Fisher is an archaic term for a

fisherman A fisher or fisherman is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishers and fish farmers. Fishers may be professional or rec ...

, revived as gender-neutral. Fisher, Fishers or The Fisher may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Division of Fisher The Division of Fisher is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australi ...

, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *

Electoral district of Fisher Fisher was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It was created in 1970 and named after Sir James Fisher, a colonial politician and the first mayor of Adelaide. It was abolished in a 2016 re ...

, a state electoral district in South Australia *

Fisher, Australian Capital Territory Fisher is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia located in the district of Weston Creek. Fisher was named after Andrew Fisher (1862–1928), coal miner, founding member of the federal parliamentary Labor Party and Prime ...

Fisher, Queensland Fisher is a suburb in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Fisher had a population of 4 people. Geography The Leichhard River flows north–south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "minesid ...

, a suburb in the City of Mount Isa *

Fisher, South Australia __NOTOC__ Fisher is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-east of the municipal seat in Mannum. Fisher consists of land in the northern part of the cad ...

, a locality * Hundred of Fisher, a cadastral unit in South Australia

Canada

Rural Municipality of Fisher Fisher is a List of rural municipalities in Manitoba, rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. Communities *Broad Valley *Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Fisher Branch *Fisherton *Hodgson, Manitoba, Hodgson *Poplarfield *Sylvan ...

* Fisher (electoral district), a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada

United Kingdom

* Fisher Bank, a sea area of the UK shipping forecast

United States

Fisher, Arkansas Fisher is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 223 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Fisher is located at (35.491555, -90.972297). According ...

* Fisher, California (disambiguation), multiple locations *

Fisher, Illinois Fisher is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, that was founded in 1875. The population was 1,881 at the 2010 census. Geography Fisher is located at (40.315817, -88.348601). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Fish ...

Fisher, Louisiana Fisher is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 230 at the 2010 census, down from 268 in 2000. History Fisher was named for Oliver Williams Fisher and built between 1899 and 1901 by the Louisiana Long Leaf Lum ...

Fisher, Minnesota Fisher is a town in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Grand Forks- ND- MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 422 at the 2020 census. Fisher has become a bedroom community for the nearby Greater Grand Forks ...

Fisher, Missouri Fisher is an extinct town in Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Io ...

Fisher, Oregon Fisher is an unincorporated community in rural Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. Fisher lies along Five Rivers Road, south of its intersection with Oregon Route 34. It is slightly north of the Lincoln–Lane county line in the Siuslaw Nati ...

, an unincorporated community *

Fisher, Pennsylvania Fisher is an unincorporated community in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is east-northeast of Clarion. Fisher has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, suc ...

* Fisher, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Fisher Island, Florida Fisher Island is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, located on a barrier island of the same name. Since 2015, Fisher Island has the highest per capita income of any place in the United States. It had only 218 ...

Fishers, Indiana Fishers is a city in Fall Creek and Delaware townships, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 76,794, and by 2019 the estimated population was 95,310. A suburb of Indianapolis, Fishers has grown rapidl ...

Fishers, New York Fishers is a hamlet in the northwest corner of the Town of Victor, Ontario County, New York, United States. It is a small suburb of Rochester. The community is south of the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90). A U. S. Post Office is located ...

Fishers Island, New York Fishers Island (Pequot: ''Munnawtawkit'') is an island that is part of Southold, New York, United States at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, off the southeastern coast of Connecticut across Fishers Island Sound. About long and wide, it i ...

Archaeological sites

Fisher site The Fisher site is an archaeological site in northwestern Greene County, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located along a tributary of Wheeling Creek (West Virginia), Wheeling Creek in northern Richhill Township, Greene ...

, an archaeological site in Greene County, Pennsylvania *

Fisher Farm site The Fisher Farm site is an archaeological site in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in fields on the outskirts of Unionville, it is one of central Pennsylvania's leading archaeological sites. Profile The Fisher Farm site enc ...

