Beekman is a Dutch toponymic surname, literally translating as "creek man".^[1] Variant forms are Beeckman and Beekmans. The Estonian poet Vladimir Beekman's family originally carried the name Peekmann.^[2] People with the surname include:

For prominent members of the Beekman family of New York state, originally of Overijssel, Netherlands,^[3] see: Beekman family

• Aimée Beekman (born 1933), Estonian writer, wife of Vladimir
• Allan Beekman (1913–2001), American reporter and author
• Anton Albert Beekman (1854–1947), Dutch geographer
• Augustus A. Beekman (1923–2008), New York City fire commissioner
• Cornelius C. Beekman (1828–1915), American banker in Jacksonville, Oregon
• Jaap Beekman [nl] (1919–2010), Dutch World War II resistance fighter, husband of Yolande
• Josh Beekman (born 1983), American football player and coach
• Marcel Beekman (born 1969), Dutch tenor
• Vladimir Beekman (1929–2009), Estonian writer, poet and translator, husband of Aimée
• Yolande Beekman (1911–1944), World War II heroine, wife of Jaap

Beekmans

• Gerard Beekmans (born 1979), Dutch programmer
• Paul Beekmans (born 1982), Dutch footballer

• Beekman Du Barry (1828–1901), United States Army Brigadier General
• Beekman V. Hoffman (1789–1834), United States Navy officer
• Beekman Winthrop (1874–1940), American Governor of Puerto Rico 1909–13
• Garry Beekman Trudeau (born 1948), American cartoonist
• Henry Beekman Livingston (1748–1828), American poet

For places and buildings named after members of the Beekman family of New York state, see: Beekman family

• Beeckman, variant spelling of the same name
• Chris Klein-Beekman (1971–2003), Canadian aid worker
• Beakman's World, a children's educational TV series