Famous People with Name Beck

Beck Hansen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Beck Hansen: is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck

Beck David Campbell,            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Beck David Campbell,: and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck. With his pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and ironic lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed b

A. Byron Beck            Origin/Culture/Country: American

A. Byron Beck: is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'9" forward/center from the University of Denver, Beck was one of six players (along with Louie Dampier, Gerald Govan, Bob Netolicky, Stew Johnson, and Freddie Lewis) who participated in all nine seasons (1967–1976) of the original American Basketball Association. He played for the Denver Rockets, who later became the Denver Nuggets. Beck was not blessed with superior athleticism, but he was a hard worker known for his tenacious rebounding and efficient hook shot, and he represented Denver in two ABA All-Star Games (1969 and 1976).

Corey Laveon Beck            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Corey Laveon Beck: is a retired American basketball player.He played collegiately for the University of Arkansas and was a major part of the mid 90's Razorback teams that won one national championship in 1994 and reached the championship game the following year.

Ernest Joseph Beck            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ernest Joseph Beck: is a retired American professional basketball player. Beck played seven years in the National Basketball Association for the Philadelphia Warriors, St. Louis Hawks and Syracuse Nationals. He was a territorial pick in the 1953 NBA Draft, selected by the Warriors. He attended University of Pennsylvania.

Aaron Temkin Beck            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Aaron Temkin Beck: is an American psychiatrist and a professor emeritus at the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. Beck is known as the father of Cognitive Therapy and inventor of the widely used Beck Scales, including the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Hopelessness Scale, Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSS), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Youth Inventories. He is the President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research and the Honorary President of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, which certifies qualified Cognitive Therapists.

Rollo Howard Beck            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rollo Howard Beck: was an American ornithologist, bird collector and explorer. Beck's Petrel is named after him.was a good friend of the ornithologist T. S. Palmer. Palmer also introduced Beck to Charles A. Keeler, who studied birdlife of the San Francisco Bay area, and Beck learned about upland birds hunting quail with Holmes. Beck’s interest and knowledge of birds grew, and he soon learned how to make ornithological specimens and mount birds for museum collections. He joined the American Ornithologists' Union in 1894, and was among the first members of the newly-formed Cooper Ornithological Society which formed in San Jose, California. He participated in early ornithological expeditions to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe with Holmes and W. H. Osgood, and collected and helped describe the first eggs and nests of the Western Evening Grosbeak and Hermit Warbler.