Fischer

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Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.

People with the surname

A

• Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official
• Adam Fischer (sculptor) (1888–1968), Danish sculptor
• Ádám Fischer (born 1949), Hungarian conductor
• Adolf Fischer (officer) (1893–1947), German Nazi general executed for war crimes
• Adolph Fischer (1858–1887) German-American anarchist
• Alfred Fischer (architect) (1881–1950), German architect
• Alfred Fischer (judge) (1919–2004), German judge
• Andrew Andika Fischer (born 1987), Indonesian actor
• Angeline Fuller Fischer (1841–1925), American writer
• Annie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianist
• Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician
• Andrea Fischer (scientist), (born 1973), Austrian glaciologist
• Anton Fischer (bobsleigh), German bobsledder
• Artur Fischer (1919–2016), German inventor (fischertechnik, plastic dowel)
• Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician

B

• Batty Fischer (1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer
• Benjamin Fischer (disambiguation)
• Bernd Fischer (disambiguation)
• Birgit Fischer (born 1962), German kayaker
• Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), American world chess champion 1972–1975
• Bram Fischer (1908–1975), South African lawyer

C

• Carl Fischer (disambiguation)
• Carlos Fischer (1903–1969), Uruguayan politician, President of the National Council of Government in 1958
• Caroline Fischer-Achten (1806–1896), Austrian opera singer
• Catherine Fischer (born 1947), American deafblind author
• Christian Fischer (born 1997), American ice hockey forward
• Christopher Fischer (born 1988), German ice hockey defenceman
• Clare Fischer (1928–2012), American composer, arranger, and pianist
• Claude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologist

D

• D'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli-American basketball player in the Israeli National League
• Dale S. Fischer (born 1951), US district court judge
• Dana Fischer (born 2010), American Magic: The Gathering player
• David Fischer (disambiguation)
• Deb Fischer (born 1951), American politician
• Debra Fischer (born 1953), American astronomer
• Diego Fischer (born 1961), Uruguayan journalist and writer
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012), German baritone and conductor
• Dirk Fischer (politician) (born 1943), German politician

E

• Edmond H. Fischer (1920–2021), Swiss-American biochemist
• Eduard Fischer (general) (1862–1935), 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 (1874–1967), anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party
• Eugen Fischer (historian) (1899–1973), German geologist and historian
• Eva Fischer (1920–2015), Croatian Italian artist

F

• Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877–1948), chemist, famous for the Fischer-Tropsch process
• Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782–1854), botanist
• Fritz Fischer (historian) (1908–1999), German historian
• Fritz Fischer (biathlete) (born 1956), sportsman

G

• Georg Fischer (disambiguation)
• George R. Fischer (1937–2016), US underwater archaeologist, a pioneer of the field in the National Park Service
• Gerhard Fischer (disambiguation)
• Gisela Fischer (1929–2014), German actress
• Gottfried Fischer (1944–2013), German psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst
• Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), Jewish-German publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag
• Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771–1853), German palaeontologist and entomologist.
• Gotthilf Fischer (1928–2020), German choral conductor
• Greg Fischer (born 1958), American businessman and mayor of Louisville, KY
• Gregor Fischer (1834–unknown), Bavarian-Liechtensteiner teacher and politician
• Gustav Fischer (equestrian) (1915–1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrian
• Gustav Fischer (explorer) (1848–1886), German physician and explorer of Africa

H

• 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
• Harold Fischer (1925–2009), American Korean War flying ace
• Heidemarie Fischer (1944–2022), German politician
• Heike Fischer (born 1982), German diver
• Heinz Fischer (born 1938), federal president of Austria
• Helen Fischer (1912–1986), American politician
• 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

I

• Ignjat Fischer (1870–1948), Croatian architect
• Ilse Fischer (born 1975), Austrian mathematician
• Iván Fischer (born 1951), Jewish-Hungarian conductor
• Ivana Fišer or Ivana Fischer (1905–1967), Croatian conductor

J

• Jan Fischer (politician), 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), American murder victim
• Johann Fischer (disambiguation)
• John Fischer (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Fischer (born 2001), Danish footballer
• Joschka Fischer (born 1948), German foreign minister
• Josef Fischer (cyclist) (1865–1953), German racing cyclist
• Joseph Fischer (disambiguation)
• Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist

K

• 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 Fischer (disambiguation), multiple people

L

• Laurence Fischer (born 1973), French karateka
• Leni Fischer (1935–2022), German politician
• 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

M

• Manuel Fischer (born 1989), German footballer
• Marcel Fischer (born 1978), Swiss fencer
• Martin Fischer (automobile designer) (1867–1947), Swiss automobile designer
• Martin Fischer (tennis) (born 1986), Austrian professional tennis player
• Martin Fischer-Dieskau (born 1954), German conductor, son of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
• Mathias Fischer (basketball) (born 1971), German basketball player and coach
• Michael J. Fischer (born 1942), American computer scientist
• Minna Fischer (1858–1941), Australian soprano and singing teacher in London
• Móric Fischer de Farkasházy (1799–1880), Hungarian porcelain manufacturer
• Moses Fischer (–), Austrian rabbi

N

• Nilla Fischer (born 1984), Swedish (soccer) football player

O

• Oskar Fischer (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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

• Pat Fischer (born 1940), American football player
• Patrick Fischer (disambiguation)
• Paul Fischer (disambiguation)

R

• Rainer Fischer (born 1949), German-Canadian judoka
• Ralf-Dieter Fischer (1948–2025), German politician
• Ricardo Fischer (born 1991), Brazilian basketball player
• Richard Fischer (1917–1969), Austrian footballer
• Robert Fischer (disambiguation)
• Ruth Fischer (1895–1961), German communist

S

• Samuel von Fischer (1859–1934), German publisher, founder of the S. Fischer Verlag
• Sascha Fischer (born 1971), German rugby union player
• Saskia Fischer (born 1966), German actress
• Scott Fischer (1956–1996), American mountain guide
• Simone Fischer (born 1979), German politician
• Stanley Fischer (1943–2025), 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) (born 1977), German football defender

T

• Tex Fischer, American politician
• Theobald Fischer (1846–1910), German geographer
• Theodor Fischer (1862–1938), German architect
• Theodor Fischer (fencer), German Olympic épée and foil fencer
• Thomas Fischer (disambiguation), several people
• Thierry Fischer (born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautist
• Tim Fischer (1946–2019), Australian politician
• , Danish film executive, appointed head of the Danish Film Institute from August 2024

V

• Vera Fischer (actress) (born 1951), Brazilian actress
• Vera Fischer (sculptor) (1925–2009), Croatian sculptor
• Vic Fischer (1924–2023), American politician
• Viktor Fischer (born 1994), Danish football player
• Viktor Fischer (wrestler) (1892–1977), Austrian Olympic wrestler

W

• Werner Fischer (crystallographer) (born 1931)
• Werner Fischer (sailor) (1940–2011)
• Wild Man Fischer (1945–2011), American outsider musician
• Wilhelm Fischer (boxer) ("Willi" Fischer) (born 1972), German boxer
• Wilhelm Fischer (politician) ("Willy" Fischer) (1904–1951), German politician

Z

• Zel M. Fischer (born 1963), Missouri Supreme Court judge

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