Volker (name)

Volker is an old German name, derived from folk, folc (people, tribe), and heri (army, warrior).

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Volker Beck (politician) (born 1960), German politician (Greens)
• Volker Beck (athlete), East German athlete
• Volker Bouffier (born 1951), German politician (CDU)
• Volker Braun, German author
• Volker Bromm, American astronomer
• Volker Bruch, German actor
• Volker Eckert (1959-2007), German serial killer
• Volker Engel (born 1965), 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 Lechtenbrink, German television actor and singer
• Volker Mosblech (1955–2024), German politician (CDU)
• Volker Pispers, German political comedian
• Volker Rühe, (born 1942), German politician and former Defence Minister (CDU)
• Volker Schlöndorff, German filmmaker
• Volker Schmidt (born 1978), German footballer
• Volker Strassen, German mathematician
• Volker Weidler, German (former) racing driver
• Volker Wissing (born 1970), German politician (FDP)
• Volker Zerbe, German team handball (former) player, later club manager
• Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher and author

Surname

• Alexandra Völker (born 1989), Swedish politician
• Floyd Volker (1921–1995), American basketball player
• Franz Völker (1899–1965), German opera singer
• Karl Völker (1889–1962), German architect and painter
• Kurt Volker (born 1964), American diplomat
• Paul Volcker (1927–2019), American economist and policy-maker
• Sabine Völker (born 1973), German speed skater
• Sandra Völker (born 1974), German swimmer
• Walther Völker (1896-1988), German Prof. D.theol. h.c. Dr. phil.
• William Volker (1859–1947), German-born American entrepreneur

See also

• Voelcker
• Volkers, a surname