Beckett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur William à Beckett , English journalist and man of letters Barry Beckett , American musician Billy Beckett , English footballer Chris Beckett , English writer, social worker and academic Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe Clifford Thomason Beckett British Major General Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet Edward Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe Gilbert Abbott à Beckett , English comic writer Gilbert Arthur à Beckett , English writer James Beckett Joe Beckett , English boxer of the 1910s and '20s John Beckett Josh Beckett , Major League Baseball pitcher Lenny Beckett , Australian rugby union player Margaret Beckett , British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe Richard Beckett Samuel Beckett , Irish Nobel Prize-winning writer and theatre director Simon Beckett , British journalist and author Scotty Beckett , American child actor who was a regular in the Our Gang series Terence Beckett , British businessman Thomas Becket English Archbishop of Canterbury and saint Tom Beckett, British Army general Wendy Beckett , South African nun known for presenting art history documentaries William Beckett W. N. T. Beckett , British naval officer