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'''Becker''' is one of the [[German language|German-language]] surnames, along with '''Bäcker''' and '''[[Baecker]]''', that derive from the /bɑːk/-/bɛk/ root, which refers to [[baking]]. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family).
'''Becker''' may refer to any of the following:
==People==
*[[Albrecht Becker]] (1906–2002), German production designer, photographer, actor, imprisoned by Nazis for homosexuality
*[[Ansgar Becker]], German software developer (see [[HeidiSQL]])
*[[Barbara Becker]] (born 1966), ex wife of Boris Becker
*[[Benjamin Becker]] (born 1981), German tennis player (not related to Boris Becker, below)
*[[Benton Becker]] (born 1938), Attorney for President Ford and Negotiator of Nixon Pardon
*[[Boris Becker]] (born 1967), German tennis star
*[[Brandon Becker]] (born 1980), U.S. novelist
*[[Britta Becker]] (born 1973), German field hockey player
*[[Carl Becker|Carl/Karl Becker]] (disambiguation)
*[http://www.lrg.ufsc.br/~westphal Carlos Becker Westphall], contributions on [[network management]]
*[[Charles Becker]] (1870–1915), first U.S. police officer executed for murder
*[[Christine Becker]], member of U.S. women's saber team
*[[Cornelius Becker]], German theologian (see [[Becker Psalter]])
*[[Cristiane Luise Amalie Becker]] (1778–1797), German actress
*[[Dietrich Becker]] (1623?–1679?), German Baroque violinist and composer
*[[Dirk Becker]] (born 1966), German politician
*[[Donald Becker]], programmer
*[[Douglas Becker]], American/Belgian choreographer, teacher
*[[Edmund Becker]], German footballer
*[[Edward Roy Becker]] (1933–2006), U.S. appeals court judge
*[[Elisabeth Becker]] (1923–1946), German concentration camp guard during World War II
*[[Elizabeth Becker]], U.S. journalist and author
*[[Ernest Becker]] (1925–1974), cultural anthropologist
*[[Franz Becker]] (born 1918), German footballer
*[[Gary Becker]] (born 1930), Nobel Prize-winning economist
*[[Gavin de Becker]] (born 1954), U.S. specialist in security issues
*[[Heidi Becker]] (born 1940), Austrian-born model
*[[Heinrich Becker]] (1770–1822), German actor
*[[Heinz Becker]] (1915-1991), German baseball player
*[[Helmut Becker]] (1927–1989), German viticulturist
*[[Howard Becker]] (disambiguation)
*[[Ingrid Becker]] (born 1942), German athlete
*[[Jacques Becker]] (1906–1960), French screenwriter and film director
*[[Jason Becker]] (born 1969), Neo-classical metal guitarist
*[[Jean Becker (violinist)|Jean Becker]] (1833-1884), German violinist and composer
*[[Jean Becker (director, actor)|Jean Becker]] (born 1938), French director, screenwriter, and actor
*[[Jonathan Becker]] (born 1954) famous photographer for Vanity Fair
*[[Jurek Becker]] (1937–1997), German writer
*[[Jürgen Becker]], dramatist, author
*[[Kaethe Becker]], German concentration camp guard during World War II
*[[Carl Becker|Karl/Carl Becker]] (disambiguation)
*[[Konrad Becker]], hypermedia researcher and interdisciplinary content developer
*[[Kuno Becker]] (born 1978), Mexican actor
*[[Lawrence C. Becker]] (born 1939), U.S. academic, philosopher
*[[Lydia Becker]] (1827–1890), British suffragist and amateur scientist
*[[Marc Becker]], U.S. professor of Latin American studies
*[[Margaret Becker]], an award-winning composer, singer, speaker and writer
*[[Marie Becker]] (1877–?), Belgian serial poisoner
*[[Marshall Becker]], devoted a monograph to the applications of the [[Health Belief Model]] (HBM) (mid-1970s)
*[[May Lamberton Becker]] (1873–1958), U.S. journalist and literary critic
*[[Meret Becker]] (born 1969), German actress and singer
*[[Oskar Becker]] (1889–1964), German philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian of mathematics
*[[Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker]] (1828-1890), German ophthalmologist
*[[Paul Becker]], U.S. bodybuilder and gay porn star
*[[Peter Emil Becker]], German doctor (see [[Becker's muscular dystrophy]])
*[[Philip Becker]] (1830–1898), first German-born mayor of Buffalo, New York
* [[Pierre Becker]] , geologe french
*[[Ralph Becker]] (disambiguation)
*[[Rich Becker]] (born 1972), U.S. baseball player
*[[Ruth Elizabeth Becker]] (1899–1990), Kansas schoolteacher and ''Titanic'' survivor
*[[Sally Becker]], volunteer in Bosnia and Kosovo
*[[Samuel Becker]], Developed websites for popular video games
*[[Samuel William Becker]], U.S. dermatologist who documented [[Becker's nevus]]
*[[Sandra Lynne Becker]] (born 1947), 1965 Miss California
*[[Sandy Becker]] (1922–1996), U.S. television announcer
*[[Sean Becker]] (born 1975), New Zealand curler
*[[Sherburn M. Becker]] (1877–1949), mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*[[Theodor Becker]] (1840–1928), German civil engineer and entomologist
*[[Thorsten Becker]] (born 1980), German footballer
*[[Tom Becker]], British children's author
*[[Vaneta Becker]], U.S. politician from Indiana
*[[Véronique Becker]] (born 1965), French contemporary painter
*[[Walt Becker]] (born 1968), U.S. director, writer, and actor
*[[Walter Becker]] (born 1950), musician
*[[Wilhelm Adolf Becker]] (1796–1846), German archaeologist
*[[William D. Becker]] (1896–1943), mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
*[[Wolfgang Becker]] (born 1954), German filmmaker
*[[Alice Becker-Ho]] (born 1941), French poet
*[[Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer]] (1836–1870), Spanish poet
*[[Simon Fisher-Becker]] (born 1961), British actor
*[[Paula Modersohn-Becker]] (1876–1907), German expressionist painter
*[[Carlos Becker Westphall]], contributor to the field of [[network management]]
==Places==
*[[Becker, Florida]]
*[[Becker, Minnesota]]
*[[Becker, Mississippi]]
*[[Becker, New Mexico]]
*[[Becker, Texas]]
*[[Becker County, Minnesota]]
*[[Becker Township, Minnesota]] (disambiguation)
*[[Mount Becker]], Antarctica
==Businesses==
*[[A. G. Becker]], former U.S. investment bank
*[[Becker Entertainment]], Australian entertainment company
*[[Becker's Milk]], Canadian convenience store chain
==Educational==
*[[Becker College]], Worcester and Leicester, Massachusetts
*[[Cornell West Campus#House system|Carl Becker House]], residential college at Cornell University, named after [[Carl L. Becker]]
==Medical==
*[[Becker's muscular dystrophy]], named after [[Peter Emil Becker]]
*[[Becker's nevus]], skin disorder documented by [[Samuel William Becker]]
==Characters==
*[[Captain Becker]], ''[[Primeval]]'' character
==Other==
*[[Becker (TV series)|''Becker'' (TV series)]], a [[CBS]] sitcom starring [[Ted Danson]]
*[[Becker Psalter]] (1602), German metrical psalter published by [[Cornelius Becker]]
*''[[Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker]]'' (2004), rock album by The Coral
*''[[Pettkus v. Becker]]'' (1980), Canadian family law decision
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