Beckmann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Astrid Beckmann (born 1957), German physicist Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923), German chemist and discoverer of the Beckmann rearrangement Johann Beckmann (1739–1811), German scientific author Juan Domingo Beckmann (born 1967), Mexican businessman Juan Beckmann Vidal (born 1940), Mexican businessman Ludwig Beckmann (died 20 January 1965), German First World War flying ace Matthias Beckmann (born 1984), German jazz musician Max Beckmann (1884–1950), German painter Petr Beckmann (1924–1993), Czech-American dissident physicist Reinhold Beckmann (born 1956), German journalist and TV presenter Rudolf Beckmann (1910–1943), German Nazi SS-Oberscharführer Josef Beckmann (1920–2001), World War II German lieutenant See also Beckman (surname) Beckman (disambiguation) German-language surnames German toponymic surnames