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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 (c. 1881–1933), 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
Bleaker
Bleecker Street (disambiguation)
Bleeker (disambiguation)
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