Fischer is a German
occupational surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is
Fisher.
People with the surname
A
*
Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official
*
Adam Fischer (sculptor) (1888–1968), Danish sculptor
*
Ádám Fischer
Ádám Fischer (born 9 September 1949 in Budapest) is a Hungarian conductor. He is the general music director of the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, chief conductor of the Danish Chamber Orchestra, and principal conductor of the Düsseldorf ...
(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)
Alfred Fischer (29 August 1881 – 10 April 1950) was a German architect.
Born in Stuttgart, Alfred Fischer studied from 1900 to 1904 at the Stuttgart Technical University of Architecture under Professor Theodor Fischer (no relation). In 1904 he ...
(1881–1950), German architect
*
Alfred Fischer (judge)
Alfred Fischer (14 December 1919 – 17 June 2004) was a German judge
A judge is a person who wiktionary:preside, presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a judicial panel. In an adversarial system, the judge hears all the ...
(1919–2004), German judge
*
Andrew Andika Fischer (born 1987), Indonesian actor
*
Angeline Fuller Fischer (1841–1925), American writer
*
Annie Fischer
Annie Fischer (July 5, 1914April 10, 1995) was a Hungarian classical pianist.
Biography
Fischer was born into a Jewish family in Budapest and studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with Ernő Dohnányi and Arnold Székely. She began her c ...
(1914–1995), Hungarian pianist
*
Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician
*
Andrea Fischer (scientist), (born 1973), Austrian glaciologist
*
Anton Fischer (bobsleigh), German bobsledder
*
Artur Fischer
Artur Fischer (31 December 1919 – 27 January 2016) was a German inventor. He is best known for inventing an expanding plastic version of the wall plug.
Born in Tumlingen, Artur Fischer was the son of the village tailor Georg Fischer. His ...
(1919–2016), German inventor (fischertechnik, plastic dowel)
*
Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician
B
*
Batty Fischer Jean-Baptiste (Batty) Fischer (1877–1958) was a Luxembourgish dentist and amateur photographer. He is best remembered for his collection of some 10,000 photographs that richly document the development of Luxembourg City from the end of the 19th ce ...
(1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer
*
Benjamin Fischer (disambiguation)
*
Bernd Fischer (disambiguation)
*
Birgit Fischer (born 1962), German kayaker
*
Bobby Fischer
Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943January 17, 2008) was an American Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Chess Champi ...
(1943–2008), American world chess champion 1972–1975
*
Bram Fischer
Abraham Louis Fischer (23 April 19088 May 1975) was a South African Communist lawyer of Afrikaner descent with partial Anglo-African ancestry from his paternal grandmother, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti- ...
(1908–1975), South African lawyer
C
*
Carl Fischer (disambiguation) Carl Fischer may refer to:
* Carl Fischer (actor) (1876–1953), Danish actor
* Carl Fischer (baseball) (1905–1963), American baseball player
* Carl Fischer (homeopath) (died 1893), New Zealand doctor, homoeopath and viticulturist
* Carl Fisc ...
*
Carlos Fischer
Carlos Lorenzo Fischer Brusoni (1903 – 7 August 1969) was a Uruguayan political figure. He was President of the Uruguayan National Council of Government from 1958 to 1959, at the end of a long period of rule by Presidents of the Colorado Party ...
(1903–1969), Uruguayan politician, President of the National Council of Government in 1958
*
Caroline Fischer-Achten
Caroline Fischer-Achten (29 January 1806 – 13 September 1896) was an Austrian operatic soprano. She appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in Vienna, and toured Germany.
Life
She was born in Vienna in 1806, daughter of Anton Achten, a civil servan ...
(1806–1896), Austrian opera singer
*
Catherine Fischer
Catherine "Kitty" Hoffpauir Fischer (born ) is an American deafblind librarian and author. She is the co-author of ''Orchid of the Bayou: A Deaf Woman Faces Blindness'' a book about her life published in 2001.
Biography
Fischer was born Catherin ...
(born 1947), American deafblind author
*
Christian Fischer
Christian Fischer (born April 15, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Arizona Coyotes, 32nd overall, in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, and has ...
