Dekker is a

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

occupational surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

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 () is 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 actor and politician known for his roles in '' Dr. Cyclops'', ''The Killers'' (1946), '' Kiss Me Deadly'', and '' The Wild Bunch''. Early life and career Dekker w ...

(1905–1968), American actor and politician * An Dekker (1931–2012), Dutch sculptor, graphic designer, and publisher * Anne Fleur Dekker (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 Viktoria Berlin. 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 befo ...

(born 1986), Dutch footballer *

Britt Dekker Britt Dekker (born 24 February 1992) is a Dutch Equestrianism, equestrian, actress and television presenter. She has presented several television shows, including ''Britt's Beestenbende'', ''We Want More'' and ''First & Last''. Dekker is also kno ...

(born 1992), Dutch actress and television presenter * 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 Delft University of Technology. He is known for his research on carbon nanotubes, single-molecule biophysics, and nanob ...

(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 A ...

(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 comment ...

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

Desmond Dekker Desmond Dekker (born Desmond Adolphus Dacres; 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 Ho ...

(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 (born 1943) is a Dutch astronomer and science historian, specialising in the history of astronomy. Biography 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 people, Dutch Indonesian National Revolution, nationalist and politician of Indo people, Indo descen ...

(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 Hendrik "Erik" Dekker (born 21 August 1970) is a retired Netherlands, Dutch professional road racing cyclist active from 1992 until 2006. He was a member of the Rabobank (cycling), Rabobank cycling team from 1992 till 2006. From 2007 to 2015 he ...

(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 sh ...

(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 fo ...

(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 *

Hind Dekker-Abdulaziz Hind Dekker-Abdulaziz (born 28 September 1981) is an Iraqi-born Dutch politician from Democrats 66. Early life Dekker-Abdulaziz was born in Iraq and came to the Netherlands as a refugee from the Gulf War. Political career She was a municipal ...

(born 1981), Iraqi-born Dutch politician *

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 Jacob Gelt Dekker (22 April 1948 – 1 September 2019) was a Dutch businessman, philanthropist, and writer. Born in Oterleek, North Holland, Dekker attended school between 1961 and 1967 in Alkmaar and later studied dentistry in Amsterdam. He rece ...

(1948–2019), 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 Dutch former professional darts player. He reached the semi-finals of the BDO World Darts Championship twice, in 2011 and 2014. Career Dekker qualified for the televised stages of the 2010 Winmau World Mas ...

(born 1990), Dutch darts player *

Jens Dekker Jens Dekker (born 13 December 1998) is a Dutch cyclo-cross cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He won the gold medal in the men's junior event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder. He comes from a famil ...

(born 1998), Dutch cyclo-cross cyclist * Jeremias de Dekker (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 Dutch sailor. In 2009, she announced her plan to become the youngest person to circumnavigation, circumnavigate the globe Single-handed sailing, single-handed. A Dutch court stepped in, owing to the o ...

(born 1995), New Zealand-born Dutch solo sailor *

Lia Dekker Lia Dekker (born 24 January 1987) is a Dutch swimmer who specializes in breaststroke. Dekker holds the national record in the 200 metres breaststroke in the 50 m pool. She is the younger sister of Inge Dekker, 2008 Olympic champion in the 4 ...

(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 publ ...

(born 1930s), Dutch-born American encyclopedia publisher * Mark Dekker (born 1969), Zimbabwean cricketer * Maurits Dekker (1896–1962), Dutch novelist and playwright *

Maxim Dekker Maxim Dekker (born 21 April 2004) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar. Club career A youth academy graduate of AZ Alkmaar, AZ, Dekker signed his first professional c ...

(born 2004), Dutch footballer *

Michelle Dekker Michelle Dekker (born 18 March 1996 in Zoetermeer) is a Dutch snowboarder, specializing in Alpine snowboarding. Dekker competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Netherlands. She was 22nd in the qualifying run of the parallel giant slalom, and 19 ...

(born 1996), Dutch snowboarder * Niels Dekker (born 1983), Dutch-born Canadian soccer player *

Paul Dekker Paul Nelson Dekker (February 24, 1931 – May 8, 2001) was an American professional football end who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He wa ...

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

Roxy Dekker Roxy Dekker (born 12 January 2005) is a Dutch singer, songwriter and TikToker. Early life Roxy Dekker was born on 12 January 2005 in Amsterdam, North Holland. Career Dekker participated in the Junior Songfestival in 2019, the Dutch nation ...

(born 2005), Dutch singer and songwriter *

Sam Dekker Samuel Thomas Dekker (born May 6, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. Dekker played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers. After finishing college on a championship game r ...

(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 ...

(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 P ...

(born 1942), Dutch VVD politician *

Ted Dekker Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) (stylized as TED DEKkER) is an American author of Christian mystery, thriller, and fantasy novels including ''Thr3e'', '' Obsessed'', and the ''Circle Series''. Biography Dekker was born in Dutch New Guine ...

(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 was attributed to Dutch people, Dutch mathematician Theodorus Dekker, ...

* Thijs Dekker (born 1997), Dutch footballer *

Thomas Dekker (writer) Thomas Dekker ( – 25 August 1632) was an English Elizabethan era, 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 ...

(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 repr ...

(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#Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, John Connor in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chron ...

(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 Tristan Dekker (born 27 March 1998) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a right-back for Veikkausliiga club Vaasan Palloseura, VPS. Club career Early years Born in The Hague, Dekker joined the ADO Den Haag yout ...

(born 1996), Dutch footballer *

Vince Gino Dekker Vince Gino Dekker (22 March 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left winger for SV Spakenburg. Club career Ajax Dekker came through the youth system at Ajax, where he played in every single youth category from the age of ...

(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 for Industry (prev ...

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

Fictional characters

John Dekker (Wing Commander) ''Wing Commander'' is a media franchise consisting of space combat simulation video games from Origin Systems, Inc., an animated television series, a feature film, a collectible card game, a series of novels, and action figures. The franchise ...

, computer game character * Maggie Dekker, character in the TV series Eli Stone

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* Dekker Curry (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 variety ...

(born 1980), American film director and producer

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