Fischer

This article is about the surname and a list of people with the surname. For other uses, see Fischer (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Fisher (disambiguation).

Origin and meaning

The German language name is derived from the profession of the fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname.

Variants

• Fisher (Anglicized version)
• Fischler
• Vischer
• Fischers
• Fischl
• Fischel
• Fischle)
• Fischmann

People with the surname include:

A – E

• Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official
• Ádám Fischer (born 1949), Hungarian conductor
• Alfred Fischer (judge) (1919–2004), German judge
• Alfred Fischer (architect) (1881–1950), German architect
• Annie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianist
• Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician
• Anton Fischer (bobsleigh), German bobsledder
• Artur Fischer (inventor) (born 1919), German inventor (fischertechnik, plastic dowel)
• Axel Fischer (politician) (born 1966), German politician (CDU)
• Batty Fischer (1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer
• Bernd Fischer (disambiguation)
  • Bernd Fischer (mathematician) (born 1936), German mathematician
• Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), American world chess champion 1972–1975
• Abram "Bram" Fischer (1908–1975), South African lawyer
• Carl Fischer (disambiguation)
• Christopher Fischer (born 1988), German ice hockey defenceman
• Clare Fischer (born 1928), American Composer, arranger, pianist
• Claude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologist
• David Hackett Fischer, professor of history
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 1925), German baritone and conductor
• Edmond H. Fischer (born 1920), Swiss-American biochemist
• Eduard Fischer, Austrian Colonel in World War I
• Edwin Fischer (1886–1960), Swiss pianist and conductor
• Emil Fischer (disambiguation)
• Ernst Fischer (disambiguation)
• Eugen Fischer (historian) (1899–1973), geologist and historian
• Eugen Fischer (1874–1967), anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party

F – J

• Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877–1948), chemist, famous for the Fischer-Tropsch process
• Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, botanist
• Fritz Fischer (biathlete) (born 1956), biathlon-sportsman
• Fritz Fischer (1908–1999), German historian
• Georg Fischer (born 1960), West German cross country skier
• George R. Fischer (born 1937), US underwater archaeologist, a pioneer of the field in the National Park Service
• Gerhard Fischer (disambiguation)
• Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag
• Gustav Fischer (equestrian) (1915–1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrian
• Gustav Fischer (1848–1886), German physician and explorer of Africa
• Hans Fischer (1881–1945), German chemist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Heike Fischer (born 1982), German diver
• Heinz Fischer (born 1938), Federal President of Austria
• Hermann Emil Fischer (1852–1919), German chemist, 1902 Nobel prizewiner, and inventor of the Fischer projection
• Howard Fischer, curator of the New York Jazz Museum
• Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor
• Jan Fischer (politician), former Prime Minister-designate of the Czech Republic
• James Fischer (1927–2004), American engineer
• Jean Fischer (1867–?), French cyclist
• Jean Chrétien Fischer (1716–1762), German-born French soldier
• Jenna Fischer (born 1974), American Actress
• Jiří Fischer (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player
• Johann Fischer (disambiguation)
• John Fischer (disambiguation)
• John Fischer (Christian musician), a musician
• John Fischer (pianist) (born 1930), a musician
• Joschka Fischer (born 1948), former foreign minister of Germany
• Joseph Fischer (disambiguation)
• Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist

K – O

• Karl Fischer (disambiguation)
• Kate Fischer (born 1973), Australian model and actress
• Klaus Fischer (born 1949), German football (soccer) player and coach
• Kuno Fischer (1824–1907), German philosopher
• Kurt Rudolf Fischer (born 1922), Jewish-Austrian philosopher
• Lothar Fischer (1933–2004), German sculptor
• Ludwig Fischer (bass) (1745–1825), German opera singer
• Ludwig Fischer (Nazi) (1905–1947), German Nazi lawyer, politician and war criminal
• Ludwig Fischer (racing driver) (1915–1991), German racing driver
• Ludwig Hans Fischer (1848–1915), Austrian landscape painter and etcher
• Manuel Fischer (born 1989), German footballer
• Marcel Fischer (born 1978), Swiss fencer
• Martin Fischer (automobile designer) (1867–1947), Swiss automobile designer
• Martin Fischer (tennis), Austrian professional tennis player
• Martin Fischer-Dieskau (born 1954), German conductor, son of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
• Móric Farkasházi Fischer
• Ottfried Fischer (born 1953), German actor and cabaret artist
• O. W. Fischer (1915–2004), Austrian actor

P – Z

• Pat Fischer (born 1940), American football player
• Patrick Fischer (born 1975), Swiss NHL Hockey player
• Patrick C. Fischer (1935–2011), American computer scientist and Unabomber target
• Paul Gustave Fischer (1860–1934), Danish painter
• Paul Henri Fischer (1835–1893) French physician, zoologist and paleontologist
• Rainer Fischer (born 1949), German-Canadian judoka
• Robert Fischer (politician) (fl. 1982–2001), Canadian politician
• Ruth Fischer (1895–1961), German communist
• Samuel von Fischer (1859–1934), German publisher, founder of the S. Fischer Verlag
• Sascha Fischer (born 1971), German rugby union player
• Scott Fischer (1956–1996), American mountain guide
• Stewart "Dirk" Fischer (born 1924), American Composer, Jazz Educator
• Sven Fischer (born 1971), German biathlon-sportsman
• Theobald Fischer (1846–1910), German geographer
• Theodor Fischer (1862–1938), German architect
• Thierry Fischer (born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautist
• Tim Fischer (born 1946), Australian politician
• Vera Fischer (born 1951), Brazilian actress and former Miss Brazil
• Werner Fischer (born 1939), German professor
• Wild Man Fischer (born 1945), Outsider musician
• Wilhelm Fischer ("Willy" Fischer) (born 1972), German boxer

See also

• All pages with titles containing "Fischer"
• Fischler