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
- 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 (born 1928), 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
References
- Bleeker at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands.
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