Becker () is one of the
German-language
German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It is a ...
surnames, along with
Bäcker
Bäcker or Baecker is a German surname meaning "baker". Notable people with the surname include:
* Fabian Bäcker (born 1990), German footballer
* Pär Bäcker (born 1982), Swedish ice hockey player
* Ronald Baecker (born 1942), computer scientist ...
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 it can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot Baking stone, stones. Bread is the most commonly baked item, but many other types of food can also be baked. Heat is ...
. 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](_blank)
/ref>
* 1. 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 ...
(1:84)
* 2. 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 ...
(1:123)
* 3. 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 ...
(1:159)
* 4. 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 ...
(1:226)
* 5. 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 ...
(1:248)
People
Surname
*Alan Becker
Alan Becker is an American online animator, YouTuber and artist best known for creating the '' Animator vs. Animation'' web series and the spin-off ''Animation vs.'' franchise, in particular the web series ''Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts.''
...
(born 1989), U.S. animator, YouTuber
* Alan S. Becker (1946–2020), American lawyer and politician
*Albert Becker (disambiguation) Albert Becker may refer to:
* Albert Becker (chess player) (1896–1984), Austrian-Argentine International Master
* Albert Becker (composer) (1834–1899), German composer, conductor and academic
* Albert L. Becker (1911–1992), American naval off ...
, 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), better known as Alisson Becker or simply Alisson, is a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for club Liverpool F.C. ...
(born 1992), Brazilian footballer
*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 of the city of Bochum. Until 19 ...
(born 1981), German pole vaulter
* Armando Becker (born 1966), Venezuelan basketball player
*Artur Becker
Artur Becker (12 May 1905 – 16 May 1938) was a German communist and functionary of the Young Communist League of Germany (KJVD), as well as a participant in the Spanish Civil War.
Biography
Born into a working-class family, Becker's father w ...
(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
*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 ...
(1821–1887), German painter
*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 ...
(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
Bernard Becker (August 21, 1920 – August 28, 2013) was an American professor emeritus of ophthalmology and visual sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He was born in New York City.
Becker was internationally honore ...
(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. ...
(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 Stock ...
(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
Britta Christiane Becker-Kerner ( Becker, born 11 May 1973 in Rüsselsheim) is a German former field hockey midfield player.
Becker made her debut in the German women's field hockey team in 1991 and was one of the youngest members in the Olymp ...
(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
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 was convicted of first-degree murder and executed for the killing of Herman Rosenthal, a bookmaker and ...
(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
Christiane Becker ( Christiane Luise Amalie Neumann; 15 December 1778 – 22 September 1797) was a German actress.
Life
She was born in Crossen-an-der-Oder, in the Kingdom of Prussia (now Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland), daughter of a theatrica ...
(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
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 cont ...
)
* 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
David Becker (born October 20, 1961) is an American jazz guitarist and leader of the David Becker Tribune. He is also a graduate of the Musicians Institute. Biography
Becker began his musical life on the trumpet and won the "Outstanding Achiev ...
, 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
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
Karlsruh ...
(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
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, Massachusett ...
(1924–1974), U.S. cultural anthropologist
*Esteban Becker
Esteban Becker Churukián (born 31 August 1964) is an Argentine football manager and former player. He currently manages Tercera División RFEF club CD Torrijos.
Early life
Becker was born in Bernal, Buenos Aires to Argentine parents – a ...
(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
Gustavo Adolfo Becker Lasso (born 17 June 1966 in Barcelona) is a retired Spanish athlete who specialised in the high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measur ...
(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
Julie Becker (1972–2016) was an American artist, best known for her 1996 installation, ''Researchers, Residents, A Place to Rest''. Her work addresses themes of temporariness, social mobility, and imagination as they apply to domestic and comme ...
(1972–2016), American artist
*Jurek Becker
Jurek Becker (; – 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 World War II for about two y ...
(1937–1997), German writer
*Jürgen Becker (comedian)
Jürgen Becker (born August 27, 1959) is a German comedian, kabarett artist, and actor.
Life
Becker was born and attended school in Cologne, Germany. He became a graphic designer in the German company 4711. Later Becker studied social science ...
(born 1959), German cabaret artist
* Karl Becker (1923–2002), German politician
*Kerstin Becker
Kerstin Becker (born 14 March 1969 in Frankenberg, East Germany) is a German writer and poet.
Work and life
Kerstin Becker was raised in Moosheim und Hainichen in Saxony. She worked as a typesetter and cemetery florist amongst others. In the la ...
(born 1969), German writer and poet
* 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 and American cinema. He is best known for his portrayal of Ruben Berrizabal in ''So ...
(born 1978), Mexican actor
* Kurt Becker (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, Stoicism ...
(1939–2018), 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 (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
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 Gustav L. Becker in 1893. Their only daughter Beatrice was born Se ...
(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
*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 ...
(1889–1964), German philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian of mathematics
* Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker (1828–1890), German ophthalmologist
*Pablo Becker
Pablo Ignacio Becker (born 29 April 1993) is a retired Argentine professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Rosario Central moved Becker into their first-team squad in 2010. After being an unused substitute for Primera B Nacional ...
(born 1993), Argentine footballer
*Paul Becker
Paul Becker is a director, choreographer, writer, and producer. He is best known for choreographing HBO's The Last of Us, ''Deadpool 2'', '' Disney's Descendants'', '' Mirror Mirror'', ''Twilight'', Disney Animation's Ralph Breaks the Internet ...
(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 centuries. She is noted for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits. She is conside ...
(1876–1907), German expressionist painter
*Philip Becker
Philip Becker (April 25, 1830 – July 4, 1898) was mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving 1876–1877 and 1886–1889. He was born in Oberotterbach, Kingdom of Bavaria, on April 25, 1830. He graduated from college in Germany at sixteen years of ag ...
(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
Roger Becker (6 February 1934 – 6 November 2017) was a British tennis player. Becker also played in cricket, football, and golf before pursuing tennis competitively in 1949. In 1952, Becker played in the Davis Cup when he was 18, the youngest ...
(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
Walter William Becker is an American filmmaker and novelist, whose directorial credits include the films ''Van Wilder (2002)'', ''Wild Hogs (2007)'', and '' Old Dogs (2009)''.
Early life and education
Becker was born in Hollywood, California an ...
(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 to ...
(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
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 i ...
(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
See also
* Beckers, surname
References
{{surname, Becker
German-language surnames
Occupational surnames
fr:Becker