title: Bleeker
text: # 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
  