Fischer is a German

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, 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 *

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 apprentic ...

(1858-1887) Anarchist Martyr *

Adolf Fischer (officer) Adolf Fischer (23 July 1893 – 23 October 1947) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Fischer surrendered to the Yugoslavian troops in May 1945. He was ...

(1893–1947), German Nazi general executed for war crimes * *

Alfred Fischer (judge) Alfred Fischer (14 December 1919 – 17 June 2004) was a German judge. He served on the Federal Administrative Court from 1966 until 1987. Most recently he was chairman of the 2nd Senate (officials and staff representation rights). He was a co ...

(1919–2004), German judge * Alfred Fischer (architect) (1881–1950), German architect * Annie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianist *

Andrea Fischer Andrea Fischer (born January 14, 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 *

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 1984-5 and was unofficial winner of the two-man bobsleigh event both in that same year and in 1986-7. Fisch ...

, 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 *

Bernd Fischer (disambiguation) Bernd Fischer may refer to: * Bernd Fischer (mathematician) (1936-2020), German mathematician * Bernd Jürgen Fischer Bernd Jürgen Fischer (born 27 January 1952) is historian and professor of history at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort ...

* 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) Carl Fischer may refer to: * Carl Fischer (actor) (1876-1953), Danish actor * Carl Fischer (baseball) (1905–1963), American baseball player * Carl Fischer (trumpeter), American trumpeter, trombonist and saxophonist of the Billy Joel Band * Car ...

* 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 Claude Serge Fischer (born January 9, 1948) is an American sociologist and Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in urban sociology, research methods, and American socie ...

(born 1948), American sociologist

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* D'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli-American basketball player in the Israeli National League * 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 serving as the senior United States senator from Nebraska, a seat she has held since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Fischer was the first woman elected to a full te ...

(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) Major General Dr. h. c. Eduard Fischer, 1862–1935, With the outbreak of World War I, Bukovina then part of Austro-Hungary was immediately under siege by the Russian armies. Knight of the Maria Theresa Order, was a colonel (later Gendarmerie maj ...

(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 ...

(1886–1960), Swiss pianist and conductor * Elizabeth Fischer Monastero, American mezzo-soprano *

Emil Fischer (disambiguation) Emil Fischer (1852–1919) was a German Nobel laureate in chemistry. Emil Fischer may also refer to: * Emil Fischer (American football executive) (1887–1958), American football executive and businessman * Emil Fischer (bass) (1838–1914), Germ ...

Emily V. Fischer Emily V. Fischer is an Atmospheric Chemist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. She earned notoriety from her work on the WE-CAN project and on PAN, specifically its role in changing th ...

(born 1979 or 1980), American atmospheric chemist *

Ernst Fischer (disambiguation) Ernst Fischer may refer to: * Ernst Fischer (composer) (1900–1975), German composer and keyboard player * Ernst Fischer (journalist) (1942–2016), German journalist * Ernst Fischer (weightlifter) (born 1904), Swiss Olympic weightlifter * Ernst F ...

* Esther Fischer-Homberger (1940–2019), Swiss psychiatrist and medical historian * Eugen Fischer (historian) (1899–1973), geologist and historian * Eugen Fischer (1874–1967), anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party * 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 (biathlete) Friedrich "Fritz" Fischer (born 22 September 1956) is a former 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 coach for ...

(born 1956), sportsman * Fritz Fischer (1908–1999), German historian

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Georg Fischer (disambiguation) Georg Fischer may refer to: * Georg Fischer (skier), West German cross-country skier and biathlete * Georg Fischer (politician), German politician * Georg Fischer (company), a Swiss manufacturing company See also * George Fischer (disambiguation) ...

* George R. Fischer (1937–2016), US underwater archaeologist, a pioneer of the field in the National Park Service *

Gerhard Fischer (disambiguation) Gerhard Fischer may refer to: * Gerhard Fischer (inventor), contributed to the development and popularity of the hand-held metal detector * Gerhard Fischer (bobsleigh), German Olympic bobsledder *Gerhard Fischer (diplomat) Gerhard Fischer (20 Se ...

Gisela Fischer Gisela Fischer (21 April 1929 – 19 June 2014) was a German-born stage actress, stage, film actress, film and television actress. Biography She was the granddaughter of the publisher Samuel Fischer. Her family fled from the Nazi German reg ...

(1929–2014), German actress *

Gottfried Fischer Gottfried Fischer (13 September 1944 – 2 October 2013) was a German psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst. He is considered to be the founder of psychotraumatology in Germany and has been director of the Institute for Clinical Psychol ...

