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.
People with the surname include:
Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public officialAdam Fischer (1888–1968), Danish sculptorÁdám Fischer (born 1949), Jewish-Hungarian conductorAlfred Fischer (judge) (1919–2004), German judgeAlfred Fischer (architect) (1881–1950), German architectAnnie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianistAndrea Fischer (born 1960), German politicianAnton Fischer (bobsleigh), German bobsledderArtur Fischer (1919–2016), German inventor (fischertechnik, plastic dowel)Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician (CDU)Batty Fischer (1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographerBernd Fischer (disambiguation)Bernd Fischer (mathematician) (born 1936), German mathematicianBirgit Fischer (born 1962), German kayakerBobby Fischer (1943–2008), American world chess champion 1972–1975Abram "Bram" Fischer (1908–1975), South African lawyerCarl Fischer (disambiguation)Christopher Fischer (born 1988), German ice hockey defencemanClare Fischer (born 1928), American Composer, arranger, pianistClaude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologistD'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli basketball playerDavid Hackett Fischer, professor of historyDietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 1925), German baritone and conductorEdmond H. Fischer (born 1920), Swiss-American biochemistEduard Fischer, Austrian Colonel in World War IEdwin Fischer (1886–1960), Swiss pianist and conductorElizabeth Fischer Monastero, American mezzo-sopranoEmil Fischer (disambiguation)Ernst Fischer (disambiguation)Eugen Fischer (historian) (1899–1973), geologist and historianEugen Fischer (1874–1967), anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi partyEva Fischer (born 1920), Croatian Italian artistFranz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877–1948), chemist, famous for the Fischer-Tropsch processFriedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, botanistFritz Fischer (biathlete) (born 1956), biathlon-sportsmanFritz Fischer (1908–1999), German historianGeorg Fischer (born 1960), West German cross country skierGeorge R. Fischer (born 1937), US underwater archaeologist, a pioneer of the field in the National Park ServiceGerhard Fischer (disambiguation)Gottfried Fischer (1944–2013), German psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalystGottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), Jewish-German publisher of the S. Fischer VerlagGreg Fischer 2011 mayor of Louisville, KYGustav Fischer (equestrian) (1915–1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrianGustav Fischer (1848–1886), German physician and explorer of AfricaHans Fischer (1881–1945), German chemist, 1930 Nobel Prize in ChemistryHeike Fischer (born 1982), German diverHeinz Fischer (born 1938), Federal President of AustriaHelene Fischer (born 1984), German pop music singerHermann Emil Fischer (1852–1919), German chemist, 1902 Nobel prizewiner, and inventor of the Fischer projectionHoward Fischer, curator of the New York Jazz MuseumIgnjat Fischer (1870–1948), Croatian architectIván Fischer, Jewish-Hungarian conductorIvana Fischer (1905–1967), Croatian conductorJan Fischer (politician), former Prime Minister-designate of the Czech RepublicJames Fischer (1927–2004), American engineerJason Fischer, Australian science fiction writerJason Fischer (fighter), American mixed martial artistJean Fischer (1867–?), French cyclistJean Chrétien Fischer (1716–1762), German-born French soldierJenna Fischer (born 1974), American ActressJiří Fischer (born 1980), Czech ice hockey playerJohann Fischer (disambiguation)John Fischer (disambiguation)John Fischer (Christian musician), a musicianJohn Fischer (pianist) (1930–2016), a musicianJoschka Fischer (born 1948), former foreign minister of GermanyJoseph Fischer (disambiguation)Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinistKarl Fischer (disambiguation)Kate Fischer (born 1973), Australian model and actressKlaus Fischer (born 1949), German football (soccer) player and coachKuno Fischer (1824–1907), German philosopherKurt Rudolf Fischer (born 1922), Jewish-Austrian philosopherLisa Fischer (born 1958), American singerLothar Fischer (1933–2004), German sculptorLudwig Fischer (1905–1947), German Nazi lawyer, politician and war criminalLudwig Fischer (bass) (1745–1825), German opera singerLudwig Fischer (racing driver) (1915–1991), German racing driverLudwig Hans Fischer (1848–1915), Austrian landscape painter and etcherManuel Fischer (born 1989), German footballerMarcel Fischer (born 1978), Swiss fencerMartin Fischer (automobile designer) (1867–1947), Swiss automobile designerMartin Fischer (tennis), Austrian professional tennis playerMartin Fischer-Dieskau (born 1954), German conductor, son of Dietrich Fischer-DieskauMathias Fischer (born 1971), German basketball player and coachMóric Fischer de Farkasházy (1799–1880), Hungarian porcelain manufacturerOttfried Fischer (born 1953), German actor and cabaret artistOtto Fischer (footballer) (1901–1941), Austrian (soccer) football player and coachO. W. Fischer, Otto Wilhelm Fischer (1915–2004), Austrian actorØystein Fischer (1942–2013), Norwegian physicistPat Fischer (born 1940), American football playerPatrick Fischer (born 1975), Swiss NHL Hockey playerPatrick C. Fischer (1935–2011), American computer scientist and Unabomber targetPatrick F. Fischer, American judgePaul Gustav Fischer (1860–1934), Danish painterPaul Henri Fischer (1835–1893) French physician, zoologist and paleontologistRainer Fischer (born 1949), German-Canadian judokaRicardo Fischer (born 1991), Brazilian basketball playerRobert Fischer (politician) (fl. 1982–2001), Canadian politicianRuth Fischer (1895–1961), German communistSamuel von Fischer (1859–1934), German publisher, founder of the S. Fischer VerlagSascha Fischer (born 1971), German rugby union playerScott Fischer (1956–1996), American mountain guideStanley Fischer,(born 1943), American and Israeli central bankerSteven Fischer (born 1972) American filmmaker and cartoonist of German descentStewart "Dirk" Fischer (1924–2013), American composer, musician and jazz educatorSven Fischer (born 1971), German biathlon-sportsmanTheobald Fischer (1846–1910), German geographerTheodor Fischer (1862–1938), German architectThomas Fischer (disambiguation), several peopleThierry Fischer (born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautistTim Fischer (born 1946), Australian politicianVera Fischer (actress) (born 1951), Brazilian actress and former Miss BrazilVera Fischer (sculptor) (1925–2009), Croatian sculptorViktor Fischer (born 1994), Danish football playerWerner Fischer (born 1939), German professorWild Man Fischer (born 1945), Outsider musicianWilhelm Fischer ("Willy" Fischer) (born 1972), German boxerZel M. 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