# Bleeker

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'''Bleeker''' is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) [occupational surname](/source/occupational_surname). Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").<ref>[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](/source/Meertens_Institute) database of surnames in the Netherlands.</ref> People with the surname include:

* [Alex Bleeker](/source/Alex_Bleeker) (born 1986), American musician and guitarist
* [Bernhard Bleeker](/source/Bernhard_Bleeker) (1881–1968), German sculptor
* [C. Jouco Bleeker](/source/C._Jouco_Bleeker) (1898–1983), Dutch phenomenologist of religion
* [Eppie Bleeker](/source/Eppie_Bleeker) (born 1949), Dutch speed skater
* [Horst Bleeker](/source/Horst_Bleeker) (1938–2023), German swimmer
* [Johan Bleeker](/source/Johan_Bleeker) (born 1942), Dutch space technology scientist
**Named after him: the main-belt asteroid [9693 Bleeker](/source/9693_Bleeker)
* [Kevin Bleeker](/source/Kevin_Bleeker) (born 1993), Dutch basketball player 
* [Lili Bleeker](/source/Lili_Bleeker) (1897–1985), Dutch physicist
* [Mel Bleeker](/source/Mel_Bleeker) (1920–1996), American football player
* [Piet Bleeker](/source/Piet_Bleeker) (1928–2018), Dutch long-distance runner
* [Pieter Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker) (1819–1874), a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist and herpetologist
**Named after him: [Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella](/source/Bleeker_smoothbelly_sardinella), [Bleeker's whipray](/source/Bleeker's_whipray), [Bleeker's worm-eel](/source/Bleeker's_worm-eel)
;Fictional characters
* Paulie Bleeker, a character in the film ''[Juno](/source/Juno_(film))'' played by Michael Cera

==Other meanings==
* [Bleeker (band)](/source/Bleeker_(band)), a Canadian rock band named after Bleeker Street, Orillia, Ontario
* ''[Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog](/source/Bleeker%3A_The_Rechargeable_Dog)'', a comic strip syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate

==See also==
* [Bleecker (disambiguation)](/source/Bleecker_(disambiguation))
* [Bleaker](/source/Bleaker)

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==References==
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Category:Dutch-language surnames
Category:Occupational surnames

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