Fischer is a German occupational surname, 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 *Elect ...

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 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 chief conductor of the Düsseldorfer Sym ...

(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 ch ...

(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), 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) *

Carlos Fischer Carlos Lorenzo Fischer Brusoni (1903 – 7 August 1969) was a Uruguayan political figure. He was President of Uruguay from 1958 to 1959, at the end of a long period of rule by Presidents of the Colorado Party (Uruguay), Colorado Party not to be resu ...

(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 Catherine ...

(born 1947), American deafblind author *

Christian Fischer Christian Fischer (born April 15, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is an alternate captain for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Coyotes, 32nd overall, in the 2015 NHL Entry D ...

(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, Fische ...

(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 (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) 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 (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 (1886–1960), Swiss pianist and conductor *

Elizabeth Fischer Monastero Elizabeth Fischer Monastero is an American operatic mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. Life and career Born Elizabeth Fischer and raised in Dubuque, Iowa, Fischer Monastero graduated with a bachelor's degree in vocal performance from the Universit ...

, American mezzo-soprano * Emil Fischer (disambiguation) *

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 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 ...

(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 Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (19 March 1877 in Freiburg im Breisgau – 1 December 1947 in Munich) was a German chemist. He was the founder and first director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research. He is known for the discovery of th ...

(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 Germany. He was director of the St Petersburg botanical garden from 1823 to 1850. In 1804 he obtained his medical doctorate from th ...

(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 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 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 Gottfried Bermann, later Gottfried Bermann Fischer (31 July 1897, Gleiwitz, Silesia – 17 September 1995, Camaiore), was a German publisher. He owned the S. Fischer Verlag. Biography After serving as an officer in World War I, Bermann Fischer ...

(1897–1995), Jewish-German publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag *

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, 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 ra ...

(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 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 haem ...

(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 divi ...

(born 1982), German diver * Heinz Fischer (born 1938), Federal President of Austria *

Helene Fischer Helene Fischer ( /heˈleːnə ˈfɪʃɚ/; German: eˈleːnə ˈfɪʃɐ born Jelena Petrovna Fischer, 5 August 1984) is a Russian-born German singer. Since her debut in 2005, she has won numerous awards, including 17 Echo awards, four "Die Kron ...

(born 1984), German pop music singer *

Hermann Emil Fischer Hermann Emil Louis Fischer (; 9 October 1852 – 15 July 1919) was a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discovered the Fischer esterification. He also developed the Fischer projection, a symbolic way of dra ...

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

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 :Bordeaux- Paris ...

(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 (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) * Joschka Fischer (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) 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 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, and ...

(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 Kurt W. Fischer (June 9, 1943 – March 30, 2020) was an educator, author, and researcher in the field of neuroscience and education. Until his retirement in 2015, he was the Charles Bigelow Professor of Education and Director of the Mind, Brain, ...

(1943–2020), American developmental psychologist

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* Laurence Fischer (born 1973), French karateka *

Lisa Fischer Lisa 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-up singer ...

(born 1958), American singer *

Lothar Fischer Lothar Fischer (November 8, 1933 – June 15, 2004) was a German sculptor. He was born in Germersheim, Palatinate (region), Palatinate. Between 1952 and 1958 he studied under Professor Heinrich Kirchner at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Ak ...

(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 A ...

(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 m ...

(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 ...

(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 footballer who played as a striker. Career Fischer began his career with VfB Stuttgart. He appeared for the club's reserve side in the Regionalliga Süd. He made his professional de ...

(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 automobile designer who built cars under Turicum Turicum was a Gallo-Roman settlement at the lower end of Lake Zurich, and precursor of the city of Zürich. It was situated within the Roman province of Ga ...

(1867–1947), Swiss automobile designer *

Martin Fischer (tennis) Martin Fischer (; born 21 July 1986) is an Austrian retired professional tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each ...

, 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 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 Móric Fischer de Farkasházy (german: link=no, Moritz Fischer von Farkasházy, hu, Farkasházy Fischer Mór(ic), (25 March 1799, Tata, Hungary – 25 February 1880, Tata) was a Hungarian porcelain-manufacturer; was one of the founders of the ...

(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 Øystein Fischer (born 9 March 1942 in Bergen, died 19 September 2013) was a Norwegian physicist and specialist in the field of superconductivity. He was a professor of the Faculty of Science of the University of Geneva. He was also the founder an ...

(1942–2013), Norwegian physicist

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Pat Fischer Patrick Fischer (born January 2, 1940) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1961 to 1967, and the Washington Redskins from 1968 to 1977. Fischer attended Westside Hig ...

(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 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 career ...

(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 Scott Eugene Fischer (December 24, 1955 – May 11, 1996) was an American mountaineer and mountain guide. He was renowned for his ascents of the world's highest mountains made without the use of supplemental oxygen. Fischer and Wally Berg were t ...

(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 fro ...

(born 1943), American and Israeli central banker *

Steven Thomas Fischer Steven Thomas Fischer is an American film director, producer, and cartoonist. His work has been honored by the Directors Guild of America, The New York Festivals, the CINE Golden Eagle Awards, and Marquis Who's Who in Entertainment. Career Fis ...

(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 former German 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, he ...

(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 (born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautist * Tim 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 Viktor Gorridsen Fischer (born 9 June 1994) is a Danish professional association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder or as a Winger (association football), winger for Swedish club AIK Fotbol ...

(born 1994), Danish football player *

Viktor Fischer (wrestler) Viktor Fischer (9 October 1892 – 1977) was an Austrian wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. ...

(1892–1977), Austrian Olympic wrestler

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Werner Fischer (crystallographer) Werner Fischer (born February 8, 1931, in Gablonz an der Neiße, Gablonz an der Neisse, Czechoslovakia) is a German mineralogist and mathematical crystallographer. Education and life Fischer passed his Abitur in 1951 in Kappeln, Kappeln an der ...

(born 1931) *

Werner Fischer (sailor) Werner Fischer (8 November 1940 – 6 June 2011) was an Austrian sailor. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the G ...

(1940–2011) *

Werner Fischer-Weppler Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Rai ...

, 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 (born 1963), Missouri Supreme Court judge