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

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

See also

• Bleecker (disambiguation)

• Bleaker

References