Petrus Wilhelmus Catharina "Piet" Akkermans (20 December 1942 – 17 June 2002) was a Dutch classical scholar and academic administrator.
After graduating from Gymnasium-A at the Onze Lieve Vrouwelyceum in Breda in 1961, Akkermans obtained a doctoral degree in Greek and Latin language and literature at the Catholic University of Nijmegen.
He obtained his doctorate at Utrecht University with the thesis The human right on education and the Dutch Constitution.
Akkermans continued his academic career as professor of public and administrative law at Erasmus University from 1984; then Dean of the Faculty of Law at Erasmus University (1986-1989 and 1991-1993); then Rector of Erasmus University (1993-2001) Akkermans became rector of the College of Europe in Bruges on 1 July 2001, but died of a heart attack on 17 June 2002.
During the cabinet formations, the Van Kooten and De Bie duo regularly performed a character called 'Professor Dr. P. Akkermans' ("my name has been mentioned"), played by Kees van Kooten.