Beekman
Beekman is a Dutch toponymic surname, literally translating as "creek man".[1] Variant forms are Beeckman and Beekmans. The Estonian poet Vladimir Beekman's family originally carried the name Peekmann.[2] People with the surname include:
People
[edit]Beekman family of New York
[edit]For prominent members of the Beekman family of New York state, originally of Overijssel, Netherlands,[3] see: Beekman family
Other people with the surname
[edit]- Aimée Beekman (born 1933), Estonian writer, wife of Vladimir
- Allan Beekman (1913–2001), American reporter and author
- Anton Albert Beekman (1854–1947), Dutch geographer
- Augustus A. Beekman (1923–2008), New York City fire commissioner
- Cornelius C. Beekman (1828–1915), American banker in Jacksonville, Oregon
- Jaap Beekman (1919–2010), Dutch World War II resistance fighter, husband of Yolande
- Josh Beekman (born 1983), American football player and coach
- Marcel Beekman (born 1969), Dutch tenor
- Vladimir Beekman (1929–2009), Estonian writer, poet and translator, husband of Aimée
- Yolande Beekman (1911–1944), World War II heroine, wife of Jaap
- Beekmans
- Gerard Beekmans (born 1979), Dutch programmer
- Paul Beekmans (born 1982), Dutch footballer
Given name
[edit]- Beekman Du Barry (1828–1901), United States Army Brigadier General
- Beekman V. Hoffman (1789–1834), United States Navy officer
- Beekman Winthrop (1874–1940), American Governor of Puerto Rico 1909–13
- Garry Beekman Trudeau (born 1948), American cartoonist
- Henry Beekman Livingston (1748–1828), American poet
Places and buildings
[edit]- Beekman, New York, a town in Dutchess County
- For places and buildings named after members of the Beekman family of New York state, see: Beekman family
See also
[edit]- Beeckman, variant spelling of the same name
- Chris Klein-Beekman (1971–2003), Canadian aid worker
- Beakman's World, a children's educational TV series
References
[edit]- ↑ Beekman at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
- ↑ Vladimir Beekman genealogy at geni.com.
- ↑ William Benford Aitken, Distinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke, Knickerbocker Press, 1912
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