Hylton Michael Ackerman (28 April 1947 – 2 September 2009) was a South African first-class cricketer.

A hard-hitting left-hander who usually opened the batting, he made his first-class debut in 1963–64 for Border aged 16 whilst still at school.

At 18 he was selected to play for South against North, a trial match for the following season's series against Australia, and scored 84; he twice played for a South African XI against the touring Australians in 1966–67 but was unable to break into the strong Test side.

He played in the replacement series, for the World XI, hitting 323 runs at 46.14.

[1] His son, Hylton D. Ackerman, played Test cricket for South Africa in 1998.