Acker

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
 * 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