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Fischer is a surname may refer to:

People with the surname include:

A – E

• Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official
• Ádám Fischer (born 1949), 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 (inventor) (born 1919), German inventor (fischertechnik, plastic dowel)
• Axel Fischer (politician) (born 1966), German politician (CDU)
• Bernd Fischer (born 1936), German mathematician
• Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), American world chess champion
• Abram "Bram" Fischer (1908–1975), South African lawyer
• Carl H. Fischer, American floriculturalist
• Carl Fischer Music, American music publishing company
• Carl Fischer (baseball), American baseball player
• Carl Fischer (trumpeter), American trumpeter
• Carl Fischer (tennis), American tennis player from the 1920s and 30s
• Clare Fischer (born 1928), American Composer, arranger, pianist
• Claude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologist
• 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, Austrial Colonel in World War I
• Edwin Fischer (1886–1960), Swiss pianist and conductor
• 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

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 Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag
• Gustav Fischer (equestrian) (1915-1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrian
• Gustav Fischer (publisher) (1854–1910), publisher
• 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
• 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
• Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor
• Jan Fischer (politician), current Prime Minister-designate of the Czech Republic
• James Fischer (1927–2004), American engineer
• 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) (born 1930), a musician
• Joschka Fischer (born 1948), former foreign minister of Germany
• Joseph Fischer (disambiguation)
• Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist

K – O

• Karl Fischer (chemist) (1901–1958), German originator of Karl Fischer titration
• Karl Fischer (leftist) (fl. 1940s), German militant in Left Communism
• Karl Fischer (architect), Canadian architect
• Karl Fischer (actor) (born 1956), Austrian actor
• Karl von Fischer (1782–1820), German architect
• Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld, Generalleutnant of Waffen SS
• Kate Fischer (born 1973), Australian model and actress
• Klaus Fischer (born 1949), German football (soccer) player and coach
• Kristen Fischer (born 1978), American author and freelance copywriter
• Kuno Fischer (1824–1907), German philosopher
• Kurt Rudolf Fischer (born 1922), Jewish-Austrian philosopher
• Lothar Fischer (1933–2004), German sculptor
• Ludwig Fischer (bass) (1745–1825), German operasinger
• Ludwig Fischer (Nazi) (1905–1947), German Nazi lawyer, politician and war criminal
• Ludwig Fischer (racing driver) (1915–1991), German racing driver
• Manuel Fischer (born 1989), German footballer
• Marcel Fischer (born 1978), Swiss fencer
• Martin Fischer (automobile designer) (1867–1947), Swiss automobile designer
• Martin Fischer-Dieskau (born 1954), German conductor, son of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
• Móric Farkasházi Fischer
• Ottfried Fischer (born 1953), German actor and cabaret artist
• O. W. Fischer (1915–2004), Austrian actor

P – Z

• Pat Fischer (born 1940), American football player
• Patrick Fischer (born 1975), Swiss NHL Hockey player
• Paul Gustave Fischer (1860–1934), Danish painter
• Paul Henri Fischer (1835–1893) French physician, zoologist and paleontologist
• Rainer Fischer (born 1949), German-Canadian judoka
• 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
• Stewart "Dirk" Fischer (born 1924), American Composer, Jazz Educator
• Sven Fischer (born 1971), German biathlon-sportsman
• Theodor Fischer (1862–1938), German architect
• Thierry Fischer (born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautist
• Tim Fischer (born 1946), Australian politician
• Vera Fischer (born 1951), Brazilian actress and former Miss Brazil
• Werner Fischer (born 1939), German professor
• Wild Man Fischer (born 1945), Outsider musician
• Wilhelm Fischer ("Willy" Fischer) (born 1972), German boxer

See also

• All pages with titles containing "Fischer"
• Fisher

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

German

Noun

Fischer m (pl Fischer)

1. fisher, fisherman

Related terms

• Fisch
• fischen
• Fischerei
• Fischerboot

From Wikispecies

Fischer may refer to:

• Friedrich Ernst Ludwig Fischer (1782-1854) Russian Botanist
• Gustav Fischer (1848-1886) German naturalist
• Paul Henri Fischer (1835-1893) Malacologist
• Pierre Marie Henri Fischer (1865-1916) Malacologist
• Josef Emanuel Fischer von Röslerstamm (1787-1866), entomologist.
• Johann Fischer von Waldheim (1771-1853) Russian & German entomologist