Beckett
Beckett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- 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 '20s
- 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
- 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)