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Becher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Henry Becher , (fl. 1561), English translator and vicar of Mayfield
Michael Becher , (1704–1758), Bristol-born English slave trader and merchant
Andrew Cracroft Becher , CBE (1858–1929), British Army major-general
Amy Becher (born 1978), American curler
Balthasar Bekker , Dutch minister and author of philosophical and theological works
Bernd and Hilla Becher , German photographers
Eduard Becher (1856–1886), Austrian entomologist
Giora Becher , Israel’s Ambassador to Brazil from 2008 until 2011
Hans-Jürgen Becher (born 1941), German footballer
Heinz Manfred Becher (1933–2019), West German rower
Henry Corry Rowley Becher (1817–1895), Canadian lawyer, politician and author
Johann Joachim Becher (1635–1682), German physician and alchemist
John Augustus Becher , (1833–1915), American businessman and politician
Johannes R. Becher , (1891–1958), German politician and writer
John Thomas Becher , English clergyman and writer on social economy
Kurt Becher , (1909–1995), German SS officer
Mordechai Becher , author and lecturer on Jewish theology
Rev. John Thomas Becher , (1770–1848), English clergyman, social reformer and Vicar-General of Southwell Minster
Ricardo Becher , (1930–2011), Argentine film director, screenwriter and journalist
Siegfried Becher , (1806–1873), Austrian political economist
Simon Becher (born 1999), American professional soccer player
Ulrich Becher , German writer
Verónica Becher , Argentinian computer scientist
Walter Becher (1912–2005), German Bohemian politician, representative of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE)
See also
Becher (biblical figure) , the name of two historic personalities of the Old Testament
Becher Peninsula , Nunavut, Canada
Becher Point Wetlands , Western Australia
Becher process , a process used to convert ilmenite to synthetic rutile
Port Kennedy, Western Australia , formerly known as Becher
Becher's Brook , celebrated fence at Aintree Racecourse
Becher process , an industrial process used to produce rutile, a form of titanium dioxide, from the ore ilmenite
Jan Becher , Czech company
Becher (biblical figure)
Wrixon-Becher baronets , a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Becker (disambiguation)