Fisher is an archaic term for a

fisherman A fisher or fisherman is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishers and fish farmers. Fishers may be professional or recreati ...

, 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 *

Electoral district of Fisher Fisher was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It was created in 1970 and named after Sir James Fisher, a colonial politician and the first mayor of Adelaide. It was abolished in a 2016 re ...

, a state electoral district in South Australia * Fisher, Australian Capital Territory *

Fisher, Queensland Fisher is a suburb in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Fisher had a population of 4 people. Geography The Leichhard River flows north–south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "minesid ...

, a suburb in the City of Mount Isa *

Fisher, South Australia __NOTOC__ Fisher is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-east of the municipal seat in Mannum. Fisher consists of land in the northern part of the cad ...

, a locality *

Hundred of Fisher The Hundred of Fisher is a cadastral hundred of South Australia, founded in 1860. It is located at 34°36′16″S 139°36′6″E in the County of Eyre, South Australia. The main town of the hundred is Punyelroo, in the Mid Murray Council. The ...

, a cadastral unit in South Australia

Canada

* Rural Municipality of Fisher *

Fisher (electoral district) Fisher is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It was created for the 1920 provincial election, and eliminated with the 1969 election. The constituency was located in mid-northern Manitoba, in the Interlake region. T ...

, a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada

United Kingdom

Fisher Bank The Fisher Bank is a sand bank in the North Sea, off the west coast of Denmark. It consists of ''Great Fisher Bank'', and ''Little Fisher Bank'' (the latter closer to Danish coast). Some older charts refer to them as the "Great Fishing Bank" and ...

, a sea area of the UK shipping forecast

United States

Fisher, Arkansas Fisher is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 223 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Fisher is located at (35.491555, -90.972297). According ...

* Fisher, California (disambiguation), multiple locations *

Fisher, Illinois Fisher is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, that was founded in 1875. The population was 1,881 at the 2010 census. Geography Fisher is located at (40.315817, -88.348601). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Fish ...

Fisher, Louisiana Fisher is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 230 at the 2010 census, down from 268 in 2000. History Fisher was named for Oliver Williams Fisher and built between 1899 and 1901 by the Louisiana Long Leaf Lum ...

Fisher, Minnesota Fisher is a town in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Grand Forks- ND- MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 422 at the 2020 census. Fisher has become a bedroom community for the nearby Greater Grand Forks ...

* Fisher, Missouri *

Fisher, Oregon Fisher is an unincorporated community in rural Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. Fisher lies along Five Rivers Road, south of its intersection with Oregon Route 34. It is slightly north of the Lincoln–Lane county line in the Siuslaw Nati ...

, an unincorporated community *

Fisher, Pennsylvania Fisher is an unincorporated community in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is east-northeast of Clarion. Fisher has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, suc ...

Fisher, West Virginia Fisher is an unincorporated community on the South Branch Potomac River in Hardy County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Asso ...

, an unincorporated community * Fisher Island, Florida *

Fishers, Indiana Fishers is a city in Fall Creek and Delaware townships, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 76,794, and by 2019 the estimated population was 95,310. A suburb of Indianapolis, Fishers has grown rapidl ...

* Fishers, New York *

Fishers Island, New York Fishers Island (Pequot: ''Munnawtawkit'') is an island that is part of Southold, New York, United States at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, off the southeastern coast of Connecticut across Fishers Island Sound. About long and wide, it ...

Archaeological sites

* Fisher site, an archaeological site in Greene County, Pennsylvania * Fisher Farm site, an archaeological site in the Centre County, Pennsylvania

Law

* ''Fisher v. University of Texas'' (2013), a 2013 Supreme Court case * ''Fisher v. University of Texas'' (2016), a 2016 Supreme Court case

Organizations

Fisher Body Fisher Body was an automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan. A division of General Motors for many years, in 1984 it was dissolved to form other General Motors divisions. Fisher & Company (originally Allo ...

