Knickerbocker (surname)
Knickerbocker, also spelled Knikkerbakker, Knikkerbacker, and Knickerbacker, is a Dutch surname that dates back to the early settlers of New Netherland that was popularized by Washington Irving in 1809 when he published his satirical A History of New York under the pseudonym "Diedrich Knickerbocker". The name was also a term for Manhattan's aristocracy "in the early days" and became a general term, now obsolete, for a New Yorker. The term is also used to refer to the Anglo-Dutch "old line" families of New York City, as opposed to New England "Yankee" interlopers and other newcomers.
Notable people with the surname
- Austin Knickerbocker, American professional baseball player
- Brianna Knickerbocker, American voice actress
- Bill Knickerbocker, American professional baseball player
- David Buel Knickerbacker, 3rd Protestant Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Indiana
- Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker, Dutch colonist in New Netherland
- Herman Knickerbocker, United States Representative
- Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker, American writer and journalist
- I. B. Knickerbocker American politician in the state of Washington
- Jerry Knickerbocker, American politician in the state of Minnesota
- Charles Knickerbocker Harley, academic economic historian
Pseudonymously
- Cholly Knickerbocker, a pseudonym used by a series of society columnists writing for the New York American and the New York Journal-American
- Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving
- Suzy Knickerbocker, a pseudonym for columnist Aileen Mehle