Ackerman (surname)
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Acker came from German
or Old English, meaning "field", and is also related to the word "acre
". Therefore, Ackermann means "fieldman". Ackerman is a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname.
People named Ackerman include:
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
or Old English, meaning "field", and is also related to the word "acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
". Therefore, Ackermann means "fieldman". Ackerman is a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname.
People named Ackerman include:
- A. Bernard AckermanA. Bernard Ackerman----Albert Bernard Ackerman was an American physician described by The New York Times as "a founding figure in the field of dermatopathology"....
(1936–2008), American physician and dermatologist - Allan AckermanAllan AckermanAllan Ackerman is an American magician who specializes in sleight of hand magic with playing cards. He has written a series of books, and performed on several instructional DVDs that teach elementary sleight of hand all the way up through advanced card work...
, American magician - Arlene Ackerman, American minister
- Arlene C. Ackerman, American educator, superintendent of San Francisco and Philadelphia school districts
- Bettye AckermanBettye AckermanBettye Ackerman was an American actress primarily known for her work on television.Ackerman was born in Cottageville, South Carolina and grew up in Williston in Barnwell County in southwestern South Carolina, one of four children. She graduated from Columbia College in South Carolina in 1945 and...
(1924–2006), American actress - Blaster Al AckermanBlaster Al AckermanBlaster Al Ackerman is the most commonly used name by an American mail artist and writer who has been active since the early 1970s.Heavily influenced by post-war pulp writers like Theodore Sturgeon, Raymond Chandler and Fredric Brown as well as by modernists like Ray Johnson, Francis Ponge and the...
, American mail artist and writer - Bruce AckermanBruce AckermanBruce Arnold Ackerman is an American constitutional law scholar. He is a Sterling Professor at Yale Law School and one of the most frequently cited legal academics in the United States....
(born 1943), American law professor - Carl W. AckermanCarl W. AckermanCarl William Ackerman was a journalist and author. He graduated from Earlham College and worked as a correspondent in World War I with the United Press. However, he first received public attention as the author of "Germany, The Next Republic?", a book that discussed the possibility of a successful...
(1890–1970), American journalist and author - Chris AckermanChris AckermanChristopher George "Chris" Ackerman is an American actor. Chris grew up in New Jersey, where he enjoyed surfing and spending time on the beach. He continues to do so on the Pacific Coast since he moved to California....
(born 1978), American actor - Diane AckermanDiane AckermanDiane Ackerman is an American author, poet, and naturalist known best for her work A Natural History of the Senses. Her writing style, referring to her best-selling natural history books, can best be described as a blend of poetry, colloquial history, and easy-reading science...
(born 1948), American author, poet, and naturalist - Dick AckermanDick AckermanRichard Charles Ackerman is a Republican U.S. politician, who was a California State Senator for the 33rd District, representing inland Orange County, from 2000 to 2008....
(born 1942), American politician - Don AckermanDon AckermanDonald D. "Buddy" Ackerman was an American basketball player.Ackerman played collegiately for Long Island University. He was selected by the New York Knicks in the second round of the 1953 NBA Draft and played in 28 games for the Knicks in the 1953/54 season.- References :...
(born 1930), American basketball player - Ernest R. AckermanErnest R. AckermanErnest Robinson Ackerman was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1931.-Early years:...
(1863–1931), American politician - Forrest J AckermanForrest J AckermanForrest J Ackerman was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan...
(1916–2008), American science fiction writer and editor - Frans Ackerman (c. 1330-1387), Flemish statesman
- Gary AckermanGary AckermanGary Leonard Ackerman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 1983. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
(born 1942), American politician - George W. AckermanGeorge W. AckermanGeorge W. Ackerman was an American government photographer. During a nearly 40-year career with the United States Department of Agriculture, it is estimated that he took over 50,000 photographs.-Biography:...
(1884–1962), American photographer - Graham AckermanGraham AckermanGraham Ackerman is an American gymnast. In April 2005 he won the national championship in the floor exercise event at the 2005 NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, making him a three-time national champ...
, American gymnast - Harry AckermanHarry AckermanHarry Stephen Ackerman was an American TV executive producer at Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures....
(1912–1991), American television producer - Hylton AckermanHylton AckermanHylton Michael Ackerman was a South African first class cricketer who played for Western Province in the 1970s.He attended Dale College Boy's High School where he was headboy. His son, Hylton D...
(born 1947), South African cricketer - Hylton Deon AckermanHylton Deon AckermanHylton Deon Ackerman, also known as HD Ackerman, is a South African cricketer.Ackerman has four Test appearances for South Africa all made in 1998. He made a gutsy 57 in his first Test innings but after that made little impact...
