Acker

This article is about the surname. For English musician, see Acker Bilk. For the mountain in California, see Acker Peak. For the German mountain ridge commonly called the Acker, see Auf dem Acker.

Acker is a surname from German or Old English, meaning "field".^[1] It is related to the word "acre" and is the root of the surname Ackerman.

People with this surname include:

• Alex Acker (born 1983), American basketball player
• Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress
• Bill Acker (born 1956), American football player
• Dane Acker (born 1999), American baseball player
• Dieter Acker (1940–2006), German composer
• Duane Acker (1931–2024), American academic, president of Kansas State University
• Ed Acker (born 1929), American businessman
• Enrico Acker (born 1990), South African rugby player
• Ephraim Leister Acker (1827–1903), American politician
• Fredda Acker (1925–1980), American baseball player and beauty queen
• Hans Acker (c. 1380–1461), German stained glass artist
• Henry Acker (1804–1874 or 1875), American politician
• Isaac Acker (1821–1906), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Jacob Acker, 15th-century German painter
• Jean Acker (1892–1978), American actress
• Jim Acker (born 1958), American baseball player
• Joan Acker (1924–2016), American feminist sociologist
• Joel M. Acker (1815–1892), American politician from Mississippi
• Johann Heinrich Acker (1647–1719), German writer
• John Acker (Illinois politician) (1870–1933), American politician from Illinois
• John Acker (Pennsylvania politician) (1814–1904), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Julia Acker (1898–1942), Polish artist
• Kathy Acker (1947–1997), American writer
• Lewis Acker (c. 1817–1885), New Zealand whaler, boat builder, trader, and farmer
• Marjorie Acker Phillips (1894–1985), American painter
• Maurice Acker (born 1987), American basketball player
• Milo M. Acker (1853–1922), American politician from New York
• Shane Acker (born 1971), American filmmaker
• Sharon Acker (1935–2023), Canadian actress
• Steadham Acker (1896–1952), American aviator
• Tom Acker (1930–2021), American baseball player
• William Acker (1927–2018), American judge from Alabama
• Wolfert Acker (1667–1753), colonial American literary subject; father of Siber, Abraham and Steven

See also

• Acer (disambiguation), various meanings including a surname
• Ackers, another surname
• Van Acker, another surname