Akers (surname)

Akers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Burt Akers, penname of

Kenneth Bulmer Henry Kenneth Bulmer (14 January 1921 – 16 December 2005) was a British author, primarily of science fiction. Life Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and they divorced in 1981. B ...

* Beth Akers (b. 1983), American economist *

Bill Akers William G. Akers (December 25, 1904 – April 13, 1962), nicknamed Bump, was an American baseball infielder and soldier. Akers played professional baseball for 11 seasons from 1924 to 1934, including four seasons in Major League Baseball with the ...

(1904–1962), American Major League Baseball infielder *

Cam Akers Cam Akers (born June 22, 1999) is an American football running back for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida State, and was drafted by the Rams in the second round of the 2020 NFL Dra ...

(born 1999), American football player *

Charles W. Akers Charles Wesley Akers (April 2, 1920 – February 1, 2009) was an American historian, author, and educator. Early life and education Charles was born in Indianapolis, Indiana to Ira and Mary Bird Akers. Akers received his bachelor's degree in hist ...

(1920–2009), American historian and educator * Courtney Akers (fl. 2000s), British actress * Dave Akers (fl. 1980s–2010s), videogame designer *

David Akers David Roy Akers (; born December 9, 1974) is an American former football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles. He began his career in 1998 with the Washington Reds ...

(born 1974), American football placekicker * Deborah Akers, author and researcher *

Fred Akers Fred Akers (March 17, 1938 – December 7, 2020) was an American college football player and coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Wyoming (1975–1976), the University of Texas at Austin (1977–1986), and Purdue Universit ...

(1938–2020), former American football coach *

Garfield Akers Garfield Akers (possibly born James Garfield Echols, probably 1908 – c. 1959) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He had sometimes performed under the pseudonym "Garfield Partee." Info on him is uncertain, and knowledge of his life ...

, blues singer and guitarist * George Akers, film editor * Jeran Akers (born 1947), former mayor of Plano, Texas *

John Fellows Akers John Fellows Akers (December 28, 1934 – August 22, 2014) was an American businessman. He was president (1983-1989), chief executive officer (1985-1993) and chairman (1986-1993) of IBM. Education Akers attended Yale, and while there became a bro ...

(1934–2014) President of IBM *

Karen Akers Karen Akers (born October 13, 1945) is an American actress and singer, who has appeared on Broadway theatre, Broadway, and in cabaret and film. Early life Akers was born Karen Orth-Pallavicini in New York City on October 13, 1945. Her immigrant ...

(born 1945), American actress and singer *

Landen Akers Landen Akers (born July 7, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Iowa State. Early life and high school Akers grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Mary Ann Akers Mary Ann Akers is a freelance writer and adjunct professor of journalism at American University. She was a blogger and reporter for The Washington Post, a national correspondent for NPR and a political gossip columnist for Roll Call newspaper, appe ...

, political gossip columnist *

Michael Akers Michael D. Akers (born September 5, 1970 in Ephrata, Pennsylvania) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. In 2000, he founded "United Gay Network" (UGN) with his longtime partner, Sandon Berg. Most of his films are L ...

(born 1970), American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor *

Michelle Akers Michelle Anne Akers (formerly Akers-Stahl; born February 1, 1966) is an American former soccer player who starred in the 1991 and 1999 Women's World Cup and 1996 Olympics victories by the United States. At the 1991 World Cup, she won the Golde ...

(born 1966), American soccer player * Polk E. Akers, inventor of Akers' clasp *

Rob Akers Robert George Akers (17 October 1941 – 28 October 2006) was an architect and Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, for the seat of Pine Rivers 1974–1983. Later he was Chairman of Shire of Pine Rivers from 1985 to 1 ...

(1941–2006), Australian politician and architect * Ronald Akers (born 1939), American criminologist *

Susan Grey Akers Susan Grey Akers (April 3, 1889 – January 30, 1984) was an American librarian and the first woman to hold an academic deanship at the University of North Carolina. Biography Akers was born on April 3, 1889, in Richmond, Kentucky, to Clara El ...

(1889–1984), American librarian *

Thomas Akers Thomas Dale Akers (born May 20, 1951) is a former American astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program. Education Akers was the valedictorian of his 29-member 1969 senior class from Eminence, Missouri. He worked summers as a park ranger in the ...

(born 1951), former United States astronaut *

Vic Akers Victor David Akers, OBE (born 24 August 1946) is a football manager and former player who was most recently the assistant manager at Boreham Wood. Akers played as a left back. He was also manager of Arsenal Ladies winning numerous trophies wit ...

(born 1946), former football player and manager *

Wallace Akers Sir Wallace Alan Akers (9 September 1888 – 1 November 1954) was a British chemist and industrialist. Beginning his academic career at Oxford he specialized in physical chemistry. During the Second World War, he was the director of the Tube Al ...

(1888–1954), British chemist and industrialist {{surname, Akers