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In arts and entertainment

Alexander Fiske-Harrison Alexander Rupert Fiske-Harrison (born 22 July 1976) is an English author, producer, financier and conservationist. His writing is known for his immersion in his subject matter. He trained and worked for some years as a Method actor. For his fi ...

(born 1976), British writer *

Alison Fiske Alison Mary Fiske (2 August 1943 – 26 July 2020) was an English actress, who won Actress of the Year in a New Play at the 1977 Laurence Olivier Awards for playing Fish in ''Dusa, Fish, Stats and Vi''. She was also nominated in the 1979 Lauren ...

(1943–2020), English actress, daughter of Roger Fiske * George Fiske (1835–1918), American photographer *

Harrison Grey Fiske Harrison Grey Fiske (July 30, 1861 – September 2, 1942) was an American journalist, playwright and Broadway producer who fought against the monopoly of the Theatrical Syndicate, a management company that dominated American stage bookings ...

(1861–1942), American writer *

Irving Fiske Irving L. Fiske (born Irving Louis Fishman; March 5, 1908 – April 25, 1990) was an American playwright, writer, and public speaker. He worked for the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s, where he was a ...

(1908–1990), American playwright *

Minnie Maddern Fiske Minnie Maddern Fiske (born Marie Augusta Davey; December 19, 1865 – February 15, 1932), but often billed simply as Mrs. Fiske, was one of the leading American actresses of the late 19th and early 20th century. She also spearheaded the fig ...

(1865–1932), American actress *

Reine Fiske Nils Reine Fiske (born 4 October 1972) is a Swedish guitarist, art director and sound engineer at the record label Subliminal Sounds, who put his signature to many prog-rock projects such as Landberk, Morte Macabre, Paatos, Motorpsycho, Eleph ...

(born 1972), Swedish musician *

Richard Fiske Thomas Richard Potts (November 20, 1915 – August 10, 1944), known professionally as Richard Fiske, was an American film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1938 and 1942. Career Born Thomas Richard Potts, Fiske was born to Frank a ...

(1915–1944), American actor *

Robert Fiske (actor) Robert Fiske (October 20, 1889 – September 12, 1944) was an American actor on film and stage during the first half of the 20th century. In the late 1920s, Fiske acted with the Sharp Players at the Pitt Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvan ...

(1889–1944), American actor * Roger Fiske (1910–1987), English musicologist, broadcaster and author *

Willard Fiske Daniel Willard Fiske (November 11, 1831 – September 17, 1904) was an American librarian and scholar, born on November 11, 1831, at Ellisburg, New York. Biography Fiske studied at Cazenovia Seminary and started his collegiate studies at Hamilt ...

(1831–1904), American librarian and writer *

Lars Fiske Lars Fiske (born 21 July 1966) is a Norwegian comics writer and artist, and creator of picture books. He was born in Oslo and is married to illustrator and writer Anna Fiske. Fiske created the album ''Matje: debutanten'' in 1996, and the follow ...

(born 1966), Norwegian illustrator *

Anna Fiske Anna Fiske (born 5 September 1964) is a Swedish-born illustrator and writer who settled in Norway. Fiske was born in Ängelholm, and is married to illustrator Lars Fiske. She was educated at Konstfack in Stockholm, and has resided in Norway sin ...

(born 1964), Swedish illustrator

In law and politics

Bill Fiske William Geoffrey Fiske, Baron Fiske, CBE (3 July 1905 – 13 January 1975) was a British politician who was the first Leader of the Greater London Council and oversaw the decimalisation of the pound sterling as Chairman of the Decimal Currenc ...

(1905–1975), British politician *

Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison (2 September 1793 – 1872) of Copford Hall, Lord of the Manor of Copford was High Sheriff of Essex. He was born Fyske Goodeve Harrison on 2 September 1793 at Copford Hall, Essex, to John Haynes Harrison. John Hayne ...

(1793–1872), British judge and politician * Robert B. Fiske (born 1930), American lawyer

In science and academia

Alan Fiske Alan Page Fiske (born 1947) is an American professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, known for studying the nature of human relationships and cross-cultural variations between them. Early life Fiske was born in 1947. ...

(born 1946), American anthropologist * Donald W. Fiske (1916–2003), American psychologist *

John Fiske (philosopher) John Fiske (March 30, 1842 – July 4, 1901) was an American philosopher and historian. He was heavily influenced by Herbert Spencer and applied Spencer's concepts of evolution to his own writings on linguistics, philosophy, religion, and history. ...

(1842–1901), American philosopher * Lewis R. Fiske (1825–1901), American university president *

Susan Fiske Susan Tufts Fiske (born August 19, 1952) is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs in the Department of Psychology at Princeton University. She is a social psychologist known for her work on social cognition, stereotypes, ...

(born 1952), American psychologist *

Thomas Fiske Thomas Scott Fiske (1865–January 10, 1944) was an American mathematician. He was born in New York City and graduated in 1885 (Ph.D., 1888) from Columbia University, where he was a fellow, assistant, tutor, instructor, and adjunct professor un ...

(1864–1944), American mathematician *

(1831–1904), American librarian and writer

Places

* Fiske, Saskatchewan, hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada * Fiskdale, Massachusetts, a village of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA

In other fields

Billy Fiske William Meade Lindsley Fiske III (4 June 1911 – 17 August 1940) was an American combat fighter pilot and Olympic bobsledder. At the 1928 and 1932 Winter Olympics, Fiske won gold as driver for the US bobsledding team, also acting as the Am ...

(1911–1940), American athlete and fighter pilot * Bradley A. Fiske (1854–1942), American admiral * Catherine Fiske (1784-1837), American school founder *

Clive Fiske Harrison Clive Fiske Harrison (born 23 November 1939) is an English stockbroker. He is the chairman of Fiske plc, an independent stockbroking firm based in London. Early life According to ''Debrett's'', Fiske Harrison was educated at Felsted School an ...

(born 1939), British banker * Solveig Fiske (born 1952), Norwegian bishop * Thomas W. Fiske (born 1954), American Episcopal Priest

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