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 (1850–1913) South African public official
• Adam Fischer (disambiguation)
• Adolf Fischer (disambiguation)
• Alfred Fischer (disambiguation)
• Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician
• Andrea Fischer (scientist), (born 1973), Austrian glaciologist
• Andrew Fischer (disambiguation)
• Angeline Fuller Fischer (1841–1925), American writer
• Anna Fischer (born 1986), German actress and singer
• Annie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianist
• Anton Fischer (disambiguation)
• Arthur Fischer (disambiguation)
• Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician

B

• Benjamin Fischer (disambiguation)
• Bernd Fischer (disambiguation)
• Birgit Fischer (born 1962), German kayaker
• Bob Fischer (disambiguation)
• 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 (disambiguation)
• Edward F. Fischer, professor of anthropology at Vanderbilt University
• 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 Fischer (disambiguation)
• Friedrich Fischer (disambiguation)
• Fritz Fischer (disambiguation)

G

• Georg Fischer (disambiguation)
• George Fischer (disambiguation)
• 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 (disambiguation)

H

• Hans Fischer (disambiguation)
• 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
• Henry Fischer (disambiguation)
• Hermann Fischer (disambiguation)
• 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 FiÅ¡er or Ivana Fischer (1905–1967), Croatian conductor

J

• James Fischer (1927–2004), American engineer
• Jan Fischer (disambiguation)
• Jason Fischer (disambiguation)
• Jean Fischer (disambiguation)
• Jenna Fischer (born 1974), American actress
• Jiří Fischer (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player
• Joey Fischer (1976–1993), American murder victim
• Johann Fischer (disambiguation)
• Johannes Fischer (1887–?), German physicist
• John Fischer (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Fischer (born 2001), Danish footballer
• Joschka Fischer (born 1948), German foreign minister
• 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 (disambiguation)

M

• Manuel Fischer (born 1989), German footballer
• Marcel Fischer (born 1978), Swiss fencer
• Martin Fischer (disambiguation)
• Mathias Fischer (disambiguation)
• Michael Fischer (disambiguation)
• 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 (disambiguation)
• Øystein Fischer (1942–2013), Norwegian physicist

P

• 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 (disambiguation)
• 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 (disambiguation)
• Vic Fischer (1924–2023), American politician
• Viktor Fischer (born 1994), Danish football player
• Viktor Fischer (wrestler) (1892–1977), Austrian Olympic wrestler

W

• Werner Fischer (disambiguation)
• Wild Man Fischer (1945–2011), American outsider musician
• Wilhelm Fischer (disambiguation)

Z

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

See also

• Fischler