Fokker (disambiguation)
Fokker is a Dutch surname. It may originate from an occupation (fokker meaning "stockbreeder") or from a patronymic, from the given name Folker(t).[1] People with this surname include:
- Adriaan Fokker (1887–1972), Dutch physicist and musician
- Euler–Fokker genus, phenomenon in music theory named after Fokker and Leonhard Euler
- Fokker periodicity block, a concept in tuning theory
- Fokker–Planck equation, a statistical equation
- Huygens-Fokker Foundation, a centre for microtonal music
- Anthony Fokker (1890–1939), Dutch aviation pioneer and an aircraft manufacturer
- Fokker, a Dutch aircraft manufacturer he founded in 1912
- Fokker F27 Friendship, one of the most successful European airliners between 1955–1987
- Fokker Scourge, advantage in World War I of the German air force, flying with Fokker fighters, over that of the UK and France
- Fokker Technologies, a Dutch aerospace company founded in 2011
- VFW-Fokker, company involved in rocket and spacelab development
- Hans Fokker (1900–1943), Dutch Olympic sailor
- Herman Fokker (1921–2001), Dutch engineer and politician.
- Jan Piet Fokker (1942–2010), Dutch Olympic field hockey player
See also
- Fokker Rocks in Antarctica, named so because a Fokker airplane was damaged and abandoned there in 1928
- Focker (disambiguation)
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