Fischer
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 South African public official
- Adam Fischer (sculptor), Danish sculptor
- Ádám Fischer, Hungarian conductor
- Adolf Fischer (officer), German Nazi general executed for war crimes
- Adolph Fischer German-American anarchist
- Alfred Fischer (architect), German architect
- Alfred Fischer (judge), German judge
- Andrew Andika Fischer, Indonesian actor
- Angeline Fuller Fischer, American writer
- Annie Fischer, Hungarian pianist
- Andrea Fischer, German politician
- Andrea Fischer (scientist),, Austrian glaciologist
- Anton Fischer (bobsleigh), German bobsledder
- Artur Fischer, German inventor
- Axel Fischer, German politician
B
- Batty Fischer, Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer
- Benjamin Fischer
- Bernd Fischer (disambiguation)
- Birgit Fischer, German kayaker
- Bobby Fischer, American world chess champion 1972–1975
- Bram Fischer, South African lawyer
C
- Carl Fischer (disambiguation)
- Carlos Fischer, Uruguayan politician, President of the National Council of Government in 1958
- Caroline Fischer-Achten, Austrian opera singer
- Catherine Fischer, American deafblind author
- Christian Fischer, American ice hockey forward
- Christopher Fischer, German ice hockey defenceman
- Clare Fischer, American composer, arranger, and pianist
- Claude S. Fischer, American sociologist
D
- D'or Fischer, Israeli-American basketball player in the Israeli National League
- Dale S. Fischer, US district court judge
- Dana Fischer, American Magic: The Gathering player
- David Fischer (disambiguation)
- Deb Fischer, American politician
- Debra Fischer, American astronomer
- Diego Fischer, Uruguayan journalist and writer
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone and conductor
- Dirk Fischer (politician), German politician
E
- Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist
- Eduard Fischer (general), Austrian colonel in World War I
- Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor
- Elizabeth Fischer Monastero, American mezzo-soprano
- Emil Fischer (disambiguation)
- Emily V. Fischer, American atmospheric chemist
- Ernst Fischer (disambiguation)
- Esther Fischer-Homberger, Swiss psychiatrist and medical historian
- Eugen Fischer, anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party
- Eugen Fischer (historian), German geologist and historian
- Eva Fischer, Croatian Italian artist
F
- Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, chemist, famous for the Fischer-Tropsch process
- Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, botanist
- Fritz Fischer (historian), German historian
- Fritz Fischer (biathlete), sportsman
G
- Georg Fischer (disambiguation)
- George R. Fischer, US underwater archaeologist, a pioneer of the field in the National Park Service
- Gerhard Fischer (disambiguation)
- Gisela Fischer, German actress
- Gottfried Fischer, German psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst
- Gottfried Bermann Fischer, Jewish-German publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag
- Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, German palaeontologist and entomologist.
