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 Fisher is an archaic term for a fisherman, revived as gender-neutral. Fisher, Fishers or The Fisher may also refer to: Places Australia * Division of Fisher, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *Elec ...

People with the surname

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Abraham Fischer Abraham Fischer (9 April 1850 – 16 November 1913) was a South African statesman. He was the sole Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony in South Africa, and when that ceased to exist joined the cabinet of the newly formed Union of South Afr ...

(1850–1913) South African public official *

Adam Fischer (sculptor) Adam Fischer (28 July 1888 in Copenhagen – 18 January 1968 in Ordrup) was a Danish sculptor, an early contributor of works inspired by Cubism.

(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 Adolph Fischer (1858 – November 11, 1887) was an anarchist and labor union activist tried and executed after the Haymarket Riot. Early life Adolph Fischer immigrated to the United States in 1873 at the age of 15. He became an apprenti ...

(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 Angeline Fuller Fischer (August 11, 1841 – April 2, 1925) was an American writer. She is considered one of the earliest deaf feminists due to her advocacy for the equal education of deaf women. Her poems and articles were published in publicatio ...

(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 Andrea Fischer (born 14 January 1960) is a former member of the German Bundestag for the German Green Party and from 1998 until 2001 was Federal Minister for Health. She dropped out of the Bundestag in 2002. Life Education and profession After ...

(born 1960), German politician * Andrea Fischer (scientist), (born 1973), Austrian glaciologist *

Anton Fischer (bobsleigh) Anton Fischer is a West German bobsledder who competed in the 1980s. He was the first ever winner of the Bobsleigh World Cup in 1984–85 and was unofficial winner of the two-man bobsleigh event both in that same year and in 1986–87. F ...

, 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 Axel Eduard Fischer (born 5 May 1966) is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU and has been a member of the German parliament from 1998 to October 2021, representing Karlsruhe-Land since 2002. Early life and education From 1989 until ...

(born 1966), German politician

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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 Birgit Fischer (; born 25 February 1962) is a German former kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich and Isabell Werth, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East ...

(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

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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

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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 Dana Fischer is an American ''Magic: The Gathering'' player. She is tied for the youngest to make the second day of a Grand Prix (Magic: The Gathering), Grand Prix tournament (at age eight) and is the youngest to win cash at a Grand Prix (at age ...

(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

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Edmond H. Fischer Edmond Henri Fischer (April 6, 1920 – August 27, 2021) was a Swiss-American biochemist. He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works ...

(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 Esther Fischer-Homberger (15 May 1940 – 21 March 2019) was a Swiss psychiatrist and medical historian. Her research focused on the history of psychiatry, psychosomatics and forensic medicine as well as the medical history of women. Biography Es ...

(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 Eva Fischer (Daruvar, 19 November 1920 – Rome, 7 July 2015) was a Croatia-born Italy, Italian artist who worked in oils, watercolours, engraving and lithography. Life and work Eva Fischer was born in Daruvar (present-day Croatia) in 1920. ...

(1920–2015), Croatian Italian artist

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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

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* Georg Fischer (disambiguation) *

George R. Fischer George Robert Fischer (May 4, 1937 – May 29, 2016) was an American underwater archaeologist, considered the founding father of the field in the National Park Service. A native Californian, he did undergraduate and graduate work at Stanford Uni ...

(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 Gotthilf Fischer (11 February 1928 – 11 December 2020) was a German choral conductor. He was known for founding the Fischer-Chöre, mass choirs to perform mostly Volkslieder and popular music. They appeared internationally, including for presid ...

(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

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* 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 Heidemarie Fischer (née Baschurow) (19 October 1944 – 4 September 2022) was a German politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, she served in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 1986 to 1990 and again from 1995 to 2006. F ...

(1944–2022), German politician *

Heike Fischer Heike Fischer (born 7 September 1982 in Demmin) is a German diver. She and Ditte Kotzian won bronze for Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard. She and Kotzian had previously won a silver medal for diving ...

