Fisher

Not to be confused with Fischer or fissure.

Fisher is an archaic term for a fisherman, revived as gender-neutral.

Fisher, Fishers or The Fisher may also refer to:

• Fisher (animal) (Martes pennanti), a North American mustelid
• Fisher (band), a rock band featuring Kathy Fisher as lead singer
• Fisher (yachts), famous British motorsailers
• Fisher (comic strip), a Canadian comic strip by Philip Street
• Sergey Golovkin (1959-1996), a Russian serial killer known as "The Fisher"

Places

Australia

• Fisher, Australian Capital Territory
• Fisher Island (Queensland)
• Fisher Island (Tasmania)
• Fisher Island Reef, Tasmania
• Division of Fisher, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland
• Electoral district of Fisher, a state electoral district in South Australia

Canada

• Fisher, Manitoba

United Kingdom

• Fisher Bank, a sea area of the UK shipping forecast

United States

• Fisher, Arkansas
• Fisher, California (disambiguation), multiple locations
  • Fisher, Humboldt County, California
  • Fisher, Shasta County, California
• Fisher, Illinois
• Fisher, Louisiana
• Fisher, Minnesota
• Fisher, Missouri
• Fisher, Pennsylvania
• Fisher Island, Florida
• Fishers, Indiana
• Fishers, New York
• Fishers Island, New York

People

See Fisher (surname)

Organizations

• Max M. Fisher College of Business, part of The Ohio State University
• Fisher Communications
• Fisher F.C. (formerly Fisher Athletic F.C.), a football club in England
• Fisher Electronics, a Sanyo subsidiary producing hi-fi equipment
  • The Fisher (electronics manufacturer), a line of electronics marketed by Avery Fisher and predecessor to Fisher Electronics

In mathematics and science

• The Fisher meteorite of 1894, which landed in Minnesota, United States (see meteorite falls)
• Fisher's exact test, a statistical significance test
• Fisher's method, also known as Fisher's combined probability test
• Fisher equation, an equation in financial mathematics and economics
• Fisher transformation, a transformation in statistics used to test some hypotheses

In archaeology

• Fisher Site, archaeological site in the USA
• Fisher Farm Site, archaeological site in the USA

In law

• Fisher v. University of Texas (2013), a 2013 Supreme Court case
• Fisher v. University of Texas (2016), a 2016 Supreme Court case

See also

• Fisherman
• Fishery