Acker is a surname from German or Old English, meaning "field". 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
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