Bleeker

Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of (linnen)bleker ("linen bleacher").[1] People with the surname include:

  • Alex Bleeker (born 1986), American musician and guitarist
  • Bernhard Bleeker (1881–1968), German sculptor
  • C. Jouco Bleeker (1898–1983), Dutch phenomenologist of religion
  • Eppie Bleeker (born 1949), Dutch speed skater
  • Horst Bleeker (born 1938), German swimmer
  • Johan Bleeker (born 1942), Dutch space technology scientist
    • Named after him: the main-belt asteroid 9693 Bleeker
  • Kevin Bleeker (born 1993), Dutch basketball player
  • Lili Bleeker (1897–1985), Dutch physicist
  • Mel Bleeker (1920–1996), American football player
  • Piet Bleeker (1928–2018), Dutch long-distance runner
  • Pieter Bleeker (1819–1874), a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist and herpetologist
    • Named after him: Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella, Bleeker's whipray, Bleeker's worm-eel
Fictional characters
  • Paulie Bleeker, a character in the film Juno played by Michael Cera

Other meanings

  • Bleeker (band), a Canadian rock band named after Bleeker Street, Orillia, Ontario
  • Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog, a comic strip syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate

See also

  • Bleecker (disambiguation)
  • Bleaker
Surname list
This page lists people with the surname Bleeker.
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References

  1. ^ Bleeker at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands.