Fischer
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 South African public official
- Adam Fischer, Danish sculptor
- Ádám Fischer, Hungarian conductor
- Adolf Fischer , German Nazi general executed for war crimes
- Alfred Fischer , German judge
- Alfred Fischer , German architect
- Annie Fischer, Hungarian pianist
- Andrea Fischer, German politician
- Anton Fischer, German bobsledder
- Artur Fischer, German inventor
- Axel Fischer, German politician
- Batty Fischer, Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer
- Bernd Fischer
- * Bernd Fischer , German mathematician
- Birgit Fischer, German kayaker
- Bobby Fischer, American world chess champion 1972–1975
- Abram "Bram" Fischer, South African lawyer
- Carl Fischer
- Carlos Fischer, Uruguayan politician, President of the National Council of Government in 1958
- Christian Fischer, American ice hockey forward
- Christopher Fischer, German ice hockey defenceman
- Clare Fischer, American composer, arranger, pianist
- Claude S. Fischer, American sociologist
- D'or Fischer, Israeli basketball player
- Dana Fischer, American Magic: The Gathering player
- David Hackett Fischer, professor of history
- Deb Fischer, American politician
- Debra Fischer, American astronomer
- Diego Fischer, Uruguayan journalist and writer
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone and conductor
- Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist
- Eduard Fischer, Austrian colonel in World War I
- Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor
- Elizabeth Fischer Monastero, American mezzo-soprano
- Emil Fischer
- Emily V. Fischer, American atmospheric chemist
- Ernst Fischer
- Esther Fischer-Homberger, Swiss psychiatrist and medical historian
- Eugen Fischer , geologist and historian
- Eugen Fischer, anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party
- Eva Fischer, Croatian Italian artist
F–J
- Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, chemist, famous for the Fischer-Tropsch process
- Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, botanist
- Fritz Fischer , biathlon-sportsman
- Fritz Fischer, German historian
- Georg Fischer, West German cross country skier
- George R. Fischer, US underwater archaeologist, a pioneer of the field in the National Park Service
- Gerhard Fischer
- Gottfried Fischer, German psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst
- Gottfried Bermann Fischer, Jewish-German publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag
- Greg Fischer 2011 mayor of Louisville, KY
- Gustav Fischer , Swiss Olympian in equestrian
- Gustav Fischer, German physician and explorer of Africa
- H. L. Fischer , Pennsylvania German language writer and translator
- Hans Fischer, German chemist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Heike Fischer, German diver
- Heinz Fischer, Federal President of Austria
- 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
- Ignjat Fischer, Croatian architect
- Ilse Fischer, Austrian mathematician
- Iván Fischer, Jewish-Hungarian conductor
- Ivana Fischer, Croatian conductor
- Jan Fischer, former Prime Minister-designate of the Czech Republic
- James Fischer, American engineer
- Jason Fischer
- Jean Fischer, French cyclist
- Jean Chrétien Fischer, German-born French soldier
- Jenna Fischer, American Actress
- Jiří Fischer, Czech ice hockey player
- Joey Fischer, an American student murdered
- Johann Fischer
- John Fischer
- John Fischer, musician
- John Fischer , musician
- Joschka Fischer, former foreign minister of Germany
- Josef Fischer
- Joseph Fischer
- Julia Fischer, German violinist
K–O
- Karl Fischer
- Kate Fischer, Australian model and actress
- Klaus Fischer, German football player and coach
- Kuno Fischer, German philosopher
- Kurt Rudolf Fischer, Jewish-Austrian philosopher
- Laurence Fischer
- 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 , German opera singer
- Ludwig Fischer , German racing driver
- Ludwig Hans Fischer, Austrian landscape painter and etcher
- Manuel Fischer, German footballer
- Marcel Fischer, Swiss fencer
- Martin Fischer , Swiss automobile designer
- Martin Fischer, Austrian professional tennis player
- Martin Fischer-Dieskau, German conductor, son of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Mathias Fischer, German basketball player and coach
- Minna Fischer, Australian soprano and singing teacher in London
- Móric Fischer de Farkasházy, Hungarian porcelain manufacturer
- Nilla Fischer, Swedish football player
- Ottfried Fischer, German actor and cabaret artist
- Otto Fischer , Austrian football player and coach
- O. W. Fischer, Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor
- Øystein Fischer, Norwegian physicist
P–Z
- Pat Fischer, American football player
- Patrick Fischer, Swiss NHL Hockey player
- Patrick C. Fischer, American computer scientist and Unabomber target
- Patrick F. Fischer, American judge
- Paul Gustav Fischer, Danish painter
- Paul Henri Fischer French physician, zoologist and paleontologist
- Rainer Fischer, German-Canadian judoka
- Ricardo Fischer, Brazilian basketball player
- Robert Fischer , Canadian politician
- Ruth Fischer, German communist
- Samuel von Fischer, German publisher, founder of the S. Fischer Verlag
- Sascha Fischer, German rugby union player
- Scott Fischer, American mountain guide
- 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, German football defender
- Theobald Fischer, German geographer
- Theodor Fischer, German architect
- Thomas Fischer, several people
- Thierry Fischer, Swiss conductor and flautist
- Tim Fischer, Australian politician
- Vera Fischer , Brazilian actress and former Miss Brazil
- Vera Fischer , Croatian sculptor
- Viktor Fischer, Danish football player
- Werner Fischer, German professor
- Wild Man Fischer, Outsider musician
- Wilhelm Fischer , German boxer
- Wilhelm Fischer , German politician
- Zel M. Fischer, Missouri Supreme Court judge