Beckett

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

• Allan Beckett (1914-2005), British civil engineer
• Arthur William à Beckett (1844–1909), English journalist and man of letters
• Barry Beckett (1943–2009), American musician
• Billy Beckett (1915–?), English footballer
• Chris Beckett (born 1955), English writer, social worker and academic
• Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe (1915–2003)
• Clifford Thomason Beckett (1891-1972) British Major General
• Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe (1816–1905)
• Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet (1787–1874)
• Edward Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe (born 1954)
• Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (1856–1917)
• Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811–1856), English comic writer
• Gilbert Arthur à Beckett (1837–1891), English writer
• James Beckett (disambiguation)
• Joe Beckett (1892–1965), English boxer of the 1910s and 1920s
• John Beckett (disambiguation)
• Josh Beckett (born 1980), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Lenny Beckett (born 1980), Australian rugby union player
• Margaret Beckett (born 1943), British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament
• Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe (1891–1963)
• Richard Beckett (disambiguation)
• Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), Irish Nobel Prize-winning writer and theatre director
• Simon Beckett (born 1960), British journalist and author
• Scotty Beckett (1929–1968), American child actor who was a regular in the Our Gang series
• Terence Beckett (1923–2013), British businessman
• Thomas Becket (ca. 1118–1170) English Archbishop of Canterbury and saint
• Tom Beckett, British Army general
• Walter Beckett (1914–1996), Irish composer
• Wendy Beckett (known as Sister Wendy) (born 1930), South African nun known for presenting art history documentaries
• William Beckett (disambiguation)
• W. N. T. Beckett (1893–1941), British naval officer

Fictional characters

• Beckett, a vampire in the computer role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004)
• Amanda Beckett, the main love interest in the film Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
• Andrew Beckett, the protagonist in the film Philadelphia
• Brandon Beckett, the main character in the film Sniper: Reloaded (2011)
• Carson Beckett, the television series Stargate Atlantis
• Cutler Beckett, an antagonist in the film series Pirates of the Caribbean
• Kate Beckett, a New York Police Department detective on the television series Castle
• Captain Maggie Beckett, on the television series Sliders
• Nick Beckett, on the television series Bugs
• Dr. Sam Beckett, the protagonist of the television series Quantum Leap
• Sgt. Thomas Beckett, the main character in the film Sniper (1993)