Dekker
Dekker is a Dutch occupational surname equivalent to English Thatcher. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aesop Dekker, American rock drummer
- Albert Dekker, American actor and politician
- An Dekker, Dutch sculptor, graphic designer, and publisher
- Anne Fleur Dekker, Dutch environmentalist and journalist
- Ans Dekker, Dutch gymnast
- Anouk Dekker, Dutch footballer
- Carl Dekker, pseudonym of the Australian historian and journalist John Laffin
- Cees Dekker, Dutch physicist
- Chris Dekker, Dutch footballer
- Ben Dekker, South African forester, actor, politician, poet and artist.
- Cornelis Dekker, Dutch physician and essayist known as Cornelis Bontekoe
- Cornelis Gerrits Dekker, Dutch landscape painter
- Daniël Dekker, Dutch disc jockey and radio host
- Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer
- Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer; also known as Multatuli
- Elly Dekker, Dutch astrophysicist and museum curator
- Ernest Douwes Dekker, Dutch politician and writer
- Erik Dekker, Dutch racing cyclist
- Femke Dekker, Dutch rower
- Frans Dekker, Dutch painter
- Fred Dekker, American film director and writer
- Gé Dekker, Dutch competitive swimmer
- Han Dekker, Dutch rower
- Hannie Singer-Dekker, Dutch Labour Party politician
- Hendrik Adriaan Christiaan Dekker, Dutch painter and lithographer
- Inge Dekker, Dutch competitive swimmer
- Jacob Gelt Dekker, Dutch businessman, philanthropist, and writer
- Jan Dekker , French/South African competitive sailor
- Jan Dekker, Dutch darts player
- Jens Dekker, Dutch cyclo-cross cyclist
- Jeremias de Dekker, Dutch poet
- Jonathan Dekker, American football tight end
- Laura Dekker, New Zealand-born Dutch solo sailor
- Lia Dekker, Dutch competitive swimmer
- Louis Dekker, Dutch coxswain
- Marcel Dekker, Dutch-born American encyclopedia publisher
- Mark Dekker, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Maurits Dekker, Dutch novelist and playwright
- Michelle Dekker, Dutch snowboarder
- Niels Dekker, Dutch-born Canadian soccer player
- Olivia Dekker, American sports reporter
- Paul Dekker, Canadian-American football player
- Rachelle Dekker, American novelist, daughter of Ted Dekker
- Rick Dekker, Dutch footballer
- Ron Dekker, Dutch competitive swimmer
- Sam Dekker, American basketball player
- Sander Dekker, Dutch VVD politician
- Sidney Dekker, Dutch-born psychologist and safety scientist
- Steve Dekker, Dutch DJ known as "Dr. Peacock"
- Sybilla Dekker, Dutch VVD politician
- Ted Dekker, Indonesian-born American author
- Theodorus Dekker, Dutch mathematician known for Dekker's algorithm
- Thijs Dekker, Dutch footballer
- Thomas Dekker , English writer
- Thomas Dekker , Dutch racing cyclist
- Thomas Dekker , American actor
- , Dutch decathlete
- Tony Dekker, Canadian singer and songwriter
- Travis Dekker, American football tight end
- Tristan Dekker, Dutch footballer
- Vince Gino Dekker, Dutch footballer
- Wade Dekker, Australian soccer player
- Wisse Dekker, Dutch businessman; CEO of Philips
Fictional characters
- John Dekker, computer game character
- Maggie Dekker, character in the TV series Eli Stone
Given name
- Dekker Curry, Irish cricketer
- Dekker Dreyer, American film director and producer
