Becker

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Becker (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛkɐ, -kər]) is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the [baːk]~[bɛk] root, which refers to baking. 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

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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:[1]

* 1\. Saarland (1:84)
* 2\. Rhineland-Palatinate (1:123)
* 3\. Hesse (1:159)
* 4\. North Rhine-Westphalia (1:226)
* 5\. Saxony-Anhalt (1:248)

## People

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### Surname

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* 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 (1900–1967), German chemist
* August Becker (1821–1887), German painter
* August Becker (1828–1891), German author
* B. Jay Becker (1904–1987), U.S. bridge player
* Ben Becker (born 1964), German film and theatre actor
* Benjamin 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 (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 (1930–2014), U.S. Nobel Prize-winning economist
* Gavin de Becker (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 (1836–1870), Spanish poet
* Hans-Josef Becker (born 1948), German Catholic archbishop of Paderborn
* Hartmut Becker (1938–2022), German actor
* Heidi Becker (disambiguation), multiple people
* Heinrich Becker (1770–1822), German actor
* Heinz Becker (1915–1991), German baseball player
* Hellmuth Becker (SS officer) (1902–1953), German Nazi Waffen-SS general executed for war crimes
* Helmut Becker (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 (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 (born 1965), German metal bass guitarist
* Jill Becker, American psychological researcher
* Johann Becker (1869–1951), German politician
* Josef Becker (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 (1839–1868), German student, shot King William I of Prussia
* Oskar Becker (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
* Rolf Becker (born 1935), German actor
* 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 (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 (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

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* Herman Becker Fast (1887–1938), American businessman, farmer, and politician

## See also

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* Beckers, surname

## References

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1. ^ Becker surname distribution

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Surnames associated with the occupation of baker etc.

Germanic|

* Baker, Baxter,
* Becker, Bäcker, Brodbeck, Bakker, Bager, Furner, Zeltner

Romance|

* Boulanger (Boulenger, Bollinger), Dufour
* Fornier, Fournier, Forner
* Panadero
* Panettiere, Panaro, Panariello, Panetta
* Pistorius

Slavic|

* Chlebek
* Chlebowski
* Ekmečić
* Furnadjiev
* Pekař/Pekár
* Pekárek
* Pekarík
* Pekarsky
* Piekarski
* Kalashnik
* Kalashnikov
* Khlebnikov

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