Famous People with Name Decker

Sir Matthew Decker            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Sir Matthew Decker: was an English merchant and writer on trade.Decker's fame as a writer on trade rests on two tracts. The first, Serious considerations on the several high duties which the Nation in general, as well as Trade in particular, labors under, with a proposal for preventing the removal of goods, discharging the trader from any search, and raising all the Publick Supplies by one single Tax (1743; name affixed to 7th edition, 1756), proposed to do away with customs duties and substitute a tax upon houses.

Alexander Decker            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Alexander Decker: was an Austrian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was eliminated in the first round of the welterweight class after losing his fight to Teodor Stauffer.

Franz-Paul Decker            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Franz-Paul Decker: is a German-born conductor. Although comfortable conducting virtually any work in the orchestral repertoire, Decker is famous for his mastery and approach to the music of Wagner, Richard Strauss, Anton Bruckner, Max Reger and Gustav Mahler. His performanc

Will Decker            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Will Decker: was a German publicist, and in the time of the Third Reich the General Labour Leader. As of 1934, Decker published the Nazi magazine "Volk an der Arbeit", whose content was so well liked by the Nazi leadership that it earned him an appointment as General Labour Leader in the Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service).

Grant Decker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Grant Decker: was the first mayor of the Village (now City) of Flint, Michigan serving from 1855-1856. He was a merchant, miller and in the lumber businesses at some time in his life.In 1855, Decker was elect Mayor of the Village of Flint serving until 1856.