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Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.
People with the surname
A
- Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official
- Adam Fischer (sculptor) (1888–1968), Danish sculptor
- Ádám Fischer (born 1949), Hungarian conductor
- Adolf Fischer (officer) (1893–1947), German Nazi general executed for war crimes
- Adolph Fischer (1858–1887) German-American anarchist
- Alfred Fischer (architect) (1881–1950), German architect
- Alfred Fischer (judge) (1919–2004), German judge
- Angeline Fuller Fischer (1841–1925), American writer
- Annie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianist
- Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician
- Anton Fischer (bobsleigh), German bobsledder
- Artur Fischer (1919–2016), German inventor (fischertechnik, plastic dowel)
- Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician
B
- Batty Fischer (1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer
- Bernd Fischer (disambiguation)
- Birgit Fischer (born 1962), German kayaker
- Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), American world chess champion 1972–1975
- Bram Fischer (1908–1975), South African lawyer
C
- Carl Fischer (disambiguation)
- Carlos Fischer (1903–1969), Uruguayan politician, President of the National Council of Government in 1958
- Caroline Fischer-Achten (1806–1896), Austrian opera singer
- Catherine Fischer (born 1947), American deafblind author
- Christian Fischer (born 1997), American ice hockey forward
- Christopher Fischer (born 1988), German ice hockey defenceman
- Clare Fischer (1928–2012), American composer, arranger, and pianist
- Claude S. Fischer (born 1948), American sociologist
D
- D'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli-American basketball player in the Israeli National League
- Dale S. Fischer (born 1951), US district court judge
- Dana Fischer (born 2010), American Magic: The Gathering player
- David Fischer (disambiguation)
- Deb Fischer (born 1951), American politician
- Debra Fischer, American astronomer
- Diego Fischer (born 1961), Uruguayan journalist and writer
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012), German baritone and conductor
- Dirk Fischer (politician) (born 1943), German politician
E
- Edmond H. Fischer (1920–2021), Swiss-American biochemist
- Eduard Fischer (general) (1862–1935), Austrian colonel in World War I
- Edwin Fischer (1886–1960), Swiss pianist and conductor
- Elizabeth Fischer Monastero, American mezzo-soprano
- Emil Fischer (disambiguation)
- Emily V. Fischer (born 1979 or 1980), American atmospheric chemist
- Ernst Fischer (disambiguation)
- Esther Fischer-Homberger (1940–2019), Swiss psychiatrist and medical historian
- Eugen Fischer (1874–1967), anthropologist, doctor and member of the Nazi party
- Eugen Fischer (historian) (1899–1973), geologist and historian
- Eva Fischer (1920–2015), Croatian Italian artist
F
- Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877–1948), chemist, famous for the Fischer-Tropsch process
- Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782–1854), botanist
- Fritz Fischer (1908–1999), German historian
- Fritz Fischer (biathlete) (born 1956), sportsman
G
- Georg Fischer (disambiguation)
- George R. Fischer (1937–2016), US underwater archaeologist, a pioneer of the field in the National Park Service
- Gerhard Fischer (disambiguation)
- Gisela Fischer (1929–2014), German actress
- Gottfried Fischer (1944–2013), German psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst
- Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), Jewish-German publisher of the S. Fischer Verlag
- Gotthilf Fischer (1928–2020), German choral conductor
- Greg Fischer (born 1958), American businessman and mayor of Louisville, KY
- Gustav Fischer (equestrian) (1915–1990), Swiss Olympian in equestrian
- Gustav Fischer (explorer) (1848–1886), German physician and explorer of Africa
H
- H. L. Fischer (1822–1909) (Henry Lee Fischer), Pennsylvania German language writer and translator
- Hans Fischer (1881–1945), German chemist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Heidemarie Fischer (1944–2022), German politician
- Heike Fischer (born 1982), German diver
- Heinz Fischer (born 1938), federal president of Austria
- Helene Fischer (born 1984), German pop music singer
- Hermann Emil Fischer (1852–1919), German chemist, 1902 Nobel prizewinner, and inventor of the Fischer projection
- Horst Fischer (1912–1966), German SS concentration camp doctor executed for war crimes
- Howard Fischer, curator of the New York Jazz Museum
I
- Ignjat Fischer (1870–1948), Croatian architect
- Ilse Fischer (born 1975), Austrian mathematician
- Iván Fischer (born 1951), Jewish-Hungarian conductor
