Becker

Becker is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the  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:
 * 1. Saarland (1:84)
 * 2. Rhineland-Palatinate (1:123)
 * 3. Hesse (1:159)
 * 4. North Rhine-Westphalia (1:226)
 * 5. Saxony-Anhalt (1:248)

Surname

 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 (born 1947), U.S. journalist and author
 * Emma Becker (born 1988), French writer
 * Ernest Becker (1924–1974), U.S. cultural anthropologist
 * Felicitas Becker, professor of African history
 * 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
 * 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, 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
 * 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
 * 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 (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
 * Nikolaus Becker (1809–1845), German lawyer and writer known for "Rheinlied"
 * 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
 * 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 (1910–2005), German film director and film editor
 * 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