BECK (DISAMBIGUATION)

'Beck' is a British word meaning "brook" or "stream" (from the Old Norse ''bekkr''), and is a fairly common English surname. Also an abbreviated surname in Hebrew from B'nei Kiddushim, Sons of the Martyrs "BK" Notable people or things called Beck include:

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People

★ Beck (Beck Hansen), an American musician, singer-songwriter and producer

★ Aaron T. Beck, founder of modern cognitive therapy

★ Andreas Beck, German football player

★ C. C. Beck, an American cartoonist

★ Christophe Beck, a Canadian composer for film and TV, most notable for his work on Buffy The Vampire Slayer

★ Claude Beck (1894-1971), American cardiac surgeon who invented the defibrillator

★ Edward S. Beck (1946-) Head, Susquehanna Institute, President, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East

★ Franz Ignaz Beck, a Classical composer

★ George Beck, artist and poet

★ Glenn Beck, an American conservative radio talk show host

★ Günther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau Beck, German botanist

★ Harry Beck, designer of the London Underground map

★ Jakob Sigismund Beck, a German philosopher

★ James M. Beck (1861 - 1936) United States Solicitor General and US Congressman from Pennsylvania

★ Jeff Beck, a British electric guitarist.

★ John Beck (American football player), NFL player and former BYU quarterback.

★ John Beck (footballer), British football manager.

★ Józef Beck, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs in the interbellum

★ Kent Beck, major proponent of Extreme Programming

★ Kurt Beck, German politician

★ Ludwig Beck, Chief of Staff of the German armed forces during the early years of the Nazi regime.

★ Martin Beck, fictional Swedish police detective by Sjöwall and Wahlöö

★ Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), late African American writer

★ Robert Beck, alias of former D-12 rapper Karnail Pitts

★ Rod Beck, (1968-2007) former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball

★ Theodore Beck, first principal of the MAO College at Aligarh, India

★ Theodric Romeyn Beck, forensic scientist

★ Ulrich Beck, a German sociologist

Places

★ River Beck, in South London

Things

★ , a Japanese manga and anime

★ Beck's, a beer brewery and sponsor of the Beck's Futures awards

★ AH Beck Foundation, a construction company

★ John and Frances Beck Foundation, sponsor of Wikijunior

★ Beck's suicide rating scale, a psychiatric measure of self-harm risk.