- Gotthilf Fischer, German choral conductor
- Greg Fischer, American businessman and mayor of Louisville, KY
- Gregor Fischer, Bavarian-Liechtensteiner teacher and politician
- Gustav Fischer (equestrian), Swiss Olympian in equestrian
- Gustav Fischer (explorer), German physician and explorer of Africa
H
- H. L. Fischer, Pennsylvania German language writer and translator
- Hans Fischer, German chemist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Harold Fischer, American Korean War flying ace
- Heidemarie Fischer, German politician
- Heike Fischer, German diver
- Heinz Fischer, federal president of Austria
- Helen Fischer, American politician
- Helene Fischer, German pop music singer
- Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, 1902 Nobel prizewinner, and inventor of the Fischer projection
- Horst Fischer, German SS concentration camp doctor executed for war crimes
- Howard Fischer, curator of the New York Jazz Museum
I
- Ignjat Fischer, Croatian architect
- Ilse Fischer, Austrian mathematician
- Iván Fischer, Jewish-Hungarian conductor
- Ivana Fišer or Ivana Fischer, Croatian conductor
J
- Jan Fischer (politician), prime minister-designate of the Czech Republic
- James Fischer, American engineer
- Jason Fischer (disambiguation)
- Jean Fischer, French cyclist
- Jean Chrétien Fischer, German-born French soldier
- Jenna Fischer, American actress
- Jiří Fischer, Czech ice hockey player
- Joey Fischer, American murder victim
- Johann Fischer (disambiguation)
- John Fischer (disambiguation)
- Jonathan Fischer, Danish footballer
- Joschka Fischer, German foreign minister
- Josef Fischer (cyclist), German racing cyclist
- Joseph Fischer (disambiguation)
- Julia Fischer, German violinist
K
- Karl Fischer (disambiguation)
- Kate Fischer, Australian model and actress
- Klaus Fischer, German football player and coach
- Kuno Fischer, German philosopher
- Kurt Fischer (disambiguation), multiple people
L
- Laurence Fischer, French karateka
- Leni Fischer, German politician
- Lisa Fischer, American singer
- Lothar Fischer, German sculptor
- Louis Fischer, American journalist
- Ludwig Fischer, German Nazi lawyer and government official executed for war crimes
- Ludwig Fischer (bass), German opera singer
- Ludwig Fischer (racing driver), German racing driver
- Ludwig Hans Fischer, Austrian landscape painter and etcher
M
- Manuel Fischer, German footballer
- Marcel Fischer, Swiss fencer
- Martin Fischer (automobile designer), Swiss automobile designer
- Martin Fischer (tennis), Austrian professional tennis player
- Martin Fischer-Dieskau, German conductor, son of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Mathias Fischer (basketball), German basketball player and coach
- Michael J. Fischer, American computer scientist
- Minna Fischer, Australian soprano and singing teacher in London
- Móric Fischer de Farkasházy, Hungarian porcelain manufacturer
- Moses Fischer, Austrian rabbi
N
- Nilla Fischer, Swedish football player
O
- Oskar Fischer (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ottfried Fischer, German actor and cabaret artist
- Otto Fischer (footballer), Austrian football player and coach
- O. W. Fischer, Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor
- Øystein Fischer, Norwegian physicist
P
- Pat Fischer, American football player
- Patrick Fischer (disambiguation)
- Paul Fischer (disambiguation)
R
- Rainer Fischer, German-Canadian judoka
- Ralf-Dieter Fischer, German politician
- Ricardo Fischer, Brazilian basketball player
- Richard Fischer, Austrian footballer
- Robert Fischer (disambiguation)
- Ruth Fischer, German communist
S
- Samuel von Fischer, German publisher, founder of the S. Fischer Verlag
- Sascha Fischer, German rugby union player
- Saskia Fischer, German actress
- Scott Fischer, American mountain guide
- Simone Fischer, German politician
- Stanley Fischer, American and Israeli central banker
- Steven Thomas Fischer American filmmaker and cartoonist of German descent
- Stewart "Dirk" Fischer, American composer, musician and jazz educator
- Sven Fischer, German biathlete
- Sven Fischer (footballer), German football defender
T
- Tex Fischer, American politician
- Theobald Fischer, German geographer
- Theodor Fischer, German architect
- Theodor Fischer (fencer), German Olympic épée and foil fencer
- Thomas Fischer (disambiguation), several people
- Thierry Fischer, Swiss conductor and flautist
- Tim Fischer, Australian politician
- , Danish film executive, appointed head of the Danish Film Institute from August 2024
V
- Vera Fischer (actress), Brazilian actress
- Vera Fischer (sculptor), Croatian sculptor
- Vic Fischer, American politician
- Viktor Fischer, Danish football player
- Viktor Fischer (wrestler), Austrian Olympic wrestler
W
- Werner Fischer (crystallographer)
- Werner Fischer (sailor)
- Wild Man Fischer, American outsider musician
- Wilhelm Fischer (boxer), German boxer
- Wilhelm Fischer (politician), German politician