Beck (surname)
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Beck is a surname
of Germanic
descent, meaning "brook
" or "stream
" (related to Old Norse
bekkr), and is fairly common in English-speaking countries, Germany
and Denmark. The German name can also be a variant of Becker, which is an occupational surname meaning "baker". In Hebrew, it exists as an abbreviated form of B'nei Kiddushim ("sons of the martyrs") BK. Notable people with this surname include:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Germanic
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
descent, meaning "brook
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
" or "stream
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
" (related to Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
bekkr), and is fairly common in English-speaking countries, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Denmark. The German name can also be a variant of Becker, which is an occupational surname meaning "baker". In Hebrew, it exists as an abbreviated form of B'nei Kiddushim ("sons of the martyrs") BK. Notable people with this surname include:
- Aaron T. BeckAaron T. BeckAaron Temkin Beck is an American psychiatrist and a professor emeritus in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He is widely regarded as the father of cognitive therapy, and his pioneering theories are widely used in the treatment of clinical depression...
, founder of modern cognitive therapy - Adam BeckAdam BeckSir Adam Beck was a politician and hydroelectricity advocate who founded the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.-Biography:...
(1857-1925), Canadian politician and hydro-electricity advocate - András BeckAndrás BeckAndrás Beck was a Hungarian sculptor. He was noted for hissymbolic and expressionist bronze statuettes and portrait busts.Beck was born in Alsógöd in 1911. His father an artist Ödön Fülöp Beck trained him from a young age and he later became a pupil of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl at the Hungarian...
(1911–1985), Hungarian sculptor - Andreas Beck (footballer), German football player
- Andreas Beck (tennis)Andreas Beck (tennis)Andreas Beck is a professional male tennis player of Germany. His career high rank was #33, achieved on November 2, 2009.- 2008 :...
, German tennis player - C. C. BeckC. C. BeckCharles Clarence Beck was an American cartoonist and comic book artist, best known for his work on Captain Marvel at Fawcett Comics and DC Comics....
, American cartoonist - Charlie Beck – appointed Police Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
- Christophe BeckChristophe BeckChristophe Beck , also credited as Chris Beck, is a Canadian television and film score composer....
, Canadian composer for film and TV, most notable for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Claude BeckClaude BeckClaude Schaeffer Beck was a pioneer American cardiac surgeon, famous for innovating various cardiac surgery techniques, and performing the first defibrillation in 1947. He was the first American professor of cardiovascular surgery, from 1952 through 1965.-Biography:Beck was born in 1894 in...
(1894–1971), American cardiac surgeon who invented the defibrillator - Corey BeckCorey BeckCorey Laveon Beck is a retired American basketball player.He played collegiately for the University of Arkansas and was a major part of the mid 90's Razorback teams that won one national championship in 1994 and reached the championship game the following year.He played for the Charlotte Hornets ...
(born 1971), American basketball player - Edward S. Beck (born 1946) Head, Susquehanna Institute, President, Scholars for Peace in the Middle EastScholars for Peace in the Middle EastScholars for Peace in the Middle East is an independent non-profit international community network of academic scholars, which according to its founder, conducts "pro-Israel advocacy"...
- Franz Ignaz BeckFranz Ignaz BeckFranz Ignaz Beck was a German violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher who spent the greater part of his life in France, where he became director of the Bordeaux Grand Théâtre. Possibly the most talented pupil of Johann Stamitz, Beck is an important representative of the second generation...
, German classical composer - George Beck (artist), artist and poet
- Glenn BeckGlenn BeckGlenn Edward Lee Beck is an American conservative radio host, vlogger, author, entrepreneur, political commentator and former television host. He hosts the Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks...
, American conservative radio/tv talk show host and comedian - Günther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau BeckGünther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau BeckGünther Ritter Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau was a prominent Austrian botanist.- Life :...
, German botanist - Hans BeckHans BeckHans Beck was the German inventor of the toy Playmobil. He is thus often called "The Father of Playmobil."...
(1929–2009), German inventor - Harry Beck (footballer)Harry Beck (footballer)Henry Alfred "Harry" Beck, also known as Harold Beck, was an English footballer.-References:...
- Harry Beck, designer of the London Underground map
- Henrik Henricksen Beck (1799-1863), malacologist from Denmark
- Jakob Sigismund BeckJakob Sigismund BeckJakob Sigismund Beck , German philosopher, was born in the village of Ließau in the rural district of Marienburg in West Prussia in 1761, at that time belonging to the Polish-Lithuanian province of Royal Prussia....
, German philosopher - James M. BeckJames M. BeckJames Montgomery Beck was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Solicitor General and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania....
(1861–1936), United States Solicitor General and US Congressman from Pennsylvania - Jeff BeckJeff BeckGeoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...
(born 1944), British electric guitarist - John Beck (actor)John Beck (actor)John Beck is an American actor. He grew up in Joliet, Illinois. Renowned as a gritty actor with plenty of presence on set, he is ultimately best-known worldwide for playing the role of Mark Graison in Dallas during the mid-1980s, but is also well-known for several other roles in which he...
(born 1943), American actor - John Beck (American football player), NFL player and former BYUBYU-Education:* Brigham Young University, a university located in Provo, Utah, USA administered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.**BYU Salt Lake Center, a satellite center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA...
quarterback - John Beck (footballer)John Beck (footballer)John Alexander Beck is an English former footballer and manager. As a player he made nearly 500 league appearances between 1972 and 1988....
, British football manager - John Brodhead BeckJohn Brodhead BeckJohn Brodhead Beck was a New York physician who was an authority on miscarriage, abortion, infant physiology, andassociated forensic issues.-Biography:...
