Beekman is a Dutch toponymic surname, literally translating as "creek man".Beekman at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variant forms are Beeckman and Beekmans. The Estonian poet Vladimir Beekman's family originally carried the name Peekmann.Vladimir Beekman genealogy at geni.com. People with the surname include:
People
Beekman family of New York For prominent members of the Beekman family of New York state, originally of Overijssel, Netherlands,William Benford Aitken, Distinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke, Knickerbocker Press, 1912 see: Beekman family Other people with the surname Aimée Beekman (born 1933), Estonian writer, wife of Vladimir Allan Beekman (1913–2001), American reporter and author Anton Albert Beekman (1854–1947), Dutch geographer Augustus A. Beekman (1923–2008), New York City fire commissioner Cornelius C. Beekman (1828–1915), American banker in Jacksonville, Oregon (1919–2010), Dutch World War II resistance fighter, husband of Yolande Josh Beekman (born 1983), American football player and coach Marcel Beekman (born 1969), Dutch tenor Vladimir Beekman (1929–2009), Estonian writer, poet and translator, husband of Aimée Yolande Beekman (1911–1944), World War II heroine, wife of Jaap Beekmans Gerard Beekmans (born 1979), Dutch programmer Paul Beekmans (born 1982), Dutch footballer
Given name Beekman Du Barry (1828–1901), United States Army Brigadier General Beekman V. Hoffman (1789–1834), United States Navy officer Beekman Winthrop (1874–1940), American Governor of Puerto Rico 1909–13 Garry Beekman Trudeau (born 1948), American cartoonist Henry Beekman Livingston (1748–1828), American poet
Places and buildings Beekman, New York, a town in Dutchess County For places and buildings named after members of the Beekman family of New York state, see: Beekman family
See also Beeckman, variant spelling of the same name Chris Klein-Beekman (1971–2003), Canadian aid worker Beakman's World, a children's educational TV series
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