- Ivana Fišer or Ivana Fischer (1905–1967), Croatian conductor
J
- Jan Fischer (politician), prime minister-designate of the Czech Republic
- James Fischer (1927–2004), American engineer
- Jason Fischer (disambiguation)
- Jean Fischer (1867–?), French cyclist
- Jean Chrétien Fischer (1716–1762), German-born French soldier
- Jenna Fischer (born 1974), American actress
- Jiří Fischer (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player
- Joey Fischer (1976–1993), American murder victim
- Johann Fischer (disambiguation)
- John Fischer (disambiguation)
- Joschka Fischer (born 1948), German foreign minister
- Josef Fischer (cyclist) (1865–1953), German racing cyclist
- Joseph Fischer (disambiguation)
- Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist
K
- Karl Fischer (disambiguation)
- Kate Fischer (born 1973), Australian model and actress
- Klaus Fischer (born 1949), German football (soccer) player and coach
- Kuno Fischer (1824–1907), German philosopher
- Kurt Fischer (politician) (1900–1950), German Communist politician
- Kurt Rudolf Fischer (1922–2014), Jewish-Austrian philosopher
- Kurt W. Fischer (1943–2020), American developmental psychologist
L
- Laurence Fischer (born 1973), French karateka
- Lisa Fischer (born 1958), American singer
- Lothar Fischer (1933–2004), German sculptor
- Louis Fischer (1896–1970), American journalist
- Ludwig Fischer (1905–1947), German Nazi lawyer and government official executed for war crimes
- Ludwig Fischer (bass) (1745–1825), German opera singer
- Ludwig Fischer (racing driver) (1915–1991), German racing driver
- Ludwig Hans Fischer (1848–1915), Austrian landscape painter and etcher
M
- Manuel Fischer (born 1989), German footballer
- Marcel Fischer (born 1978), Swiss fencer
- Martin Fischer (automobile designer) (1867–1947), Swiss automobile designer
- Martin Fischer (tennis), Austrian professional tennis player
- Martin Fischer-Dieskau (born 1954), German conductor, son of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Mathias Fischer (basketball) (born 1971), German basketball player and coach
- Michael J. Fischer (born 1942), American computer scientist
- Minna Fischer (1858–1941), Australian soprano and singing teacher in London
- Móric Fischer de Farkasházy (1799–1880), Hungarian porcelain manufacturer
- Moses Fischer (c. 1756–c. 1833), Austrian rabbi
N
- Nilla Fischer (born 1984), Swedish (soccer) football player
O
- Oskar Fischer (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ottfried Fischer (born 1953), German actor and cabaret artist
- Otto Fischer (footballer) (1901–1941), Austrian (soccer) football player and coach
- O. W. Fischer, Otto Wilhelm Fischer (1915–2004), Austrian actor
- Øystein Fischer (1942–2013), Norwegian physicist
P
- Pat Fischer (born 1940), American football player
- Patrick Fischer (disambiguation)
- Paul Fischer (disambiguation)
R
- Rainer Fischer (born 1949), German-Canadian judoka
- Ricardo Fischer (born 1991), Brazilian basketball player
- Richard Fischer (1917–1969), Austrian footballer
- Robert Fischer (disambiguation)
- Ruth Fischer (1895–1961), German communist
S
- Samuel von Fischer (1859–1934), German publisher, founder of the S. Fischer Verlag
- Sascha Fischer (born 1971), German rugby union player
- Scott Fischer (1956–1996), American mountain guide
- Stanley Fischer (born 1943), American and Israeli central banker
- Steven Thomas Fischer (born 1972) American filmmaker and cartoonist of German descent
- Stewart "Dirk" Fischer (1924–2013), American composer, musician and jazz educator
- Sven Fischer (born 1971), German biathlete
- Sven Fischer (footballer), German football defender
T
- Theobald Fischer (1846–1910), German geographer
- Theodor Fischer (1862–1938), German architect
- Theodor Fischer (fencer), German Olympic épée and foil fencer
- Thomas Fischer (disambiguation), several people
- Thierry Fischer (born 1957), Swiss conductor and flautist
- Tim Fischer (1946–2019), Australian politician
V
- Vera Fischer (actress) (born 1951), Brazilian actress
- Vera Fischer (sculptor) (1925–2009), Croatian sculptor
- Viktor Fischer (born 1994), Danish football player
- Viktor Fischer (wrestler) (1892–1977), Austrian Olympic wrestler
W
- Werner Fischer (crystallographer) (born 1931)
- Werner Fischer (sailor) (1940–2011)
- Werner Fischer-Weppler, German curler
- Wild Man Fischer (1945–2011), Outsider musician
- Wilhelm Fischer (boxer) ("Willi" Fischer) (born 1972), German boxer
- Wilhelm Fischer (politician) ("Willy" Fischer) (1904–1951), German politician
Z
- Zel M. Fischer (born 1963), Missouri Supreme Court judge
See also
- All pages with titles containing Fischer
- Fischler
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