe night fighter ace * May Lamberton Becker (1873–1958), U.S. journalist and literary critic * Max Becker (1888–1960), German politician * Meret Becker (born 1969), German actress and singer * Mike Becker (born 1943), U.S. bridge player * Miriam Becker (1909–2000), American mathematician * Moritz Becker (1827–?), U.S. Deputy Sheriff and Democratic politician (WI) * Muriel Gustavo Becker (born 1987), Brazilian goalkeeper * Murilo Becker (born 1983), Brazilian basketball player * Nate Becker (born 1996), American football player * Nicole Becker (born 2001), Argentine climate activist * Nikolaus Becker (1809–1845), German lawyer and writer known for "Rheinlied" * Nina Becker (born 1974), Brazilian singer-songwriter *

Oskar Becker Oskar Becker (5 September 1889 – 13 November 1964) was a German people, German philosopher, logician, mathematician, and historian of mathematics. Early life Becker was born in Leipzig, where he studied mathematics. His dissertation under Otto ...

(1839–1868), German student, shot King William I of Prussia *

(1889–1964), German philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian of mathematics * Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker (1828–1890), German ophthalmologist * Pablo Becker (born 1993), Argentine footballer * Paul Becker (born 1984), Canadian actor, director, choreographer and producer * Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907), German expressionist painter * Philip Becker (1830–1898), U.S. Republican politician * Rafael Becker (born 1991), Brazilian professional golfer * Ralf Becker (born 1970), German footballer, coach and administrator * Ralph Elihu Becker (1907–1994), U.S. attorney and ambassador to Honduras 1976–1977 * Ralph Elihu Becker (born 1952), U.S. attorney and Republican politician; 34th Mayor of Salt Lake City, UT * Richard S. Becker (1926–2015), United States Air Force flying ace * Rich Becker (born 1972), U.S. baseball player * Robert Becker, son of Russell, founder of Becker Film Group, an Australian film company * Robert O. Becker (1923–2008), U.S. orthopedic surgeon and electrophysiology researcher * Roger Becker (1934–2017), British tennis player * Roland Becker (1940–2021), German politician * 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, British volunteer in Bosnia and Kosovo * Samuel William Becker, U.S. dermatologist who documented Becker's nevus * Sandra Becker (born 1967), German artist * Sandra Lynne Becker (1947–2015), U.S. beauty queen; Miss California 1965 * Sandro Becker (born 1971), Brazilian football player * Sandy Becker (1922–1996), U.S. television announcer, actor and comedian * Sean Becker (born 1975), New Zealand curler * Sherburn M. Becker (1876–1949), U.S. Republican politician (41st Mayor of Milwaukee, WI); elected at age 29 and known as the boy mayor * Simon Fisher-Becker (born 1961), British actor * Sheraldo Becker (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 Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Dip ...

(1840–1928), German civil engineer and entomologist * Thorsten Becker (born 1980), German footballer * Thomas Becker (disambiguation), multiple people * Valentin Eduard Becker (1814–1890), German composer * Vaneta Becker, U.S. Republican politician * Walt Becker (born 1968), U.S. director, writer, and actor * Walter Becker (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 Ea ...

(1910–1984), U.S. football player * Wilhelm Adolf Becker (1796–1846), German archaeologist * Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker (1753–1813), German archaeologist and author * William D. Becker (1876–1943), U.S. attorney and Republican politician (43rd mayor of St. Louis, Missouri); died in the crash of Waco CG-4 glider's first public demonstration * William W. Becker, American hotelier, co-founder of Motel 6 * Wiren Becker, American electrical engineer * Wolfgang Becker (1910–2005), German film director and film editor * Wolfgang Becker (1954–2024), 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, Minnesota, Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, Minnesota. He lived with hi ...

(1887–1938), American businessman, farmer, and politician

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