Visscher
title: "Visscher" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dutch-language-surnames", "occupational-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visscher" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Visscher is a Dutch occupational surname. Visscher is an archaic spelling of Dutch visser meaning "fisherman". Varianta are Visschers and * De Visscher*. The latter form is now most common in East Flanders. Notable people with the surname include:
- Roemer Visscher (1547–1620), merchant and writer from Amsterdam
- Anna Visscher (1584–1651), Dutch artist, poet, and translator, daughter of Roemer
- Maria Tesselschade Visscher (1594–1649), Dutch poet, and engraver, daughter of Roemer
- Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587–1652), engraver and publisher from Amsterdam
- Nicolaes Visscher I (1618–1679), his son, Dutch cartographer and publisher
- Nicolaes Visscher II (1649–1702), his son, Dutch cartographer and publisher
- Nicolaes Visscher I (1618–1679), his son, Dutch cartographer and publisher
- Frans Jacobszoon Visscher (fl. 1623–1645), Dutch mariner and explorer; variants of his first name include Franchoijs or Franchoys etc.; his middle name is sometimes abbreviated "Jacobsz."
- Three brothers (de) Visscher of Haarlem:
- Cornelis Visscher (1628/29 – 1658), Dutch engraver
- Lambert Visscher (1633 – aft.1690), Dutch printmaker active in Italy
- Jan de Visscher (1635/36 – aft.1692), Dutch engraver and painter
- Codien Visscher (1835–1912), Dutch translator and writer
- (1864–1947), Dutch theologian and politician
- Rinskje Visscher (1868–1950), first female municipal archivist in the Netherlands
- John Paul Visscher (1895–1950), American protozoologist
- Jantje Visscher (born 1933), American painter, photographer, and sculptor
- (born 1960), Dutch comedian and cabaret performer
- Maurice Visscher (1901–1983), American physiologist
- Peter Visscher, Dutch-born Australian geneticist Visschers
- Jacques Visschers (1940–2020), Dutch footballer De Visscher
- Charles De Visscher (1884–1973), Belgian jurist
- (1885–1964), Belgian legal historian
- (1916–1996), Belgian jurist, son of Charles
- Jeffrey de Visscher (born 1981), Dutch footballer
References
de:Visscher fr:Visscher it:Visscher ru:Виссхер
References
- [http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=visscher&gba_naam=Visscher&nfd_naam=Visscher&operator=eq&taal= Visscher] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
- [https://familienaam.be/De_Visscher De Vischer] at familienaam.be
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