(1944–2013), German psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst * Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), Jewish-German publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag * Gotthilf Fischer (1928–2020), German choral conductor *

Greg Fischer Gregory Edward Fischer (born January 14, 1958) is an American businessman, entrepreneur and 2nd mayor of Louisville Metro. In 2019, he was elected vice president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and served as its president in 2020. Fischer r ...

(born 1958), American businessman and mayor of Louisville, KY * Gustav Fischer (equestrian) (1915–1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrian * Gustav Fischer (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 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 (born 1982), German diver *

Heinz Fischer Heinz Fischer GColIH OMRI RSerafO GCollSE (; born 9 October 1938) is a former Austrian politician. He took office as President of Austria on 8 July 2004 and was re-elected for a second and last term on 25 April 2010, leaving office on 8 July ...

(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 The New York Jazz Museum was, from June 16, 1972, to 1977, a center for the study of jazz. At its height it held 25,000 items. It was founded by Howard E. Fischer, among others, but closed after five years amid a power struggle between Fischer an ...

, curator of the New York Jazz Museum * Ignjat Fischer (1870–1948), Croatian architect

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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 (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 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) Jason Fischer may refer to: * Jason Fischer (fighter) (born 1985), American mixed martial artist *Jason Fischer (politician) (born 1983), American politician from Florida *Jason Fischer (writer) Jason Fischer is a speculative fiction writer from ...

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 in 1903, where he finished fifth. Palmarès ;1901 :Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a ...

(1867–?), French cyclist *

Jean Chrétien Fischer Jean Chrétien Fischer (German: Johann Christian Fischer; 17 January 1713 in Stuttgart – 1 July 1762 near Kassel) was a German-born soldier in the French service. Biography He was a leader of the partisans in the French Army during the War of th ...

(1716–1762), German-born French soldier *

Jenna Fischer Regina Marie "Jenna" Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Pam Beesly on the NBC sitcom '' The Office'' (2005–2013), for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sup ...

(born 1974), American actress *

Jiří Fischer Jiří Fischer (born July 31, 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 * Murder of Joey Fischer Joey Fischer (1976–1993), American murder *

Johann Fischer (disambiguation) Johann Fischer may refer to: Entertainment * Johann Georg Fischer (painter) (1580–1643), German historical painter * Johann Fischer (theologian) (1636-1705), German Lutheran theologian * Johann Fischer (composer) (1646–1716), German violinist ...

John Fischer (disambiguation) John Fischer may refer to: * John Fischer (painter) (1786–1875), German painter * John Fischer (baseball) (1855–1942), Major League pitcher and first baseman * John Henry Fischer (1910–2009), academic administrator in Baltimore * Johnny Fisc ...

Joschka Fischer Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer (born 12 April 1948) is a German retired politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice-chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. F ...

(born 1948), German foreign minister * Josef Fischer (cyclist) (1865–1953), German racing cyclist *

Joseph Fischer (disambiguation) Joseph Fischer may refer to: * Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877–1947), German chemist * Joseph Anton Fischer (1814–1859), German artist * Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach (1693–1742), Austrian architect * Joseph Fischer (cartographer) (185 ...

* Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist

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Karl Fischer (disambiguation) Karl Fischer may refer to: * Karl Fischer (chemist) (1901–1958), German originator of Karl Fischer titration * (1918–1963), Austrian politician * (1888–?), Austrian football coach: Pogoń Lwów, Legia Warsaw * Karl Fischer (leftist) (fl. ...

* 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 Rudolf Fischer (1922–2014), Jewish-Austrian philosopher * Kurt W. Fischer (1943–2020), American developmental psychologist

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Laurence Fischer Laurence Fischer (born 7 November 1973 in L'Union L'Union (; oc, Sent Joan le Nòu) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is a suburb of Toulouse, located just to the northeast of the city. History L'Union w ...

(born 1973), French karateka * 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) 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 August 1745 or 19 August 1745. Fischer began his ...

(1745–1825), German opera singer * Ludwig Fischer (racing driver) (1915–1991), German racing driver *

Ludwig Hans Fischer Ludwig Hans Fischer (2 March 1848 - 24 April 1915) was an Austrian landscape painter, copper engraver, etcher and ethnologist. He was noted for his paintings of Oriental subjects, especially African and Indian women wearing traditional costume. ...

(1848–1915), Austrian landscape painter and etcher

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* Manuel Fischer (born 1989), German footballer *

Marcel Fischer Marcel Fischer (born 14 August 1978, in Biel/Bienne) is a Swiss fencer who competed in the Men's Épée Individual at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), offic ...

