Fiske is a surname of Scandinavian origins. According to '' Burke's Peerage'', "The family of Fiske has long flourished in the counties of Norfolk (recorded as landowners in the Domesday Book) and

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

n England">England.html" ;"title="n England">n England and derives from the old Old Norse">Norse name of Fiskr. Legend holds that they arrived with the invading forces of Olaf Tryggvason, King of Norway, at the Battle of Maldon on the River Blackwater, Essex, Blackwater River in Essex in 991 A.D. Daniel Fisk, of Laxfield is mentioned in a document issued by John, King of England, King John, confirming a grant of land in Digneveton (

Dennington Dennington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is north of Framlingham and north-east of Ipswich in the east of the county. It lies along the A1120 road around west of the road's junction with the main A12 ro ...

), made by the Duke of Lorraine to the men of Laxfield 1 May 1208."''Burke's Peerage & Gentry''
'Fiske Harrison of Layer de la Haye'
/ref> The name may refer to several people:

In arts and entertainment

* Alexander Fiske-Harrison (born 1976), British writer * Alison Fiske (1943–2020), English actress, daughter of

Roger Fiske Roger Fiske (11 September 1910 – 22 July 1987) was a musicologist, broadcaster and author who played an important part in establishing music for schools at the BBC during and after World War II. Fiske was born in Surbiton. He studied English at ...

* Frank Bennett Fiske (1883–1952), American photographer *

George Fiske George Fiske (October 22, 1835 – October 21, 1918) was an American landscape photographer. Biography Fiske was born on October 22, 1835, in Amherst, New Hampshire. He moved west with his brother to San Francisco. He apprenticed under Char ...

(1835–1918), American photographer * Harrison Grey Fiske (1861–1942), American writer * Irving Fiske (1908–1990), American playwright * Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865–1932), American actress * Reine Fiske (born 1972), Swedish musician * Richard Fiske (1915–1944), American actor * Robert Fiske (actor) (1889–1944), American actor *

(1910–1987), English musicologist, broadcaster and author * Willard Fiske (1831–1904), American librarian and writer * Lars Fiske (born 1966), Norwegian illustrator * Anna Fiske (born 1964), Swedish illustrator

In law and politics

* Bill Fiske (1905–1975), British politician * Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison (1793–1872), British judge and politician *

Robert B. Fiske Robert Bishop Fiske Jr. (born December 28, 1930) is an American trial attorney and a partner with the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1976 to 1980 ...

(born 1930), American lawyer

In science and academia

* Alan Fiske (born 1946), American anthropologist *

Donald W. Fiske Donald Winslow Fiske (August 27, 1916 – April 6, 2003) was an American psychologist. Early life Donald W. Fiske was born on August 27, 1916 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He grew up in Medford, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University and in ...

(1916–2003), American psychologist * John Fiske (philosopher) (1842–1901), American philosopher *

Lewis R. Fiske Lewis Ransom Fiske (December 24,MSU Archives give Fiske's birth date as December 22. Three sources, Barnard, Chapman Brothers, and the Evening News Associates, give the date as December 24. The ''National Cyclopaedia of American Biography'' as pr ...

(1825–1901), American university president * Susan Fiske (born 1952), American psychologist * Thomas Fiske (1864–1944), American mathematician * Willard Fiske (1831–1904), American librarian and writer

Places

Fiske, Saskatchewan Fiske is a hamlet in Pleasant Valley Rural Municipality No. 288, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 65 in the Canada 2016 Census. Fiske is located approximately east of Ki ...

, hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada *

Fiskdale, Massachusetts Fiskdale (or Fiskedale) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Sturbridge in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,583 at the 2010 census. Geography Fiskdale is located at (42.114994, -72.111547). A ...

, a village of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA

In other fields

* Amos Kidder Fiske (1842–1921), American journalist * Billy Fiske (1911–1940), American athlete and fighter pilot *

Bradley A. Fiske Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske (June 13, 1854 – April 6, 1942) was an officer in the United States Navy who was noted as a technical innovator. During his long career, Fiske invented more than a hundred and thirty electrical and mechanic ...

(1854–1942), American admiral *

Catherine Fiske Catherine Fiske (July 30, 1784 – May 20, 1837) was an American teacher and principal who founded a girls' boarding school, Miss Catherine Fiske's Young Ladies Seminary. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, it was in operation from 1814 until the 184 ...

(1784-1837), American school founder * Clive Fiske Harrison (born 1939), British banker *

Solveig Fiske Solveig Margrete Fiske (born 26 October 1952) is a theologian and bishop emerita in the Church of Norway, serving as the bishop of Hamar between 2006 and 2022, when she retired. Originally from Frei in Møre og Romsdal, she graduated from the ...

(born 1952), Norwegian bishop * Thomas W. Fiske (born 1954), American Episcopal Priest

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