Becker (disambiguation)

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Becker is a German surname.

Becker may also refer to:

Places

United States

• Becker, Minnesota
• Becker, Mississippi
• Becker, Texas
• Becker County, Minnesota
• Becker Township, Minnesota (disambiguation)

Antarctica

• Mount Becker, a prominent mountain 1 mile northeast of Mount Boyer, in the Merrick Mountains, Ellsworth Land

Businesses

• A. G. Becker, former U.S. investment bank
• Becker Entertainment, Australian entertainment company
• Becker's Milk, Canadian convenience store chain
• Château Marquis d'Alesme Becker, Bordeaux wine producer, archically named simply Becker
• Becker car audio systems, part of Harman Kardon

Taxonomy

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• Becker, taken as a taxonomic authority, may refer to:
  • Alexander K. Becker (1818–1901), German botanist and entomologist
  • Johann Becker (entomologist) (1932–2004), Brazilian entomologist

Education

• Becker College, Worcester and Leicester, Massachusetts
• Carl Becker House, residential college at Cornell University, named after Carl L. Becker

Medicine

• Becker's muscular dystrophy, named after Peter Emil Becker
• Becker disease, a neuromuscular disease
• Becker's nevus, skin disorder documented by Samuel William Becker

Fiction

• Becker (TV series), a CBS sitcom that ran from 1998-2004
  • Dr. John Becker, the main character in the above, played by Ted Danson
• Captain Becker, character in the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval

Other

• Becker Psalter (1602), German metrical psalter published by Cornelius Becker
• Becker 20mm cannon, German automatic cannon developed for aircraft use during World War I
• Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker (2004), rock album by The Coral
• Pettkus v. Becker (1980), Canadian family law decision

See also

• Becquer (disambiguation)