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
Dieter Acker (1940–2006), German composer
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
Jacob Acker, 15th-century German painter
Jean Acker (1893–1978), American actress
Jim Acker (born 1958), American baseball pitcher
Joan Acker (1924–2016), American feminist sociologist
Johann Heinrich Acker (1647–1719), German writer
John Acker (1870–1933), American politician
Julia Acker (1898–1942), Polish figurative artist
Kathy Acker (1947–1997), American writer
Lewis Acker (c. 1817 – 1885), New Zealand whaler, boat builder, trader, farmer
Marjorie Acker Phillips (1894–1985), American painter
Maurice Acker (born 1987), American basketball player
Milo M. Acker (1853–1922), New York politician
Shane Acker (born 1971, American filmmaker
Sharon Acker (born 1935), Canadian actress
Steadham Acker (1896–1952), American aviator
Tom Acker (1930–2021), American baseball pitcher
William Acker (1927–2018), federal district judge in Alabama
Wolfert Acker (1667–1753), colonial American literary subject, and father of Siber, Abraham and Steven Acker
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