Ackermann (surname)

Ackermann is a surname. "Acker" comes from German or Old English, meaning "field", and is related to the word "acre". Ackermann means "farmer" (literally: "fieldman"). Notable people with the surname, also spelled Akkermann. include:

Academics

 * Else Ackermann (1933–2019), German physician and pharmacologist
 * Jacob Fidelis Ackermann (1765–1815), a German doctor
 * Johann Christian Gottlieb Ackermann (1756–1801), a German doctor
 * Leopold Ackermann (Petrus Fouresius, 1771–1831), a biblical archaeologist
 * Liliane Ackermann (1938–2007), French scientist and author
 * Silke Ackermann, German museum curator, and historian of science
 * Theodor Ackermann (1825–1896), German pathologist
 * Wilhelm Ackermann (1896–1962), German mathematician

Artists

 * Christian Ackermann (died 1710), Estonian sculptor
 * Franz Ackermann (born 1963), German abstract artist
 * Haider Ackermann (born 1971), French fashion designer
 * Johann Adam Ackermann (1780–1853), German landscape painter
 * Max Ackermann (1887–1975), German artist
 * Rita Ackermann (born 1968), Hungarian-American artist
 * Theo Akkermann (1907–1982), German sculptor

Jurists

 * Gustav Adolph Ackermann (1791–1872), a German lawyer
 * Lourens Ackermann (born 1934), South African judge

Performers

 * Dorothea Ackermann (1752–1821), German actress
 * Kathrin Ackermann (born 1938), German actress
 * Konrad Ernst Ackermann (1710–1771), German actor
 * Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann (1757–1775), German actress
 * Oliver Ackermann, American musician
 * Sophie Charlotte Ackermann (1714–1792), German actress
 * Stefan Ackermann, German singer

Politicians

 * Annely Akkermann (born 1972) Estonian politician
 * Anton Ackermann (1905–1973), German foreign minister
 * Barbara Ackermann (1925–2020), American politician
 * Ernst Christian Wilhelm Ackermann (1761–1835), Bohemian public servant
 * Friedrich Ackermann (1866–1931), German politician
 * Jens Ackermann (born 1975), German politician
 * Karl Gustav Ackermann (1820-1901), German politician
 * Manfred Ackermann (1898–1991), Austrian politician and trade union official

Sportspeople

 * Colin Ackermann (born 1991), South African cricketer
 * Henri Ackermann (1922–2014), Luxembourgian racing cyclist
 * Johan Ackermann (born 1970), South African rugby union player
 * Klaus Ackermann (born 1946), German footballer
 * Pascal Ackermann, German cyclist
 * Ronny Ackermann (born 1977), German skier
 * Rosemarie Ackermann (born 1952), German high jumper
 * Stephanus Ackermann (born 1985), Namibian cricketer
 * Uwe Ackermann (born 1960), East German hurdler

Others

 * Georg Ackermann (disambiguation)
 * Hans Ackermann (16th century), German dramatist
 * Jessie Ackermann (1857–1951), social reformer, feminist, writer, traveller
 * Johan Christian Ackermann (1740–1795), Swedish landscape gardener
 * Josef Ackermann (disambiguation), several people with this name, including:
 * Josef Ackermann (born 1948), a Swiss banker and former chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank
 * Kirk von Ackermann (died 2003), American contractor and murder victim
 * Lea Ackermann (1937–2023), German nun and activist against forced prostitution and sex tourism
 * Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890), French poet
 * Otto Ackermann (disambiguation)
 * Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834), German-born English publisher, printer, and inventor
 * Stephan Ackermann (born 1963), German bishop
 * Wilhelm Heinrich Ackermann (1789–1848), German teacher