, an archaeological site in the Centre County, Pennsylvania

Law

* ''Fisher v. University of Texas'' (2013), a 2013 Supreme Court case * ''Fisher v. University of Texas'' (2016), a 2016 Supreme Court case

Organizations

* Fisher Body, a former automobile coachbuilder * Max M. Fisher College of Business, part of the Ohio State University *

Fisher Communications Fisher Communications was a media company in the United States. Based in Seattle, Washington, the company primarily owned a number of radio and television stations in the Western United States. It was the last company in the Seattle area to own ...

Fisher F.C. Fisher Football Club is a football club based in Rotherhithe, Southwark, England. The club was established in 2009 after Fisher Athletic folded. Affiliated to the London Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at t ...

, a football club in England *

Fisher Electronics Fisher Electronics was an American company specialising in the field of hi-fi electronics. The company and the name was bought by Japanese electronics conglomerate Sanyo in 1975. History Fisher Electronics was an American audio equipment ma ...

, a Sanyo subsidiary producing hi-fi equipment **

The Fisher (electronics manufacturer) Fisher Electronics was an American company specialising in the field of high fidelity, hi-fi electronics. The company and the name was bought by Japanese electronics conglomerate Sanyo in 1975. History Fisher Electronics was an American audio ...

, a line of electronics marketed by Avery Fisher and predecessor to Fisher Electronics *

Fisher House Foundation Fisher House Foundation is a charity and foundation that builds comfort homes where military & veterans families can stay free of charge, while a loved one is in the hospital. Fisher Houses are located at major military and VA medical centers n ...

, an organization funding the construction of family lodging facilities near military hospitals

People

* Fisher (surname), an English surname *

Fisher (musician) Paul Nicholas Fisher, known by the stage name Fisher (stylised as FISHER) is an Australian music producer. He was nominated for the 2018 ARIA Award for Best Dance Release as well as the Best Dance Recording category at the 61st Annual Grammy Aw ...

, Australian house music producer *

Fisher Ames Fisher Ames (; April 9, 1758 – July 4, 1808) was a Representative in the United States Congress from the 1st Congressional District of Massachusetts. He was an important leader of the Federalist Party in the House, and was noted for his ...

(1758–1808), American politician *

Fisher Stevens Fisher Stevens (born Steven Fisher; November 27, 1963) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Ben in ''Short Circuit'' and '' Short Circuit 2'', Chuck Fishman on the 1990s televi ...

(born 1963), American actor, director, producer and writer * Sergey Golovkin (1959–1996), Russian serial killer known as "The Fisher"

Science and mathematics

*Fisher meteorite of 1894, which landed in Minnesota, United States (see

meteorite falls A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a " find". There are more than 1,100 documented falls listed in ...

) *

Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test is a statistical significance test used in the analysis of contingency tables. Although in practice it is employed when sample sizes are small, it is valid for all sample sizes. It is named after its inventor, Ronald Fisher, a ...

, a statistical significance test *

Fisher's method In statistics, Fisher's method, also known as Fisher's combined probability test, is a technique for data fusion or "meta-analysis" (analysis of analyses). It was developed by and named for Ronald Fisher. In its basic form, it is used to combi ...

, also known as Fisher's combined probability test * Fisher equation, an equation in financial mathematics and economics *

Fisher transformation In statistics, the Fisher transformation (or Fisher ''z''-transformation) of a Pearson correlation coefficient is its inverse hyperbolic tangent (artanh). When the sample correlation coefficient ''r'' is near 1 or -1, its distribution is high ...

, a transformation in statistics used to test some hypotheses

Other uses

Fisher (animal) The fisher (''Pekania pennanti'') is a small carnivorous mammal native to North America, a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the boreal forest in Canada to the northern United States. It is a member of the mustelid family (comm ...

(''Pekania pennanti''), a North American mustelid * Fisher (band), a rock band featuring Kathy Fisher as lead singer * ''Fisher'' (comic strip), a Canadian comic strip by Philip Street * Fisher (yachts), motorsailers first built in the 1970s