Bekker

Bekker was first ever mentioned in the Torah in the form of the clan of the Bekkerrites. The addition of '-rite' to a surname indicates plural or a group of people. The original ancestor to South African Bekker's left Prussia in 1644 from Königsberg. A Bekker husband and wife were sent to their deaths from Trompsø, Norway to the concentration camps, WWII. Bekker is also Dutch and Low German occupational surname, bekker is a regional form of Dutch bakker ("baker"). Notable people with the surname include:


 * Amore Bekker (born 1965), South African radio personality
 * Andries Bekker (born 1983), South African rugby player
 * Andriëtte Bekker (born 1958), South African statistician
 * August Immanuel Bekker (1785–1871), German philologist and critic
 * Balthasar Bekker (1634–1698), Dutch divine and author of philosophical and theological works
 * Byron Bekker (born 1987), South African speedway rider
 * Clarence Bekker (born 1968), Dutch Eurodance singer known as CB Milton
 * Daniel Bekker (1932–2009), South African Springbox Heavyweight, Common Wealth Champion and Silver Olympic medalist.
 * Elizabeth Bekker (1738–1804), Dutch writer known by her married name Betje Wolff
 * Ernst Immanuel Bekker (1827–1918), German jurist and professor
 * Hendrik Bekker (1661–1722), Dutch Governor of Ceylon
 * Hennie Bekker (born 1934), Zambian-born musician and composer based in Canada
 * Jaap Bekker Springbok Rugby Prop
 * Jaco Bekker (born 1983), South African rugby player
 * Jan Bekker Teerlink (1759–1832), Dutch plant/seed collector and winemaker, nephew of Betje Wolff
 * Kees Bekker (1883–1964), Dutch footballer
 * Kyle Bekker (born 1990), Canadian soccer player
 * Marthinus Bekker (born 1980), Inventor and medical engineer
 * Martiens Bekker (born 1933) Springbok rugby player
 * Martynas Švėgžda von Bekker (b. 1967), Lithuanian violinist
 * Matthew F. Bekker, American environmental geographer and dendrochronologist
 * Mieczysław G. Bekker (1905–1989), Polish engineer and scientist
 * Myfanwy Bekker, South African artist and art teacher
 * Oliver Bekker (born 1984), South African golf player
 * Paul Bekker (1882–1937), German music critic
 * De Bekker
 * Piet de Bekker (1921–2013), Dutch politician
 * Wilhelmus de Bekker (born 1939), Dutch bishop of Paramaribo
 * Bekkers
 * Dennis Bekkers (born 1980), Dutch taekwondo practitioner
 * Wilhelmus Bekkers (1890–1957), Dutch tug of war competitor