Knickerbocker (surname)

Knickerbocker, also spelled Knikkerbakker, Knikkerbacker, and Knickerbacker, is a surname of Dutch origin that dates back to the early settlers of New Netherland. The name means marble baker. It was popularized by Washington Irving in 1809 when he published his satirical A History of New York under the pseudonym "Diedrich Knickerbocker". The name was also a term for Manhattan's aristocracy "in the early days"^[1] and became a general term, now obsolete, for a New Yorker.

List of people with the surname

• Austin Knickerbocker (1918–1997), an American professional baseball player
• Bill Knickerbocker (1911–1963), an American professional baseball player
• David Buel Knickerbacker (1833–1894), 3rd Protestant Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Indiana
• Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker (c. 1650 – c. 1720), Dutch colonist in New Netherland (New York)
• Herman Knickerbocker (1779–1855), United States Representative
• Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker (1898–1949), American writer and journalist
• I. B. Knickerbocker (1864–1954) American politician in the state of Washington

• Charles Knickerbocker Harley (1943–), academic economic historian

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