Beckett
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Beckett may refer to:
[edit] People
- Arthur William a Beckett (1844–1909), English journalist and man of letters
- Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe (1915–2003)
- Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe (1816–1905)
- Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet (1787–1874)
- Edward John Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe
- Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (1856–1917)
- Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811–1856), an English comic writer
- Gilbert Arthur a Beckett (1837–1891), an English writer
- James Beckett a statistician, author, editor, and publisher whose publications are well known in the hobby of sports card collecting
- John Beckett, various including:
- John Beckett (politician) (1894–1964), a British politician
- John Beckett (football) (1892–1981), American college football player
- John Archibald Beckett (1906–1947), Royal Air Force airman
- John Beckett (lawyer), Scottish lawyer and former Solicitor General for Scotland
- Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet, PC, FRS (1775–1847), British lawyer and Tory politician
- John S. Beckett (1927–2007), Irish musician, composer, and conductor
- Josh Beckett (b. 1980), a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
- Justin D Beckett, a designer and journalist for Cox Publishing
- Lenny Beckett (b. 1980), an Australian rugby union player
- Margaret Beckett (b. 1943)
- Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe
- Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), a Nobel Prize–winning Irish writer
- Scotty Beckett (1929–1968), an American child actor who was a regular in the Our Gang series
- Thomas Becket (b. c. 1118), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Wendy Beckett (b. 1930), known as Sister Wendy, a South African nun famous for presenting art history documentaries
- Beckett, a Vincentian musician
- William Beckett various including:
- William Beckett (MP), English politician, Member of Parliament for Leeds and Ripon
- Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (1856–1917), full name Ernest William Beckett, sometimes referred to as William Beckett
- William Beckett (singer) (born 1985), lead singer of The Academy Is...
- W.N.T. Beckett (1893–1941), British naval officer
[edit] Fictional people
- Carson Beckett, a character on the television series Stargate Atlantis
- Cutler Beckett, the main antagonist in the film series Pirates of the Caribbean
- Captain Maggie Beckett, from Sliders.
- Dr. Samuel Beckett, a character on the television series Quantum Leap
- Nick Beckett, a character on the television series Bugs
- Beckett, an 800-year-old vampire of clan gangrel in Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines
- Tom Beckett, the main character in the 1993 movie Sniper
[edit] Places
- Beckett, New Jersey, USA
- Beckett, Ohio, USA
- Beckett Ridge, Ohio, USA