(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

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Ignjat Fischer Ignjat Nathan Fischer (18 June 1870, Zagreb – 19 January 1948, Zagreb) was a Croats, Croatian architect who was active in Zagreb during the first half of the 20th century. Early life and education Fischer was born in Zagreb to a History of th ...

(1870–1948), Croatian architect *

Ilse Fischer Ilse Fischer (born 29 June 1975) is an Austrian mathematician whose research concerns enumerative combinatorics and algebraic combinatorics, connecting these topics to representation theory and statistical mechanics. She is a professor of mathemat ...

(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 Ivana Fišer (born Fischer; June 13, 1905 – September 7, 1967) was known as a Croatian-Jewish conductor. Background Fišer was born in Zagreb on June 13, 1905, into the family of the well-known Jewish Croatian architect Ignjat Fischer and ...

or Ivana Fischer (1905–1967), Croatian conductor

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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 James Fischer (December 27, 1927 – July 3, 2004) was an American engineer, who developed high-purity silicon technology for Texas Instruments. Born in Boaz, Alabama, Fischer grew up in Gentry, Arkansas. Fischer graduated from the University o ...

(1927–2004), American engineer * Jason Fischer (disambiguation) *

Jean Fischer Jean-Baptiste Fischer was an early twentieth century French road racing cyclist who won the 1901 Paris–Tours and participated in the 1903 Tour de France, where he finished fifth. Palmarès ;1901 :Paris–Tours :Bordeaux- Paris: 3° : 3r ...

(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) John Fischer may refer to: * John Fischer (baseball) (1855–1942), Major League pitcher and first baseman * John Fischer (judge) (born 1948), Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals * John Fischer (painter) (1786–1875), German painter * John Fischer (pi ...

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 Julia Fischer (born 15 June 1983) is a German classical violinist, violist, and pianist.Karl Fischer (disambiguation) *

Kate Fischer Tziporah Atarah Malkah (born Katherine Helen Fischer; 30 November 1973) is an Australian model, actress and TV host. Early life Katherine Helen Fischer was born on 30 November 1973 at the Queen Victoria Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, t ...

(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 Ernst Kuno Berthold Fischer (; ; 23 July 1824 – 5 July 1907) was a German philosopher, a historian of philosophy and a critic. Biography After studying philosophy at Leipzig and Halle, he became a privatdocent at Heidelberg in 1850. The B ...

(1824–1907), German philosopher * Kurt Fischer (politician) (1900–1950), German Communist politician *

Kurt Rudolf Fischer Kurt Rudolf Fischer (February 26, 1922 – March 22, 2014) was a Jewish-Austrian philosopher who emigrated to Brno, Czechoslovakia, in 1938 and to Shanghai in 1940. He was born in Vienna. He became Chinese boxing champion and started studying philo ...

(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 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 Ludwig Fischer (16 April 1905 – 8 March 1947) was a German Nazi Party lawyer, politician and protégé of Hans Frank. During the Second World War, he served as the governor of the Warsaw District under Frank in the General Government where ...

(1905–1947), German Nazi lawyer and government official executed for war crimes *

Ludwig Fischer (bass) Johann Ignaz Ludwig Fischer (c. 18 August 1745 – 10 July 1825), commonly called Ludwig Fischer, was a German opera singer, a notable bass of his time. Life Ludwig Fischer was born in Mainz on 18 or 19 August 1745. Fischer began his musical stud ...

(1745–1825), German opera singer *

Ludwig Fischer (racing driver) Ludwig Fischer (17 December 1915 in Straubing – 8 March 1991 in Bad Reichenhall) was a racing driver from Germany, who raced successfully throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s, mainly in German Formula Two, but also in hillclimbing and F ...

(1915–1991), German racing driver * Ludwig Hans Fischer (1848–1915), Austrian landscape painter and etcher

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Manuel Fischer Manuel Fischer (born 19 September 1989) is a German retired Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker. Career Fischer began his career with VfB Stuttgart. He appeared for the club's VfB Stuttgart II ...

(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 (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

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* 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#DFI Directors, 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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