Bleeker is a
Dutch language occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of
(linnen)bleker ("linen bleacher").
[ Bleeker at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands.] People with the surname include:
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Alex Bleeker (born 1986), American musician and guitarist
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Bernhard Bleeker (1881–1968), German sculptor
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C. Jouco Bleeker (1898–1983), Dutch phenomenologist of religion
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Eppie Bleeker (born 1949), Dutch speed skater
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Horst Bleeker (born 1938), German swimmer
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Johan Bleeker (born 1942), Dutch space technology scientist
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Named after him: the main-belt asteroid 9693 Bleeker
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Kevin Bleeker (born 1993), Dutch basketball player
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Lili Bleeker (1897–1985), Dutch physicist
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Mel Bleeker (1920–1996), American football player
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Piet Bleeker (1928–2018), Dutch long-distance runner
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Pieter Bleeker (1819–1874), a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist and herpetologist
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Named after him: Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella, Bleeker's whipray, Bleeker's worm-eel
- Fictional characters
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Paulie Bleeker, a character in the film Juno played by Michael Cera
Other meanings
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Bleeker (band), a Canadian rock band named after Bleeker Street, Orillia, Ontario
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, a comic strip syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate
See also
