Wacker may refer to:

People

Wacker von Wackenfels Johannes Matthaeus Wacker von Wackenfels (1550–1619) was an active diplomat, scholar and author, with an avid interest in history and philosophy. A follower of Neostoicism, he sought to resolve the doubts he still had about his conversion to Catho ...

* The Whacker, poker player Garry Bush's nickname * Wacker (surname) * ''Wacker'', a colloquial term for an inhabitant of Liverpool, England; a partial synonym for "

scouse Scouse (; formally known as Liverpool English or Merseyside English) is an accent and dialect of English associated with Liverpool and the surrounding county of Merseyside. The Scouse accent is highly distinctive; having been influenced he ...

Places

* Wacker (Heve), a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Wacker, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois, United States * Wacker Township, McPherson County, South Dakota, United States *

Ward Cove, Alaska Ward Cove (also Wacker, Wacker City, or Wards Cove) is an unincorporated community in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States. Its elevation is 164 feet (50 m). It has a post office with the ZIP code 99928. This village is an ...

, United States, also called Wacker, an unincorporated community in Ketchikan Gateway Borough *

Wacker Drive Wacker Drive is a major multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River in the Loop.Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, ''Streetwise Chicago'', "Wacke ...

, a street in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Companies

* Wacker Chemie, Munich, Germany * Wacker Neuson, Munich, Germany

Sports

Austria

* FC Admira Wacker Mödling, a football club from Mödling *

FC Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and o ...

, a defunct association football club from Innsbruck * FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002), an existing association football club from Innsbruck

Germany

* Wacker 04 Berlin, a former football club based in Berlin * Wacker Bernburg, a former association football club from Bernburg, Saxony *FC Wacker Biberach, a former association football club from Biberach an der Riß, Baden-Württemberg, that has merged with another club to

FV Biberach FV Biberach is a German association football club from the city of Biberach an der Riß, Baden-Württemberg. The origins of the club are with the gymnastics club ''Turngemeinde 1847 Biberach'', which first formed a football department in 1903, a ...

SV Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a German football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports. History The club was founded on 13 Novemb ...

, a football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria **

Wacker-Arena The Wacker-Arena is a multi-use stadium in Burghausen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SV Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a German football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and ...

, their stadium **

SV Wacker Burghausen II The SV Wacker Burghausen II is a defunct German association football club from Burghausen, Bavaria. It was the reserve team of SV Wacker Burghausen. The team's greatest successes came in 2005 and 2012 when it qualified on both occasions for th ...

a defunct football club, reserve team of SV Wacker Burghausen * Wacker Leipzig, a defunct association football club playing in Leipzig * FC Wacker München, an association football club based in the Sendling borough of Munich *

FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost in 1995 and 2013. It has also won the Thuringia Cup on three occasions and, t ...

, an association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia *

FSV Wacker 03 Gotha FSV Wacker 03 Gotha is a German association football club from the city of Gotha, Thuringia. History The roots of the club go back to the founding of ''Fußball-Club Einigkeit Gotha'' on 7 July 1907. Later that year they took on the name ''FC W ...

, an association football club from Gotha, Thuringia

Switzerland

Wacker Thun Wacker Thun is a handball club from Thun, Switzerland. Wacker Thun competes in Nationalliga A of the Swiss Handball League. Kits Achievements *1 EHF Challenge Cup The Men's EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competi ...

, a team handball club from Thun

Other uses

* Wacker process, a chemical reaction * Vibrating plate compactor, a construction tool *

The Wackers The Wackers was an American folk rock band formed in 1970, out of another band, Roxy. Though short-lived the band was moderately successful, releasing three studio albums. Career Singer/songwriter Bob Segarini and multi-instrumentalist Randy ...

, an American rock band based in Montreal, Canada. *

The Wackers (TV series) The Wackers was an American folk rock band formed in 1970, out of another band, Roxy. Though short-lived the band was moderately successful, releasing three studio albums. Career Singer/songwriter Bob Segarini and multi-instrumentalist Randy ...

, 1975 British sitcom created by Vince Powell