Acker 1680172 202987330 2008-04-03T06:07:02Z Mentalhead 5929257 removed an "s" from "surname" '''Acker''' is a [[surname]] from [[German language|German]] or [[Old English]], meaning "field". It is related to the word "[[acre]]", and is the root of the surname [[Ackerman (surname)|Ackerman]]. People with the surname '''Acker''': *[[Alex Acker]] (born 1983), American [[basketball]] player *[[Amy Acker]] (born 1976), American actor * Gert Acker, Austrian/German ice hockey player *[[Jean Acker]] (1893-1978), American actor *[[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 '''Acker''' is also sometimes used as a personal name: * [[Acker Bilk]] (born 1929), English musician. {{surname|nocat}} [[Category:German surnames]] [[Category:English surnames]] [[Category:Given names]] <!-- It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a given name or surname --> [[de:Acker (Begriffsklärung)]] [[fr:Acker]]