Becher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Henry Becher, (fl. 1561), English translator and vicar of Mayfield
- Michael Becher, (1704–1758), Bristol-born English slave trader and merchant
- Andrew Cracroft Becher, CBE (1858–1929), British Army major-general
- Amy Becher (born 1978), American curler
- Balthasar Bekker, Dutch minister and author of philosophical and theological works
- Bernd and Hilla Becher, German photographers
- Eduard Becher (1856–1886), Austrian entomologist
- Giora Becher, Israel’s Ambassador to Brazil from 2008 until 2011
- Hans-Jürgen Becher (born 1941), German footballer
- Heinz Manfred Becher (1933–2019), West German rower
- Henry Corry Rowley Becher (1817–1895), Canadian lawyer, politician and author
- Johann Joachim Becher (1635–1682), German physician and alchemist
- John Augustus Becher, (1833–1915), American businessman and politician
- Johannes R. Becher, (1891–1958), German politician and writer
- John Thomas Becher, English clergyman and writer on social economy
- Kurt Becher, (1909–1995), German SS officer
- Mordechai Becher, author and lecturer on Jewish theology
- Rev. John Thomas Becher, (1770–1848), English clergyman, social reformer and Vicar-General of Southwell Minster
- Ricardo Becher, (1930–2011), Argentine film director, screenwriter and journalist
- Siegfried Becher, (1806–1873), Austrian political economist
- Simon Becher (born 1999), American professional soccer player
- Ulrich Becher, German writer
- Verónica Becher, Argentinian computer scientist
- Walter Becher (1912–2005), German Bohemian politician, representative of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE)
See also
- Becher (biblical figure), the name of two historic personalities of the Old Testament
- Becher Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada
- Becher Point Wetlands, Western Australia
- Becher process, a process used to convert ilmenite to synthetic rutile
- Port Kennedy, Western Australia, formerly known as Becher
- Becher's Brook, celebrated fence at Aintree Racecourse
- Becher process, an industrial process used to produce rutile, a form of titanium dioxide, from the ore ilmenite
- Jan Becher, Czech company
- Becher (biblical figure)
- Wrixon-Becher baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Becker (disambiguation)
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