# 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

* Anna Maria Ackermann (1932–2025), Italian actress
* 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), Luxembourgish 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