Becket is a play about Thomas Becket, written in French by Jean Anouilh.

Becket may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • Becket (Tennyson play), an 1884 play by Alfred Tennyson
  • Becket (1924 film), a silent film based on the play by Alfred Tennyson
  • Becket (1964 film), based on a play by Jean Anouilh

People

  • Becket Hinckley, American politician
  • Edith Becket (1877–1952), English educator
  • James Becket, American writer and filmmake
  • Jasmine Becket-Griffith, American artist
  • John Becket, English member of parliament
  • John C. Becket, Scottish born printer in Canada
  • MacDonald Becket, American architect
  • Marta Becket, American actress, dancer, choreographer and painter
  • Mel Becket, American football player
  • Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), Irish novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet
  • Samuel Becket Boyd II, American fire chief
  • Thomas Becket (1115–1170), martyred Archbishop of Canterbury and Catholic saint
  • Thomas Becket, of Donaldson v Becket
  • Welton Becket (1902–1969), American architect
  • William Becket, English surgeon and antiquary

Other uses

  • Becket, Massachusetts, United States, a town
  • The Becket School, a secondary school in Nottingham, England
  • Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.
  • Becket, a U-shaped fastener used to hold up a pulley

See also

  • Beckett (disambiguation)
  • Becket bend, a type of knot joining another line
  • Becket hitch, a type of knot connecting another object