(born 1973), South African cricketer - James S. AckermanJames S. AckermanJames Sloss Ackerman is a prominent American architectural historian, a major scholar of Michelangelo's architecture, of Palladio and of Italian Renaissance architectural theory.-Biography:...
(born 1919), American architectural historian - Karen AckermanKaren AckermanKaren Ackerman is an American author of children's books.- Background :She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Woodward High School in 1969.- Career :...
(born 1951), American children's author - Lauren AckermanLauren AckermanLauren Vedder Ackerman was a prestigious American pathologist, who championed the subspecialty of surgical pathology in the mid-twentieth century.- Early life :...
(1905–1993), American physician & pathologist - Leslie AckermanLeslie AckermanLeslie Ackerman is an American actress from New Jersey.She is well known to Star Trek fans for her role as the attractive waitress in the popular Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1996 episode "Trials and Tribble-ations"....
(born 1956), American actress - Loni AckermanLoni AckermanLoni Ackerman is an American Broadway musical theatre performer and cabaret singer.Born in New York City, she made her Broadway debut in George M! in 1968, then replaced Bernadette Peters in the hit off-Broadway production of Dames at Sea.In 1971, Ackerman was cast in the revival of No, No Nanette...
(born 1949), American musical theatre actress - Marianne AckermanMarianne AckermanMarianne Letitia Ackerman is a Canadian novelist, playwright, and journalist. Piers' Desire, her third and most recent novel, was published in 2010.- Life and career :...
(born 1952), Canadian playwright, novelist, and journalist - Nate AckermanNate AckermanNate Ackerman is a British-American wrestler. He is the son of Peter Ackerman.Ackerman competed in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games as part of the Great Britain National Team. He also competed in the 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005 World Championships...
(born 1978), British-American logician and wrestler - Nathan AckermanNathan AckermanNathan W. Ackerman was an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and one of the most important pioneers of the field of family therapy....
(1908–1971), American psychiatrist and family therapist - Paul AckermanPaul AckermanPaul Ackerman was an influential music journalist.Ackerman was born in New York, New York. From 1943 to 1973 he was the music editor of Billboard magazine....
(1908–1977), American music journalist - Paula AckermanPaula AckermanPaula Ackerman was the first woman to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leading the Beth Israel congregation in Meridian, Mississippi from 1950-53 and the Beth-El congregation in Pensacola, Florida from 1962-63...
(1893–1989), first American female rabbi - Peter AckermanPeter AckermanPeter Ackerman is the founding chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and the managing director of Rockport Capital Incorporated. He chaired the board of trustees of Freedom House from September 2005 until January 2009. He is a member of the Board of the Council on Foreign...
(born 1946), American writer - Raymond AckermanRaymond AckermanRaymond Ackerman is a South African businessman, who purchased the Pick 'n Pay supermarket group from its founder Mr Jack Goldin . Raymond Ackerman was chairman until he stepped down in 2010. He is also well known for his philanthropic activities...
(born 1931), South African businessman - Robert AckermanRobert AckermanRobert Angus Ackerman is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer. In 1983 he toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions whilst playing for London Welsh RFC. A centre, he also played club rugby for Newport RFC...
(born 1961), Welsh rugby player - Spencer AckermanSpencer AckermanSpencer Ackerman is an American national security reporter and blogger. He began his career at The New Republic and currently writes for Wired magazine's national security blog, ....
, American reporter and blogger - Thomas E. AckermanThomas E. AckermanThomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer.-Filmography:*Infestation *Balls of Fury *Scary Movie 4 *The Benchwarmers...
, American cinematographer - Tom AckermanTom AckermanThomas Michael Ackerman is a former American football center in the NFL. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL Draft out of Eastern Washington University. He played for the Saints for the next 6 seasons...
(born 1972), American football player - Tusten AckermanTusten AckermanArthur Tusten Ackerman was an American basketball player in the early days of college and semi-professional basketball.Ackerman, a 6'3 forward/center from Lawrence, Kansas, played for coach Phog Allen at Kansas from 1922–1925...
, American basketball player - Val AckermanVal AckermanValerie B. "Val" Ackerman was born on November 7, 1959 in Lakewood Township, New Jersey but grew up in Pennington, New Jersey, United States. She is an attorney, sports executive, and former basketball player...
(born 1959), American attorney, sports executive, and basketball player - William AckermanWilliam AckermanWilliam Ackerman is a Grammy winning guitarist and composer of acoustic-based instrumental music. He founded and ran for many years the influential New Age record label Windham Hill Records.- Career :...
, American guitarist, composer, and founder of Windham Hill Records
External links
- Ackerman Last Name Origin - The Internet Surname Database