Bleecker is a Dutch-language occupational surname. Bleecker is an old spelling of (linnen)bleker ("linen bleacher"). Most if not all people listed below are descendants of Jan Jansen Bleecker/Bleeker, who came to New Amsterdam in 1658. In the Netherlands, only the spelling Bleeker is extant as a family name.
People Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783), American poet Anthony Bleecker (1770–1827), American author and lawyer Anthony Lispenard Bleecker (1741–1816), American banker and merchant Harmanus Bleecker (1779–1849), US congressman from New York, ambassador to the Netherlands Jan Jansen Bleecker (1641/42–1732), Dutch settler in New Netherland, mayor of New York Julian Bleecker (born ca. 1967), American mobile artist and technologist Katherine Russell Bleecker (1893–1996), American filmmaker in silent era Leon Bleecker (–1933), New York assemblyman Maitland B. Bleecker (1903–2002), American inventor, instrumental in modern helicopter design Adopted as first name A. Bleecker Banks (1835–1910), American book publisher and mayor of Albany
Places Bleecker, New York, named after Barent Bleecker, 18th century landowner of the region Bleecker Park, Albany, New York Bleecker Street, New York City, named after Anthony Lispenard Bleecker Bleecker Stadium, Albany, New York, named after Albany businessman James Edward Bleecker Harmanus Bleecker Library, Albany, New York
See also Bleecker (Bleeker), Alabama
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