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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 * Electoral district of Fisher, a state electoral district in South Australia * Fisher, Australian Capital Territory * Fisher, Queensland, a suburb in the City of Mount Isa * Fisher, South Australia, a locality * Hundred of Fisher, 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, a sea area of the UK shipping forecast


United States

* Fisher, Arkansas *
Fisher, California (disambiguation) Fisher, California may refer to: * Fisher, Humboldt County, California * Fisher, Shasta County, California {{geodis ...
, 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, Fis ...
* Fisher, Louisiana * Fisher, Minnesota * Fisher, Missouri * Fisher, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Fisher, Pennsylvania * Fisher, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Fisher Island, Florida * Fishers, Indiana * Fishers, New York * Fishers Island, New York


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

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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., 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), a line of electronics marketed by Avery Fisher and predecessor to Fisher Electronics * Fisher House Foundation, an organization funding the construction of family lodging facilities near military hospitals


People

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


See also

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Fisher Island (disambiguation) Fisher Island is a census-designated place in Florida. Fisher Island, or Fishers Island, may also refer to: Antarctica * Fisher Island (Antarctica) Australia * Fisher Island (Queensland) * Fisher Island (Tasmania) * Fisher Island Reef, Tasmani ...
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Fisherman (disambiguation) A fisherman is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish Fisherman, Fishermen or variants thereof may refer to: Music * ''The Fisherman'', an orchestral composition by Bedrich Smetana (1824–1884) * ...
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Fishery Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...
* * Kingfisher {{Disambiguation, geo