, a former automobile coachbuilder *

Max M. Fisher College of Business The Max M. Fisher College of Business is the business school of The Ohio State University, a public research university in Columbus, Ohio. Fisher's campus is located on the northern part of the university within a partially enclosed business ca ...

, part of the Ohio State University * Fisher Communications *

Fisher F.C. Fisher Football Club is a football club based in Rotherhithe, Southwark, England. The club was established in 2009 after Fisher Athletic folded. Affiliated to the London Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at the ...

, a football club in England *

Fisher Electronics Fisher Electronics was an American company specialising in the field of hi-fi electronics. The company and the name was bought by Japanese electronics conglomerate Sanyo in 1975. History Fisher Electronics was an American audio equipment man ...

, a Sanyo subsidiary producing hi-fi equipment **

The Fisher (electronics manufacturer) Fisher Electronics was an American company specialising in the field of hi-fi electronics. The company and the name was bought by Japanese electronics conglomerate Sanyo in 1975. History Fisher Electronics was an American audio equipment man ...

, a line of electronics marketed by Avery Fisher and predecessor to Fisher Electronics *

Fisher House Foundation Fisher House Foundation is a charity and foundation that builds comfort homes where military & veterans families can stay free of charge, while a loved one is in the hospital. Fisher Houses are located at major military and VA medical centers n ...

, an organization funding the construction of family lodging facilities near military hospitals

People

Fisher (surname) Fisher is an English occupational name for one who obtained a living by fishing. In the United States, it is also a common anglicization of the German "Fischer" as well as various Ashkenazi Jewish surnames. Notable people A *Aaron R. Fisher (1 ...

, an English surname *

Fisher (musician) Paul Nicholas Fisher, known by the stage name Fisher (stylised as FISHER) is an Australian music producer. He was nominated for the 2018 ARIA Award for Best Dance Release as well as the Best Dance Recording category at the 61st Annual Grammy Aw ...

, Australian house music producer * Fisher Ames (1758–1808), American politician * Fisher Stevens (born 1963), American actor, director, producer and writer *

Sergey Golovkin Sergey Aleksandrovich Golovkin (russian: Серге́й Александрович Головкин; 26 November 1959 — 2 August 1996) was a Soviet-Russian serial killer, rapist and necrophile, convicted for the killing of 11 boys between the ag ...

(1959–1996), Russian serial killer known as "The Fisher"

Science and mathematics

*Fisher meteorite of 1894, which landed in Minnesota, United States (see

meteorite falls A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a "find". There are more than 1,100 documented falls listed in w ...

) * Fisher's exact test, a statistical significance test *

Fisher's method In statistics, Fisher's method, also known as Fisher's combined probability test, is a technique for data fusion or "meta-analysis" (analysis of analyses). It was developed by and named for Ronald Fisher. In its basic form, it is used to combin ...

, also known as Fisher's combined probability test *

Fisher equation In financial mathematics and economics, the Fisher equation expresses the relationship between nominal interest rates and real interest rates under inflation. Named after Irving Fisher, an American economist, it can be expressed as real interest ...

, an equation in financial mathematics and economics * Fisher transformation, a transformation in statistics used to test some hypotheses

Other uses

* Fisher (animal) (''Pekania pennanti''), a North American mustelid *

Fisher (band) Fisher was an American band consisting of songwriter Ron Wasserman and vocalist Kathy Fisher. The band was known for their selling songs through internet marketing; they received a record deal from their success at MP3.com.Their song "I Will Love ...

, a rock band featuring Kathy Fisher as lead singer * ''Fisher'' (comic strip), a Canadian comic strip by Philip Street *

Fisher (yachts) Fisher motorsailer A motorsailer is a type of motor-powered sailing vessel, typically a yacht, that can derive power from its sails or engine, independently from each other during moderate seas or winds. A motorsailer may have a sail-to-engine ...

, motorsailers first built in the 1970s