Beckett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adam Beckett (born 1950), animator, special effects artist and teacher, worked on Star WarsAlex Beckett (born 1954), Scottish footballerAllan Beckett (1914-2005), British civil engineerAndy Beckett (born 1969), British journalist and historianAnn Beckett (1927–2002), Irish pioneer of occupational therapyArnold Beckett (1920–2010), British pharmacist, academic, and expert on doping in sportBarry Beckett (1943–2009), American musicianBeatrice Beckett (1905–1957), the first wife of the British statesman Anthony EdenBernard Beckett (born 1967), New Zealand writer of fiction for young adultsBilly Beckett (1915–1998), English footballerBob Beckett (born 1936), former Canadian ice hockey centreCharles Beckett (cricketer) (born 1794), English first-class cricketerCharles Beckett (politician) (born 1958), American politicianCharles Edward Beckett (1849–1925), brigadier-general and cavalry officer in the British ArmyChris Beckett (born 1955), English writer, social worker and academicChristopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe (1915–2003)Clarice Beckett (1887–1935), Australian Tonalist painterClifford Thomason Beckett (1891-1972) British Major GeneralDamian Beckett or Cham (born 1979), Jamaica born rapper, singer-songwriter and actorDave Beckett, of Canadian pop duo Gary and DaveDavid Beckett (born 1954), English cricketerDerry Beckett (born 1918), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurlerDorika Mamboleo Beckett, entrepreneur, healthcare executive and educational philanthropistDouglas Beckett (born 1959), former English cricketerEdmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe (1816–1905)Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet (1787–1874)Edward Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe (born 1954)Edwin Beckett (born 1937), Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C.Emma Beckett (born 1984), Australian netball player in the ANZ ChampionshipErnest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (1856–1917)Ernest Beckett (1869–1952), footballerFrancis Beckett (born 1945), English author, journalist, biographer, and contemporary historianFred Beckett (1917–1946), American jazz trombonistGalen Beckett or Mark Anthony (writer), American author who lives and writes in ColoradoGervase Beckett (1866–1937), born William Gervase Beckett-Denison, British banker and Conservative politicianGwladys Beckett or Gwladys, Lady Delamere (1897–1943), the first female Mayor of Nairobi from 1938 to 1940Harry Beckett (1935–2010), British trumpeter and flugelhorn player of Barbadian originHarry Beckett (actor) (1839–1880), comedian who was president of the The Lambs from 1879 to 1880Hollis Beckett (1896–1976), politician in Ontario, CanadaIsaac Beckett (1653–1719), English mezzotint engraver, one of the first practitioners of the art in the countryJ. C. Beckett (1912–1996), Northern Irish historianJames Beckett (politician) (died 1938), Irish politicianJames Beckett (statistician) (III) is an American statistician, author, editor, and publisherJason Beckett (born 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey defencemanJerry Beckett (born 1887), Irish Gaelic footballerJoe Beckett (1892–1965), English boxer of the 1910s and 1920sJoe Rand Beckett (1891–1969), American veteran of World War I, lawyer, member of the Indiana SenateJoel Beckett (born Joel Bygraves), English actorJohn Beckett, Lord Beckett QC is a Scottish lawyer who was appointed in 2016 as a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Court of SessionJohn Beckett (American football) (1892–1981), American football tackleJohn Beckett (GC) (1906–1947), recipient of the George Cross and Royal Air Force airmanJohn Beckett (politician) (1894–1964), leading figure in British politics between the world wars, both in the Labour Party and Fascist movementsJohn R. Beckett (1918–2010), American businessman, former president and chairman of the board of Transamerica CorpJohn S. Beckett (1927–2007), Irish musician, composer and conductor; cousin of the writer and playwright Samuel BeckettJosh Beckett (born 1980), Major League Baseball pitcherJulia Beckett (born 1986), English competitive swimmerJustin Beckett, American entrepreneur, philanthropist and authorKelly Beckett, English professional host, actress, musician and modelKirsten Beckett (born 1996), South African artistic gymnastLarry Beckett (born 1947), American poet and songwriter, best known for his collaborations with Tim Buckley in the late 1960sLenny Beckett (born 1980), Australian rugby union playerLez Beckett, hip hop artistLiam Beckett (born 1951), football manager and former player from Northern IrelandLuke Beckett (born 1976), English former professional footballerMargaret Beckett (born 1943), British Labour Party politician and Member of ParliamentMarion H. Beckett (1886–1949), American painter, and daughter of lawyer and former Surrogate Charles H. BeckettMary Beckett (1926–2013), Irish authorMatt Beckett (born 1973), Welsh former-professional cyclist who was born in LancasterMavis Beckett, former Australian field hockey playerMiles Beckett, co-founder of EQAL, media and technology company in 2008Nicholas Beckett (born 1987), Jamaican international footballerPeter Beckett (born 1948), English musician and songwriterRalph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe (1891–1963)Ray Beckett (journalist) (1903–1983), Australian journalist, newspaper editor and authorRay Beckett (sound engineer), British sound engineerRichard B. Beckett (1919–1983), Canadian politicianRichard Beckett (author) (1936–1987), Australian author and journalistRichard Beckett (cricketer) (born 1772), English amateur cricketer and a captain in the Coldstream GuardsRick Beckett (1954–2009), American radio broadcasterRob Beckett (born 1986), English stand-up comedian and presenterRobbie Beckett (born 1972), former Major League Baseball pitcherRobbie Beckett (rugby league) (born 1974), former professional rugby league footballerRobert Beckett (1862–1917), English-born Australian politicianRogers Beckett (born 1977), former American football safetyRonald G. Beckett (born 1953), American paleoanthropologist, Professor Emeritus in Quinnipiac UniversityRowland Beckett, Australian rugby league playerRoy Beckett (1928–2008), English footballerSam Beckett (skateboarder) (born 1992), British professional skateboarderSamuel Beckett (1906–1989), Irish Nobel Prize-winning writer and theatre directorScotty Beckett (1929–1968), American child actor who was a regular in the Our Gang seriesSheilah Beckett (1913–2013), American illustrator, known for her work on the Little Golden Books seriesSimon Beckett (born 1960), British journalist and authorStephen Beckett, English actorTanya Beckett (born 1966), English television and radio journalistTed Beckett (1907–1978), American football playerTerence Beckett (1923–2013), British businessmanThomas W. Naylor Beckett (1839–1906), English-born coffee and tea planter in CeylonTom Beckett CBE (born 1962), British Army officerTony Beckett (born 1960), former Australian rules footballerVinton Beckett (born 1923), Jamaican former track and field athleteW. N. T. Beckett, MVO, DSC, RN (1893–1941), Royal Navy officer in both World WarsWade Beckett, TV, film and digital producerWalter Beckett (composer) (1914–1996), Irish composerWendy Beckett (known as Sister Wendy) (born 1930), South African nun known for presenting art history documentariesWilliam Arthur Callendar à Beckett (1833–1901), politician in Victoria, AustraliaWilliam Beckett (Australian politician) CBE (1870–1965), Australian politicianWilliam Beckett (engineer) CBE DSO VD (1862–1956), British railway engineer in India and a British Army officerWilliam Beckett (MP) (1784–1863), English Conservative Party politicianWilliam Beckett (singer) (born 1985), American musician