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n England">England.html" ;"title="n England">n England and derives from the old Old Norse">Norse name of Fiskr. Legend holds that they arrived with the invading forces of Olaf Tryggvason, King of Norway, at the Battle of Maldon on the River Blackwater, Essex, Blackwater River in Essex in 991 A.D. Daniel Fisk, of

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In arts and entertainment

Alexander Fiske-Harrison Alexander Rupert Fiske-Harrison (born 22 July 1976) is an English author, journalist, and conservationist. His writing is known for his immersion in his subject matter. He trained and worked for some years as a method actor. For his first boo ...

(born 1976), British writer * Alison Fiske (1943–2020), English actress, daughter of Roger Fiske * Anna Fiske (born 1964), Swedish illustrator * Frank Bennett Fiske (1883–1952), American photographer * George Fiske (1835–1918), American photographer *

Harrison Grey Fiske Harrison Grey Fiske (July 30, 1861 – September 2, 1942) was an American journalist, playwright and Broadway producer who fought against the monopoly of the Theatrical Syndicate, a management company that dominated American stage bookings ...

(1861–1942), American writer * Irving Fiske (1908–1990), American playwright * Lars Fiske (born 1966), Norwegian illustrator *

Minnie Maddern Fiske Minnie Maddern Fiske (born Marie Augusta Davey; December 19, 1865 – February 15, 1932), but often billed simply as Mrs. Fiske, was one of the leading American actresses of the late 19th and early 20th century. She also spearheaded the fig ...

(1865–1932), American actress *

Reine Fiske Nils Reine Fiske (born 4 October 1972) is a Swedish guitarist, art director and sound engineer at the record label Subliminal Sounds, who put his signature to many prog-rock projects such as Landberk, Morte Macabre, Paatos, Motorpsycho (band), Mo ...

(born 1972), Swedish musician *

Richard Fiske Thomas Ralph Potts (November 20, 1914 – August 10, 1944) was an American film actor best known by his stage name Richard Fiske. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1938 and 1942, almost exclusively for Columbia Pictures. Biography ...

(1915–1944), American actor * Robert Fiske (actor) (1889–1944), American actor * Roger Fiske (1910–1987), English musicologist, broadcaster and author *

Willard Fiske Daniel Willard Fiske (November 11, 1831 – September 17, 1904) was an American librarian and scholar, born on November 11, 1831, at Ellisburg, New York. He was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership in 1895. Biography Fiske s ...

(1831–1904), American librarian and writer

In law and politics

* Bill Fiske (1905–1975), British politician *

Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison (2 September 1793 – 1872) of Copford Hall, Lord of the Manor of Copford was High Sheriff of Essex. He was born Fyske Goodeve Harrison on 2 September 1793 at Copford Hall, Essex, to John Haynes Harrison. John Hayne ...

(1793–1872), British judge and politician *

Robert B. Fiske Robert Bishop Fiske Jr. (born December 28, 1930) is an American trial attorney and a partner with the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1976 to 1980 ...

(born 1930), American lawyer

In science and academia

* Abigail Fiske (born 1994), British psychologist *

Alan Fiske Alan Page Fiske (born 1947) is an American professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, known for studying the nature of human relationships and cross-cultural variations between them. Early life and education Fiske was ...

(born 1946), American anthropologist * Donald W. Fiske (1916–2003), American psychologist *

John Fiske (philosopher) John Fiske (March 30, 1842 – July 4, 1901) was an American philosopher and historian. He was heavily influenced by Herbert Spencer and applied Spencer's concepts of evolution to his own writings on linguistics, philosophy, religion, and history. ...

(1842–1901), American philosopher * Lewis R. Fiske (1825–1901), American university president * Susan Fiske (born 1952), American psychologist * Thomas Fiske (1864–1944), American mathematician *

(1831–1904), American librarian and writer

Places

* Fiske, Saskatchewan, hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada * Fiskdale, Massachusetts, a village of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA

In other fields

* Amos Kidder Fiske (1842–1921), American journalist *

Billy Fiske William Meade Lindsley Fiske III (4 June 1911 – 17 August 1940) was an American combat fighter pilot and Olympic bobsledder. At the 1928 Winter Olympics, 1928 and 1932 Winter Olympics, Fiske won gold as driver for the US Bobsleigh at the Win ...

(1911–1940), American athlete and fighter pilot * Bradley A. Fiske (1854–1942), American admiral * Catherine Fiske (1784-1837), American school founder * Clive Fiske Harrison (born 1939), British banker * Solveig Fiske (born 1952), Norwegian bishop * Thomas W. Fiske (born 1954), American Episcopal Priest

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