Fischer
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Fischer is an Alsatian surname, derived from the profession of the fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.
People with the surname
A–E
- Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official
- Adam Fischer (1888–1968), Danish sculptor
- Ádám Fischer (born 1949), Hungarian conductor
- Adolf Fischer (officer) (1893–1947), German Nazi general executed for war crimes
- 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 (1919–2016), German inventor (fischertechnik, plastic dowel)
- Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician
- Batty Fischer (1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer
- Bernd Fischer (disambiguation)
- Bernd Fischer (mathematician) (born 1936), German mathematician
- Birgit Fischer (born 1962), German kayaker
- Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), American world chess champion 1972–1975
- Abram "Bram" Fischer (1908–1975), South African lawyer
- Carl Fischer (disambiguation)
- Carlos Fischer (1903-1969), Uruguayan politician, President of the National Council of Government in 1958
- Christian Fischer (born 1997), American ice hockey forward
- Christopher Fischer (born 1988), German ice hockey defenceman
- Clare Fischer (1928–2012), American composer, arranger, pianist
- Claude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologist
- D'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli basketball player
- Dana Fischer (born 2010), American Magic: The Gathering player
- David Hackett Fischer, professor of history
- Deb Fischer (born 1951), American politician
- Debra Fischer, American astronomer
- Diego Fischer (born 1961), Uruguayan journalist and writer
- 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
- Elizabeth Fischer Monastero, American mezzo-soprano
- Emil Fischer (disambiguation)
- Emily V. Fischer (born 1979 or 1980), American atmospheric chemist
- Ernst Fischer (disambiguation)
- Esther Fischer-Homberger (1940–2019), Swiss psychiatrist and medical historian
- Eugen Fischer (historian) (1899–1973), geologist and historian
- Eugen Fischer (1874–1967), anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party
- Eva Fischer (1920–2015), Croatian Italian artist
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 Fischer (1944–2013), German psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst
- Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), Jewish-German publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag
- Greg Fischer 2011 mayor of Louisville, KY
- Gustav Fischer (equestrian) (1915–1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrian
- Gustav Fischer (1848–1886), German physician and explorer of Africa
- H. L. Fischer (1822–1909) (Henry Lee Fischer), Pennsylvania German language writer and translator
- 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
- Helene Fischer (born 1984), German pop music singer
- Hermann Emil Fischer (1852–1919), German chemist, 1902 Nobel prizewinner, and inventor of the Fischer projection
- Horst Fischer (1912–1966), German SS concentration camp doctor executed for war crimes
- Howard Fischer, curator of the New York Jazz Museum
- Ignjat Fischer (1870–1948), Croatian architect
- Ilse Fischer (born 1975), Austrian mathematician
- Iván Fischer, Jewish-Hungarian conductor
- Ivana Fischer (1905–1967), Croatian conductor
- Jan Fischer (politician), former Prime Minister-designate of the Czech Republic
- James Fischer (1927–2004), American engineer
- Jason Fischer (disambiguation)
- 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
- Joey Fischer (1976–1993), an American student murdered
- Johann Fischer (disambiguation)
- John Fischer (disambiguation)
- John Fischer (Christian musician), musician
- John Fischer (pianist) (1930–2016), musician
- Joschka Fischer (born 1948), former foreign minister of Germany
- Josef Fischer (cyclist)
- 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 (1922–2014), Jewish-Austrian philosopher
- Laurence Fischer
- Lisa Fischer (born 1958), American singer
- Lothar Fischer (1933–2004), German sculptor
- Louis Fischer (1896–1970), American journalist
- Ludwig Fischer (1905–1947), German Nazi lawyer and government official executed for war crimes
- Ludwig Fischer (bass) (1745–1825), German opera singer
- 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
- Mathias Fischer (born 1971), German basketball player and coach
- Minna Fischer (1858–1941), Australian soprano and singing teacher in London
- Móric Fischer de Farkasházy (1799–1880), Hungarian porcelain manufacturer
- Nilla Fischer (born 1984), Swedish (soccer) football player
- Ottfried Fischer (born 1953), German actor and cabaret artist
- Otto Fischer (footballer) (1901–1941), Austrian (soccer) football player and coach
- O. W. Fischer, Otto Wilhelm Fischer (1915–2004), Austrian actor
- Øystein Fischer (1942–2013), Norwegian physicist
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
- Patrick F. Fischer, American judge
- Paul Gustav Fischer (1860–1934), Danish painter
- Paul Henri Fischer (1835–1893) French physician, zoologist and paleontologist
- Rainer Fischer (born 1949), German-Canadian judoka
- Ricardo Fischer (born 1991), Brazilian basketball player
- 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
- Stanley Fischer (born 1943), American and Israeli central banker
- Steven Thomas Fischer (born 1972) American filmmaker and cartoonist of German descent
- Stewart "Dirk" Fischer (1924–2013), American composer, musician and jazz educator
- Sven Fischer (born 1971), German biathlete
- Sven Fischer (footballer), German football defender
- Theobald Fischer (1846–1910), German geographer
- Theodor Fischer (1862–1938), German architect
- Thomas Fischer (disambiguation), several people
- Thierry Fischer (born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautist
- Tim Fischer (born 1946), Australian politician
- Vera Fischer (actress) (born 1951), Brazilian actress and former Miss Brazil
- Vera Fischer (sculptor) (1925–2009), Croatian sculptor
- Viktor Fischer (born 1994), Danish football player
- Werner Fischer (born 1939), German professor
- Wild Man Fischer (born 1945), Outsider musician
- Wilhelm Fischer ("Willi" Fischer) (born 1972), German boxer
- Wilhelm Fischer (politician) ("Willy" Fischer) (1904–1951), German politician
- Zel M. Fischer (born 1963), Missouri Supreme Court judge
See also
This page lists people with the surname Fischer.
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