(born 1997), American ice hockey forward
*
Christopher Fischer
Christopher Fischer (born January 24, 1988) is a German professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for the Schwenninger Wild Wings in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Playing career
After four seasons with EHC Wolfsburg, Fisc ...
(born 1988), German ice hockey defenceman
*
Clare Fischer
Douglas Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012) was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from Michigan State University (from which, five decades later, he would receive an honorary doctorat ...
(1928–2012), American composer, arranger, and pianist
*
Claude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologist
D
*
D'or Fischer
D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer (; born October 12, 1981) is an American-Israeli professional basketball who last played for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at ...
(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
Debra Lynelle Fischer (; born March 1, 1951) is an American politician and former educator serving as the senior United States senator from Nebraska, a seat she has held since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Fischer is the third woman t ...
(born 1951), American politician
*
Debra Fischer
Debra Ann Fischer is an American astronomer who is the Eugene Higgins professor of astronomy at Yale University researching detection and characterization of exoplanets. She has detected hundreds of exoplanets and was part of the team to disc ...
, American astronomer
*
Diego Fischer (born 1961), Uruguayan journalist and writer
*
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (; 28 May 1925 – 18 May 2012) was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music. One of the most famous Lieder (art song) performers of the post-war period, he is best known as a singer of Franz Schubert's ...
(1925–2012), German baritone and conductor
*
Dirk Fischer (politician)
Dirk Fischer (born 29 November 1943) is a German politician. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. Between 1980 and 2017, he was an MP of the German Bundestag as the representative for Hamburg-Nord constituency. For many ...
(born 1943), German politician
E
*
Edmond H. Fischer (1920–2021), Swiss-American biochemist
*
Eduard Fischer (general) (1862–1935), Austrian colonel in World War I
*
Edwin Fischer
Edwin Fischer (6 October 1886 – 24 January 1960) was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. He is regarded as one of the great interpreters of J.S. Bach and Mozart in the twentieth century.
Biography
Fischer was born in Basel and studied m ...
(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
Eugen Fischer (5 July 1874 – 9 July 1967) was a German professor of medicine, anthropology, and eugenics, and a member of the Nazi Party. He served as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, ...
(1874–1967), anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party
*
Eugen Fischer (historian)
Dr. Eugen Fischer (pseudonym: A. Helm), (3 March 1899, Berchtesgaden – 19 March 1973, Berchtesgaden) was a German geologist and historian. His pseudonym was created from the name of his wife Helma.
Literary works
* ''Das Berchtesgadener Land ...
(1899–1973), geologist and historian
*
Eva Fischer (1920–2015), Croatian Italian artist
F
*
Franz Joseph Emil Fischer
Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (19 March 1877 in Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau – 1 December 1947 in Munich) was a German people, German chemist. He was the founder and first director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research. He is known ...
(1877–1948), chemist, famous for the Fischer-Tropsch process
*
Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer
Friedrich Ernst Ludwig Fischer (20 February 1782, Halberstadt – 17 June 1854) was a Russian botanist, born in the Holy Roman Empire. He was director of the St Petersburg botanical garden from 1823 to 1850.
In 1804 he obtained his medical docto ...
(1782–1854), botanist
*
Fritz Fischer (historian)
Fritz Fischer (5 March 1908 – 1 December 1999) was a German historian best known for his analysis of the causes of World War I. In the early 1960s Fischer advanced the thesis, controversial at the time, that responsibility for the outbreak of th ...
(1908–1999), German historian
*
Fritz Fischer (biathlete)
Friedrich "Fritz" Fischer (born 22 September 1956) is a former Biathlon, biathlete from Germany. He won a gold medal with Germany in the 4 × 7.5 km relay in the 1992 Winter Olympics. After ending his competitive career Fischer served as a ...
(born 1956), sportsman
G
*
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
Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (; 13 October 1771 – 18 October 1853) was a Saxon anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist.
Fischer was born as Gotthilf Fischer in Waldheim, Saxony, the son of a linen weaver. He studied medicine at Leipz ...
