Becher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Henry Becher, (fl. 1561), English translator and vicar of Mayfield * Michael Becher, (1704–1758), Bristol-born English slave trader and merchant * Andrew Cracroft Becher, CBE (1858–1929), British Army major-general * Amy Becher (born 1978), American curler *

Balthasar Bekker Balthasar Bekker (20 March 1634 – 11 June 1698) was a Dutch minister and author of philosophical and theological works. Opposing superstition, he was a key figure in the end of the witchcraft persecutions in early modern Europe. His best kno ...

, Dutch minister and author of philosophical and theological works *

Bernd and Hilla Becher Bernhard "Bernd" Becher (; 20 August 1931 – 22 June 2007), and Hilla Becher, née Wobeser (2 September 1934 – 10 October 2015), were German conceptual artists and photographers working as a collaborative duo. They are best known for their e ...

, German photographers *

Eduard Becher Eduard Becher (30 September 1856, Vienna - 11 November 1886, Vienna) was an entomologist from the Austro-Hungarian Empire who worked on Diptera. He was the author of an article entitled 'Zur Kenntnis der Kopfbildung der Dipteren' ("Contribution ...

(1856–1886), Austrian entomologist * Giora Becher, Israel’s Ambassador to Brazil from 2008 until 2011 *

Hans-Jürgen Becher Hans-Jürgen Becher (born 21 September 1941) is a retired German footballer who played as a defender. He completed 32 matches in the Oberliga West and made 201 appearances in the Bundesliga for Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke ...

(born 1941), German footballer * Heinz Manfred Becher (1933–2019), West German rower * Henry Corry Rowley Becher (1817–1895), Canadian lawyer, politician and author *

Johann Joachim Becher Johann Joachim Becher (; 6 May 1635 – October 1682) was a German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry, scholar, polymath and adventurer, best known for his ''terra pinguis'' theory which became the phlogiston theory of combustion, and hi ...

(1635–1682), German physician and alchemist * John Augustus Becher, (1833–1915), American businessman and politician * John C. Becher (1915–1986), American stage and television actor * Johannes R. Becher, (1891–1958), German politician and writer * John Thomas Becher, English clergyman and writer on social economy * Kurt Becher, (1909–1995), German SS officer * Mordechai Becher, author and lecturer on Jewish theology * Rev. John Thomas Becher, (1770–1848), English clergyman, social reformer and Vicar-General of Southwell Minster * Ricardo Becher, (1930–2011), Argentine film director, screenwriter and journalist * Ruth Becher (born 1956), Austrian politician * Siegfried Becher, (1806–1873), Austrian political economist *

Simon Becher Simon Michael Becher (born July 20, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club St. Louis City. Early life Becher was born in Topeka, Kansas, and raised in Brooklyn, Connecticut. He went ...

(born 1999), American professional soccer player * Ulrich Becher, German writer * Verónica Becher, Argentinian computer scientist * Walter Becher (1912–2005), German Bohemian politician, representative of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE)

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