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'''Becker''' ({{IPA|de|ˈbɛkɐ, -kər}}) is one of the [[German language|German-language]] surnames, along with [[Bäcker]] and [[Baecker]], that derive from the {{IPA|de|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==
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:<ref name="becker2014">[http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/becker#surnames Becker surname distribution]</ref>
* 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==
===Surname===
*[[Alan Becker]] (born 1989), U.S. animator, YouTuber
*[[Alan S. Becker]] (1946–2020), American lawyer and politician
*[[Albert Becker (disambiguation)]], multiple people
*[[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
*[[August Becker]] (1900–1967), German chemist
*[[August Becker (painter)|August Becker]] (1821–1887), German painter
*[[August Becker (author)|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
*[[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
*[[David Becker]], U.S. guitarist
*[[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 (journalist)|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]], 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
*[[:fr:Georges_Becker_(peintre)|Georges Becker]] (1846-1909), French painter
*[[:es:Germán Becker|Germán Becker]] (born 1980), Argentine tango musician
*[[Gustav Becker]] (1819–1885), German clockmaker and businessman
*[[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]] (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 (painter)|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 (director)|Jean Becker]] (born 1938), French director, screenwriter, and actor
*[[Jean Becker (violinist)|Jean Becker]] (1833–1884), German violinist and composer
*[[Jens Becker]] (born 1965), German metal bass guitarist
*[[Jill Becker]], American psychological researcher
*[[Julie Becker]] (1972–2016), American artist
*[[Jurek Becker]] (1937–1997), German writer
*[[Jürgen Becker (comedian)]] (born 1959), German cabaret artist
*[[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 (politician)|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 retired 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, PGA Tour player and winner of the Brazilian Open
*[[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
*[[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 (director, born 1910)|Wolfgang Becker]] (1910–2005), German film director and film editor
*[[Wolfgang Becker (director, born 1954)|Wolfgang Becker]] (born 1954), German film director and screenwriter
===Middle name===
*[[Herman Becker Fast]] (1887–1938), American businessman, farmer, and politician
*[[Sara Becker da Silva]] (2005-...), Brazilian theologian
==See also==
*[[Beckers]], surname
==References==
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[[Category:German-language surnames]]
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