(1771-1853), German palaeontologist and entomologist.
*
Gotthilf Fischer (1928–2020), German choral conductor
*
Greg Fischer
Gregory Edward Fischer (born January 14, 1958) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who served as the second mayor of Louisville Metro from 2011 to 2023. In 2019, he was elected vice president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and in ...
(born 1958), American businessman and mayor of Louisville, KY
*
Gustav Fischer (equestrian)
Gustav Fischer (8 November 1915 – 22 November 1990) was a Switzerland, Swiss Equestrian at the Summer Olympics, equestrian athlete who competed at five Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic Games, winning a total of five medals. He won medals in ...
(1915–1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrian
*
Gustav Fischer (explorer)
Gustav Adolf Fischer (3 March 1848 – 11 November 1886, Berlin) was a German explorer of East Africa.
Biography
Gustav Adolf Fischer was born in Barmen (now part of the city of Wuppertal) in Germany on 3 March 1848. He attended high school, firs ...
(1848–1886), German physician and explorer of Africa
H
*
H. L. Fischer (1822–1909) (Henry Lee Fischer), Pennsylvania German language writer and translator
*
Hans Fischer
Hans Fischer (; 27 July 1881 – 31 March 1945) was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of hae ...
(1881–1945), German chemist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
*
Heidemarie Fischer (1944–2022), German politician
*
Heike Fischer (born 1982), German diver
*
Heinz Fischer
Heinz Fischer Order of Prince Henry, GColIH, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, OMRI, Order of the Seraphim, RSerafO, Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, GCollSE (; born 9 October 1938) is an Austrian politician who served as the pre ...
(born 1938), federal president of Austria
*
Helene Fischer
Helene Fischer (German: eˈleːnə ˈfɪʃɐ born 5 August 1984) is a German '' schlager'' singer. Since her debut in 2005, she has won numerous awards, including 17 Echo awards, four "''Die Krone der Volksmusik''" awards, and three Bambi awar ...
(born 1984), German pop music singer
*
Hermann Emil Fischer
Hermann Emil Louis Fischer (; 9 October 1852 – 15 July 1919) was a German chemist and List of Nobel laureates in Chemistry, 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discovered the Fischer esterification. He also developed the Fisch ...
(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
I
*
Ignjat Fischer (1870–1948), Croatian architect
*
Ilse Fischer (born 1975), Austrian mathematician
*
Iván Fischer
Iván Fischer (born 20 January 1951) is a Hungarian conductor and composer.
Biography
Born in Budapest into a musical family of Jewish heritage, Fischer initially studied piano, violin, cello and composition in Budapest. His older brother, ...
(born 1951), Jewish-Hungarian conductor
*
Ivana Fišer or Ivana Fischer (1905–1967), Croatian conductor
J
*
Jan Fischer (politician)
Jan Fischer (; born 2 January 1951) is a Czech politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from April 2009 to July 2010, heading a caretaker government. Later he was the minister of Finance from July 2013 to January 2014 i ...
, 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
Regina Marie Kirk ( Fischer; born March 7, 1974), known professionally as Jenna Fischer, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Pam Beesly on the NBC sitcom ''The Office'' (2005–2013), for which she was nominated for the P ...
(born 1974), American actress
*
Jiří Fischer
Jiří Fischer (born 31 July 1980) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL) who played his entire career with the Detroit Red Wings. He currently serves as Detroit's Director of Player Evaluation. ...
(born 1980), Czech ice hockey player
* Joey Fischer (1976–1993), American
murder victim
*
Johann Fischer (disambiguation)
*
John Fischer (disambiguation)
*
Joschka Fischer
Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer (born 12 April 1948) is a German former politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 200 ...
(born 1948), German foreign minister
*
Josef Fischer (cyclist)
Josef Fischer (20 January 1865 – 3 March 1953) was a German road bicycle racer. He is best known for winning the first edition of Paris–Roubaix in 1896 and Bordeaux–Paris in 1900.
Major results
;1893
:1st, Vienna–Berlin
;1896
:1st ...
