Ferdinand Heinrich Herman Strecker (24 March 1836 in Philadelphia – 30 November 1901 in Reading, Pennsylvania) was an American entomologist specialising in butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). Strecker was born in Philadelphia to Ferdinand and Anna (née Kern) who had immigrated from Germany. His father, had trained as a sculptor in Europe, settled in Reading where he made and traded in marble sculptures. The young Strecker showed great aptitude for this trade, starting to work at twelve years, and succeeding his father. But sculpture was not lucrative enough and young Strecker also made tombstones and trained in architecture. On his mother's side he had naturalists as well as artists who inspired him young.