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 the surname Acker:

• Achille Van Acker (1898-1975), Prime Minister of Belgium after World War II
• Alex Acker (born 1983), American basketball player
• Amy Acker (born 1976), American actor
• Jacob Acker, 15th-century German painter
• Jean Acker (1893-1978), American actor
• Julia Acker (1898–1942), a Jewish-Polish figurative artist.
• Kathy Acker (1947-1997), American writer
• Tom Acker (born 1930), American baseball pitcher
• William Acker, federal district judge in Alabama
• Wolfert Acker (1667-1753), colonial American literary subject, and father of Siber Acker, Abraham Acker and Steven Acker
• Marjorie Acker (1894-1985), American painter

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