(1865–1953), German racing cyclist
*
Joseph Fischer (disambiguation)
*
Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist
K
*
Karl Fischer (disambiguation)
*
Kate Fischer (born 1973), Australian model and actress
*
Klaus Fischer
Klaus Fischer (born 27 December 1949) is a German former professional footballer and coach. He was a key player on the West Germany national team that lost the 1982 World Cup final to Italy. As a forward, he was noted for his bicycle kicks, ...
(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
L
*
Laurence Fischer (born 1973), French karateka
*
Leni Fischer (1935–2022), German politician
*
Lisa Fischer
Lisa Melonie Fischer (born December 1, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. She found success with her 1991 debut album '' So Intense'', which produced the Grammy Award–winning hit single " How Can I Ease the Pain". She has been a back ...
(born 1958), American singer
*
Lothar Fischer
Lothar Fischer (November 8, 1933 – June 15, 2004) was a German sculptor.
He was born in Germersheim, Palatinate. Between 1952 and 1958 he studied under Professor Heinrich Kirchner at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich. In 1958, he ...
(1933–2004), German sculptor
*
Louis Fischer
Louis Fischer (29 February 1896 – 15 January 1970) was an American journalist. Among his works were a contribution to the ex-communist treatise '' The God that Failed'' (1949), '' The Life of Mahatma Gandhi'' (1950), basis for the Academy ...
(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
M
*
Manuel Fischer (born 1989), German footballer
*
Marcel Fischer (born 1978), Swiss fencer
*
Martin Fischer (automobile designer) (1867–1947), Swiss automobile designer
*
Martin Fischer (tennis)
Martin Fischer (; born 21 July 1986) is an Austrian retired professional tennis player
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two ...
, Austrian professional tennis player
*
Martin Fischer-Dieskau
Martin Fischer-Dieskau (born 1954) is a German conductor.
Early life
Fischer-Dieskau was born in Berlin to a musical family; his father was the singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, his mother was the cellist Irmgard Poppen. Fischer-Dieskau's older ...
(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
Moric, Móric and Mořic is a surname and a given name, a variant of English Maurice (name), Maurice and German Moritz (name), Moritz. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Maurice Benyovszky (Hungarian: Móric Benyovszky; 1746–1786) ...
(1799–1880), Hungarian porcelain manufacturer
*
Moses Fischer (–), Austrian rabbi
N
*
Nilla Fischer
Åsa Nilla Maria Fischer (born 2 August 1984) is a Swedish former Association football, footballer. Her last club was Linköpings FC. She played in the Sweden women's national football team, Swedish national team between 2001 and 2022. She was pr ...
(born 1984), Swedish (soccer) football player
O
*
Oskar Fischer (disambiguation), multiple people
*
Ottfried Fischer
Ottfried Fischer (; born 7 November 1953) is a retired German actor and Kabarett artist best known for his role as Benno Berghammer in the popular German TV series ''Der Bulle von Tölz''. He is a supporter of the Social Democratic Party of Germa ...
(born 1953), German actor and cabaret artist
*
Otto Fischer (footballer) (1901–1941), Austrian (soccer) football player and coach
*
O. W. Fischer
Otto Wilhelm Fischer (, ; 1 April 1915 – 29 January 2004) was an Austrian film and theatre actor, a leading man of West German cinema during the ''Wirtschaftswunder'' era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Biography
He was born in Klosterneuburg nea ...
, Otto Wilhelm Fischer (1915–2004), Austrian actor
*
Øystein Fischer (1942–2013), Norwegian physicist
P
*
Pat Fischer
Patrick Fischer (January 2, 1940 – October 8, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1961 to 1967, and the Washington Redskins from 1968 ...
(born 1940), American football player
*
Patrick Fischer (disambiguation)
*
Paul Fischer (disambiguation) Paul Fischer may refer to:
*Paul Fischer (footballer) (1882–1942), German footballer
*Paul Fischer (luthier) (born 1941), British maker of musical instruments
*Paul Fischer (painter) (1786–1875), German painter
*Paul Fischer (sailor) (1922–?) ...
