Becher (German for "mug") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Amy Becher (born 1978), American curler
Andrew Cracroft Becher, CBE (1858–1929), British Army major-general
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 (1941–2026), German footballer
Heinz Manfred Becher (1933–2019), West German rower
Henry Becher (fl. 1561), English translator and vicar of Mayfield
Henry Corry Rowley Becher (1817–1895), Canadian lawyer, politician and author
Johann Joachim Becher (1635–1682), German physician and alchemist
Johannes R. Becher (1891–1958), German politician and writer
Johannes Becher (politician, born 1988), German politician
John A. Becher (1833–1915), American businessman and politician
John C. Becher (1915–1986), American stage and television actor
John Thomas Becher (1770–1848), English clergyman, social reformer and Vicar-General of Southwell Minster
Kurt Becher (1909–1995), German SS officer
Michael Becher (1704–1758), Bristol-born English slave trader and merchant
Mordechai Becher, author and lecturer on Jewish theology
Ricardo Becher (1930–2011), Argentine film director, screenwriter and journalist
Ruth Becher (born 1956), Austrian politician
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)
Other uses
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
Wrixon-Becher baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom