Bleeker

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title: "Bleeker" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dutch-language-surnames", "occupational-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeker" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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 (1938–2023), 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 ;Fictional characters
Paulie Bleeker, a character in the film Juno played by Michael Cera

Bleeker (band), a Canadian rock band named after Bleeker Street, Orillia, Ontario
Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog, a comic strip syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate

[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Bleeker&nfd_naam=Bleeker&info=aantal+en+verspreiding&operator=bw&taal= Bleeker] at the [[Meertens Institute]] database of surnames in the Netherlands.

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