Volker (name)
Volker is an old German name, derived from folk, folc, and heri. Which means people’s defender.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Volker Beck (politician), German politician
- Volker Beck (athlete), East German athlete
- Volker Bertelmann, German composer and pianist
- Volker Bouffier, German politician
- Volker Braun, German author
- Volker Bromm, American astronomer
- Volker Bruch, German actor
- Volker Dringenberg, German politician
- Volker Eckert, German serial killer
- Volker Engel, German-born visual effects artist with Hollywood credits
- Volker Finke, German football manager and former player
- Volker Grassmuck, German sociologist and media researcher
- Volker Herold, German actor and director
- Volker Kriegel, German jazz guitarist and composer
- Volker Kutscher, German writer
- Volker Lechtenbrink, German television actor and singer
- Volker Mosblech, German politician
- Volker Pispers, German political comedian
- Volker Presser, German materials scientist
- Volker Rühe,, German politician and former Defence Minister
- Volker Scheurell, German politician
- Volker Schlöndorff, German filmmaker
- Volker Schmidt, German footballer
- Volker Schnurrbusch, German politician
- Volker Strassen, German mathematician
- Volker Türk, Austrian lawyer and United Nations official
- Volker Wangenheim, German conductor, composer and academic teacher
- Volker Weidler, German racing driver
- Volker Wissing, German politician
- Volker Zerbe, German team handball player, later club manager
- Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher and author
Surname
- Alexandra Völker, Swedish politician
- Floyd Volker, American basketball player
- Franz Völker, German opera singer
- Gerd Völker, German diver
- Karl Völker, German architect and painter
- Kurt Volker, American diplomat
- Sabine Völker, German speed skater
- Sandra Völker, German swimmer
- William Volker, German-born American entrepreneur