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").^[1] Notable people with the surname, also spelled Akkermann. include:

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Ackermann (disambiguation)
• Ackerman (surname)
• Akkerman (surname)
• Akerman
• Åkerman
• Ackermans (disambiguation)

Surname list

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