(born 1978), Swiss fencer *

Martin Fischer (automobile designer) Martin Fischer (1867–1947) was a Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in v ...

(1867–1947), Swiss automobile designer *

Martin Fischer (tennis) Martin Fischer (; born 21 July 1986) is an Austrian retired professional tennis player. His career-high ranking was no. 117 achieved on 11 October 2010. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 20 (12– ...

, Austrian professional tennis player * Martin Fischer-Dieskau (born 1954), German conductor, son of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau *

Mathias Fischer Mathias Fischer may refer to: * Mathias Fischer (basketball) Mathias Fischer (born July 30, 1971) is a German professional basketball coach and former player. Currently, he is the head coach of Osaka Evessa of the B.League . Coaching career Clu ...

(born 1971), German basketball player and coach *

Michael J. Fischer Michael John Fischer (born 1942) is a computer scientist who works in the fields of distributed computing, parallel computing, cryptography, algorithms and data structures, and computational complexity. Career Fischer was born in 1942 in Ann Arbor ...

(born 1942), American computer scientist *

Minna Fischer Minna Pauline Fischer (20 January 1858 – 7 August 1941) was an Australian lyric soprano and singing teacher in London. History Fischer was born in Tanunda, South Australia, the second daughter of George Friedrich Fischer and his second wife Em ...

(1858–1941), Australian soprano and singing teacher in London * Móric Fischer de Farkasházy (1799–1880), Hungarian porcelain manufacturer

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

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Oskar Fischer (disambiguation) Oskar Fischer (1876–1942) is a Czech scientist. It may also refer to: * Oskar Fischer (politician) Oskar Fischer (19 March 1923 – 2 April 2020) was a German politician of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Socialist Unity Party ( ...

, 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) Patrick Fischer (born 1975) is a Swiss ice hockey player. Patrick Fischer may also refer to: * Patrick C. Fischer (1935–2011), computer scientist and Unabomber target * Patrick F. Fischer (born 1957), justice on the Ohio Supreme Court * Pat Fi ...

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) (born ...

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Rainer Fischer Rainer Fischer (born September 14, 1949) is a Canadian retired judoka, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the men's middleweight division (– 8 ...

(born 1949), German-Canadian judoka * Ricardo Fischer (born 1991), Brazilian basketball player * Richard Fischer (1917–1969), Austrian footballer *

Robert Fischer (disambiguation) Robert Fischer may refer to: *Robert Fischer (unionist) (1883–1945), German unionist and social democratic politician *Robert Fischer (Canadian politician) (1937–2020), Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta *Bobby F ...

* Ruth Fischer (1895–1961), German communist

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Samuel von Fischer Samuel Fischer, later Samuel von Fischer (24 December 1859 – 15 October 1934), was a Hungarian-born German publisher, the founder of S. Fischer Verlag. Fischer was born in Liptau-Sankt-Nikolaus/Liptószentmiklós (now Liptovský Mikuláš), ...

(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 *

Stanley Fischer Stanley Fischer ( he, סטנלי פישר; born October 15, 1943) is an Israeli American economist who served as the 20th Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2017. Fisher previously served as the 8th governor of the Bank of Israel ...

(born 1943), 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) Sven Fischer (born 7 January 1977) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a defender. Fischer made two appearances in the 2. Bundesliga for Hannover 96. He represented the Germany U20 national team at the 1995 FIFA World Yout ...

, German football defender

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Theobald Fischer Theobald Fischer (31 October 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 (1862–1938), German architect *

Theodor Fischer (fencer) Theodor Fischer was a German épée and foil fencer. He fenced in the 1928 Summer Olympics, and won two medals in fencing at the 1932 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine. Biography Fischer competed in the individual and team épée events ...

, 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 began ...

(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 from 1990 to 1999. He was Deputy Prime Minister in the Howard Government from 1996 to 1999. Fischer ...

(1946–2019), Australian politician

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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) * Werner Fischer-Weppler, German curler * 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 heavyweight title in 1998. He retired with a record o ...

("Willi" Fischer) (born 1972), German boxer *

Wilhelm Fischer (politician) Wilhelm "Willy" Fischer (March 26, 1904 – October 21, 1951) was a German politician from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and a member of the German Bundestag. Life In 1946, Fischer was a member of the Constituent State Assembly in B ...

("Willy" Fischer) (1904–1951), German politician

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Zel M. Fischer Zel M. Fischer (born April 28, 1963) is an Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Judge Fischer served a two-year term as chief justice from 2017 until 2019. A native of Watson, he received his undergraduate degree from William Jewell ...

(born 1963), Missouri Supreme Court judge