Fischer is a German

occupational surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, ...

, 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 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 Afri ...

(1850–1913) South African public official *

Adam Fischer (sculptor) Adam Fischer (28 July 1888, Copenhagen – 18 January 1968, 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 chief conductor of the Düsseldorfer Sym ...

(born 1949), Hungarian conductor * Adolph Fischer (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) 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 *

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 Szekely. She began her ...

(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 Artur Fischer (31 December 1919 – 27 January 2016) was a Germans, German inventor. He is best known for inventing the plastic expanding wall plug. Born in Tumlingen, Artur Fischer was the son of the village tailor Georg Fischer. His mother ...

(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 Luxembourg 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 centu ...

(1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer * 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 chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11� ...

(1943–2008), American world chess champion 1972–1975 *

Bram Fischer Abraham Louis Fischer (23 April 1908 – 8 May 1975) was a South African Communist lawyer of Afrikaner descent, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela, at the Rivonia T ...

(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 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 doctorate ...

(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 player for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at , he plays ...

(born 1981), Israeli-American basketball player in the Israeli National League *

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) David Fischer may refer to: *David Hackett Fischer (born 1935), American historian * David C. Fischer, Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan *David Fischer (ice hockey) (born 1988), American hockey player *David Fischer (weightlifter) (born ...

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 Debra Ann Fischer is a professor of astronomy at Yale University researching detection and characterization of exoplanets. She was part of the team to discover the first known multiple-planet system. Education Fischer received her degree from ...

, American astronomer *

Diego Fischer Diego Fischer Requena (born 1961) is a Uruguayan journalist and writer. Selected works * 1997, ''Al este de la historia'', (tres tomos) * 2004, ''Que nos abrace el viento'', * 2008, ''Al encuentro de las tres Marías'', * 2010, ''Qué tup� ...

(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, best known as a singer of Franz Schubert's Lieder, ...

(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 ...

(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) 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), Germa ...

* 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 ...

(1940–2019), Swiss psychiatrist and medical historian *

Eugen Fischer (historian) Dr. Eugen Fischer (pseudonym: A. Helm), (3 March 1899, Berchtesgaden – 19 March 1973, Berchtesgaden) was a German geologist and historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Hi ...

(1899–1973), geologist and 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 *

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

(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 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 controversial thesis at the time that responsibility for the outbreak of the ...

(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 (disambiguatio ...

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) 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) (1921–2006), German dip ...

* Gisela Fischer (1929–2014), German actress * Gottfried Fischer (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) Gustav Fischer (8 November 1915 – 22 November 1990) was a Swiss equestrian athlete who competed at five Summer Olympic Games, winning a total of five medals. He won medals in the team dressage events in the 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1968 games; ...

(1915–1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrian * Gustav Fischer (1848–1886), German physician and explorer of Africa

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H. L. Fischer H. L. Fischer (1822 – November 5, 1909) (Henry Lee Fischer) was a Pennsylvania German language writer and translator. He was born in what was called the Dutch Settlement in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States in 1822, and died in 190 ...

(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 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 2 ...

(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 Horst Paul Silvester Fischer (31 December 1912 – 8 July 1966) was a German medical doctor and member of the SS who participated in selections in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II. He selected at least 70,000 prisoners ...

(1912–1966), German SS concentration camp doctor executed for war crimes * Howard Fischer, curator of the New York Jazz Museum *

Ignjat Fischer Ignjat Nathan Fischer (18 June 1870, Zagreb – 19 January 1948, Zagreb) was a 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 Croatian-Jewish fami ...

(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 Iván Fischer (born 20 January 1951) is a Hungarian conductor and composer. Born in Budapest into a musical family of Jewish heritage, Fischer initially studied piano, violin, cello and composition in Budapest. His older brother, Ádám Fis ...

(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) 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 in ...

, Prime Minister-designate of the Czech Republic * James Fischer (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 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 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 Suppor ...

(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 On March 3, 1993, Saint Joseph Academy high school senior Albert Joseph "Joey" Fischer Jr. was shot dead outside his home in Rancho Viejo, an upscale community north of Brownsville, Texas. Dora Cisneros, the mother of his ex-girlfriend, was re ...

Joey Fischer (1976–1993), American murder * Johann Fischer (disambiguation) *

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 Fis ...

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. Fis ...

(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 and pianist.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 Tziporah Atarah Malkah (born Katherine Helen Fischer; 30 November 1973) is an Australian former model and actress. Early life and career Kate Fischer was born on 30 November 1973 in Adelaide, South Australia, the daughter of future Australian ...

(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 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, became a privatdocent at Heidelberg in 1850. The Baden gove ...

(1824–1907), German philosopher *

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 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 Ludwig Fischer (16 April 1905 – 8 March 1947) was a German Nazi Party lawyer, politician and a convicted war crimes, war criminal who was executed for war crimes. Background Born into a Catholic family in Kaiserslautern, Fischer joined the ...

(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 Åsa Nilla Maria Fischer (born 2 August 1984) is a Swedish footballer for Linköpings. She played in the Swedish national team between 2001 and 2022. She was previously the captain of FC Rosengård. Career Fischer won most of her caps for Swede ...

(born 1984), Swedish (soccer) football player

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* 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 Germ ...

(born 1953), German actor and cabaret artist *

Otto Fischer (footballer) Otto "Schloime" Fischer (1 January 1901 – 1 July 1941) was a former Austrian association football, football player who played left winger, and coached. He made 7 appearances for the Austria national football team. He was killed in the Liep� ...

(1901–1941), Austrian (soccer) football player and coach *

O. W. Fischer Otto Wilhelm Fischer (german: O. W. Fischer, ; 1 April 1915 – 29 January 2004) was an Austrians, Austrian film and theatre actor, a leading man of Cinema of Germany, West German cinema during the ''Wirtschaftswunder'' era of the 1950s and 19 ...

, 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 1922 ...

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* Rainer Fischer (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 Richard Fischer (27 January 1917 – 1969) was an Austrian international footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Am ...

(1917–1969), Austrian footballer * Robert Fischer (disambiguation) *

Ruth Fischer Ruth Fischer (11 December 1895 – 13 March 1961) was an Austrian and German Communist, and a co-founder of the Austrian Communist Party (KPÖ) in 1918. Along with her partner Arkadi Maslow, she led the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) through b ...

(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 Sascha Fischer (born 24 December 1971, in Stuttgart)Sascha Fischer profile at scru ...

(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), 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 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 Wer ...

(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) Thomas Fischer may refer to: * Thomas Fischer (actor), cast member of the 1970 German film ''Hotel by the Hour'' * Thomas Fischer (basketball), played on Germany's team in Wheelchair basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, the 2004 Summer Paraly ...

, 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 h ...

(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) Vera Fischer (; born 27 November 1951) is a Brazilian actress, known for acting in telenovelas, and former beauty pageant titleholder. Early life Fischer was born in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, to Hildegard Berndt, a Brazilian of German descen ...

(born 1951), Brazilian actress *

Vera Fischer (sculptor) Vera Fischer (27 January 1925 – 14 July 2009) was a Croatian sculptor. Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); In Memoriam - Vera Fischer; stranica 62; broj 110, lipanj / srpanj / kolovoz 2009. Fischer was born in Zagreb to a Jewish ...

(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 Lawrence Wayne "Wild Man" Fischer (November 6, 1944 – June 16, 2011) was an American street performer known for offering erratic, a cappella performances of "new kinds of songs" for a dime on the beaches and the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. ...

(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 of ...

("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