, 19th-century United States physician - Joshua T. Beck, notable marketing academic
- Joko BeckJoko BeckCharlotte Joko Beck was an American Zen teacher and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen. Born in New Jersey, she studied music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and worked for some time as a pianist and piano teacher...
, an American Zen teacher - Józef BeckJózef Beck' was a Polish statesman, diplomat, military officer, and close associate of Józef Piłsudski...
, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs in the interbellum - Jozsef BeckJózsef BeckJózsef Beck is a Harold H. Martin Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University.His contributions to combinatorics include the partial colouring lemma and the Beck–Fiala theorem in discrepancy theory, the algorithmic version of the Lovász local lemma, the two extremes theorem in combinatorial...
, a mathematician - Justin BeckJustin BeckJustin Beck is the guitarist and musical writer for Long Island, New York band Glassjaw. Beck, with a high school and college buddy, Lee Tepper, also co-founded a band merchandise company called MerchDirect, which started in 1999 by selling band t-shirts over the internet and at local shows.Beck is...
, American guitarist - Karol BeckKarol BeckKarol Beck is a male tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. He has been ranked as high as 36th in the world .- Career :On October 25, 2004, Beck lost in the final of the St...
, Slovakian tennis player - Kent BeckKent BeckKent Beck is an American software engineer and the creator of the Extreme Programming and Test Driven Development software development methodologies. Beck was one of the 17 original signatories of the Agile Manifesto in 2001....
, major proponent of Extreme Programming - Kimberly BeckKimberly BeckKimberly Beck is an American actress with over sixty television and film roles to her credit.-Biography:...
(born 1956), American actress - Kurt BeckKurt BeckKurt Beck is a German politician , serving as the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1994 and as President of the Bundesrat in 2000/01. On May 14, 2006, he succeeded Matthias Platzeck as Chairman of the German Social Democratic Party...
, German politician - Lewis Caleb BeckLewis Caleb BeckLewis Caleb Beck was an American physician, botanist, chemist, and mineralogist.-Biography:...
, 19th-century United States naturalist and physician - Ludwig BeckLudwig BeckGeneraloberst Ludwig August Theodor Beck was a German general and Chief of the German General Staff during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany before World War II....
, German general and participant in the failed attempt to assassinate Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945... - Michael BeckMichael BeckJohn Michael Beck Taylor , commonly known as Michael Beck, is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Swan in the 1979 film, The Warriors.-Life and career:...
(born 1949), American actor - Mikkel BeckMikkel BeckMikkel Venge Beck is a Danish former football player, who played for a number of clubs, most famously for Middlesbrough FC and Fortuna Koln...
, Danish ex professional football player - Robert Beck, alias of African American writer Iceberg SlimIceberg SlimIceberg Slim aka Robert Beck was a reformed pimp and American author of urban fiction.-Early life:Born Robert Lee Maupin, in Chicago on August 4, 1918, he spent his childhood in Milwaukee and Rockford, Illinois until he returned to Chicago...
- Robert Beck, alias of former D-12 rapper Karnail Pitts
- Robert Nason BeckRobert Nason BeckRobert Nason Beck was an American scientist and a pioneer in the field of nuclear medicine...
, pioneer radiologist - Robin BeckRobin BeckRobin Beck is an American singer. She topped the singles chart in the UK in 1988, and Germany in 1989 with her single "First Time", which had come to the public's attention via its use in a Coca-Cola commercial....
(born 1954), American singer - Rod BeckRod BeckRodney Roy "Rod" Beck nicknamed "Shooter", was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants , Chicago Cubs , Boston Red Sox and San Diego Padres...
(1968–2007), former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball - Rollo BeckRollo BeckRollo Howard Beck was an American ornithologist, bird collector and explorer. Beck's Petrel is named after him.-Early years:...
(1870–1950), American bird collector - Theodore BeckTheodore BeckTheodore Beck was a British educationalist working for the British Raj in India, who was invited by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan to serve as the first principal of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh, which would later evolve into the Aligarh Muslim University.Beck was educated at the...
, first principal of the MAO College at Aligarh, India - Theodric Romeyn BeckTheodric Romeyn BeckTheodric Romeyn Beck M.D. LL.D , alternatively Theodoric Romeyn Beck or T. Romeyn Beck, was an American physician in Albany, New York specializing in medical jurisprudence who authored the first significant American book on forensic medicine, Elements of Medical Jurisprudence in...
, forensic scientist - Peter Beck (cleric)Peter Beck (cleric)The Very Reverend Peter J. Beck has since 2002 been the dean of ChristChurch Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand. Born in England, Beck has been in New Zealand since 1981, and was vicar of St Matthew in the city in Auckland...
(born c. 1948/1949), dean of ChristChurch Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand - Peter Beck (politician) (born 1952), politician from Ohio
- Ulrich BeckUlrich BeckUlrich Beck is a German sociologist who holds a professorship at Munich University and at the London School of Economics.-Life:...
, German sociologist - W. Raymond BeckW. Raymond BeckW. Raymond Beck , was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 39.-Background:W. Raymond Beck was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1994. He served until 1999 and did not run for reelection. The two-Republican district was replaced by three Democrats: Charles E....
, former member of Maryland House of DelegatesMaryland House of DelegatesThe Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...
Fictional characters
- Martin BeckMartin BeckMartin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective who is the main character in a series of ten novels by Sjöwall and Wahlöö, collectively titled The Story of a Crime...
, fictional Swedish police detective created by Sjöwall and Wahlöö