Ficker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Desirée Ficker (born 1976), American long-distance runner Gunnar Ficker (born 1954), Brazilian sailor Heinrich von Ficker (1881–1957), German-Austrian meteorologist Julius von Ficker (1826–1902), German historian Peter Ficker (born 1951), Brazilian sailor Robin Ficker (born 1943), American attorney Rudolf von Ficker (1886–1954), Austrian musicologist Suzanne Farrell (born Roberta Sue Ficker), American dancer William P. Ficker, American sailor

See also Sybel-Ficker controversy, a dispute in the second half of the 19th century