Becher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Henry Becher, (fl. 1561), English translator and vicar of Mayfield Michael Becher, (1704–1758), Bristol-born English slave trader and merchant Andrew Cracroft Becher, CBE (1858–1929), British Army major-general Balthasar Bekker, Dutch minister and author of philosophical and theological works Bernd and Hilla Becher, German photographers Eduard Becher (1856–1886), Austrian entomologist Giora Becher, Israel’s Ambassador to Brazil from 2008 until 2011 Hans-Jürgen Becher (born 1941), German footballer Heinz Manfred Becher (born 1933), West German rower Henry Corry Rowley Becher (1817–1895), Canadian lawyer, politician and author Johann Joachim Becher (1635–1682), German physician and alchemist John Augustus Becher, (1833–1915), American businessman and politician Johannes R. Becher, (1891–1958), German politician and writer John Thomas Becher, English clergyman and writer on social economy Kurt Becher, (1909–1995), German SS officer Mordechai Becher, author and lecturer on Jewish theology Rev. John Thomas Becher, (1770–1848), English clergyman, social reformer and Vicar-General of Southwell Minster Ricardo Becher, (1930–2011), Argentine film director, screenwriter and journalist Siegfried Becher, (1806–1873), Austrian political economist Ulrich Becher, German writer Verónica Becher, Argentinian computer scientist Walter Becher (1912–2005), German Bohemian politician, representative of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE) See also Becher (biblical figure), the name of two historic personalities of the Old Testament Becher Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada Becher Point Wetlands, Western Australia Becher process, a process used to convert ilmenite to synthetic rutile Port Kennedy, Western Australia, formerly known as Becher Becher's Brook, celebrated fence at Aintree Racecourse Becher process, an industrial process used to produce rutile, a form of titanium dioxide, from the ore ilmenite Jan Becher, Czech company Becher (biblical figure) Wrixon-Becher baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Becker (disambiguation) Jewish surnames