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    Decker (surname)

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    Decker is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include:

    People

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    Arts and entertainment

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    • Brooklyn Decker, an American model
    • Carol Decker, English recording artist
    • Cora Decker Sargent (1868-1944), American composer
    • Daniel Decker, Puerto Rican composer
    • Frans Decker (1684 – 1751), Dutch painter
    • Franz-Paul Decker (1923–2014), German conductor
    • Georg Decker (1818–1894), an Austrian portrait artist
    • Hans Decker, German sculptor of the fifteenth century
    • Jennifer Decker, a French actress
    • Johann Stephan Decker (1784–1844), French painter
    • John Decker (artist) (1895–1947), German painter, set designer and caricaturist in Hollywood
    • Lindsey Decker (1923–1994), American artist
    • Mary Beth Decker (b. 1981), American model
    • Richard Decker, cartoonist in The New Yorker
    • Jorel Decker, musical artist in the band Hollywood Undead

    Government and politics

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    • Bob Decker (1922-1999), American politician and educator
    • Edward Decker (1827–1911), American businessman and politician in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
    • Eileen M. Decker, American lawyer
    • George Decker, American Chief of Staff of the United States Army
    • Grant Decker, American politician
    • James Eric (Bill) Decker (1898–1970), Sheriff of Dallas, Texas during the assassination of John F. Kennedy
    • John Decker (fire chief) (1823–1892), American businessman, politician and firefighter
    • John A. Decker (died 2006), American Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
    • Michael P. Decker, American politician
    • Wilhelm Decker, German publicist

    Sports

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    Baseball

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    • Bill Decker, American college baseball coach
    • Cody Decker (born 1987), American baseball player
    • Jaff Decker (born 1990), American baseball player
    • Nick Decker (born 1999), American baseball player
    • Steve Decker (born 1965), American baseball player

    Motorsport

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    • Claire Decker (born 1995), American stock car racing driver
    • Natalie Decker (born 1997), American stock car racing driver
    • Paige Decker (born 1993), American stock car racing driver

    Other sports

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    • Brianna Decker (born 1991), American ice hockey player
    • Eric Decker (born 1987), American football player
    • Karl Decker (footballer) (1921–2005), Austrian footballer
    • Mary Decker (born 1958), American middle-distance runner

    Other

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    • Almarian Decker, American electrical engineer
    • Ed Decker, American evangelist
    • John Decker (fire chief) (1823–1892), American businessman, politician and firefighter
    • Karl Decker (1897–1945), German general
    • Matthew Decker, Dutch-born English merchant and writer
    • Scott Decker, American criminologist
    • Susan Decker, American corporate executive

    Fictional characters

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    • Matt Decker, character in Star Trek
    • Chloe Decker, character in Lucifer
    • Colonel Roderick Decker, archenemy of The A-Team
    • Willard Decker, character in Star Trek
    • Theodore Decker, the protagonist of the 2013 novel ‘The Goldfinch’ by Donna Tartt.
    • Charlie Decker, the protagonist of the 1977 novel Rage by Stephen King

    See also

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    • Deckers (surname)
    • Dekker (surname)
    • Dikkers
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