R
*
Rainer Fischer (born 1949), German-Canadian judoka
*
Ralf-Dieter Fischer (1948–2025), German politician
*
Ricardo Fischer
Ricardo Fischer (born May 16, 1991) is a Brazilian professional basketball player who currently plays for Flamengo in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). Fischer has also represented the senior Brazilian national basketball team.
Professional care ...
(born 1991), Brazilian basketball player
*
Richard Fischer (1917–1969), Austrian footballer
*
Robert Fischer (disambiguation)
*
Ruth Fischer (1895–1961), German communist
S
*
Samuel von Fischer (1859–1934), German publisher, founder of the S. Fischer Verlag
*
Sascha Fischer (born 1971), German rugby union player
*
Scott Fischer
Scott Eugene Fischer (December 24, 1955 – May 11, 1996) was an American mountaineer and mountain guide. He was renowned for ascending the world's highest mountains without supplemental oxygen. Fischer and Wally Berg were the first Americans ...
(1956–1996), American mountain guide
*
Simone Fischer (born 1979), German politician
*
Stanley Fischer
Stanley Fischer (; October 15, 1943 – May 31, 2025) was an American and Israeli economist who served as the 20th vice chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2017. Fischer previously served as the 8th governor of the Bank of Israel from 2 ...
(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
Sven Fischer (born 16 April 1971) is a German former biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof 05 club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer (national coaches) and Klaus Siebert (club coach). After the 2006/07 biathlon season, ...
(born 1971), German biathlete
*
Sven Fischer (footballer), German football defender
T
*
Tex Fischer, American politician
*
Theobald Fischer
Theobald Fischer (31 January 1846 Kirchsteitz – 17 September 1910) was a German geographer.
Biography
He was educated at the universities of Heidelberg, Halle, Bonn and Vienna and at first devoted himself to history. A traveling tutorship dir ...
(1846–1910), German geographer
*
Theodor Fischer
Theodor Fischer (28 May 1862 – 25 December 1938) was a German architect and teacher.
Career
Fischer planned public housing projects for the city of Munich beginning in 1893. He was the joint founder and first chairman of the Deutscher W ...
(1862–1938), German architect
*
Theodor Fischer (fencer), German Olympic épée and foil fencer
*
Thomas Fischer (disambiguation), several people
*
Thierry Fischer
Thierry Fischer (born 28 September 1957) is a Swiss orchestra conductor and flutist.
Early life and education
Fischer was born in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Zambia) to Swiss parents. He studied flute with Aurèle Nicolet and bega ...
(born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautist
*
Tim Fischer
Timothy Andrew Fischer (3 May 1946 – 22 August 2019) was an Australian politician and diplomat who served as leader of the National Party of Australia, National Party from 1990 to 1999. He was the tenth Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, d ...
(1946–2019), Australian politician
* , Danish film executive, appointed head of the
Danish Film Institute
The Danish Film Institute (; DFI) is the national Danish institution, agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest. It is the successor organisation to the Danish Fil ...
from August 2024
V
*
Vera Fischer (actress) (born 1951), Brazilian actress
*
Vera Fischer (sculptor) (1925–2009), Croatian sculptor
*
Viktor Fischer
Viktor Gorridsen Fischer (born 9 June 1994) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger for clubs such as Ajax and Copenhagen as well as for the Denmark national team.
Widely considered among the ...
(born 1994), Danish football player
*
Viktor Fischer (wrestler) (1892–1977), Austrian Olympic wrestler
W
*
Werner Fischer (crystallographer) (born 1931)
*
Werner Fischer (sailor) (1940–2011)
*
Wild Man Fischer (1945–2011), Outsider musician
*
Wilhelm Fischer (boxer)
Wilhelm "Willi" Fischer (born 26 August 1972, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German former professional boxer. As an amateur he competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He challenged once for the WBO
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organiz ...
("Willi" Fischer) (born 1972), German boxer
*
Wilhelm Fischer (politician) ("Willy" Fischer) (1904–1951), German politician
Z
*
Zel M. Fischer (born 1963), Missouri Supreme Court judge
See also
*
*
Fischler
{{surname
German-language surnames
German occupational surnames