Acker

{{About|the surname | English musician | Acker Bilk | the mountain in California | Acker Peak | the German mountain ridge commonly called the Acker | Auf dem Acker}}

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

| last = Hanks

| first = P.

| last2 = Coates

| first2 = R.

| last3 = McClure

| first3 = P.

| title = The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

| publisher = OUP Oxford

| year = 2016

| isbn = 978-0-19-252747-9

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9

| access-date = 3 September 2018

| page = 9

}} 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
• 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 (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