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.
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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
References
- Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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