Surname Ackermann

"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

References

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