Bleeker
# Bleeker

Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of (linnen)bleker ("linen bleacher"). People with the surname include:

* Alex Bleeker (born 1986), American musician and guitarist
* Bernhard Bleeker (1881–1968), German sculptor
* C. Jouco Bleeker (1898–1983), Dutch phenomenologist of religion
* 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 (1928–2018), 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

## 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
