# Fischer

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
### A

* 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

### B

* 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

### 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, 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 (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

### F

* 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

### G

* 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

### H

* 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

### I

* 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

### J

* 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

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

### L

* 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

### M

* 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

### 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 (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

### P

* Pat Fischer (born 1940), American football player
* 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
* Scott Fischer (1956–1996), American mountain guide
* Simone Fischer (born 1979), German politician
* 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

### T

* Tex Fischer, American politician
* Theobald Fischer (1846–1910), German geographer
* Theodor Fischer (1862–1938), German architect
* Theodor Fischer (fencer), German Olympic épée and foil fencer
* Thomas Fischer (disambiguation), several people
* Thierry Fischer (born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautist
* Tim Fischer (1946–2019), Australian politician
* Tine Fischer [da], Danish film executive, appointed head of the Danish Film Institute from August 2024

### V

* Vera Fischer (actress) (born 1951), Brazilian actress
* Vera Fischer (sculptor) (1925–2009), Croatian sculptor
* Viktor Fischer (born 1994), Danish football player
* Viktor Fischer (wrestler) (1892–1977), Austrian Olympic wrestler

### W

* Werner Fischer (crystallographer) (born 1931)
* Werner Fischer (sailor) (1940–2011)
* Wild Man Fischer (1945–2011), Outsider musician
* Wilhelm Fischer (boxer) ("Willi" Fischer) (born 1972), German boxer
* Wilhelm Fischer (politician) ("Willy" Fischer) (1904–1951), German politician

### Z

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