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Fischer is a German surname, derived from the profession of the fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.

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People with the surname include:

A – E

  • Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official
  • Adam Fischer (1888–1968), Danish sculptor
  • Ádám Fischer (born 1949), Jewish-Hungarian conductor
  • Alfred Fischer (judge) (1919–2004), German judge
  • Alfred Fischer (architect) (1881–1950), German architect
  • Annie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianist
  • Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician
  • Anton Fischer (bobsleigh), German bobsledder
  • Artur Fischer (1919–2016), German inventor (fischertechnik, plastic dowel)
  • Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician (CDU)
  • Batty Fischer (1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer
  • Bernd Fischer (disambiguation)
  • Bernd Fischer (mathematician) (born 1936), German mathematician
  • Birgit Fischer (born 1962), German kayaker
  • Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), American world chess champion 1972–1975
  • Abram "Bram" Fischer (1908–1975), South African lawyer
  • Carl Fischer (disambiguation)
  • Christopher Fischer (born 1988), German ice hockey defenceman
  • Clare Fischer (born 1928), American Composer, arranger, pianist
  • Claude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologist
  • D'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli basketball player
  • David Hackett Fischer, professor of history
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 1925), German baritone and conductor
  • Edmond H. Fischer (born 1920), Swiss-American biochemist
  • Eduard Fischer, Austrian Colonel in World War I
  • Edwin Fischer (1886–1960), Swiss pianist and conductor
  • Elizabeth Fischer Monastero, American mezzo-soprano
  • Emil Fischer (disambiguation)
  • Ernst Fischer (disambiguation)
  • Eugen Fischer (historian) (1899–1973), geologist and historian
  • Eugen Fischer (1874–1967), anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party
  • Eva Fischer (born 1920), Croatian Italian artist

    • F – J

  • Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877–1948), chemist, famous for the Fischer-Tropsch process
  • Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, botanist
  • Fritz Fischer (biathlete) (born 1956), biathlon-sportsman
  • Fritz Fischer (1908–1999), German historian
  • Georg Fischer (born 1960), West German cross country skier
  • George R. Fischer (born 1937), US underwater archaeologist, a pioneer of the field in the National Park Service
  • Gerhard Fischer (disambiguation)
  • Gottfried Fischer (1944–2013), German psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst
  • Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), Jewish-German publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag
  • Greg Fischer 2011 mayor of Louisville, KY
  • Gustav Fischer (equestrian) (1915–1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrian
  • Gustav Fischer (1848–1886), German physician and explorer of Africa
  • Hans Fischer (1881–1945), German chemist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • 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 prizewiner, and inventor of the Fischer projection
  • Howard Fischer, curator of the New York Jazz Museum
  • Ignjat Fischer (1870–1948), Croatian architect
  • Iván Fischer, Jewish-Hungarian conductor
  • Ivana Fischer (1905–1967), Croatian conductor
  • Jan Fischer (politician), former Prime Minister-designate of the Czech Republic
  • James Fischer (1927–2004), American engineer
  • Jason Fischer, Australian science fiction writer
  • Jason Fischer (fighter), American mixed martial artist
  • 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
  • Johann Fischer (disambiguation)
  • John Fischer (disambiguation)
  • John Fischer (Christian musician), a musician
  • John Fischer (pianist) (1930–2016), a musician
  • Joschka Fischer (born 1948), former foreign minister of Germany
  • Joseph Fischer (disambiguation)
  • Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist

    • K – O

  • 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 Rudolf Fischer (born 1922), Jewish-Austrian philosopher
  • Lisa Fischer (born 1958), American singer
  • Lothar Fischer (1933–2004), German sculptor
  • Ludwig Fischer (1905–1947), German Nazi lawyer, politician and war criminal
  • 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
  • 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 (born 1971), German basketball player and coach
  • Móric Fischer de Farkasházy (1799–1880), Hungarian porcelain manufacturer
  • 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 – Z

  • Pat Fischer (born 1940), American football player
  • Patrick Fischer (born 1975), Swiss NHL Hockey player
  • Patrick C. Fischer (1935–2011), American computer scientist and Unabomber target
  • Patrick F. Fischer, American judge
  • Paul Gustav Fischer (1860–1934), Danish painter
  • Paul Henri Fischer (1835–1893) French physician, zoologist and paleontologist
  • Rainer Fischer (born 1949), German-Canadian judoka
  • Ricardo Fischer (born 1991), Brazilian basketball player
  • Robert Fischer (politician) (fl. 1982–2001), Canadian politician
  • Ruth Fischer (1895–1961), German communist
  • 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 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 biathlon-sportsman
  • Theobald Fischer (1846–1910), German geographer
  • Theodor Fischer (1862–1938), German architect
  • Thomas Fischer (disambiguation), several people
  • Thierry Fischer (born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautist
  • Tim Fischer (born 1946), Australian politician
  • Vera Fischer (actress) (born 1951), Brazilian actress and former Miss Brazil
  • Vera Fischer (sculptor) (1925–2009), Croatian sculptor
  • Viktor Fischer (born 1994), Danish football player
  • Werner Fischer (born 1939), German professor
  • Wild Man Fischer (born 1945), Outsider musician
  • Wilhelm Fischer ("Willy" Fischer) (born 1972), German boxer
  • Zel M. Fischer (born 1963), Missouri Supreme Court judge

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