Beck (surname)

Beck (surname)

Beck is a fairly common English and German surname, from a Germanic word meaning "brook" or "stream" (related to Old Norse "bekkr"). The German name can also be a variant of Becker. 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. Beck, founder of modern cognitive therapy
* András Beck (1911-1985), Hungarian sculptor
* Andreas Beck, German football player
* Andreas Beck, German tennis player
* C. C. Beck, American cartoonist
* Christophe Beck, Canadian composer for film and TV, most notable for his work on Buffy The Vampire Slayer
* Claude Beck (1894-1971), American cardiac surgeon who invented the defibrillator
* Edward S. Beck (b. 1946) Head, Susquehanna Institute, President, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
* Franz Ignaz Beck, German classical composer
* George Beck, artist and poet
* Glenn Beck, American conservative radio talk show host
* Günther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau Beck, German botanist
* Harry Beck (footballer)
* Harry Beck, designer of the London Underground map
* Jakob Sigismund Beck, German philosopher
* James M. Beck (1861-1936), United States Solicitor General and US Congressman from Pennsylvania
* Jeff Beck, British electric guitarist
* John Beck (American football player), NFL player and former BYU quarterback
* John Beck (footballer), British football manager
* Józef Beck, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs in the interbellum
* Justin Beck, American guitarist
* Kent Beck, major proponent of Extreme Programming
* Kurt Beck, German politician
* Ludwig Beck, Chief of Staff of the German armed forces during the early years of the Nazi regime
* Martin Beck, fictional Swedish police detective by Sjöwall and Wahlöö
* Mikkel Beck, Danish ex professional football player
* Robert Beck, alias of African American writer Iceberg Slim
* Robert Beck, alias of former D-12 rapper Karnail Pitts
* Robert Nason Beck, pioneer radiologist
* Robin Beck, American singer
* Rod Beck (1968-2007), former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball
* Rollo Beck (1870-1950), American bird collector
* Theodore Beck, first principal of the MAO College at Aligarh, India
* Theodric Romeyn Beck, forensic scientist
* Ulrich Beck, German sociologist
* W. Raymond Beck, former member of Maryland House of Delegates

Fictional characters

* Martin Beck, fictional Swedish police detective

Verbeck (or Verbeek) may refer to :
* Guido Verbeck (1830–1898), a Dutch political advisor, educator, and missionary active in Bakumatsu and Meiji period Japan
* Gustave Verbeek (sometimes spelled Gustave Verbeck) (1867-1937), a newspaper cartoonist in the early 1900s
* Leen Verbeek (1955-), a Dutch entrepreneur and politician
* Pat Verbeek (1964-), a Canadian-born former ice hockey player
* Pim Verbeek (1956-), a Dutch football manager who is the head coach of the Australia national football (soccer) team
* Robert Verbeek (1961-), a Dutch former footballer
* Rogier Verbeek (1845-1926), a Dutch geologist and nature scientist
* Tonya Verbeek (1977-), a Canadian wrestler


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