Becher

Becher (German for "mug") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Amy Becher (born 1978), American curler
• Andrew Cracroft Becher, CBE (1858–1929), British Army major-general
• Balthasar Bekker, Dutch minister and author of philosophical and theological works
• Bernd and Hilla Becher, German photographers
• Eduard Becher (1856–1886), Austrian entomologist
• Giora Becher, Israel's Ambassador to Brazil from 2008 until 2011
• Hans-Jürgen Becher (1941–2026), German footballer
• Heinz Manfred Becher (1933–2019), West German rower
• Henry Becher (fl. 1561), English translator and vicar of Mayfield
• Henry Corry Rowley Becher (1817–1895), Canadian lawyer, politician and author
• Johann Joachim Becher (1635–1682), German physician and alchemist
• Johannes R. Becher (1891–1958), German politician and writer
• Johannes Becher (politician, born 1988), German politician
• John A. Becher (1833–1915), American businessman and politician
• John C. Becher (1915–1986), American stage and television actor
• John Thomas Becher (1770–1848), English clergyman, social reformer and Vicar-General of Southwell Minster
• Kurt Becher (1909–1995), German SS officer
• Michael Becher (1704–1758), Bristol-born English slave trader and merchant
• Mordechai Becher, author and lecturer on Jewish theology
• Ricardo Becher (1930–2011), Argentine film director, screenwriter and journalist
• Ruth Becher (born 1956), Austrian politician
• Siegfried Becher (1806–1873), Austrian political economist
• Simon Becher (born 1999), American professional soccer player
• Ulrich Becher, German writer
• Verónica Becher, Argentinian computer scientist
• Walter Becher (1912–2005), German Bohemian politician, representative of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE)

Other uses

• Becher (biblical figure), the name of two historic personalities of the Old Testament
• Becher Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada
• Becher Point Wetlands, Western Australia
• Becher process, a process used to convert ilmenite to synthetic rutile
• Port Kennedy, Western Australia, formerly known as Becher
• Becher's Brook, celebrated fence at Aintree Racecourse
• Becher process, an industrial process used to produce rutile, a form of titanium dioxide, from the ore ilmenite
• Jan Becher, Czech company
• Wrixon-Becher baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

See also

• Becquer (disambiguation)
• Becker (disambiguation)
• Beaker (disambiguation)

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Becher.
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