Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.

People with the surname

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Laurence Fischer (born 1973), French karateka * Leni Fischer (1935–2022), German politician * 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

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* 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 (–), Austrian rabbi

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* Nilla Fischer (born 1984), Swedish (soccer) football player

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* 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

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* Pat Fischer (born 1940), American football player * Patrick Fischer (disambiguation) * Paul Fischer (disambiguation)

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* 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

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* 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 (1943–2025), 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 * , Danish film executive, appointed head of the Danish Film Institute from August 2024

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* 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

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* 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

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

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