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.

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People with the surname

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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

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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

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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

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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, 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

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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), geologist and historian
Eva Fischer (1920–2015), Croatian Italian artist

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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

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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
Gustav Fischer (equestrian) (1915–1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrian
Gustav Fischer (explorer) (1848–1886), German physician and explorer of Africa

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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
Heidemarie Fischer (1944–2022), German politician
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

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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

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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)
Joschka Fischer (born 1948), German foreign minister
Josef Fischer (cyclist) (1865–1953), German racing cyclist
Joseph Fischer (disambiguation)
Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist

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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 (politician) (1900–1950), German Communist politician
Kurt Rudolf Fischer (1922–2014), Jewish-Austrian philosopher
Kurt W. Fischer (1943–2020), American developmental psychologist

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Laurence Fischer (born 1973), French karateka
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

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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 (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 (c. 1756–c. 1833), Austrian rabbi

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

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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

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

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

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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