Beckmann

Article summary

Beckmann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Astrid Beckmann (born 1957), German physicist * Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923), German chemist and discoverer of the Beckmann rearrangement * Friedrich Beckmann (1803–1866), German actor * * Johann Beckmann (1739–1811), German scientific author * Juan Domingo Beckmann (born 1967), Mexican businessman * Juan Beckmann Vidal (born 1940), Mexican businessman * Klaus Beckmann (1944–1994), German politician * Ludwig Beckmann (died 20 January 1965), German First World War flying ace * Matthias Beckmann (born 1984), German jazz musician * Max Beckmann (1884–1950), German painter * Mikkel Beckmann (born 1983), Danish footballer * Petr Beckmann (1924–1993), Czech-American dissident physicist * Reinhold Beckmann (born 1956), German journalist and TV presenter * Rudolf Beckmann (1910–1943), German Nazi SS-Oberscharführer * Josef Beckmann (1920–2001), World War II German lieutenant

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1. date of birth: 1965-01-20 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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